#earthmonth and #poetrymonth Two loves planted in my childhood that I’m honored to try to pass along

Oh Give me a Home. Memoir in verse by Jane Kurtz. Recognized with Kirkus and Booklist, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Book. Themes include: memoir, women's history, family, school, friendship, and third culture.

Middle grade novel-in-verse 2025 titles include: 13 Ways to Say Goodbye A Sea of Lemon Trees Aarzu All Around (Aarzu Raza Extra No More!) Its All or Nothing, Vale All the Blues in the Sky Away Glitch Girl Green Promises Hannah Backwards If Elephants Could Talk Kimmy Carson is Not Scared Lilac and the Switch Back (Lilac Lost and Found) Little Bones Little Bones Neshama Octopus Moon (formerly Mermaids and Other Signs of Life) Oh Give me a Home Please Pay Attention Radiant Safe Harbor Spark The Burning Season (Formerly: Fire Finder) The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez The First Year The Girl in the Wall The House at the Edge of the World The Oasis The Only Branch on the Family Tree The Poetry of Car Mechanics The Midas Trees The Song of Orphan's Garden The Trouble with Heroes Trapped: The Entombed Miner of Bonnie Vale Zarina Divided

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#PoetryMonth Day 14
#KidLit #VerseNovel Oh Give me a Home by @writerjane.bsky.social

America and Africa collide as Jane tries to answer “Where am I from?” Will she find a best friend a continent away from life in Africa?

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I just read what another writer said: “Art should be brave and potentially embarrassing.” Join the conversation! @catalystpress.bsky.social

#earthmonth and thank you to a great #pdx space that connected kids with activities and authors today.

#internationalchildrensbookday Thank you @usbby.bsky.social for getting Open Hearts Big Dreams connected with IBBY and all that global reading!

Kicking off #earthmonth. As my friend said about Mary Morland, nerdy moms have always been here. My mom, too. And #pdx moms can bring kids to an earth-loving event this weekend!

Day 22 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth features GREEN PROMISES: GIRLS WHO LOVED THE EARTH by @jeannineatkins.bsky.social (Atheneum/ @simonkids.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit

#womenshistorymonth last day. Celebrate the women of your family. Want to write your true stories? Join us on April 8 online. @joknowles.bsky.social @catalystpress.bsky.social

Day 19 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth featured MARY MORLAND IN THE TIME OF DINOSAUR DISCOVERY by @writerjane.bsky.social ; illus. by Giselle Potter (Beach Lane/ @simonkids.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit

Women's History Month 2026, Week 4 March is Women's History Month. To celebrate the accomplishments of women and female-identifying people, we will be highlighting recent recommended books

#HBOutoftheBox: #HBWomensHistoryMonth Week 4 roundup www.hbook.com/story/blogs/... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit #yalit

Thank you for spreading the word about Mary’s story. Out from the shadows…

Q&A with Jane Kurtz about her new children's picture book, MARY MORLAND IN THE TIME OF DINOSAUR DISCOVERY.
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#womenshistorymonth includes our personal histories. Are you telling your true stories?

Craving community? One is in-person and the other online. @catalystpress.bsky.social @joknowles.bsky.social

Thanks oliviathelibrarian and everyone sharing Mary’s story and my new book!

Along with art and book connections, some of the joys of #pdx

My fascination with #dinosaurs started when I was a kid. Hope #pdx kids get inspired this spring via @omsiedu.bsky.social and the symphony. @catalystpress.bsky.social

Happy birthday to my new book! So grateful for book ambassadors that help get books to readers. Brave and curious women and other readers keep on keeping on! @blueslipmedia.bsky.social @marielamba.bsky.social @beachlane.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social

Way across the continent Mary Morland’s story is being celebrated at @booksofwonder.bsky.social (adorable reel) and here in #pdx I’m reading to kids—this weekend. @beachlane.bsky.social

@simonkids.bsky.social reminds us that we’re all champions. I’m happy that Mary Morland’s reading (and mine) added to #dinosaur knowledge. @morethanadodo.bsky.social

#internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience Love seeing Mary Morland in this collection!

The lights of writing retreat city and the lights of home. I used to travel to teach at @vcfa.bsky.social and this week I travelled to write with two former students. Great way to celebrate my new @beachlane.bsky.social picture book! @blueslipmedia.bsky.social

Readers and writers finding each other and connecting through stories true and imagined. I’m grateful for every chance to talk about #dinosaurs and #ethiopia and #reading and #writing @catalystpress.bsky.social

Children’s book awards: shimmers of joy in scary times. Grateful for a curiosity book I first heard about in a @usbby.bsky.social panel. Also a winning book edited by a longtime friend. Also…Winners from past years that gave me models to finally see how to write about my #ethiopia childhood. Books!

Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories Intertribal Stories

I'd be hard-pressed to name someone who's done more for Native American literature for young readers than @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social, winner of this year's Printz Award. Such an amazing choice!! bookshop.org/p/books/lege...

Our special exhibition Breaking Ground has just been extended to Monday 13 April 2026!

That gives you time to come and see the original Megalosaurus jaw fossil, the dinosaur that started it all, as well as work from the lives of William and Mary Buckland, the Victorian scientific power couple.

Inspiring Mary Morland Buckland! @rebekahmitsein.bsky.social shall we go back?

The way books can encourage and make big dreams possible…

Study the light in the bare trees. Read a book. Donate a book that will go to a MSP little free library or community organization.

New Years Eve birthday and goodbye to 2025. The year was special with my almost true story in verse published by @catalystpress.bsky.social and the ongoing connections with family and my writing buddies!