Thank you so much, friend!!
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Cheers to my first storytime event! I only flubbed up twice, and even made a couple of new friends! @barefootbooks.bsky.social
Agents & Editors, a NO is actually far better than n o t h i n g. 🫶
ANOTHER PICTURE BOOK POSTCARD! I love this fun postcard from Vo! 👩🦽💌✨
WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A CHAIR
Author: @ryanraeharbuck.bsky.social
Illustrator: Barry Lee
Publisher: @barefootbooks.bsky.social
Read Vo's postcard here: aprilberrybooks.com/when-i-grow-...
#amreading #kidlit
Somehow I managed to take my little self-published memoir and turn it into a traditionally published children's book.
It took a ton of persistence, self-belief, and a WHOLE LOT OF LUCK!!!!
Don't give up, my friends!
Thank you so much, Samira!!
Thank you so much, Neha!!🙏☺️
Thank you so much, Tracie!!!
Thank you so much!!!!
“Focused on a child’s shifting self-image” WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A CHAIR from @barefootbooks.bsky.social is “a complex exploration of autonomy, identity, and support” Happy #BookBirthday! www.publishersweekly.com/9798888599051
Eek!!!! Thank you so much, my sweet friend!! I'm a puddle today!!
✨🎂 Happy Book Birthday to ‘When I Grow Up I Want to be a Chair’ written by Ryan Rae Harbuck and illustrated by Barry Lee!
Purchase ‘When I Grow Up I Want to be a Chair’ now 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/when-i-grow-...
Every author's dream, the 3 Rs--
📚Read
🗣️Review
📋Request (in a library)
It's the only way to keep books alive.
((Please share and pass it on!☺️))
Today's the day.
The dedication says it's for my boys.
But it's also for every single one of us who's ever been challenged by our identity and dream of the future. 💜👇
There's a preschooler at school who just got his own controls to his power wheelchair, as I watch him show off his moves to his friends this morning.
My debut picture book comes out tomorrow, ready to show the world that we are as much our chairs as we aren't. And I'm just 😭.
My first traditionally published book releases tomorrow--I've worked so hard to get here!--and I will be inappropriately celebrating with a mammogram today and dentist appointment tomorrow.
Please, someone do better than me...
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I'm beyond excited for this book, as it shares so much of my own heart and soul.
I hope you take a peek!🙏💗📚
Stephanie!! That is THE BEST way to celebrate a book!! Thank you so much!!!!
Take a look at some of these early reader reviews for WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A CHAIR, from Barefoot Books, coming April 7th!!!
Reviews are truly e v e r y t h i n g.
Check out the book in the comments💗
I just dropped off my debut picture book, that hasn't been officially released yet, at our school library.
There were 2 kids in there and they both screamed and said they wanted to check it out RIGHT NOW!!😭😭😭
Meet Vo!
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The @PublishersWkly review is in!!!!
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"Focused on a child’s shifting self-image, it’s a complex exploration of autonomy, identity, and support."
Okay... now I could die...
Hahaha! Fair... although, this is a rarity in my house too! Typically they are wildly mismatched in color, size, and the all-feared thickness category!
Sometimes I take photos of the things I get most annoyed about, because I know eventually I'll wish for them when they're gone.
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