#50PreciousWords UPDATE!! Still distributing prizes - but it's TIME for #parents #teachers #librariians to encourage kids to participate in #50PreciousWordsforKids. Every child has a story to tell! Email entries to: viviankirkfield@gmail.com. I'll post ALL on my special Mother's Day blog on May 10.
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This post *makes* me smile. ๐ฟ where is autocorrect when I need it?
It was so adamant about the word solutionaries ๐
Look at this wonderful collection of books! Thanks for sharing! ๐ฅน
Happy Earth Day! โค๏ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐โค๏ธ This Earth Day, check out these beautiful Earth-friendly books . @ljrwritenow.bsky.social @writerjolene.bsky.social @martamagellan.bsky.social @viviankirkfield.bsky.social @bonniekelso.bsky.social @alicebianchiclark
I agree!
This post make me smile. ๐ฟ
I recommended this book to my mentee yesterday as a great text about gardening! Itโs such an amazing book with my favorite word, coined by Grace Lee Boggs - ๐solutionaries #gardening #earthday
Tonight was our last webinar in the series
- & I missed #kidlitchat again
I feel like everything is on Tuesdays ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ
Climate change a belief?
Umm, like believing that there shouldnโt be prayer services at work and especially not ones led by so-called religious people who spout lines from Pulp Fiction.
Oh wait, that is something I believe in.
And trying to be โhelpfulโ in case you forgot about them. ๐
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Sounds lovely ๐
Can poetry be used to write nonfiction picture books? You bet it can! Lisa Rogers shares how using poetry to write biographies is a natural fit in this episode of the 12 x 12 Picture Book Podcast!
12x12challenge.com/p...
#podcast #poetry #picturebook #kidlit #nonfiction #amwriting #booksky
I just entered this #giveaway on #Goodreads
#readHeartLand by @jilanne.bsky.social
I just entered this #giveaway on #Goodreads
#readHeartLand by @jilanne.bsky.social
Class starts in 2 DAYS! Sign up for Panel by Panel: How to Write #GraphicNovels (Even If You Canโt Draw!) This 6-week, LIVE, writer-focused course breaks down the building blocks of graphic storytelling! Join now: 12x12challenge.com/gn
#kidlit #writingforkids #amwriting #writingtips
Ugh! Are they still open? Open tomorrow? Why does everything have to be so hard?
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/s... ๐ This is a gift article. โEveryone thinks they have the best dog and none of them are wrong.โ -W.R. Purche
#dogs #quoteoftheday
Thank you so much for hosting me on your wonderful blog, @bandersonwriter.bsky.social!
@eastwestlit.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social @unionsquarekids.bsky.social
#kidlit #kidlitart
Congratulations! ๐คฉ So excited for you and I canโt wait to read it! I preordered your book because I knew it would be #amazing
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#poetry #nationalpoetrymonth Boosting this wonderful #podcast with #librarian @lisaljrogers.bsky.social #booksky #writing
๐ฅน thatโs wonderful!
Sunset through the trees
Sunset through the trees walking home with my dog
It IS AWESOME!
I think one of those reviews might be mine, and if it's not I wish I had said that. I've been telling people about this book since I got it!
๐ Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member, @sjohnstontaylor.bsky.social! ๐
๐ IF PETS WROTE POEMS illustrated by Sandie Sonke, published by Gnome Road Publishing is now available.
Find it here: buff.ly/tGWIpcw
#kidlit
Pizza from a local restaurant rather than fast-ish food from a national chain
My thought: pizza
I knew it was #Chicago ๐
Today on the blog: April Book of the Month! @karenjameson15.bsky.social ๐๐ lynnbeckerbooks.substack.com/p/aprils-boo...