Vivian Kirkfield | Substack Click to read Vivian Kirkfield on Substack. Launched a year ago.

I subscribed to Vivian Kirkfield's substack. She is an amazing writer and support for picture book writers. She runs #50preciouswords each year! viviankirkfield.substack.com?r=2vi844&utm...

Joyce P. Uglow Storied Ink | Substack Joyce Uglow - STORIED INK - picture book poet, mixes 3+ decades of teaching + leading with hope for our planet. Follow for children’s book recommendations, poetry, book announcements, and more. https:...

Joyce P. Uglow Storied Ink is a great Substack to follow!Join me there! jpuglow.substack.com?r=2vi844&utm...

libraries. If you are somewhere else in Nova Scotia, you can request it with an Interlibrary loan. Jennifer Berne is the author and Amanda Hall is the illustrator. #kidlit #picturebook #ocean #sea #nonfiction @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social

cover before (ancestor of the trilobite). It is an Anomalocaris. The back matter included a fold out four page presentation of the earth in the different eons. I have never seen anything like it! It is at the @hfxpublib.bsky.social as well as Middleton, Sydney, Tatamagouche and Lunenburg
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For kids and adults - this is an AMAZING book! It's a nonfiction picture book that tells how the oceans developed from when the earth was a hot ball of rock until today. It is done in rhyme and the illustrations are stunning. I learned so much! I had never heard of the creature on the front
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Melissa Mwai, MLIS | Substack Creative musings and resources from a published children’s author/illustrator with ADHD & a library degree. Click to read Melissa Mwai, MLIS, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.

I saw Melissa Mwai, MLIS resource: 5+ Tips to Springboard Your Creativity on @jpuglow.bsky.social Substack and I was hooked! Check her out! melissamwaiscreativelife.substack.com?r=2vi844&utm...

MOWMT 27: Exploring the Why of Board Books with Robin Currie It happened the other day – a stroller child at the next table was chewing a copy of a board book I authored! When I told his mom, she said, “Oh, he loves to chew that one!” Take that, awards judges! ...

Check out this great blog post about the kinds of board books you can write!
@robincurrie.bsky.social on #RateYourStory #BookLove #MarchOn #MentorTexts www.rateyourstory.org/post/mowmt-2...

Congratulations!!!

Excited to participate in Rate Your Story's March On With Mentor Texts for the 1st time! I love sharing picture books & finding out about new ones to read, enjoy & analyze so I can apply what I learn in my own writing! #RateYourStory #BookLove #MarchOn #MentorTexts Such an adorable badge too!!

Karen Lynn Williams @charlesbridge.bsky.social

MOWMT 29: The Culture of a Name with Maria Wen Adcock Picture Books About Cultural Name Awareness by Maria Wen AdcockWhat’s in a name? In a very practical sense, our names are our identities. When someone says our names, we know they’re talking to us. Cu...

Teaching children the cultural importance of names? Check out www.rateyourstory.org/post/mowmt-2... @mariawenadcock.bsky.social 's post on #RateYourStory #BookLove #MarchOn #MentorTexts for her book & others @yangsookchoi.bsky.social @authorjamilah.bsky.social

LOVE It List... Earth Day is coming! I like to think we, the citizens of Planet Earth, celebrate Earth Day everyday.

Check out this cool Earth Day fortune teller and a great booklist curated by @jpuglow.bsky.social here! open.substack.com/pub/jpuglow/...

Joyce P. Uglow Storied Ink | Substack Joyce Uglow - STORIED INK - picture book poet, mixes 3+ decades of teaching + leading with hope for our planet. Follow for children’s book recommendations, poetry, book announcements, and more. https:...

I follow Joyce P. Uglow Storied Ink substack! You should too! jpuglow.substack.com?r=2vi844&utm...

Finding ourselves, seeing our neighbours: Why access to art and libraries aren't add-ons www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Very well written!

Fun today at Courageous Books!

This is what supplementary funding covers. Some of the funds come from the provincial government so they are part of the problem too. @timbousquet.bsky.social

Save School Librarians in HRM 98 library staff positions at risk. Council votes March 31. Email your councillor in 60 seconds.

Are you an HRM resident who is concerned about students receiving quality education? Email your councillor to vote yes to maintaining supplementary funding. The jobs of school librarians, art & music support teachers & social workers are at risk! @hfxgov.bsky.social

halifamous.ca/save-school-...

Kids aged 5-7 created some a-mazing mazes for their Beebots to go through during my session at Woodlawn @hfxpublib.bsky.social today! They had to problem solve how to make the arches high enough for the Beebots to get through! #coding #RetiredTeacherFun

I did it! I didn't really start until Wednesday. My 1st application went in yesterday morning. I submitted 4 more last night, the last one at 11:59 pm ET (deadline). Thank you @pbrisingstars.bsky.social @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social @laylafallah.bsky.social and
Kailie Pew

34 Standout Titles, Including New Ones by Joanna Ho & Cicely Lewis | Starred Reviews, December 2023 The last month of 2023 saw some great books and multimedia offerings, which include holiday books, Spanish-language titles, and music.

Thrilled to be on this awesome list with the first spread of our book right on top. All last year, I got to say "next year," and now I get to say "next month"! www.slj.com/story/34-sta...

KidLit Deconstruction Zone Podcast episode title card: Demystifying Graphic Novels for Writers with illustrated graphic novel panel and book character wearing a construction hat.

Got 10 minutes? The KDZ crew chats all things writing graphic novels on the KidLit Deconstruction Zone Podcast in our newest YouTube episode: bit.ly/4leRjQA.

#kidlit #writingchildrensbooks

Anyone else covering their eyes at various points in the third period of the Canada-US gold medal game? Not sure how I'll handle overtime! @hockeycanada.bsky.social #GoCanadaGo #MilanoCortina2026

authors and illustrators will find great connections and resources at 12x12 too!
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It's my 2nd year in @12x12challenge.bsky.social Last year, I focused on writing drafts. This year I want to learn about query letters. #12x12pb will meet you where you are. Registration closes Feb. 15th. Sprint to juliehedlund.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?... to find out more! Published
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You too!

Thank you so much!

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The Three Little Pugs and Cedric and the Dragon.

SO excited! @ninacrittenden.bsky.social Day 3 #Storystorm post led me to this collage! @taralazar.bsky.social I randomly cut pictures out and then assembled them. I came up with this and at least ELEVEN ideas! 🥳Check out the post taralazar.com/2026/01/03/s... AND Nina's 3 books: Chicken Lily
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Wow!

Coming Feb 17... Pre-order THE CABBAGE SEED'S COLOSSAL SECRET for a signed #book plate & #shareyourveggies! Based on an inspirational true story of a young girl and a 40 lb. cabbage-- Tilbury House Pub's (now part of PRH). @pbspree.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social @gardeningma.bsky.social