Six Questions with Jody Jensen Shaffer Jody Jensen Shaffer is an award-winning poet and the author of more than 90 books of fiction and nonfiction for children, including Creep, Leap, Crunch! A Food Chain Story, The Last Day Julian was My ...

What a thrill to have @jodywrites4kids.bsky.social stop by my Six Questions Blog. You can read it here: www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...

Celebrate Women's History Month

Consider adding PEDAL PUSHER by @boonewrites.bsky.social & Lisa Anchin to your Women's History Month curriculum 📚 This picture book tells the story of feminist icon Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, who was the first woman to ride a bicycle around the world. tinyurl.com/3vnc9p55

#edusky #womenshistorymonth

Six Questions with Tara Dairman Tara Dairman (she/they) writes middle-grade novels and picture books about kids with strong passions and big questions about the world. Tara’s books include The Girl from Earth’s End, the All Four Sta...

How does author @taradairman.bsky.social know an idea will make a good book?
1. When it won’t leave her alone.
2. When it feels like something something she hasn't seen before.
3. When it feels like something she’s particularly qualified to write.
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Six Questions with Michael Wang Michael Wang is an author, designer, and avid plant enthusiast. His career began in graphic design, where he worked for many years before co-founding a design studio specializing in creating and curat...

Author @mwstories.bsky.social as grateful for the many ways in which members of the children’s community have helped him grow as a writer.
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Six Questions with Costantia Manoli Costantia Manoli is the award winning author of Tomatoes in My Lunchbox, a Bookstagang Future Classic Picture Book 2022, a Kirkus Most Empowering Picture Book 2022 and an Ezra Jack Keats Writer’s Awar...

#kidlit #Author @costantia.bsky.social stopped by my Six Questions blog to talk about her new #picturebook, The Fig Tree, which explores the purpose of the Green Line that divides the island of Cyprus.

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Hey #librarians and #teachers —
Want to support a great cause while getting a sweet deal? Bid! Bid! Bid!

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Six Questions with Margaret Finnegan Margaret Finnegan’s latest middle grade novel is Spelling It Out (Atheneum Books for Young Readers). If she is not writing kid lit or teaching her students at Cal State LA, she is most likely walking ...

Much of a writer’s success (or lack of success) is out of their hands.
That's why #author Margaret Finnegan heeds this #writing advice: WRITE THE NEXT BOOK.
Read more on my Six Questions blog!

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I am doing a #teacher appreciation week #giveaway over on Instagram. Please send your teacher friends over to enter!

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Six Questions with Ha Dinh Ha Dinh is a reading intervention specialist, former primary school teacher, mom, and author. She had been dreaming of writing children’s books since she first came to America as a kindergartener, but...

Where does #kidlit #author Ha Dinh find inspiration? Everywhere, but especially from childhood memories, students she teaches, and her own children!
Read more in this Six Questions interview

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Six Questions with Chelsea Tornetto Chelsea Tornetto is an educator turned children’s book author (she taught 7th grade world geography for 17 years prior to writing for kids.) Chelsea has enjoyed writing rhyming poetry since she was a ...

Author @chelseatornetto.bsky.social‘s new picture book shows how the tiniest act of kindness can brighten an entire neighborhood.
#kidlit #writing #writingcommunity

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Girl Power for the win!
#books #writers #picturebooks

Check out these most anticipated books!
@viviankirkfield.bsky.social @boonewrites.bsky.social @namstwit @HelloMrsDinh @christinashawn.bsky.social @booksbycindy.bsky.social @jpuglow.bsky.social jpuglow.bsky.social‬ Shifa Saltagi Safadi

My idea of a writer: someone interested in everything. —Susan Sontag #quotes #WritingCommunity

Six Questions with Katie Mazeika Katie Mazeika is an award-winning author and illustrator who can’t imagine a better job than making books. She loves creating characters that make an impression and specializes in telling stories base...

Reading Madeline as a kid mattered to @kdmaz.bsky.social

She had cancer and she didn’t know of any other book that showed a little girl – like her - in the hospital.
Representation matters.
Read more on this week’s Six Questions blog!
#kidlit #writers #writing

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Authors Mary Boone, Suma Subramaniam, and Steph Kentscott

“I would not be an author today, writing about books where children can see themselves- where books can serve as windows, mirrors, and sliding doors- if not for the books that I read.”

Thanks for a great discussion @boonewrites.bsky.social & @suma-subramaniam.bsky.social

I love chatting with #kidlit authors about their #writing practices!

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Authors Mary Boone and Rachel Michelle Wilson visit Edmonds Bookshop in Edmonds,WA

Visiting indie bookshops as an author is pure joy!
#writingcommunity #kidlit #pnw

Such a glorious day! Thanks to @brickandmortar024.bsky.social and everyone who came to show support!

Six Questions with Natasha Tripplett Natasha Tripplett lives in Northern California, where she writes from a tree house perched in a sycamore tree. Natasha is a Jamaican Jewish American author who is passionate about cultural representat...

The key to being in a great writer? PLAY!
Learn more from #kidlit #author Natasha Tripplett here:

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Hey #teachers and #homeschoolers -
Check out this post for some fun activities that connect #stem and language arts learning!

a boy and a girl are playing connecting game ALT: a boy and a girl are playing connecting game

I live in the PNW and write books for curious kids. I’d love to connect with more #writers #librarians #teachers #kidlit creators #parents and #picturebook #authors!

2 PM. Should be lots of fun!

Mary Boone got me to dig deep! Thanks, Mary, for your questions about inspiration, a favorite teacher, & takeaways from our new book, Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony, with Stacy Innerst!
#creativity #inspiration #WomenArtists #abstractart #kidlit

Hey #writers, have any of you done a residency? How was that experience?

#writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #writersky

Six Questions with Lisa Rogers Lisa Rogers became inspired to write for children during her career as an elementary school librarian. Her picture books have received multiple starred reviews and awards, including the Golden Kite Ho...

You can’t write a story until you know its heart. Author @lisaljrogers.bsky.social says she can’t find that heart until she emotionally connects to the story. #writing #kidlit

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Hey #Seattle -
Amy, Curtis Manly and I are gathering to celebrate our new #kidlit books March 16 at @brickandmortar024.bsky.social
Join us!

I appreciate you @nadiaawriter.bsky.social