Jasmine Fang put a 2nd copy of ONE CAN BE in a CA Little Free Library. (Illustrator Annie May Cron left the 1st!)

Jasmine wrote BENEATH THE SAME ROUND MOON about family togetherness and the Mooncake Festival coming 9/15 from Beaming Books. Rong Pham and Vinh Nguyen illustrate . #onecanbe #50states

Thanks to Paul Sonnleitner and his wife, Kari, ONE CAN BE is in a New York @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social.
Paul is a lighting designe for Broadway shows, concerts and events like the Times Square NYE ball drop. He’s a two-time Emmy nominee and Telly Award winner. #onecanbe #50states #newyork

If you know picture books, you know Melissa Sweet. She’s illustrated more than 100 books and written several, as well.

She’s won two Caldecott honors, been on the NYT bestsellers list, and won a bevy of other awards

#onecanbe #50states #maine #megakidlit #booksky

Meet @alisonpstevens.bsky.social. She put ONE CAN BE in a Nebraska @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social a bit ago as the photo shows. I appreciate her patience waiting for this post. Getting through 50 states takes a while. Nebraska is state 46 to have ONE CAN BE in a LFL.

#onecanbe #50states #nebraska

Texas is a big state, so I'm thrilled three authors put ONE CAN BE in @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social boxes there.

@bartography.bsky.social and @jennyziegler.bsky.social took care of Austin, while @beckywalkerbooks.bsky.social covered Houston. Texas is our 45th state!

#onecanbe #50states #texas

Do you ever feel like a doofus? I do right now.

I have pictures of two amazing people putting ONE CAN BE in Idaho @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social boxes.

One is @anniebailey.bsky.social , the delightful author of several absolutely adorable board books.

#onecanbe #50states #Idaho

When I shared @taradairman.bsky.social
putting ONE CAN BE in a Colorado @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
I forgot that @jennbertman.bsky.social
also put the book in a LFL at Colorado’s WOW! Children's Museum for double the fun.

#onecanbe #50states #colorado #megakidlit #booksky

When I wanted ONE CAN BE put in a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social in each state, I forgot about Washington, D.C. But ... it seemed my book belonged there, too. Enter @ericaperl.bsky.social, middle grade, picture book, chapter book and early reader author. #onecanbe #50states #WashingtonDC

Meet Tory Christie, a scientist, poet and author. By day, Tory studies rocks, water and the outdoors. After dark, she writes for kids.

I’m glad Tory used daylight hours to put ONE CAN BE in a West Fargo, ND @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social. That’s state No. 42! #onecanbe #50states #northdakota

Kentucky illustrator @scottsoeder.bsky.social put ONE CAN BE in a Louisville
@littlefreelibrary.bsky.social and sent me a picture of the street sign, so I’d know where it ended up. That makes Kentucky our 41st state to have my book in a LFL. Nine more to go!

#onecanbe #50states #kentucky #kidlit

Thanks to author and media specialist @alicefayeduncan.bsky.social, Tennessee is the 40th state to have ONE CAN BE put in a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social — the one in Memphis’s Johnson Street YMCA to be exact.

#onecanbe #50states #tennessee

One of the funniest, most talented and most prolific folks writing picture books today is @amedyckman.bsky.social

Fortunately, she had the time to put ONE CAN BE in a New Jersey @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social. 39 states down, 11 to go. Yay, Ame!

#onecanbe #50states #newjersey #megakidlit

If I made a list titled, “Kidlit folks I haven’t met but admire from afar,” @ogemora.bsky.social
would be at the top.

So, I was excited she put ONE CAN BE in a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social, making Rhode Island the 38th state in my quest for all 50. #onecanbe #50states #rhodeisland #kidlit

ONE CAN BE, my book about quiet leaders and readers, joined a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
in Sioux Falls, SD, thanks to writer and retired librarian Jane Heitman Healy, who likes to immerse herself in children’s literature and poetry. State 37 accounted for! #onecanbe #50states #southdakota

Author-illustrator Bonnie Kelso puts One Can Be, a picture book by Pat Zietlow Miller and Annie Cron, in to a large, lovely Little Free Library in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Getting ONE CAN BE into a @LtlFreeLibrary in each state, I’ve met kidlit folks I didn’t know before. Like Nevada's @bonniekelso.bsky.social, who’s traveled the world seeking "truth and cuteness." Bonnie made Nevada the 36th state to have ONE CAN BE in a LFL. #onecanbe #50states #nevada

I first heard of @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social when her book MY COLD PLUM LEMON PIE BLUESY MOOD was a Charlotte Zolotow Honor recipient along with my SOPHIE’S SQUASH. I loved her writing, and my respect has grown with her subsequent releases.

#onecanbe #50states #northcarolina #megakidlit #booksky

Kamalani, a reader and gardener with a photographic memory, is a Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) writer. Her stories are rooted in her Indigenous community. They invite readers to explore the islands’ rich cultural traditions.

#onecanbe #50states #Hawaii #littlefreelibrary

ONE CAN BE found a sweet home in Alabama thanks to author and poet Irene Latham, who put the book in a
@littlefreelibrary.bsky.social by the Blount County Courthouse in Oneonta! (Seventeen states left!)

#onecanbe #50states #alabama #littlefreelibrary#booksky #megakidlit #kidlit

What's it like when author @carrietillotson.bsky.social puts your book in an Oregon @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social? It's bananas! Now that Carrie's checked Oregon off my list, there are 18 states left before ONE CAN BE has been in a LFL in every state. #onecanbe #50states #oregon #littlefreelibrary

The art Melissa Crowton created for IN OUR GARDEN made me say, “WOW!” I still say that when I see that book and her others.

I’m thrilled she helped get ONE CAN BE in a Littlr Free Library in every state. Melissa handled Utah, the 31st state. 19 to go!

#onecanbe #50states #utah

Nanci Turner Stevenson took a break from a @habitatforhumanity.bsky.social build to put ONE CAN BE in a Jackson Hole, Wyoming @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social.

Nanci’s effort helps get ONE CAN BE in a LFL in each state. Wyoming is state 30. 1/2

#onecanbe #50states #wyoming

Thanks to @jessrinker.bsky.social, who put ONE CAN BE in a West Virginia @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social. The pics make it seem the LFL is in the middle of nowhere, but it's on a community college campus. ONE CAN BE has now been in 29 state LFLs. 21 to go! 1/3

#onecanbe #50states #westvirginia

I met author/illustrator Sarah Frances Hardy at the Oxford Book Conference. She was and is lovely, as shown by her adding ONE CAN BE to a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
in Oxford, Miss. Kidlit folks have now put my book in LFLs in 28 states. 22 left!

#onecanbe #50states #mississippi #booksky

“Your book was in the LFL for less than five minutes! It will be loved over and over again.”

#onecanbe #50states #virginia

Thanks to author @mnewsome.bsky.social and his son, Tavin, who put ONE CAN BE, my book about @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social boxes, in an Illinois LFL.

ONE CAN BE has been added to LFLs in 26 states. 24 to go! 1/4

#onecanbe #50states #illinois #booksky #megakidlit #skybrarian

When I asked @joknowles.bsky.social to put ONE CAN BE in a Vermont @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
to get a copy in a LFL in each state, she said, “Hell, yeah! I’d love to do this! Yay!”

Go, Jo!

This our 25th state. We’re halfway done. Go, us!

#onecanbe #50states #vermont #littlefreelibrary

So. @jennbailey.bsky.social
is cool. She put my picture book, ONE CAN BE, in a Kansas @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

Jenn’s a baker, LEGO builder and author. See her dog, Oliver? Her Chiefs T-shirt? Cool.

ONE CAN BE is in 23 states. 27 left. #onecanbe #50states #Kansas #littlefreelibrary #kidlit

Two Oklahoma authors added ONE CAN BE to @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social boxes.

Traci Sorell added the book on the Mvskoke Nation Reservation in Tulsa. She also added her own book, WE ARE GRATEFUL, and INDIAN NO MORE, which she wrote with Charlene Willing McManis.

#onecanbe #50states #oklahoma

What’s a trip to the Twin Cities without stopping by Next Chapter Booksellers, Wild Rumpus and Red Balloon to sign ONE CAN BE and other titles?

Indie bookstores are the best!

#twincities #megakidlit #signedbooks #picturebooks #skybrarian #onecanbe

I’ve worked with Eliza Wheeler on three books - WHEREVER YOU GO, WHEN YOU ARE BRAVE and WHEN I’M WITH YOU. I’m thrilled she added my latest, ONE CAN BE, to a Twin Cities @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

ONE CAN BE has been added to 21 state LFLs. 29 to go! #onecanbe #50states #minnesota #megakidlit