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Aimee Larke

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Storyteller - #kidlit writer - science librarian - so many ideas - not enough time @ar_larke on Twitter

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I just submitted my humorous story: Harold, Don't Eat The Baby! Thank you @authorkelliebegs.bsky.social and elementary students for this fantastic opportunity! #PBandkidJudges

19.04.2025 17:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#PBandKidJudges
#kidlit writing competition is right around the corner! Participate in this hype event to get the word out! Like, repost, and follow for a chance to win a critique with author Stephanie Ward!

10.04.2025 20:47 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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IT'S TIME TO REVEAL THE WINNERS AND HONORABLE MENTIONS FOR #50PRECIOUSWORDS!! Huge thanks to my judges, prize donors, and of course, to all 586 brave writers who submitted their precious words! You are ALL winners in my book! viviankirkfield.com/2025/03/31/5...

31.03.2025 04:15 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 11

We're finally here! And while you're here, please check out this wonderful list of authors and illustrators πŸ’š

go.bsky.app/Uw5hJaE

04.03.2025 15:51 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 4

Congratulations! That’s fabulous!

03.03.2025 18:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today is a SPECIAL DAY! I just got home from Costa Rica and One of my books was named 2025 Social Studies Notable Trade Book. But that's not why.
It's because today is the 1st day of #50PreciousWords! Contest deadline March 3 at 11:59pm. Will you give it a try? viviankirkfield.com/2025/03/02/5...

02.03.2025 06:32 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 13

It's a tough to time to be launching #KidLit books. Pls help boost one or more of the #KidLitLaunches this week? Or the Mar. 3-9 #BookBirthday thread below? Thank you so much!

My online access this week will be sporadic (& my eye surgery is Wed).

03.03.2025 15:53 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you to the United Nations for declaring 2/11 the International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Let's celebrate by making sure all girls have access to science education everywhere. #scienceeducation #girlsinscience #unitednations #internationaldayogwomenandgirlsinscience #kidlit #megakidlit

11.02.2025 10:31 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We own this books and love reading it again and again!

07.02.2025 02:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Illustration of open book with text "Kid Lit Mega Feed" on its pages. Beside the book are two QR codes, one going to the feed and the other going to more info and how to be added. Link to the feed itself is shown below the book.

Illustration of open book with text "Kid Lit Mega Feed" on its pages. Beside the book are two QR codes, one going to the feed and the other going to more info and how to be added. Link to the feed itself is shown below the book.

This is a pinnable post for the #KidLitMegaFeed, a collab (multiple curated #KidLit lists). Admins: @boringstorybook.com @charlenedraws.bsky.social @debbieohi.com. READ THIS re: how to be added, how to post.

Pls:
πŸ“ŒSave/pin the feed if you enjoy
πŸ”Repost to share

bsky.app/profile/debb...

18.01.2025 14:15 πŸ‘ 214 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 5
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New chapter books for ages 6 to 9! imaginationsoup.net/new-chapter-... #kidlit

19.01.2025 19:26 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Agree!

17.01.2025 02:52 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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2025 PBParty Annual Contest ⋆ Mindy’s Writing Wonderland The annual PBParty contest is for unagented writers and author/illustrators with finished and polished picture book manuscripts. We pick a wide variety of genres for agents/editors to browse in the sh...

If you're an unagented writer or author/illustrator of picture books, I hope you'll enter the 2025 #PBParty contest. It has helped make so many agent and editor matches in the past...and we can't wait to see the magical matches that will happen this year.

mindyalyseweiss.com/2025-pbparty...

10.01.2025 07:09 πŸ‘ 196 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 28
Read-alouds & Resources for SoCal Schools & Families – Kate Messner

My heart is breaking for you, SoCal friends. I know so many kids will be out of school again this week due to the devastating wildfires, so I've pulled together a bunch of my virtual author visits & read-alouds. They'll be freely available for you all month. katemessner.com/read-alouds-...

12.01.2025 22:50 πŸ‘ 777 πŸ” 214 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 7
A Heartful of History Ep.5: A Chat With Author Vivian Kirkfield #writingforkids  #historypodcast
A Heartful of History Ep.5: A Chat With Author Vivian Kirkfield #writingforkids #historypodcast YouTube video by Selene Castrovilla

Looking for a bit of positivity today? Tune in to a wonderful podcast. We talk about writing process author journey, and tidbits about my upcoming book: ONE GIRL'S VOICE: How Lucy Stone Helped Change the Law of the Land, illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon and published youtu.be/MmFkI8AxhmU?...

12.01.2025 22:26 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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#BluePitHype
Q & A
January 12th

Build Your List

#BluePit is tomorrow! Post with #BluePitHype and build a support list!

BlueSky’s Lists work similar to Feeds, you can even pin them like the Discover feed, so you don’t miss your friend’s posts!

1 DAY To #BLUEPIT ON Mon, Jan 13th!

@BLUEPIT.BSKY.SOCIAL

Alt Text: #BluePitHype Q & A January 12th Build Your List #BluePit is tomorrow! Post with #BluePitHype and build a support list! BlueSky’s Lists work similar to Feeds, you can even pin them like the Discover feed, so you don’t miss your friend’s posts! 1 DAY To #BLUEPIT ON Mon, Jan 13th! @BLUEPIT.BSKY.SOCIAL

Welcome to the final day of #BluePitHype!

BlueSky's lists work like a custom feed, so if you build a support list, you can pin it next to the Discover tab and see only posts from people on that list!

Don't forget to add the #BluePit feeds (Links in comments)!

12.01.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 74

That’s way fun! I can’t wait to read about this someday!

04.12.2024 02:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

For those who want to attend tonight's #kidlitchat (or any other "slow chat"), here's my recent video on how deck.blue can help! Thanks to @gregpincus.bsky.social ( @kidlitchat.bsky.social co-host with @bonnieadamson.com) for the signal boost. πŸ’™

03.12.2024 19:28 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Title of the book β€˜Where Do Grown-Ups Come From?’ is carved into a tree behind a girl who is thinking. Three adults poke out from behind the tree

Title of the book β€˜Where Do Grown-Ups Come From?’ is carved into a tree behind a girl who is thinking. Three adults poke out from behind the tree

HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY to my new illustrated book β€˜Where Do Grown-Ups Come From?’ πŸƒβœ¨

A silly & wonderful story about kids exploring their imagination & discovering where we all come from

Was such a JOY to work on this book!

Purchase a copy on Amazon today!
www.amazon.ca/s?k=where+do...

28.11.2024 15:41 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The Book That Can Read Your Mind by Marianna Coppo has been on repeat since August for my 5 year old.

27.11.2024 03:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

ThisπŸ‘†#kidlitchat

27.11.2024 02:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My husband, sisters, children, and my amazing critique partners! #kidlitchat

27.11.2024 02:19 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Drawing in a notebook that shows a group of smiling people lifting up a giant open notebook that in turn supports a smiling figure. On top of the notebook page, we see a Preppy fountain pen.

Drawing in a notebook that shows a group of smiling people lifting up a giant open notebook that in turn supports a smiling figure. On top of the notebook page, we see a Preppy fountain pen.

To those who want to help book creators but can't afford to buy right now: there are still SO MANY WAYS you can show your support! Here are just a few:

debbieohi.link/HowToSupport

24.11.2024 13:59 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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30 possible questions to ask an idea to tease out a story This observation journalΒ entry is a list of ways to start turning an idea a story. I made it because I was trying to get started on an idea. The list is not exhaustive, and this is not the last suc…

Thirty possible questions to ask of an idea, in order to tease out a story:
tanaudel.wordpress.com/2024/11/25/3...

25.11.2024 02:08 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
Book cover for β€˜Flap Your Hands: A Celebration of Stimming’ by Steve Asbell. In the illustration, four children hand-flap in front of an infinity rainbow

Book cover for β€˜Flap Your Hands: A Celebration of Stimming’ by Steve Asbell. In the illustration, four children hand-flap in front of an infinity rainbow

The Chicago Public Library listed FLAP YOUR HANDS as one of the best picture books of 2024! 😭

What an honor to be included among such great titles.

chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp....

19.11.2024 02:31 πŸ‘ 121 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 1

Alright! Started working on a literary agent starter pack on here, for all my writer friends out there!

Follow along and see what folks are looking for. go.bsky.app/EFopcRo

19.11.2024 01:03 πŸ‘ 2671 πŸ” 583 πŸ’¬ 226 πŸ“Œ 56

Strictly No Elephants is an all time favorite and a great choice.

18.11.2024 02:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Caricature of Julie Hedlund sitting on stack of books reading and laughing. COOKING UP FUNNY PICTURE BOOKS: 4 Key Ingredients with Julie Hedlund, Nov. 19th at 8pm ET/5pm PT. Only $35. Click link to register.

Caricature of Julie Hedlund sitting on stack of books reading and laughing. COOKING UP FUNNY PICTURE BOOKS: 4 Key Ingredients with Julie Hedlund, Nov. 19th at 8pm ET/5pm PT. Only $35. Click link to register.

Who could use a few laughs right now? KIDS! If you're writing funny #picturebooks (or want to), join me on 11/19 at 8pm ET/5pm PT for COOKING UP FUNNY PICTURE BOOKS: 4 Key Ingredients. Soon you'll be whipping up those giggles in your WIPs. #kidlit juliehedlund.lpages.co/cooking-up-f...

13.11.2024 01:17 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

For anyone who may not have seen them, I thought I’d post both my UK Kids Book Chat starter packs in the same place for easy sharing. #BookSky #KidLit #ChildrensBooks #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

go.bsky.app/LEQd4SR

go.bsky.app/EuGRKnC

15.11.2024 08:21 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 3
#skypitch on Bluesky bubble letters banner

#skypitch on Bluesky bubble letters banner

I’m working on getting a viable #kidlit pitch party going here. We had a trial run here last month w/ hundreds participating. All of the functions are in place to hold the events, we need to get more agents & editors on board. Follow @skypitch.bsky.social & the #skypitch hashtag to find out more.

13.11.2024 03:45 πŸ‘ 159 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 1