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SCBWI PBs Poet: The Toy, Little Thoughts Press Mira Reisberg's Children's Book Academy (featured poems) Honors: Madness! Poetry (Elite 8), #50PreciousWords, Valentiny, Halloweensie, Holiday, Spring Fling School volunteer Hx: pediatrics http://pjpurtee.com
A small free library box on a wooden post with an open door revealing books, surrounded by a flower planter at its base.
📖 GMA's book club pick for March is #TheSecretLivesofMurderersWives by #ElizabethArnott! There are copies of the book in #LittleFreeLibrary book-sharing boxes across the U.S. & Canada. Learn more about our partnership with GMA & how to find copies of the book near you: https://lflib.org/gma-2026
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Congratulations to all!
This year's prompt was a tough one.
I wanted to comment on all of the stories, but I had problems with WordPress after I commented about 30 times. Same thing happened last year.
Thanks to those of you who posted a comment on my story.
❤️ #Valentiny ❤️
Congrats!
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This week’s #poetryprompt from my kidlit Rhyme Time group:
Write a limerick using one (or all) of these words:
gold
rainbow
leprechaun
luck
shamrock/clover
green
beer/pub
Ireland/Irish
bagpipes.
#rhyme #poetry #poets #limerick
susannahill.com/2026/03/04/t...
My Rhyme Time buddy, @laurimeyers.bsky.social, is a winner!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Happy Book Birthday! 🎉 @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
Rock ’n’ Roll, Baby!
✍🏻 David McMullin @davidmcmullin.bsky.social
🎨 Allison Black
2026, Random House BYR
From ☀️
’Til 🌙
Baby routines
&
🎶
♥️🥰♥️
#rhyme
#BB #librarians #teachers #daycare
#parents #newborn #toddler
From Archie to Zack
✍🏻 & 🎨 Vincent X. Kirsch @vincentxkirsch.bsky.social
2020, Harry N. Abrams
Archie
📝
Zack
♥️
And I was expecting an ABC book. 🥰
Thank you!
"There's no right way of writing. There's only your way." —Milton Lomask
My entry: 46 precious words.
Good luck to everyone.
SWEETY
✍🏻 & 🎨 Andrea Zuill @andreazuill.bsky.social
2019, Schwartz & Wade
A not-so-naked mole rat
Desire to fit in
Stay true to oneself
Find your people
🥰
#PB #librarians #parents
Congrats!
❤️
This week’s #poetryprompt from my Rhyme Time group:
1st line: “March arrived with no clear plan”
or
The last snow of the season has turned into something magical. What is it? What does it do?
#kidspoetry #rhyme #poetry #poets #haiku
Hurray, I'M BUSY by @michaelianblack.bsky.social and me launches today from @simonkids.bsky.social!
Educators: Help us celebrate & I'll record a special video msg just for your students. More: debbieohi.com/2026/02/imbu...
#KidLit #BookBirthday #Edusky #LibrarySky
ANOTHER little library!
What a mission (and a great idea). @alisonpstevens.bsky.social
WAITING FOR SNOW
✍🏻 Marsha Diane Arnold
🎨 Renata Liwska
2016, Clarion
Badger 🦡
friends
wait
wait
wait
for 🌨️❄️
🥰
#PB #patience #friendship #winter #librarians
"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." — Edgar Degas For me, art for children's picture books is the highest calling for an artist. It's an opportunity to cultivate the world's most vital resource, the imagination of children. If you have a passion project for children, I can help: https://www.studio-w.art/kidlit
For me, art for children's picture books is the highest calling for an artist. It's an opportunity to cultivate the world's most vital resource, the imagination of children.
If you have a passion project for children, I can help.
#kidlit #kidliitart #childrensbookillustrator #scbwi #digitalart
Me, too!
THE BOY AND THE GORILLA
✍🏻 Jackie Azua Kramer
🎨 Cindy Derby
2020, Candlewick
a funeral
a boy
a wise and gentle gorilla
comfort
🥰🥰🥰
#PB #grief #loss #death
#parents #librarians
PIE IN THE SKY
✍🏻 🎨 Remy Lai @rrremylai.bsky.social
2019, Macmillan
immigrants
language barrier
2 brothers
single mom
baking secrets
♥️ 🤣 ♥️
#MG #immigration
Orange tabby cat tilting its head curiously, captioned about standing at a little free library reading all the book titles.
😂 (or should we say 🤣)
This week’s #poetryprompt from my Rhyme Time group:
Write a rhyme about cars, trucks, planes, buses, or some sort of transportation.
#kidspoetry #rhyme #poetry #poets #haiku
THE ARABIC QUILT, AN IMMIGRANT STORY
✍🏻 Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social
🎨 Anait Semirdzhyan
2020, Tilubury House
a move: Egypt to 🇺🇸
teasing
a quilt 🧵
a poem 📝
a school project
🥰
#immigration #bullied #inclusion #classroom #art #PB
Love this infographic!
And the thinking it inspired
tinyurl.com/39kyr5tk
#TLsky #Skybrarian #SchoolLibrarians #TLskychat #edusky #kidlit
Green Little Free Library box filled with various books in a suburban yard during fall.
As spring approaches, are you looking to start a Little Free Library? Our kits make it super easy to get your own book-sharing box going! See just how easy as we break down the materials needed and the simple steps for assembly. https://lflib.org/kit-build
Happy birthday!
I love little libraries!
