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Katherine Choppy Harrison

@kidlitkat

executive editor of ya, mg and picture books at knopf bfyr, writer of songs and picture books (POWER TOOL ALPHABET & BUT I’M A PUMPKIN!), appreciator of odd curiosities

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Christian Hubicki wetting his pants is a new golden age of television #survivor

05.03.2026 02:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My parents met protesting the Vietnam war, & prior my dad’s death from early onset Lewy body dementia, he attended peace protests every Saturday for over a decade in objection to conflicts in Afghanistan & Iraq. I hate war so fucking much—And I wish there were more people like my dad in the world.

28.02.2026 16:52 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s one of my all time favorite titles too!

27.02.2026 21:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Dark as a Dungeon

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25.02.2026 23:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Picking up your phone is like walking into a room and forgetting why you went in there, but you stand in that room for an hour.

23.02.2026 05:34 👍 265 🔁 47 💬 7 📌 0

Hearing reports that the Pats losing Super Bowl LX is what finally reunites us as a country.

09.02.2026 04:12 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Wait it's series?!?! Too good to be true!

29.01.2026 04:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Somehow this ice dancing movie is EXACTLY what I needed right now. Don't even care if it's a ripoff of The Cutting Edge.

29.01.2026 03:49 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Does anyone know if there's simple desktop app to keep a running tally of something? My hope is to press a button that makes a pleasant noise and gives me dopamine rush each time I respond to a submission, keeping track of how many I've reviewed over the year.

23.01.2026 20:22 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0

Chilling.

14.01.2026 19:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I totally agree, AI copy is a no-go for me.

13.01.2026 21:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yeah, I think in that scenario it might be best to focus on specific improvements to the copy vs. the reasoning behind any issues.

13.01.2026 19:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That's a good approach! Just to extend the hypothetical slightly, what would you do if it wasn't something that takes a credit? Like, say, an editor wrote cover copy for your book and it had an artificial feel to it. Would you say anything?

13.01.2026 16:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 4 📌 0

Question for the hive-mind: What is the etiquette around asking whether something is AI-generated in a professional setting? Is there a way to frame the question that minimizes offense to the person being asked?

13.01.2026 16:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I believe he hails from the Skibidi region of Ohio, which, thanks to the Great Meme Reset of 2026, no longer exists.

09.01.2026 19:00 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Obsessed with the shirt tail becoming a cat tail

09.01.2026 18:49 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Are we ready to talk about the 25th amendment yet? Asking for a country.

08.01.2026 23:05 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you for this ray of sunshine 🥹

08.01.2026 16:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Reposting as a reminder to myself as much as anyone else.

06.01.2026 22:46 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

I wonder if it partly boils down to trends among classmates too. For my kiddo, there was a social aspect around the Warrior cats that made it more desirable to read and compare notes.

06.01.2026 22:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.

06.01.2026 19:37 👍 16489 🔁 2406 💬 282 📌 716

Lately, the thing we talk about is slowing down and absorbing the words regardless of format. He recently finished a graphic adaptation of Watership Down in like an hour and I was like, hang on...

06.01.2026 22:19 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My stepson seems to alternate pretty freely these days. There was a slight reluctance to read text only at first, but once he got comfortable with it, I was surprised how quickly he took off devouring more.

06.01.2026 22:18 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Happy New Year, kidlit community! I spent the last few weeks reading no news and The Golden Compass out loud with my family and this is the world I want to stay in forever.

Have you read anything you loved lately?

06.01.2026 22:02 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I agree. I do think we need vocabulary for encouraging kids who primarily read graphic novels to take a chance on long-form prose, but they are such an invaluable tool to get those same kids excited about reading in the first place.

06.01.2026 22:00 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

So happy to see the new Lauren Castillo on here 🥰

22.12.2025 22:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Good night and good luck… to CBS’s integrity

22.12.2025 22:15 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Listen, I’m not saying you’re wrong, but petty revenge bombs are DEFINITELY a part of what Survivor is all about

18.12.2025 22:42 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Just chiming in that this story is making the rounds across different media channels so I presume the Guardian is including because a. it's everywhere and b. their readers agree with her

11.12.2025 20:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hey @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and @notalawyer.bsky.social, maybe we need an update episode on this dude’s shameless pivot from scammy self help books to a scammy AI chatbot

08.12.2025 19:11 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0