Rebecca Gardyn Levington
@rebeccaglevington.bsky.social
Rhyming PB Author & Poet. WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW; BRAINSTORM!; AFIKOMAN WHERE'D YOU GO?; LITTLE DREIDEL LEARNS TO SPIN, WRITE HERE WRITE NOW, I WILL ALWAYS BE…,FINDING FORGIVENESS (8/5/25), SOME DAYS I’M THE WIND (9/9/25) + more! RebeccaGardynLevington.c
Go, Esther, Go!!! 😍 I'm so excited to share the cover of my upcoming picture book, BRAVE LIKE ESTHER: A Purim Story, illustrated by Asya Aizenstein & published by @kalaniotbooks.bsky.social! Coming to a bookstore & book site near you on Jan. 12th, just in time for Purim! 🎉 Avail for preorder NOW!
Upcoming #12x12PB members-only webinar! Join us on July 16 at 1pm ET/10am PT for “Rhyme is NOT a Crime! How to Write Rhyming Picture Books That SELL” with @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social. Replay available for members! #kidlit
OMG! SOME DAYS I'M THE WIND made it to the final round of the SCBWI Crystal Kites in the Atlantic Division!!!🎉 A huge thank you to everyone who voted for our book. ❤️ We would be so grateful for your vote again in the final round: SCBWI.ORG/CRYSTAL-KITE. Voting ends on July 17! THANK YOU!!!🥰
I'm headed to Chicago for the American Library Association Annual Conference! 🎉 Pls come by to say "Hi" at one of my signings on Friday 6/26 or Sat 6/27! Who can give up a chance to snag FREE signed books, amiright?! 🥰 Hope to see you there! @fsgbooks.bsky.social @barefootbooks.bsky.social
Next Tues 6/23 at 9am I'll be presenting at the @jewishlibraries.bsky.social conference about my upcoming title, I WISH THAT YOU KNEW,. If you are attending, please stop by! I'll also be handing out and signing FREE ARCs of the book. Hope to see you there!🥰
It's been a month and a half since Passover, and my toddler is still obsessed with AFIKOMAN, WHERE'D YOU GO? by @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social and Noa Kelner. I took a deep dive into why: jennifertarrwrites.com/toddler-teac... #kidlit #booksky #edusky
Toddler Teaches...AFIKOMAN, WHERE'D YOU GO? - Jennifer Tarr
AFIKOMAN, WHERE'D YOU GO? is toddler approved. It's got bouncy rhyme, tons going on in the illustrations, and an interactive hide-and-seek search for a trickster afikoman -- what's not to love?
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Huge thanks to @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social for interviewing me on the Picture Book Builders blog, talking about Unbreakable: A Japanese American Family in an American Incarceration Camp by Minoru Tonai, Chris Sasaki, and me! There's a #giveaway! picturebookbuilders.com/2026/05/unbr... #kidlit
We are thrilled to share that 'Some Days I'm the Wind', written by @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social and illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova, is honored as a 2026 Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts! 🎉 Check it out 👉 www.childrensliteratureassembly.org/notables.html
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A Sea of Lemon Treas: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez written by Maria Dolores Aguila, published by Roaring Brook Press Zero: The Number That Almost Wasn't written by Sarah Albee, illustrated by Chris....
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Fave #picturebook of the week: a tie between AFIKOMAN, WHERE'D YOU GO? by @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social and Noa Kelner and MATZAH DAY! by Charlotte Offsay and Jason Kirschner. Double the Passover fun! #booksky #kidlit
New Book Deal! WhooHoo! Very excited for this one, especially since it will be illustrated by the incredible @lightonthesea.bsky.social whose work blows me away. Coming from @fsgbooks.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social in fall 2028! 🥰🍎
The @barnesandnoble.com preorder sale is ON thru Thu 3/26! 🎉 Use code: PREORDER25 for 25% off!❤️ While you're shopping, please consider adding I WISH THAT YOU KNEW to your basket 🥰 Thanks for your support! 🥳
SOME DAYS I'M THE WIND has been long-listed for the Anna Dewdney Read-Together Award! 🎉 Go to everychildareader.net/anna/ to vote for YOUR favorites to make the short-list by APRIL 17! (EVERYONE IS ALLOWED TO VOTE!) @barefootbooks.bsky.social @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
My lyrical nonfiction picture book about seagrass meadows is out on Apr. 15th. Avail. for preorder now! michelleschaub.com/meadows @schaubwrites.bsky.social @scbwi.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social @stormliterary.bsky.social
SOME DAYS I'M THE WIND is a 2025 Foreword Indies Book of the Year finalist! 🎉 It is a great honor to have this book listed along so many other incredible books. Check out the full list of finalists here: www.forewordreviews.com/awards/final...
I am SO excited to share the AMAZINGLY ADORABLE cover for my board book, UNICORN SURPRISE!, ill. by Teresa Bellon. Avail from Highlights Press on 9/1/26! This is the follow up to DINOSAUR SURPRISE! & also has felt flaps and a mirror for "Baby-Corn" to wave "hi!"🥰
📣Cheers to FINDING FORGIVENESS by @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social; illustrated by @dianamayoillo.bsky.social, which is a Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable Book! bit.ly/4bd9fbr
So excited to share this news with Rebecca!
Rebecca Gardyn Levington@rebeccaglevington.bsky.social · 7mo agoI am thrilled to share that FINDING FORGIVENESS, written by me & illustrated by @dianamayoillo.bsky.social has received the prestigious Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable honor from the @jewishlibraries.bsky.social ! I am over the moon!🎉❤️🥰
I am thrilled to share that FINDING FORGIVENESS, written by me & illustrated by @dianamayoillo.bsky.social has received the prestigious Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable honor from the @jewishlibraries.bsky.social ! I am over the moon!🎉❤️🥰
In July, author and poet Rebecca Gardyn Levington will share her considerable expertise in writing #rhyming #picturebooks, showing us how, if it's done well, it is NOT a crime and CAN sell. #kidlit #kidlitart Want to attend? Join us at http://12x12challeng...
LET'S CELEBRATE HANUKKAH! 🎉Please save the date for FRIDAY DEC 12 at 11:30am ET when I'll be reading LITTLE DREIDEL on @scholastic.bsky.social StoryVoice! The 30-min virtual program is FREE! Sign up at storyvoice.scholastic.com! Hope to see you there!
Most of my poetry is for young kids, but here's one for YA and teens from Paper Lanterns: "THE SOUND OF YOUR SILENCE" featured in their Autumn 2025 issue. Please to enjoy...
Thank you @barefootbooks.bsky.social and @reachoutandread.bsky.social for inviting me to share WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW and SOME DAYS I'M THE WIND with a group of amazing kids in NYC! ❤️ Thanks also to Literacy In Community and @nypl.bsky.social for coming out to support the event as well. 🎉
NEW YORKERS! Please join me THIS THURSDAY 10/30 for a storytime event w/ @barefootbooks.bsky.social and @reachoutandread.bsky.social! 🎉 🥰 Hope to see you there!
It's a COVER REVEAL! Please help me celebrate my next #picturebook, I WISH THAT YOU KNEW, illustrated by the fabulous @alyssarussell.bsky.social ! Coming 8/25/26 from Little Bee Books!🥰 @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
#RedReadingHub reviews #SomeDaysImtheWind @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social Dinara Mirtalipova @barefootbooks.bsky.social An exploration of #feelngs is reviewed today on #RedReadingHub blog wp.me/p11DI5-duP
NEW POETRY ALERT! Love seeing the beautiful art from Ana Mara Méndez Salgado accompanying my little poem, "LIMITLESS," published in the Sept 2025 issue of Countdown Magazine. 🥰
NEW POETRY ALERT! This one comes to you from the current (Sept/Oct 2025) issue of Spider Magazine with awesome art from David Slonim! ❤️(Fun fact, the original version of this poem was written in under 36 hours as part of the 2021 MadnessPoetry tournament with the prompt word "union"!)
We’re SO excited to have our own copy of Some Days I’m The Wind by @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova. Parents, teachers, counselors, #PB #kidlit lovers and #kidlitart lovers - you all need this book 😊 📚 ❤️
