Judy Campbell-Smith

@judycampbellsmith.bsky.social

She/her. PB author & Admin at Made for PAX. Baseball for Breakfast, Ice Cream Everywhere & AJ's Neighborhood. #SCBWI #BackMatterBreakDown #amquerying Opinions my own.

My new picture book, I AM WIND, releases Sept 15. Told in lyrical, riddling first-person narrative, Wind boasts of its essential role in life as we know it--from carving the Earth's face to spreading seeds and pollen. bookshop.org/p/books/i-am...

I Am Wind

What can you smell, hear, and feel but never see? Soft as a feather or strong as a storm? Bringing comfort and delight or chaos and destruction? Wind, of course! Told in lyrical, riddling first-person...

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Are you in or around Monrovia, CA? AABB is hosting a Protect the Freedom to Read postcard party at Underdog Books on Friday August 14, 7PM-9PM. Snacks, beverages and postcards will be provided! More info & to RSVP

Protect the Freedom to Read: Postcard Party — Underdog Bookstore and Events, Inc.

Fight back against book bans and learn more about the bills circulating in the House and the Senate at this fun postcard-writing party!

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For anyone going to ALA, I am very very close to confirming a Kidlit Happy Hour (aka Kidlit Drink Night, but in the afternoon) for the Saturday afternoon. If you'd be interested, encourage the effort (which is costing me money this time) & like this post!

Possibly unpopular opinion? I think artists should get to sign the art they make for book covers. It should be right there, on the front, because it’s never been more important to showcase the humanness of art. And also there are many times when I see a beautiful cover and wonder, “Who made this?”