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Katie McEnaney

@katiemcenaney.bsky.social

Teacher. Writer. Lover of words and history. One-time archaeologist. Nonfiction Ninja mentee. SCBWI. 12x12. #amquerying #5thgrade She/her. https://katiemcenaney.com/ and https://www.thelogonauts.com/ for book rec's

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 8h ago

A little bear carved from amber some 6,000+ years ago! 🐻❤️ A hole through the torso suggests it was worn or suspended from a cord. National Museum in Szczecin, Poland 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a small figurine of a bear carved and polished out of a piece of amber between 9600 and 4100 BC. The amber is a deep translucent orange in colour which is emphasised by the display lighting against a dark background which makes the amber glow. The bear's head is carved to show ears, mouth, nostrils and eyes. A hole runs through the bear's torso, suggesting it was threaded onto a cord. Dimensions:
Length 10.2 cm, Height 4.2cm

I took this photo today at the Landesmuseum Halle in Germany where the bear is currently on loan from Poland for the excellent Shamaness exhibition.

The figurine was discovered in Stupsk during peat mining in 1887. According to the National Museum in Szczecin "Shortly after its discovery, the figure underwent conservation work to restore its original appearance as it was covered with a layer of dull patina from the exposure to the minerals contained in the peat. Already at that time, at the end of the 19th century, it was assumed the restoration had gone too far. The figure was stripped entirely of patina, the anatomical features of the animal were emphasised, the eyes and nostrils were sharply drawn, and the amber was carefully polished".

In 2013, a competition was organised by the Education Department of the National Museum in Szczecin, for children to choose a name for the bear. The winning name was 'Stupcio', an affectionate diminutive meaning 'little guy from Stupsk'.

Sue Young @sueyoungmusic.bsky.social · 21h ago

COURAGEOUS COWGIRLS releases on October 27! Austin book launch will be November 7 at 11 am at @birdhousebooksatx.bsky.social. Pre-order your signed copy from Birdhouse Books. Also available at your local indie bookstore and online retailers. #kidlit

White woman in cowboy hat next to picture book cover with six cowgirls.

Dr. Liz Kirby @thekirbylab.bsky.social · 4d ago

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By prompting students to turn to AI instead of to their fellow students, TAs, or professors, these technologies offer the illusion that human interaction is inconsequential. But learning with and from other people simultaneously supports learning and builds the human skills that make the world go ’round.

Grace Lindsay@neurograce.bsky.social · 3w ago

MIT has put out an "AI and Education" report summarizing what they've found at their own institution. Seems thoughtful. aiandeducation.mit.edu/report/

Rick Riordan @rickriordan.bsky.social · 6d ago

As of this week, I am DONE with all editorial work on all four books of the Camp Half-Blood series! What a thrill ride this has been, working with my four incredible co-authors. The books will come out at six-month intervals, so you won't have to wait too long to enjoy the adventure!

Cover for the Wild Zone, out September 29.

Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social · 7d ago

This is the carving that inspired my #SunWriteFun story! ♥️🐎

Alison Fisk@alisonfisk.bsky.social · 7d ago

Wonderful ancient artistry! About 40,000 years ago, this small, graceful horse figurine was carved from mammoth ivory! Imagine the #IceAge artist at work, sitting by the warmth of a fire, creating what is the world’s oldest known figure of a horse! 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · last wk.

Anthropic settlement authors--I'd like to hear from any children's authors who are seeing 25% claims from the WFH illustrators who did interior illustrations for their books. beware@sfwa.org Probably another error to add to the cavalcade, but I'm trying to determine how widespread this is. Thanks!

Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 2w ago

So Emma Woodhouse is a pretty girl who is pretty smart, pretty rich, and pretty much has no problems whatsoever. We’re off to a roaring start.

Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 3w ago

A portable #pharmacy: A #Roman bronze #medicine box, with a sliding lid and separate compartments to store medical substances. Found in Xanten, dating 2nd-3rd century AD. On display at Römermuseum Xanten 📷 me

A rectangular bronze Roman medicine box with a sliding lid. The interior is divided into small compartments, each with a hinged lid and a small handle.

Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 4w ago

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Archaeologist: The cup is a Dynasty 12 (ca 1800 BC) offering found in the tomb of a high ranking official from el Lisht and contains incense from ancient Nubia

Mar Hicks@histoftech.bsky.social · 4w ago

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Historian: The cup can teach you a lot of things that you do not want to know

Sue Young @sueyoungmusic.bsky.social · last mo.

This Saturday at the New World Deli in Austin from 2-4 pm. Come hear us play some home made tunes!

Dr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · last mo.

🏺With the solar eclipse in the news here in the UK, it’s probably worth noting that we have archaeological evidence of eclipses. Like this cuneiform tablet from Mesopotamia circa 900-600 BCE forecasting a solar eclipse. Now at the Hearst Museum of Anthropology. 📜 n2t.net/ark:/21549/h...

A clay tablet with a fragmentary astrological text forecasting the dire consequences of a solar eclipse.

Vicky Fang | Kidlit Author & Illustrator @fangmousbooks.bsky.social · last mo.

It’s launch day for Lots and Lots of Ocelots: A Skip Counting Book, illustrated by Angel Chang, with Workman Kids! Filled with rhyming text and animal facts, this book introduces counting by 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s. vickyfang.com/books/lots-and-lots-of-ocelots/

Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social · last mo.

My fav (grown-up) book to give as a gift is A Comfort of Crows. It’s given me such gratefulness for the natural world and the change of seasons! #SunWriteFun Thanks to @kmgreenwald.bsky.social, @buchetbooks.bsky.social, #kidlit www.karengreenwaldcontests.com/sunwritefun26 1/2

Book cover for The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl, featuring birds and nature against a gold-yellow background

Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social · last mo.

This was my fav place to write on retreat with my crit group! I’m a needs-silence drafter. #SunWriteFun Thanks to @kmgreenwald.bsky.social, @buchetbooks.bsky.social, @swildmansf.bsky.social, @hilarymargitich.bsky.social @jpuglow.bsky.social #kidlit www.karengreenwaldcontests.com/sunwritefun26

View of a laptop on a bed with a scene of a lovely river and beach out the window

Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social · last mo.

Check out #SunWriteFun, @lindsayamoretti.bsky.social @lisacarmodydoiron.bsky.social @judieofferdahl.bsky.social @zohracwrites.bsky.social @deniseseidman.bsky.social Thanks @kmgreenwald.bsky.social, @buchetbooks.bsky.social, ... #kidlit www.karengreenwaldcontests.com/sunwritefun26 1/2

Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social · last mo.

Check out #SunWriteFun, @sueyoungmusic.bsky.social @laurakiehner.bsky.social @svannotes.bsky.social @jpscharf.bsky.social @robynnhyde.bsky.social Thanks ... #kidlit www.karengreenwaldcontests.com/sunwritefun26 1/2

Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social · last mo.

My fav nonfiction picture book is WOVEN OF THE WORLD by Katey Howes & Dinara Mirtalipova. I love how facts are skillfully woven into the text and illos. Thanks for #SunWriteFun... #kidlit www.karengreenwaldcontests.com/sunwritefun26 1/2

Cover for Woven of the World by Katey Howes and Dinara Mirtalipova featuring weaving motifs

Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social · last mo.

Thank you #SunWriteFun donors: @dowphumiruk.bsky.social @jilanne.bsky.social @saraharonson.bsky.social @lydialukidis.bsky.social @carolinelperry.bsky.social Thanks also #kidlit www.karengreenwaldcontests.com/sunwritefun26 1/2

Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social · last mo.

Thank you #SunWriteFun donors: @gnomeroadpub.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social @churnin.bsky.social @writerjolene.bsky.social & @jyotigopal.bsky.social Thanks to @kmgreenwald.bsky.social #kidlit www.karengreenwaldcontests.com/sunwritefun26 1/2

Sue Young @sueyoungmusic.bsky.social · last mo.

Save the date! COURAGEOUS COWGIRLS Austin book launch will be November 7 at 11 am at @birdhousebooksatx.bsky.social. I cant wait to share these trailblazing ladies’ stories and Katie Howerton’s stunning illustrations with kids everywhere. Preorder your copy with the QR code.

Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · last mo.

I wish I knew how to get other parts of Bluesky to check out #KidLitArtPostcard days Not only is it great for finding a children's illustrator... it's also filled with lovely, heartwarming, human-made art that anyone can just enjoy, esp. in these not-so-great times.

Carol Hinz @carolhinz.bsky.social · last mo.

Today is a very special book birthday for TAKE IT APART by @kateywrites.bsky.social and Elizabet Vukovic. Katey worked SO hard over so many years to write a manuscript she felt would be a worth companion to BE A MAKER.

Front cover of the picture book Take It Apart by Katey Howes, illustrated by E.V. The letters of the title are made from a variety of objects, including bones, sticks, a paint tube, and various tools. Beneath the large title is a light-skinned girl with curly medium-brown hair wearing red glasses, a dark gray dress with light gray bursts, and red tights. She is using a paint scraper to scrape off what appears to be wallpaper beneath the letter "A" in Apart, which also appears to have been scraped off.

Stephanie Wildman @swildmansf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I am so excited to announce that #SunWriteFun is back! Check out the rules before the contest starts at its new address. www.karengreenwaldcontests.com. @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social

Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Such a gorgeous glimpse of Ice Age creativity and skill! #archaeology4kids 🏺

Marc Kissel@marckissel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

www.nature.com/articles/d41... "We can almost look through the eyes of the Aurignacian people and see how they viewed the environment around them,” says Amy Clark, a palaeolithic archaeologist at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts."

Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The image is of a four panel comic.
The title for the first two panels reads “dog domestication”.
The first panel shows a wolf running with a pack. The text reads “we changed form, size, personality…”
The second panel shows a chihuahua in a dog bed. The text reads “…lifestyle, instinct, our entire way of being.”
The title for the last two panel reads “cat domestication.”
The third panel shows an image of a cat outside.
The fourth panel shows the exact same cat indoors. The text reads “we went inside.”

Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2mo ago

WOW, new finds from the Ice Age! Two absolutely stunning Ice Age figurines from the Swabian Jura were found, dating back around 40,000 years. The tiny carvings, about the size of a thumbnail, depict two birds, rendered with remarkable attention to detail. Snow grouse, buzzard, or...🧵1/2

A close-up photo of the two tiny figurines.

Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If you watched The Odyssey and you want to learn more about the historical world in which it's (kind of) set, the last quarter of my book Lost Worlds is all about the late Bronze Age and how it fell apart: www.harpercollins.com/products/los...

Lost Worlds

"Lost Worlds convinces us of the value of slowing down to recognize the tremendous diversity of the human past. But he presses hard against the conclus...

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Scott A. Carter @scottacarter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Sub in a Muppet you cowards

Chris Baron @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Happy One Year Birthday to SPARK! What an amazing year for this adventure story about best friends forced to escape a terrifying wildfire and find their way back! Thank you to educators, friends, bookstores, conferences, and of course readers everywhere! Paperback coming soon!

Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#amquerying writers, don't miss this advice and opportunity!

Mindy Alyse Weiss@mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Enter for a chance to win a picture book query critique + 30 minute Zoom with agent @joycekay.bsky.social! You'll also find awesome tips from Joyce and author Rob Sanders. Plus...the July #PBParty New Draft Challenge & Critique Train is here! mindyalyseweiss.com/pb-opportuni...