Lisa Billa
@lisasbilla.bsky.social
writer of picture books and poetry, teacher, traveler, mom of boys and dogs #12x12PB #scbwi #InkedVoices #50PreciousWords winner '23 HM '24 #amquerying
feeling inspired- in a sea of hope the capsule splashes down - team's over the moon! #haiku #haikuSaturday
More (belated) kidlit celebrating! So many amazing entries- congrats to all! Thanks to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and the judges for the #50PreciousWords contest, cheers to everyone in the winner's circle and honorable mention lists, and thank you to my awesome CPs! #kidlit #kidlitcommunity
Late to celebrate, but excited to be part of this beautiful issue! Thank you to the editors, cheers to all the creators, and big thanks to my amazing CPs! #kidlit #kidlitcommunity @littlethoughtspress.com
Please join me in celebrating the release of THE OCEAN'S HEART with a reading on StoryTime Sprint! It may be recorded, so please register if you're interested. Thanks! #kidlit #nonfiction #teachers #librarians #ocean @steelworksliterary.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social @carolhinz.bsky.social
@storytimesprint.bsky.social · 5mo agoOur next sprint will be with @jilanne.bsky.social reading THE OCEAN'S HEART (art by Khoa Le). Join us next Tuesday, March 3rd at 8 p.m. EST! Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @andichitty.bsky.social @ryannjones117.bsky.social
This is such a generous and talented #kidlitcommunity to learn from! There's still time to join - registration ends 2/15. #kidlit #amwriting #pb #writingcommunity For more about #12x12PB: www.12x12challenge.com/membership @12x12challenge.bsky.social
Our Silly Love Sonnets contest starts tomorrow, Feb 9th and runs through Wednesday, Feb 11th! Come share your small, silly pleasures and help us spread some joy! Read the contest rules here: www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/2026-s-...
2026's Silly Love Sonnets Kidlit Poetry Contest!
Valentine's Day is almost here! To celebrate and spread a little kidlit love, we are excited to once again host our"Silly Love Sonnets” Kidlit Poetry Contest! This year, we are happy to welcome our gu...
littlethoughtspress.com
Little Thoughts Press@littlethoughtspress.com · 6mo agoIt's almost that time again! Valentine's is right around the corner and our Silly Love Sonnets contest starts Monday, Feb 9th! Check out last year's entries: www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/2025sil... and winners: www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/winners... to gear up for this year's contest!
Ready for an inspiring start to a creative 2026! Who's in? #storystorm #kidlit #picturebooks #writingcommunity Register at taralazar.com/2025/12/26/s...
Wanted to submit to Issue 12: Better Together but ran short on time? Good news, we’re extending our submission window through October 6th! Send us your #kidlit writing & artwork celebrating community & the power of working together! #litmag #callforsubmission www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme
Fun interview and a giveaway! #kidlit #PB #humor #writingcommunity
Elayne Crain@elaynecrain.bsky.social · 11mo agoPicture Book Giveaway Alert! 🚨Interview and giveaway of "There's Something Odd About the Babysitter" over at #picturebookplaces with @hdtorresauthor.bsky.social! (Thank you for hosting, Heather! So nice to meet you!)
Honored to have a poem included in Stirring Words! What a fun issue- "capturing the magic of language in all its quirky, stupendous, and surprising forms"! #kidlit #writingcommunity #poetry #poetryforkids www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
ISSUES | Little Thoughts
littlethoughtspress.com
Little Thoughts Press@littlethoughtspress.com · 11mo agoIssue 11: Stirring Words is here! Guest edited by @jthomasabc.bsky.social, Stirring Words is a celebration of words that will inspire, delight, and entrance young readers. Available now in print and pdf. www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
the blazing heat over miles of interstate roadside sunflowers #haikuSaturday #haiku #heatwave (Photo by Delphine Beausoleil on Unsplash)
Wow, so much wonderful art! Now open for public viewing: SCBWI Summer 2025 Portfolio Showcase - www.scbwi.org/submissions/... #scbwisummer25 #KidLit #SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social Pls show your support for *human* artists by boosting? It's a challenging time for illustrators to find work. Thank you! 🩷
at the library golden harvest ripe for picking or outside the library sweet harvest Feel free to add a version! Next to our library is a community orchard where local residents may pick. Just decades ago, orchards covered much of the area, but now only a few are left. #haiku #haikuSaturday
There's still time to enter the #PBSummit 2025 TICKET GIVEAWAY! Just share our reveal posts with your writer friends on social media and tell us about it at: www.picturebooksummi... Enter today! Ends 6/9/25. #amwriting #picturebook #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky
It's ba-ack. Dunh, dunh, DUNH! Hey, #KidLit #WritingCommunity! #kidlitzombieweek hosted by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social & Co has moved right here to BlueSky. Check it out: sites.google.com/view/kidlit-... #WIP #PB #MG #YA #kidlitart
Happy to be part of Haiku Girl Summer! Thanks, Allyson Whipple! @teatimehaiku.bsky.social #haiku haikugirlsummer.substack.com/p/full-in-th...
Full in the Sky
Haiku by Diana Raab, Lisa Billa, Laila B, Kelly Sargent, and Joanna Ashwell
haikugirlsummer.substack.com
It's a BIG day at Picture Book Summit as we reveal the theme of this year's online #writingconference for #picturebook creators. Join us on Oct 4, 2025, for: BIG, BOLD, & BRAVE: SUPERCHARGE YOUR PICTURE BOOKS! Early Bird registration begins 6/12! #amwriting #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky
Happy Book Birthday to PLIGHT OF THE PELICAN written by Jessica Stremer, illus by Gordy Wright, published by Holiday House. THIS BOOK WAS A #50PreciousWrods Honorable Mention in 2022! And now it's a real book! A gorgeous Book. Read all about how Jessica did it!! viviankirkfield.com/2025/04/01/h...
Happy Book Birthday: PLIGHT OF THE PELICAN: How Science Saved a Species
YES! YES! YES! It’s time to sing Happy Birthday to another beautiful new book! And this book has a VERY SPECIAL back story…this book was an Honorable Mention in the 2022 #50PreciousWord…
viviankirkfield.com
To celebrate Poetry Month, I suggest the anthology IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY: POEMS OF POSSIBILITY. If you'd like to hear a few of us read & discuss our work, join us for a FREE @highlightsfound.bsky.social Gather on April 1. Learn more here: www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/fre...
What a great idea! Two fun, informal events: #HaikuSaturday, all day Saturday, anyone can post haiku, brainchild of @andrewssusanm, lovely community #LimerickSunday, every Sunday, anyone can post limericks, fun community
#50PreciousWords UPDATE! Toadstool Bookshop in Keene NH says there are only 25 books in the pile for the literacy nonprofit we are supporting this year, but we had 585 contest entries. Books are the best vehicle to spread the message of #kindness & #equality. toadbooks.com/store/2 (603) 352-8815.
So exciting! Look at all the amazing prizes! Who's getting ready? #kidlit #writingcommunity #PB #poetry
Vivian Kirkfield@viviankirkfield.bsky.social · 2y agoJumping for joy! I hope you will be, too! Please check out & share the HEADS-UP-The-#50PreciousWords CONTEST-IS-COMING-SOON post! Find DATES, GUIDELINES, and a list of fabulous PRIZES! And I hope you love my updated website thanks to @thebooklinksllc.bsky.social viviankirkfield.com/2025/02/01/h...
Join us next Thursday at 8pm for our February Storytime Sprint with Carol A. Foote🐶 Listen in! Review! Win! Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @carolafoote.bsky.social @ryannjones117.bsky.social @storytimesprint.bsky.social #kidlit #storytime
#poetry Pea wants your imaginative & futuristic scifaiku dealing with advanced science & technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. Oh yes please! #Submit by the 15th February ➡️ poetrypea.com/submissions-...
a close up of a monkey 's face with a gifmania watermark
ALT: a close up of a monkey 's face with a gifmania watermark
media.tenor.com
❤️ & huge thanks to everyone who purchased a copy, or paid to download our Pride issue last year. With your help, we were able to donate $150 to The Trevor Project. If you're a teacher or school librarian & want a free copy of our Pride issue to share with your students, please message me!
This new regime is attacking information in every way they can. Please join me in making a donation to the Internet Archive to preserve some of what we currently have.
Mike Dickison@adzebill.bsky.social · 2y agoThe Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
What a whirlwind of PB ideas! Huge thanks to @taralazar.bsky.social and all the #Storystorm guest bloggers! #PB #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying
out of the evergreens birdlets dart through the yard and hide again #haiku #haikuSaturday
Photo by Biekir on Pexels
Download this photo by Biekir for free on Pexels
pexels.com