Upcycling!

Loved it!

June Cotner and I are thrilled to announce our latest book deal, thanks to our amazing agent Anne Marie O'Farrell and publisher Globe Pequot! This is our fifth anthology together, and we can't wait for readers to explore The Poetry of Nature. #bookdeals #poetry

Always a pleasure!

Read Your World@readyourworld.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Welcome to 2026 Author sponsor @nancytupperling.bsky.social ! Her book Hearts In My Pocket is an uplifting and lyrical story about a young girl who learns to navigate her family’s divorce. readyourworld.org/2026-author-... #ReadYourWorld #ad #kidlit

This was an nice change after weeks of the plague (since before Christmas!) Thank you, Bold Journey, for the interview. boldjourney.com/meet-nancy-t... Also mentioned June Cotner @imaginationsoup.bsky.social @shirleyngbenitez.bsky.social

Thanks for inc Hearts in my Pocket on your amazing list @joethebookpusher.bsky.social @shirleyngbenitez.bsky.social

#WorldKindnessDay w/ For Every Little Thing w/ coauthor June Cotner!

That was fun! Thanks @jcostabates.bsky.social for the photo, and time w/ Lesa & James Ransome!

Loving my 1st @highlightsfound.bsky.social

Day made! @mychal3ts.bsky.social in Louisville!

📚👍Happy #WorldGratitudeDay!🌎🙏 In 2021 I reviewed this lovely picture book to commemorate this holiday: FOR EVERY LITTLE THING by June Cotner & @nancytupperling.bsky.social Here's my review: www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r... #kidlit #PB #bookreview #grateful @ebyrbooks.bsky.social

REVIEW: HAPPY WORLD GRATITUDE DAY!

Now and then, I think the world needs a little reminder to be grateful. So, how nice that there is a holiday to do just that. Here is a picture book that, through prayers, poems, and blessings, also.....

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Thrilled to share the cover of Irene Latham's & Charles Waters' next book. FOR THE WIN: Poems Celebrating Phenomenal Athletes from Lerner Books which comes out March 2026. Grateful to have been invited to write one of the poems!

Excited for the @scbwisfneb.bsky.social Oktoberfest 2025 Conference/San Ramon, CA/Oct. 18th! My session highlights traditional illustration & the full book process for HEARTS IN MY POCKET by @nancytupperling.bsky.social @unionsquarekids.bsky.social! ✅Reg is open now! www.scbwi.org/events/oktob...

Thank you Ava!!

Ava Yee Chinn@avayeechinn.bsky.social · last yr.

So excited to see Hearts in My Pocket by @nancytupperling.bsky.social and my dear friend @shirleyngbenitez.bsky.social in my local library! 💜 “So when I look, really look, I find love all around me.” “Love glows. Heart grows.” #picturebooks #kidlit #pb #library

So many sightings of Hearts in my Pocket in SF! Thank you, CA libraries & bookstores! @shirleyngbenitez.bsky.social @unionsquarekids.bsky.social

Newly Updated! 18 Hiking and Camping Books for Kids buff.ly/4vmOT8x via @pragmaticmom #ReadYourWorld #Hiking #camping #KidLit

Thank you!! @shirleyngbenitez.bsky.social & I are so appreciative!

Heather Stigall@heatherstigall7.bsky.social · last yr.

📚👍Did U know July is #nationalchildcentereddivorcemonth ? Rdg a book about someone going through a divorce may help a child in a similar situation. HEARTS IN MY POCKET by @nancytupperling.bsky.social & Shirley Ng-Benitez is a great ex. My review: www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r... #kidlit

Wow! Thank you Valerie Fentress for your spot-on review of Hearts In My Pocket. Happy ❤️s is the #bookofthemonth for May! @shirleyngbenitez.bsky.social @unionsquarekids.bsky.social #kidlit

Thank you so much @stefankarlsson.bsky.social Very grateful, esp to Alina's illustrations.

Stefan Karlsson@stefankarlsson.bsky.social · last yr.

I’m enchanted by Double Happiness, a story of siblings moving to a new home while holding on to loving memories of family, written in multi-voiced poems by @nancytupperling.bsky.social and beautifully illustrated by Alina Chau. #PoetryMonth #kidlit

Thank you @sierraclub.org & Katie O'Reilly for this lovely review of Bless the Earth & more! www.sierraclub.org/sierra/16-ki...

16 Kids’ Books That Make Science and Nature Sizzle

During Earth Week, or any week, these titles help counter the current anti-truth climate

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Honored to be part of two anthologies on this list by @imaginationsoup.bsky.social For Every Little Thing (Eerdmans) & If I Could Choose a Best Day (Candlewick) imaginationsoup.net/best-poetry-...

50 Best Poetry Books for Children

Read the best poetry books with children to introduce them to good poems and encourage a love of language, wordplay, sensory images, and rhyme. Moreover, exposing children to poems helps them grow to ...

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Pretty darn fun! Tks @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social & Boston Authors Club

Looking forward to tomorrow at @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social

Pragmatic Mom@pragmaticmom.bsky.social · last yr.

Boston Authors Club SRPING AUTHORS AFTER HOURS event! - Pragmatic Mom buff.ly/UhVbS8W via @pragmaticmom @nancytupperling.bsky.social #ReadYourWorld #Boston #AuthorEvent #KidLit

8 Children’s Books with Heart (and Soul) & 2 Book GIVEAWAY to teacher or librarian! - Pragmatic Mom buff.ly/LXRHnRh via @pragmaticmom @nancytupperling.bsky.social #ReadYourWorld #picturebooks #giveaway #teachers #librarians

8 Children’s Books with Heart (and Soul) & 2 Book GIVEAWAY to teacher or librarian! - Pragmatic Mom

Please welcome my guest author and dear friend today, Nancy Tupper Ling. In addition to being an award-winning children’s book author, Nancy is a librarian and book seller at Peter H. Reynolds and Pau...

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It's been a week!! Had to make it into an Irish Blessing. #irishblessing #poets #authorslife

Launching tomorrow! If I Could Choose a Best Day @candlewickpress.bsky.social @charleswaters.bsky.social & Irene Latham

Thanks to @peterhreynolds.bsky.social for this print.

It’s a Happy ❤️s Day GIVEAWAY! Win a hardcopy of HEARTS IN MY POCKET by @nancytupperling.bsky.social @unionsquarekids.bsky.social We’ll pick TWO WINNERS at random. Enter by 2/19/25 midnight PST. 💜Please comment with anything that brings a ❤️ in your pocket 💚tag a friend for an extra chance

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Shirley Ng-Benitez@shirleyngbenitez.bsky.social · last yr.

It’s a Happy ❤️s Day GIVEAWAY! Win a hardcopy of HEARTS IN MY POCKET by @nancytupperling.bsky.social @unionsquarekids.bsky.social We’ll pick TWO WINNERS at random. Enter by 2/19/25 midnight PST. 💜Please comment with anything that brings a ❤️ in your pocket 💚tag a friend for an extra chance

Grateful to PHR for his blurb for ❤️s @shirleyngbenitez.bsky.social @hachetteus.bsky.social @unionsquarekids.bsky.social