PSA for teachers and librarians! The Library of Congress has an awesome collection of FREE #vintage posters you can download. #LibraryLove #SchoolLibrary #SchoolLibrarian #Teacher #ClassroomDecor #FreeResourcesForTeachers #RaisingReaders #Booksky #FreePrintable #FreePrintables

“One in five children in our country is food insecure. And that reflects not a poverty of resources but a poverty of moral courage and imagination.” @warnock.senate.gov @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social delivery before the end of the school year! An awesome kid went home with a signed copy.

This illustration of Edward Lear’s “There was an Old Man of Dunluce” limerick hangs in my story lab to inspire me to excellence and silliness in storytelling! The best part is my dad painted it ❤️ #kidlit #kidillustration #tallenteddad #creativefamily

I've been a writer for almost two decades, first in women's lifestyle magazines and then in marketing. I expected that experience to count for more when it came to writing a novel, and when it didn't, I got frustrated.

New book alert! Signed LITTLE BIG MAN by @varianjohnson.bsky.social and @reggiebrownart.bsky.social is waiting in the @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social! Give culturally diverse books (like this one) to culturally diverse communities through #read4unity. Go to read4unity.com/give $5=1 book!

Get ready for giggles in the bus line! Signed LITTLE FREDDY TWO PANTS by #drewdaywalt is in our @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social! 👖👖 Share books with culturally diverse communities at read4unity.com/give $5=1 book #kidlit #literacymatters #literacyforall #booksky

Taking a break from reading and writing books to build some books. #bookishlife #legolife #booksky

“#Picturebooks are for everybody.” - @mrschureads.bsky.social  I just dropped one of Johns books off in a #Read4Unity @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social! This beautiful, signed story is waiting for an awesome kid to pick it up in the bus line this week. #kidlit #booksky

I think my printer is uses a Magic 8 Ball to decide which days are for printing. Today? Outlook not so good. 🎱

Happy #DropEverythingAndReadDay! Nobody wrote kid emotions like #BeverlyCleary. I still go back to the Ramona books regularly to learn and for cozy nostalgia. I never got to meet her, but I was grateful to find this signed copy on EBay for my collection. #DEARday #kidlit #kidlitauthor #amwriting

Do we still #flashbackfriday? Because I just picked these up at the thrift store. My sister and I regularly rented the BBC Chronicles of Narnia on VHS at Blockbuster!

“We could play like we invented the game. Kept the fans on the edge of their seats.”- @kadirnelson.bsky.social, We are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball I picked up this book @nlbmuseumkc.bsky.social, and it’s gorgeous. The words, the illustrations, all of it.  #booksky #kidlit #baseball

Let’s inspire the next generation of innovation! Dropping off some activity books at one of our Clarkston #read4unity @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social  locations!  Share culturally diverse books for $5/book at read4unity.com/give #welcomerefugees

This Refugee Sewing Society bag is the perfect size! It’s just right for my e-reader and all of the other everyday essentials. I also love supporting our new neighbors as they become self sufficient. #welcomerefugees #booksky #bookish #bookworm #bookaccessories refugeesewingsociety.com

Many of our friends in Clarkston are #ELL, so I mostly put #picturebooks in the Jolly ES @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social, but I have to sneak the occasional #middlegrade in there…especially when it’s @kwamembalia.bsky.social books! Share culturally diverse books for $5/book at read4unity.com/give

I started reading JUST ANOTHER MISSING PERSON by @gillianmauthor.bsky.social. The 1st scene was in Nando’s, so I had to pause and relocate to the appropriate setting. Thanks to #TSNTYAW for introducing me to Gillian, and thanks to Nando’s for opening a driving-distance location last month! #booksky

Refreshment + Reading break during #Read4Unity @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social deliveries in Clarkston #welcomerefugees #readingforall #booksforall #booksky Provide free access to culturally diverse books for $5/book at read4unity.com/give

WORDS + ART Two of my favorite things collide! Art by the insanely talented Anthony Johnson Seen at The Coastal Discovery Museum

This was the original story lab! I folded the French doors around the corner, tossed pillows on the floor, and wrote. It has come a long way from the days my parents were deep in the throws of renovation, the wood all chipped paint, and the walls primed drywall. It’s beautiful now, but I don’t fit.

“She had often drunk a quiet bottle of ginger-beer in there: the old bottles made it look more like a smuggler’s cave.” —THE MAGICIAN’S NEPHEW Doing a little spring cleaning, and I found the ginger beer bottle from my trip to the Eagle & Child Pub where C.S. Lewis often met with his writing group.

You know what’s better than finding the $5 bill you forgot in your jacket pocket? Finding the Just Add Honey tea you forgot about while spring cleaning ❤️🫖 #blackownedbusiness #blackownedatlanta #womanownedbusiness #womaownedatlanta #teatime

Step into a good book! ! 🐾📚 Had to restock HUDSON AND TALLULAH by @annakangbooks.bsky.social  and @christopherweyant1.bsky.social at the Jolly Elementary @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social because the last copies went so fast!  #WelcomeRefugees #KidLit #Read4Unity

Do you know about the pack horse librarians of Appalachia? Learn more about these bookish icons for #womenshistorymonth #booksky #fundlibraries

I was making a list of little things that bring me joy, and one of them was the straw dispensers with a lever. So my husband bought one and filled it with pencils for the story lab. He’s the best. #AmWriting #AmWritingKidlit #AuthorLife #Booksky

My kid has reached an age where most things aren’t cool anymore. I had to drag him to this library event, but he immediately became deeply invested in @chrisgrabenstein’s first Mr. Lemoncello book. Books are magic…even for adolescents ❤️📚 #booksky #kidlit #librarylove #fundlibraries

THE SWIFTS by @bethatintervals.bsky.social=my favorite modern #middlegrade reads As an aspiring #kidlit author, the quality of writing is delightful & intimidating. Loved seeing her twice on her U.S. tour (1st with a friend & 2nd with my son.) She personalized the book with my dictionary name IYKYK.

*Signs ups for Cece Lyra’s course on starting your story in the right place and then panic rewrites the first chapter before submitting it for feedback* #nomoreprologue #tsntyaw #kidlit #booksky

How much of a #kidlit nerd am I? @peterhreynolds.bsky.social liked a photo I posted on my personal Instagram a few years back, and I immediately texted my mom a screenshot of the notification. #booksky #bookstar #booknerd

“It started as vignettes of curmudgeonly octopus hot takes, and I thought, ‘I can’t have a whole book of octopus hot takes,’ although I think some of you might read that book.”-@shelbyvanpelt.bsky.social It’s me! I would read that book! 🙋🏻‍♀️ #booksky

There’s something lovely about pressing “return early” on @libbyapp.bsky.social when someone else is waiting.  I feel like I’m passing along the book I just finished and saying, “Oh, friend, you’re going to love this!” #kidlit #library #booksky