Sue (Susan Uhlig) she/her
@susanuhlig.bsky.social
Married. Children's Author. Writing PB, MG, some YA. Kidlit. SCBWI Regional Advisor Emerita. Former Institute of Children’s Literature Instructor. I write helps & book recs on my site susanuhlig.com. WA state. Owned by cat.
Today for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday, I have time travel novel: Adventure in the City of Stories by @emmaotheguy.bsky.social and illustrated by Poly Bernatene. susanuhlig.com/2026/08/adve... #amreading #middlegrade #bookboost
Adventure in the City of Stories
book recommendation
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Today for Perfect Picture Book Friday I'm giving a preview of SPOOKY SCOUTS by Kimberly Shrack. susanuhlig.com/2026/08/spoo... #amreading #picturebooks #bookboost
SPOOKY SCOUTS
picture book
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Free this week! In The Accidental Detective humorous mystery series, a witty journalist solves mysteries in Arizona and tackles the challenges of turning fifty. “... grabbed me from the first page to the last.” storyoriginapp.com/collections/... #mystery #books
I'm going on a trip to the east coast on Friday, so I downloaded books to my tablet. A mix of kid stories and books for adults. Can't have too many books when traveling. #amreading #vacation
Today for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday I'm boosting GROWING HOME by Beth Ferry and illustrated by The Fan Brothers. Such a fun read. susanuhlig.com/2026/08/grow... #amreading #kidlit #bookboost
Growing Home
a humorous middle grade novel
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I just reread a favorite book: THE GUERNSEY LITERARY AND POTATO PIE SOCIETY. I saw the movie first and loved it but love the book even more. What’s one of your favorite reads?
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Alt: Bibliophile: I Love This Book Cartoonillustration a girl hugging book by Debbie Ohi
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Today for Perfect Picture Book Friday I'm featuring OUR FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK by @ashleyfranklin.bsky.social and illustrated by @rahele.bsky.social susanuhlig.com/2026/07/our-... #amreading #picturebooks #bookboost
Our Favorite Day of the Week – Susan Uhlig
Susan Uhlig
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Today on my blog, I'm talking about the overuse of nodding and smiling. susanuhlig.com/2026/07/no-b... #revisiontips #amwriting #kidlit
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Today for Perfect Picture Book Friday, I'm featuring JUST LIKE ME by Vanessa Brantley-Newton. susanuhlig.com/2026/07/just... #picturebooks #amreading #bookboost
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We have smoke from fires southwest of us across the Columbia River in the next county. Air quality is unhealthy. And our power just went out. #Washingtonstate #forestfires #smokenotfromCanada
For Marvelous Middle Grade Monday, I'm featuring the upcoming THE SHERLOCK SOCIETY ART ATTACK by @jamesponti.bsky.social. susanuhlig.com/2026/07/sher... #amreading #middlegrade #bookboost
The Sherlock Society Art Attack
book 3 in a series
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“Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” Desmond Tutu (Nobel Peace Prize 1984). #kindness
“Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.” – Bob Kerrey #kindness
We have been gone a lot the last three days, including over night on Friday, so Luna is very happy to put her hot body next to mine.
I love how after having written the bones of a scene/chapter, going back in to add details, especially sensory ones is fun. #amwriting #kidlit #novel
"More than a half, maybe as much as two-thirds of my life as a writer is rewriting. I wouldn’t say I have a talent that’s special. It strikes me that I have an unusual kind of stamina." John Irving #amwriting #middlegrade #writingcommunity #rewriting #quote
Today I'm featuring the timely THE MYSTERY OF THE STOLEN WORLD CUP TROPHY by Angela Cervantes. susanuhlig.com/2026/07/the-... #amreading #kildit #middlegrade
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My debut picture book is making it into the world. Huge thank you to Maya Gonen for the amazing artwork.
“"In dark times, the definition of good art would seem to be art that locates and applies CPR to those elements of what's human and magical that still live and glow despite the times' darkness." — David Foster Wallace, as posted on the wall of @kentremendous.bsky.social , per the book PARKS AND REC
Writing/publishing reminder: Everyone's writing and publishing pace is different. It does no good to compare yourself with others. The industry is always changing. What was good advice one year is a death knell the next. So just do you. Go at the pace that fits your life and you will do well. ❤️
For Perfect Picture Book Friday, I'm featuring the nonfiction book What Fish Are Saying: Strange Sounds in the Ocean by @kirstenpendreigh.bsky.social and illustrated by Katie Melrose. It's very fun. susanuhlig.com/2026/07/what... #amreading #picturebooks #bookboost
What Fish Are Saying
nonfiction picture book
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"I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves." ~Anna Quindlen, "Enough Bookshelves," New York Times, 7 August 1991
A couple of good writing sessions yesterday and today on the mg manuscript. Does anyone else wake up with ideas on their work-in-progress? #amwriting #middlegrade #kidlit #writingcommunity
Stupid Microsoft Word. I have common English words marked as misspelled. Yes, my language and dictionary are set to English. What gives?
Remembering Jean Craighead George, American author awarded Newbery Honors in 1960 and the 1973 Newbery Medal. She was the U.S. nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1964. Nature and environmental concerns often featured in her writing. #kidlit #YAlit #childrensbooks
It's Perfect Picture Book Friday and I have the humorous CHARTS FOR BABIES by Michelle Rial. susanuhlig.com/2026/06/char... #amreading #picturebooks #bookboost
Charts for Babies
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