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Abbie James
@abbiewjames.bsky.social
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#Kidlit Writer: PB, MG, YA, poetry. #SCBWI.
MG novel coming spring 2027!
Youth Services at a Public Library. Licensed Behavior Specialist.
Wife & Mom. Gardener/Hiker/Birder. Environmentalist. She/her

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Abbie James @abbiewjames.bsky.social · May 22
Happy #InternationalDayforBiologicalDiversity! My upcoming #MGLit novel (that I can't shout about quite yet...) features this important topic of protecting species diversity and balanced ecosystems. 💚
garden with goldenrod on left and right, blue New England asters (that are actually purple) in front, and black-eyed Susans in the middle; photo taken in late summer
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frosty goldenrod
swaps its yellow sundress for
a fuzzy sweater

#HaikuSaturday 💚 #nativeplants 💚 #gardening
puffy off-white goldenrod flower seeds atop stems with fading green leaves; blurry other plants and frosted grass in the background
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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slugs and fungi
busy at work
a booming metropolis
in slow motion

Happy #FungiFriday!
a decaying tree stump covered in many tiny orange mushrooms to the left with fewer mushroom to the right; several slugs on the top
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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THE EXTRAORDINARY ORBIT OF ALEX RAMIREZ is an impactful novel in verse by Jasminne Paulino. 📚👍
Great cover by Dion MBD.
#kidlit #MGLit
cover shows a boy in a school science lab reading a science book; space-themed objects float above his head; photo is taken with the book in my hand in front of a wall with planets and satellites
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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#supermoon at dawn
thirty percent brighter...I
conversed with cashiers
momentum with each word past
hello. Both: stellar efforts.

#TankaThursday #introverts prompt: momentum
photo of sky and trees; triangle of light blue sky to the left and top; triangle of autumn tree leaves to the right and bottom; full moon behind one tree in the center without leaves
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Planning/planting for spring in fall! Thinking about those early pollinators searching for food.
Sowing @hungryhookfarm.bsky.social's fabulous seeds.
#nativeplants 💚 #gardening
picture taken from below looking up at a brown paper seed packet of Virginia bluebells in my hand with picture of bluebells and growing information; background is blurry trees with orange, yellow, and green leaves; sky behind trees is blue
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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THE LIBRARIANS has been longlisted for the @cinemaeyehonors.bsky.social Audience Choice Award! Initial voting starts now & ends Mon Nov 3rd. Each year, audiences like you, have the opportunity to help choose the 10 nominees, & ultimately, the winner.

Vote here: cinemaeyehonors.com/audience-cho...
October 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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a fungus face
only Halloween could love
bloody boo to you

(nah, I love it, too 🙃)

#HaikuSaturday inspired by @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social's fun #facesinnature haiku. Spotted this #FungiFriday on an Appalachian Trail hike. 🥾🍃🍂 🍄
three round areas of red fungus on the side of a tree stump with chunky bark; the top fungus looks like a face with eyes, nose, and an open mouth; the mouth looks like a bright red tongue sticking out or blood
October 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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I love MILLIE FLEUR SAVES THE NIGHT by @christymandin.bsky.social. I've always been uneasy in darkness, so Millie is an inspiration. Fabulous back matter. One of my kids wants to go for a Halloween night walk in the woods, so I'll have to channel my inner Millie!
#kidlit 📚👍
cover of MILLIE FLEUR SAVES THE NIGHT shows a young girl in a grey dress and striped leggings reaching up to turn off a lightbulb hanging from a cord from above; in the background, white flowers bloom and turnips walk around; a large black creature with yellow eyes looms in front of a full moon; the background color is dark blue
October 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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cold nights bury bright.
pink flowers nearby long gone.
pokeweed's stem shines on.

#berrybright 💚 #haiku 💚 #nativeplants 💚 #gardening
picture taken from below looking up at pokeweed plant with blue sky in the background; pokeweed stem is bright pinkish purple and branches several times from the main stem; some brown shriveled leaves hang from the stem; there are various plant stalks and seed heads to the sides; some green and some fall leaves on trees in the background
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Loved THE UNEXPECTED LIVES OF ORDINARY GIRLS by @jandersoncoats.bsky.social! 👏 This engaging and nuanced story discusses education, immigration, religion, family, equal rights, and libraries💛. Set in 1910. Relevant now. Lovely cover by Margarita Kukhtina. #girlpower #MGLit #kidlit 📚👍
book cover shows a young girl in the bottom left; she's looking up; the bottom right shows flowers; the title is in the center with a blue background; the top shows a 1910 city with an entry arch that says "welcome;" photo is the book in my hand with blue and white rug background
October 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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rising from the ground
spirits of soybeans past haunt
monocrop harvests

#HaikuSaturday #spookyseason
sunrise landscape; light blue sky at top of photo; a few purple clouds with light underneath; a tree line in the distance with a field of soybeans between trees and where photo is taken; white haze above soybeans
October 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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hulled and cleaned and dried
toughest nut to crack and yet
shelling's the fun part 🙃

💚 Happy Friday! 💚 #hammertime 💚 #haiku 💚 #bloomscrolling 💚 #nativeplants 💚
about two dozen black walnuts in their brown shells in a basket with white asters at the top of the photo and grass to the right; one walnut in my hand at the bottom
October 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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black walnut trees
first to lose their leaves and
let the blue fall through

#haiku 💚 #nativeplants
photo looking up toward blue sky taken from the ground standing under several black walnut trees; a few of the trees have a few yellow leaves, but most have bare branches; about 20 walnuts remain on the trees on the right side
October 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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bees and buckeye
pairing spots and stripes
fall fashion

#nativeplants 💚 #haiku 💚 #bloomscrolling
one buckeye butterfly and several bees on blue (actually purple) New England asters
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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BOOK GIVEAWAY!

To celebrate the paperback release of THE SEARCH FOR THE SHADOWSOUL, I’m giving away a copy of the book that started it all — THE HUNT FOR THE HOLLOWER!

1. Like and follow me and @thesupercallie.bsky.social
2. What creature would you like to be your familiar?
Ends 10/21--US only.
October 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Discount code for Bookshop.org, which supports independent bookstores!

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Graphic showing an ocean background & the cover of Three Blue Hearts, which has an oceany scene in shades of purple & a blue octopus in the center. The silhouette of a boy reaches up to the octopus. Arrows point to the cover from phrases around the book: “Perfect for fans of Katherine Applegate,” “animal conservation,” “self-discovery and empowerment,” & “award-winning author of Song for a Whale.” 15% off with code LOVEBOOKSELLERS at bookshop.org
October 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Just finished THIS WAY TO HAPPY by @alisongreenmyers.bsky.social. Great sub-200-page #MGLit that explores family dynamics, change, and friendship set at an amusement park similar to one many PA, NY, NJ, & MD residents will recognize😉. Authentic and nuanced. Lovely cover by John Hendrix. #kidlit 📚👍
cover of THIS WAY TO HAPPY shows a stream winding toward an amusement park in the distance at night; the title appears on lit up road signs; two people stand in the foreground; photo is taken with the book in my hand in front of artwork of a Ferris wheel
October 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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plants beside the sea
waving under blue skies
heart swells💚

#yellowSunday #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #haiku
Cape Henlopen, Delaware is so beautiful!
beach landscape photo taken at Cape Henlopen, DE; shades of light blue sky with a few gray clouds at the top of the picture; a wooden fence to the left with goldenrod flowers in the front and center; grasses and trees in the background center and left; sandy beach and ocean to the right
October 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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chicken wing clouds
a hen guards her nest
broody sky

Happy #HaikuSaturday! ⛅
landscape taken at Cape Henlopen, Delaware; top of photo shows dark clouds to the right and at the horizon; middle shows gray ocean and white waves; bottom shows tan beach sand; large rocks to the left
October 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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a sunrise so clear
its glass could crack under a
pinecone's spiral fall
endless possibilities
fragile hope in a new day

#TankaThursday prompt: pinecone #nature
dawn landscape; top of picture is clear dark sky; orange sunrise to the lower left; field at bottom; line of tree silhouettes across the middle
October 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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cotton candy sky
clouds sweetened by sunlight and
spun sugar below

#haiku
pink clouds and blue sky alternating above strings of white lights zigzagging back and forth between stores in an alley
October 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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A fun perk of being a literary agent is that we get copies of our clients' books! My shelves are currently bursting with those copies, and I need more room (for more copies of more clients' work, yay!) So be on the lookout in the coming weeks for some amazing #FREEBooks!
October 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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STAR SAILOR: THE STORY OF WORDS is such a fun introduction to etymology! It prompted great discussions.

Written by Sara Cassidy, with gorgeous art by @whatwouldjuliedraw.bsky.social, and published by @orcabook.bsky.social. #IReadCanadian #kidlit 📚👍
cover of STAR SAILOR: THE STORY OF WORDS shows an upside down astronaut with an open book; streamers are coming out of the book with words and pictures on them; the background of the cover is space with stars, a planet, and a spaceship; author and illustrator name are in the lower right; the picture is taken with the book in my hand over a teal patterned rug
October 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Leaves fall from dull skies.
Fluttering breeze stills, nudges,
"Look. Find autumn's wings."

#HaikuSaturday 💚 #nativeplants
photo taken from the ground looking up; the top right portion of the photo is gray sky and the bottom left portion of the photo is goldenrod, New England asters, and blurry tree tops a bit further away; a monarch is in the gray sky portion heading toward the flowers
October 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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SCATTERGOOD by @hmbouwman.bsky.social is one of the best books I've read this year! Such an authentic and nuanced discussion about the existential questions that I suspect many of us share. Lovely cover art by Angie Kang. Thanks for the recommendation, @pollyf.bsky.social!
#kidlit upper #MGlit 📚👍
cover of SCATTERGOOD has a light orange (as if sunset) background; the top left corner is a chess board pattern and these squares morph into a flock of birds in flight as they continue down the page; the bottom shows a girl in a blue dress walking to the left on a lane towards a large building with a few lights on inside; there are trees/bushes on the sides of the building; the book title and author are above the building
October 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM