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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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surprise New Year's guest
threw confetti then left
snow squall

#haiku 💚 #nature 💚 #morningwalk
#happynewyear
landscape picture taken at ground level; there's enough snow to make the ground look white but lots of leaves and grass stick out; there's a blurry row of thin trees and sky in the background; morning sun shines across ground from the left
January 1, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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If you’re struggling with uncertainty, low mood, struggling to like yourself today or are just exhausted & overwhelmed by everything, hey, me too, you’re not alone-this photo’s for you and your brain. Sending love 🌿
A collection of flowers I grew in my garden in the East of England, arranged as a rainbow on a chipped black enamel box.
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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So glad I decided on @lynnekelly.bsky.social's THREE BLUE HEARTS as my final #MGLit read for 2025. It helped me end the year with a hopeful heart. 💙 Fascinating octopus facts woven into a poignant story of connections and community. Love it. Beautiful cover art by Leo Nickolls.
#kidlit 📚👍
cover of THREE BLUE HEARTS shows a boy's silhouette facing away at the bottom; a large blue octopus is in the center underwater with the title in yellow in front of the octopus; the background is purple ocean with other ocean creatures swimming around; the top of the cover shows the sun rising; book is in my hand with a blue and white rug in the background
December 31, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Thank you to Menderist for including my reflection on monarchs, teens, and reading in their Growing Hope in 2025 issue. 🌱 🦋 📚
menderist.bsky.social Menderist.com @menderist.bsky.social · 2d
2025: A Good Year?
Read 9 personal stories from Authors & Educators who share how — even during a year of major personal challenges — they found hope during 2025. See below: menderist.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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rainbow chard seedlings
after holiday greetings
it’s gardening season

#SundayYellow 💚 #haiku
Little yellow and red stems of rainbow chard with green leaves in a container of brown soil
December 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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contrasting leaves
point in all directions
reviewing the year

Happy #HaikuSaturday! #senryu #plants
photo of cuetlaxōchitl or poinsettia taken from above; three sets of red leafy sections with some green leaves underneath; plant is sitting on an off-white upholstered bench; sun is shining in with a few shadows
December 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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On this #FungiFriday, a brief detour from photos of actual mushroom encounters--because I'm so excited about this gorgeous puzzle I got for Christmas! Glad they're labeled so I can learn more names. 💚
puzzle box lid has many varieties of mushrooms arranged by color with gray and white at the top and yellows/oranges/reds at the bottom; photo taken looking down at puzzle box in my hand with black and wooden floor in the background
December 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Merry Christmas from my sweet Christmas cactus, now with matching joggers! 🌵🌸 (Materialism wins out when it comes to plant themes...I'm so excited about this gift.) 💚 Hope everyone has a beautiful day.

#Christmas #plants #cactus
Christmas cactus with pink blooms in a tan pot on a brown shelf of a plant stand in front of a white wall; my sneaker is to the right in front of the plant; sneaker is jogger style with green cacti print on off-white background with light green and tan areas and white laces
December 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Happy #WinterSolstice! We celebrated with a nice walk, chocolate, and piles of new & used books, borrowing the essence of Jolabokaflod. 💙 Loved reading THE LITTLEST SOLSTICE TREE by Lisa Varchol Perron, with beautiful art by Ahya Kim.
#kidlit 📚👍
cover of THE LITTLEST SOLSTICE TREE shows a young girl in the foreground beside a small pine with a larger pine to the right of the small one; snow covers the ground and falls from the sky; there are people in the background walking from a village; photo taken with book in my hand in front of light blue wall
December 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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where walnuts once grew
starling murmurations roost
fleeting seasons

Happy #HaikuSaturday and #WinterSolstice eve! 💙
photo taken looking up at walnut tree tops with no leaves; birds sit and fly between branches; limbs have snow on them; sky behind the trees is blue with a few white and gray clouds
December 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Happy #FungiFriday! I'd misplaced this photo, but I'm so glad I found it. Is this Hydnellum peckii, or some other spectacular sap-oozing specimen?
Photo taken at @hawkmountain.bsky.social several summers ago. #fungi #nature
whitish mushroom with sap oozing from the top and underneath; sap ranges in color from light brown to dark brown; surrounding forest floor is mossy and with a few small plants covered in a layer of sawdust from wood that was cut nearby
December 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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no boot prints ahead
between where I stand and the
light at tunnel's end
if only every new path
led straight to its warm halo

#TankaThursday prompt: boot
#nature 💚 #morningwalk
snowy path with bent snow-covered branches on either side; there is light straight ahead at the end as the path opens up into a woods with older trees (only trunks visible)
December 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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THE GIVING FLOWER by Alda P. Dobbs taught me so much about poinsettias. I didn't know how much I didn't know about this fabulous plant's history. Beautiful text, and Emily Mendoza's artwork is gorgeous.
#Sourcebooks #holiday #plants #kidlit 📚👍
cover of THE GIVING FLOWER shows a field of red poinsettias in the foreground stretching back to the horizon with a night sky with stars in the background; there is a glowing white group of buildings in the background; a girl stands looking up and holding a red poinsettia; photo is the book in my hand in front of a light blue wall
December 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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nature's holiday wreath 💚

#lichen #ArtAdventCalendar #morningwalk
a circle of light green lichen on wood with a few bits of snow to the upper right
December 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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ICYMI, CBC Books has shared their best Canadian children's books of 2025 🎉

www.cbc.ca/books/the-be...
The best Canadian children's books of 2025 | CBC Books
From picture books to middle-grade and YA, here are the CBC Books picks for best Canadian children's books of the year!
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Less than a week until winter solstice! I love WINTER SOLSTICE WISH by @kateallenfox.bsky.social with gorgeous artwork by Elisa Paganelli. It's a beautiful text about togetherness.💙 (And a gentle reminder that not everyone's winter includes snow!) Great back matter as well. #kidlit 📚👍
cover of WINTER SOLSTICE WISH shows silhouettes of people around a bonfire at a beach at sunset with a couple of palm tree silhouettes in the background; the title and background of the cover are in shades of pinks and purples with a flame-like outline and stars/fireworks around the edges in multiple colors; book is in my hand in front of a light blue wall
December 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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black walnut trees stretch
in #SundayYellow light
weighted-blanket sleep

#haiku 💙 #snowy 💙 #morningwalk
snow on the ground; a few large walnut trees left of center and many smaller trees and bushes covered in snow between the snowy ground and the sky; sunrise above the smaller trees and bushes with both dark and light clouds and areas of blue sky
December 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Planning more family reading time this holiday? Check out Menderist's *new* 'Winter Reads' recommendations for 10 children's books with mental health themes. See below: menderist.com/winter-readi...
Winter Reading: 10 Children’s Books with Mental Health Themes - Menderist
Parents can help their children before the teen years by reading and sharing books with mental health themes.
menderist.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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homegrown holidays
circle back to summer
flowers sneak in 🤭

Happy #HaikuSaturday 💚
picture taken from ground looking up at messy wreath with evergreens, red berries, dark pink dried love lies bleeding amaranth, dried purple leaves, dried off-white goldenrod and aster poofs; wreath hangs from a lamp post; sky in background is mostly blue with a few clouds and a few trees mostly without leaves
December 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Angry about book banning? Take action; it helps:

1. Vote for THE LIBRARIANS documentary daily (or more) thru Dec 16

2. Tell friends to do same

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Help 'The Librarians' Documentary Win!
“The Librarians,” filmmaker Kim A. Snyder’s acclaimed documentary about librarians in Texas, Florida, and other states who unite to combat book banning in the United States, is one of several docs in ...
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December 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Carnivorous plants obtain nutrients from animals or protozoans, which they trap & digest. This #SciArt of "insektenfressnde pflanzen" (insectivorous plants) is from "Meyers Konversations-Lexikon" (1890). Contributed to #BHLib by @uoftlibraries.bsky.social: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55161008 🧪
An historic illustration of a pitcher plant above a marshy scene.
November 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Happy #FungiFriday from the mushroom embodiment of a hug from Grandma with gingerbread cookie crumbs still on her apron. 💚
one white mushroom with the sun shining on it; blurry green plants and brown leaves on the ground in background
December 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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In case anyone is doing some Winter Holiday shopping today! 📚❤️📚
jandersoncoats.bsky.social J. Anderson Coats (she/her) @jandersoncoats.bsky.social · Nov 24
It's gifting season for many folks, and we all know books make excellent presents! If you plan to gift one of my books to someone (or yourself!), I'm happy to send a signed bookplate and swag if you email me a mailing address. Here’s a thread to match my books with the reader on your list: 1/
A graphic displaying all book covers for kidlit author J. Anderson Coats. The background of the graphic is a white snowflake-style crystal pattern; inside there is a white square to make the covers stand out. The covers are in a three-by-three grid, for a total of nine covers. They are, from left to right: The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls (a white girl with a long braid, carrying a messenger bag, looks up at an arched gateway leading to a city street) The Loss of the Burying Ground (two girls stand back to back; below them is a three-masted sailing ship; there is water splashing up on both sides of the girls) A Season Most Unfair (a white girl stirs a kettle in front of a medieval-style house while a boy looks on, seeming worried) Spindle and Dagger (a medieval teen girl in a red dress is holding a dagger point-down while a skirmish is happening behind her) The Green Children of Woolpit (two green children look sketchy and suspicious at the bottom of a pit while a white girl looks down at them from the pit edge) R is for Rebel (a white girl with short hair stands on a rooftop holding a flag while other girls surround her; they are looking down at a gathered army) The Many Reflections of Miss Jane Deming (a white girl in a blue dress walks up a pier into a town; there are seagulls flying around her) The Wicked and the Just (a town with houses crowded together against a pinkish sunset sky) Alt text has been abbreviated to fit the space. For a more detailed version of each book cover, please see subsequent posts in this thread. :)
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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@meganclendenan.bsky.social and Brittany Cicchese have created a beautiful nonfiction #picturebook that introduces readers to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The global cooperation in this story is inspiring and hopeful! #kidlit
Cover of the picture book, JUST IN CASE: SAVING SEEDS IN THE SVALBARD GLOBAL SEED VAULT by Megan Clendenan and Brittany Cicchese. People are shown in a wintry environment. It is snowing. They are carrying boxes toward a modern building built into a hillside. One person stands with the door open and is waving.
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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trees and moss
sequestering our carbon
calming our minds
with grace and beauty
carrying our burdens

#tankathursday prompt: burden #thicktrunkthursday #moss
Photo of this gorgeous tree stump taken in summer at Cook Forest State Park 💚
a large decomposing tree stump covered in various shades of green moss with forest in the background
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM