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Abbie James
@abbiewjames.bsky.social
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#Kidlit Writer: PB, MG, YA. #SCBWI. Poetry.
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 · 7d
My book’s publisher is canceling all middle grade projects. Too much financial risk when #MGLit sales still struggle. I get it. But I’m sad. The illustrator created a beautiful cover and art for the start of each chapter. Big edits, expert/sensitivity read, and copy edits were complete. #kidlit 🧵1/
abbiewjames.bsky.social 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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middle of winter
lively pumpkin they'd have tossed
months ago
arbitrary limits
for no reason, sunshine lost

#storyoflife
#TankaThursday prompt: middle
#gardening 💚
small pumpkin with darker orange towards the bottom and greenish at the top with yellow blotchy vertical stripes; stem on top; pumpkin on wooden table with white wall in the background; brown fern leaf blurry in the back left; sun shining from left; pumpkin shadow to back right
February 19, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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baby amaranth
pink valentine balloons
hearts soar toward spring
#HaikuSaturday 💚💗 #gardening
eight pink love-lies-bleeding variety amaranth sprouts with white stems that are about an inch tall in a green pot; lettuce and rainbow chard grow in the background; sun shines from the right
February 14, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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GLITTER EVERYWHERE by Chris Barton is a fun #PB about the history of glitter. I 💚 that it includes environmental concerns/new alternatives! Gorgeous art by Chaaya Prabhat. #kidlit 📚👍 Sad that a school canceled this author's visit due to facts in the book that weren't even part of the presentation. 😔
cover of GLITTER EVERYWHERE shows the title written in white across a scattering of mostly blue glitter with hints of other colors and a purple background; illustrations of a motorcycle, a shoe, hands holding glitter, a mask, a cupcake, and a beetle surround the title
February 13, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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Revisiting one of my favorites for #ThickTrunkThursday.
So lovely to meet this white oak last May. 💚
#ForestFriday
photo of forest in late spring with lots of green and large tree in the center; I stand to the right with arms around tree trunk; trunk is probably 15-20 feet in circumference at base
February 12, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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hottsnewreads.bsky.social
🤗So excited to finally get to read our very own #bookposse member’s book! @jenguyorjowett.bsky.social , thank you for sharing your new novel in verse!! 💕📚❤️
January 31, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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So many of our #DogEaredBookAward2025 readers loved Spark by @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social . Here's one of our 7th grade reviews:
February 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
abbiewjames.bsky.social
My book’s publisher is canceling all middle grade projects. Too much financial risk when #MGLit sales still struggle. I get it. But I’m sad. The illustrator created a beautiful cover and art for the start of each chapter. Big edits, expert/sensitivity read, and copy edits were complete. #kidlit 🧵1/
abbiewjames.bsky.social 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
February 12, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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The Librarians is set to premiere on PBS this Monday, Feb. 9, after a robust theatrical and festival run that saw Kim A. Snyder’s documentary earn awards across the country.
‘The Librarians’ To Premiere On PBS ‘Independent Lens’ As Political Backlash Mounts Against Book Banning
'The Librarians,' directed by Kim A. Snyder, will debut on PBS amid a backlash to book banning campaigns across the country.
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February 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM
abbiewjames.bsky.social
icicle
ambitious audition
for role of porch post

Happy #HaikuSaturday 💚
(Gotta fix that dripping gutter 🙃...)
icicle beside railing supports, stretching several feet tall from porch steps to the railing, about an inch in diameter at the bottom and a couple of inches at the top; photo taken from porch looking out into yard covered in snow; trees and blue sky in the distance
February 7, 2026 at 2:49 AM
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open casket
standing room only
adored by all

#haiku 💚 #thicktrunkthursday
#fungifriday 💚 #forestfriday 💚 #ferns
photo taken in summer; gray/white tree stump with many tiny orange mushrooms on the top; a few Virginia creeper vines in front; ferns to the sides; other plants and trees in the background
February 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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Colby Cedar Smith's YA novel in verse CALL ME ATHENA is beautiful--and a fascinating look at 1930s Detroit. Now eager to read her next work, THE SIREN AND THE STAR. Gorgeous cover art by Hülya Özdemir. #kidlit 📚👍
cover of CALL ME ATHENA shows a teen girl wearing a white dress with tree branches and pink circular blossoms; her skin is light-colored with dark rosy cheeks; her hair is dark and curly up above her head; the background of the cover is blue with tiny white circles; there is a blue bird above her shoulder; photo taken of book on light-colored upholstery
February 4, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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if sunshine
from my garden photos
could warm me up
#stunday 💚 #nativeplants 💚 #bloomscrolling
photo taken looking up at dark orange sunflower with big leaves on either side; sun is shining from behind the flower showing the veins in the leaves; sky is clear blue
February 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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💌 Charge up your battery, because YOU’RE INVITED! Come join me, my agent @writeloudly.bsky.social , and a rather restless robot for an evening of book chat at my hometown bookstore Book Love in Plymouth, MA. Grab your tickets at the link in my bio! 🤖 🎉 🥂
Invitation for WHIRBY release party on 2/17/26 at Book Love Plymouth
January 5, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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A brave little puffball in a snowstorm 🥹❄️

Birbfest Day 12: Common Redpoll

#Birbfest2026 #Procreate #Illustration #Art
A postcard-style illustration of a fluffy Common Redpoll perched on a snowy pine branch. Snow blows across a pale blue sky with drifting pine needles. The bird has a small red cap and is puffed up against the cold. Text reads, “I am… BRAVE!” A Birbfest 2026 stamp sits in the top right.
January 12, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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while sky takes a break
branches hold cumulus clouds
solidarity

#HaikuSaturday 💙
fluffy piles of snow on blueberry bush branches; other trees in background; blue sky above
January 31, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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wings to carry
into the universe
sage tree souls

#fungifriday 💚 #haiku
brown turkey tail mushrooms on a decaying log with some snow on top and to the sides
January 30, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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One of my sentimental kids asked me to read this to them. "Because we always read it when it's going to snow." This kid is a teenager taller than me. That's how fabulous this #PB is. So of course I did and always will!
BIG SNOW by Jonathan Bean. #nostalgia 💙 #kidlit 📚👍
cover of BIG SNOW shows a young boy standing on brown grass looking up towards a few snowflakes falling from the top of the book; there is gray-blue sky behind and above him; he has a red sled behind him; title and author in white at the top of the cover; photo of book taken with book standing up on table with snowflake lights and white decorative trees on either side
January 29, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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Ziggy's Potato by Sharon Sorokin James and illustrated by Helen Cann is such a beautiful story of hope! A gentle way to introduce young readers to #InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay.

Available at:
www.bikabowbooks.com/ziggys-potato

#PB #ReaderSky #KidLit #WritingCommunity
@scbwiepa.bsky.social
January 27, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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Candyland by Michele Yellin will be at HGA starting January 27th as part of the Proximity invitational show

#art #fineart #painting #acrylic #landscape #scape
Candyland (2026) - acrylic on canvas painting by Michele Yellin. Two white structures sit atop hilsides by the sea. Landscape is a bright colorful quilt like riot of color.
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 PM
abbiewjames.bsky.social
spicy cayenne heat
upside down flame casts shadows
sparks on white sparkles
smoky trails on blank pages
fire winter can't put out

#tankathursday prompt: page
#strength #gardening #poetry
photo taken looking down at a dead pepper plant in several inches of snow; one cayenne pepper is still red and hangs to the left on the plant; shriveled leaves and brown peppers dangle to the right; the sun is shining from the top of the photo with shadows from the plant in the snow on the bottom
January 29, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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ireneaddie.bsky.social
a new year
i try to shake a habit
counting syllables
my illusion of order
in this world of chaos

#tanka #TankaPoem
#haiku #SenseWrds 175
#senryu #senryusunday
January 25, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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a place to hide
momentary refuge
photos from summer

#ThickTrunkTuesday 💚 #haiku
photo of a tree trunk that nature hollowed from about eight inches off the ground continuing upward, the opening is about eight inches wide at the base and gets wider as it continues up; there is moss on the right side of the trunk; other trees in the background; sticks and pine needles on the ground
January 27, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Blueskyers, I need your help! I've got some money to spend on books and could use your recommendations. What books have you read lately that you absolutely loved? (Bonus points if they're MG or YA books that came out last year!)
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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Very honored to be included on this list. Thank you so much for shouting out my #poem BLANKET FORT, @lozzawriting.bsky.social @frazzledlit.bsky.social @jmcm.bsky.social
frazzledlit.bsky.social Frazzled Lit *ISSUE 4 OUT NOW* @frazzledlit.bsky.social · 24d
Announcing our top picks from Issue 4 of @frazzledlit.bsky.social

We narrowed it down to four each that particularly resonated with us, but it was excruciating to do so. We have so much love for this issue and all in it.

We hope you love them as much as we do!

www.frazzledlit.com/p/issue-4-ou...
Issue 4 - Our top picks
Jennifer & Laura choose their top picks from our latest issue!
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January 25, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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When the news is infuriating, I like to think about kids reading books about community and empathy, like MAGNOLIA WU UNFOLDS IT ALL by Chanel Miller. Caught up on this fabulous 2025 Newbery Honor book just in time to watch the 2026 #ALAyma on Monday. Excited for that. 💛 #MGLit #kidlit 📚👍
cover of MAGNOLIA WU UNFOLDS IT ALL shows two girls crossing the street with a white dog; there's a six-story brick building in the back right, a street sign, vehicles, and person to the left, and blue sky with clouds above; book is in my hand in front of a light blue wall
January 25, 2026 at 3:06 AM