K. Leigh Ansberry | Kidlit Author
@ansberry.bsky.social
Teacher, STEMinist, Kidlit Author, Nature Did It First & Picture-Perfect Science/STEM. #SCBWI #NSTA #NGSS #ProtectTransKids #FreeLucy 🐘 #endALZ 💜 #MG #PB #Elephants
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Hello #kidlit friends - my agent has left the biz 😭 so I'm back in the trenches with my #MiddleGrade contemporary about a homesick girl with anxiety and a captive #elephant with PTSD. 🐘 Fingers crossed I find the right agent to champion this story! #amquerying
Crows are my favorite bird!
Looking for a #KidLit #Bird book that’s a perfect STEM #readaloud for the Spooky Season? Try "I AM WE: HOW CROWS COME TOGETHER TO SURVIVE" by @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social and Alexandra Finkeldey, from @chroniclebooks.bsky.social. Review here: www.10000birds.com/i-am-we-a-ki...
October 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Crows are my favorite bird!
I entered to win a query critique! www.literaryrambles.com/2025/10/lite...
Literary Agent Interview: Sophie Sheumaker Interview and Query Critique Giveaway
Today I’m thrilled to have agent Sophie Sheumaker here. She’s a literary assistant at BookEnds. Hi Sophie! Thanks so much for joining u...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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October 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I just entered #RevPit #10Queries! Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages.
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Hello #kidlit friends - my agent has left the biz 😭 so I'm back in the trenches with my #MiddleGrade contemporary about a homesick girl with anxiety and a captive #elephant with PTSD. 🐘 Fingers crossed I find the right agent to champion this story! #amquerying
April 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Hello #kidlit friends - my agent has left the biz 😭 so I'm back in the trenches with my #MiddleGrade contemporary about a homesick girl with anxiety and a captive #elephant with PTSD. 🐘 Fingers crossed I find the right agent to champion this story! #amquerying
My fella says hi! He looks through the window at me while waiting for his morning peanuts.
April 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
My fella says hi! He looks through the window at me while waiting for his morning peanuts.
Thrilled to be in the 2025 Winner's Circle for my #50PreciousWords entry, "The Anglerfish," based upon a true event. Many thanks to Vivian Kirkfield and all the judges for their hard work in sorting through nearly 600 poems and stories—and inspiring us to make every word count!
March 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Thrilled to be in the 2025 Winner's Circle for my #50PreciousWords entry, "The Anglerfish," based upon a true event. Many thanks to Vivian Kirkfield and all the judges for their hard work in sorting through nearly 600 poems and stories—and inspiring us to make every word count!
My #50PreciousWords entry this year was inspired by the story of the deep sea anglerfish spotted near the surface of the water last month. 🐟
March 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My #50PreciousWords entry this year was inspired by the story of the deep sea anglerfish spotted near the surface of the water last month. 🐟
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Book 4, Another Extraordinary Animal series. Rosie is a bullfrog who holds the world triple-jump record at the Calaveras County, CA jumping contest. #edusky #tlsky #stem #kidlit #steamteambooks #elementaryscience
January 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Book 4, Another Extraordinary Animal series. Rosie is a bullfrog who holds the world triple-jump record at the Calaveras County, CA jumping contest. #edusky #tlsky #stem #kidlit #steamteambooks #elementaryscience
Are you a Boxer or a Bulldog today? 🇺🇸 🐶 🇺🇸 🐶 🇺🇸
November 5, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Are you a Boxer or a Bulldog today? 🇺🇸 🐶 🇺🇸 🐶 🇺🇸
Opened a window to let out a fly and a bird flew in. Dog grabbed bird, I grabbed dog, bird flew out of dog’s mouth and disappeared. Kids and I went on a 10-min. hunt for missing bird. When it showed up, we opened more windows and it finally flew out.
The fly is still in here. 🪰
The fly is still in here. 🪰
June 4, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Opened a window to let out a fly and a bird flew in. Dog grabbed bird, I grabbed dog, bird flew out of dog’s mouth and disappeared. Kids and I went on a 10-min. hunt for missing bird. When it showed up, we opened more windows and it finally flew out.
The fly is still in here. 🪰
The fly is still in here. 🪰
"Kill off young people’s exposure to theater, and you kill off a generation of playgoers, along with the empathy and camaraderie (already in short supply) that is intrinsic to theater."
April 22, 2024 at 2:44 PM
"Kill off young people’s exposure to theater, and you kill off a generation of playgoers, along with the empathy and camaraderie (already in short supply) that is intrinsic to theater."
YAY!! Woke up to an Honorable Mention in the #50PreciousWords contest for my poem, "Cityborn." Thanks to @viviankirkfield and all the judges for your hard work. The entries are always amazing—I don't know how you do this every year (but I'm sure glad you do!) #KidLit #Nature
April 14, 2024 at 4:51 PM
YAY!! Woke up to an Honorable Mention in the #50PreciousWords contest for my poem, "Cityborn." Thanks to @viviankirkfield and all the judges for your hard work. The entries are always amazing—I don't know how you do this every year (but I'm sure glad you do!) #KidLit #Nature
I haven’t fully processed the sheer awesomeness of the day, but #SolarEclipse2024 was truly a once-in-a lifetime experience. It was like the Super Bowl for a science teacher! The family was gathered, the weather was perfect, and core memories were made. #Totality #Ohio #STEM
April 8, 2024 at 11:55 PM
I haven’t fully processed the sheer awesomeness of the day, but #SolarEclipse2024 was truly a once-in-a lifetime experience. It was like the Super Bowl for a science teacher! The family was gathered, the weather was perfect, and core memories were made. #Totality #Ohio #STEM
Great interview!
Cycling my way through Blue Sky to launch my latest book, PEDAL, BALANCE, STEER. What do you do when an editor asks for THREE R&Rs? Please stop in on @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social post - you might be the lucky winner of the #giveaway - and I'd love to say hello!
A true honor to interview THE amazing @viviankirkfield.bsky.social on the #PictureBookBuilders blog today about her newest biography PEDAL, BALANCE, STEER: ANNIE LONDONDERRY, THE FIRST WOMAN TO CYCLE AROUND THE WORLD! 🥳 Check it out here tinyurl.com/3yepf4hu & enter the #giveaway of a 30-min AMA!🥰
March 2, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Great interview!
🎵 I can buy myself flowers 🎵
(🎵 With my husband’s Kroger employee discount 🎵 😂)
(🎵 With my husband’s Kroger employee discount 🎵 😂)
February 14, 2024 at 8:01 PM
🎵 I can buy myself flowers 🎵
(🎵 With my husband’s Kroger employee discount 🎵 😂)
(🎵 With my husband’s Kroger employee discount 🎵 😂)
I lost my sweet mother-in-law to Alzheimer's last week. Four years ago it was my own mother, and five years ago it was my father-in-law. If there is one thing I've learned about living with a loved one with this insidious disease, it is this:
January 17, 2024 at 2:52 AM
I lost my sweet mother-in-law to Alzheimer's last week. Four years ago it was my own mother, and five years ago it was my father-in-law. If there is one thing I've learned about living with a loved one with this insidious disease, it is this:
I asked my daughter what happened at school. "Nothing," she replied. Turns out someone had brought in a horse! I guess it takes a lot to impress her. (Might be a children's book in there somewhere...)
December 15, 2023 at 3:29 PM
I asked my daughter what happened at school. "Nothing," she replied. Turns out someone had brought in a horse! I guess it takes a lot to impress her. (Might be a children's book in there somewhere...)
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October 22, 2023 at 1:56 PM
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Editors
Art Directors/Book Designers
Agents
K-12 Educators & Librarians
Indie Bookstores
Book Bloggers
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Editors
Art Directors/Book Designers
Agents
K-12 Educators & Librarians
Indie Bookstores
Book Bloggers
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Do you know a kidlit/YA person new to Bluesky? Here are starting resources that might help, pls see full thread 👇🏼
My take on social media
Quick tips + templates
My Bluesky how-to videos
KidLit Authors & Illustrators On Bluesky
Kate Messner's KidLit Community list
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My take on social media
Quick tips + templates
My Bluesky how-to videos
KidLit Authors & Illustrators On Bluesky
Kate Messner's KidLit Community list
cont'd
October 22, 2023 at 1:51 PM
Do you know a kidlit/YA person new to Bluesky? Here are starting resources that might help, pls see full thread 👇🏼
My take on social media
Quick tips + templates
My Bluesky how-to videos
KidLit Authors & Illustrators On Bluesky
Kate Messner's KidLit Community list
cont'd
My take on social media
Quick tips + templates
My Bluesky how-to videos
KidLit Authors & Illustrators On Bluesky
Kate Messner's KidLit Community list
cont'd
My girl Suki ❤️
October 28, 2023 at 10:39 PM
My girl Suki ❤️
Good.
Scholastic Book Fairs is ending their segregated book program. We made ourselves heard.
October 25, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Good.
Introducing the 2024 NSTA digital catalog, where you can explore over 140 listings of books and resources, including Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons!
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NSTA Bookstore 2024
Classroom and Teaching Strategy Resources from the National Science Teaching Association
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October 23, 2023 at 7:07 PM
Introducing the 2024 NSTA digital catalog, where you can explore over 140 listings of books and resources, including Picture-Perfect STEM Lessons!
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Check out our new grade-level STEM books! www.nsta.org/book-series/...
October 21, 2023 at 1:27 PM
Check out our new grade-level STEM books! www.nsta.org/book-series/...
Wow, now I'm glad they passed on my poem! 😂
Just updated my Writer Beware post about long-standing payment problems at Cricket Media with info on how one creator took matters into their own hands...and got their money. See the 10/18/23 update writerbeware.blog/2022/11/18/l...
Long-Standing Payment Problems At Cricket Media - Writer Beware
Cricket Media describes itself as a global education company, with products that include mentoring platforms, language instruction, and a suite of well-known children’s magazines for kids of all age...
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October 21, 2023 at 1:16 PM
Wow, now I'm glad they passed on my poem! 😂