Becky Levine
@beckylevine.bsky.social
Kidlit writer, knitter, beginning drummer. Come for the writing and books, stay for the cat, yarn, and travel pix. Opinions are my own. Unless you love them, in which case I'm happy to share. She/Her
www.beckylevine.com
www.beckylevine.com
I just called @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov and @liccardo.house.gov and told them to get to Minneapolis TODAY. They need to be onsite, visible, and LOUD. Please consider calling your Democrat reps as well and demanding the same. Please call your GOP reps, too, and be counted.
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I just called @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov and @liccardo.house.gov and told them to get to Minneapolis TODAY. They need to be onsite, visible, and LOUD. Please consider calling your Democrat reps as well and demanding the same. Please call your GOP reps, too, and be counted.
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For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org
January 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Some writing days call for Wonder Woman earrings. #amwriting #picturebook
January 13, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Some writing days call for Wonder Woman earrings. #amwriting #picturebook
I don't know if it will do an ounce of good, but the main contact email for the Smithsonian is info@si.edu. Maybe consider emailing and asking them to PLEASE stand up this administration and withhold this documentation.
www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
Today is the Smithsonian's deadline to give thousands of documents to the White House
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology."
www.npr.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I don't know if it will do an ounce of good, but the main contact email for the Smithsonian is info@si.edu. Maybe consider emailing and asking them to PLEASE stand up this administration and withhold this documentation.
www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...
Yes!
BREAKING: Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a “transformational” donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group. This large gift comes just months after the Trump administration shut down counseling services for queer youth.
My latest for @wired.com:
My latest for @wired.com:
MacKenzie Scott Donates $45 Million to the Trevor Project
Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group that the organization calls “transformational.”
www.wired.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Yes!
Post-holiday re-entry has been tough. But today, finally, I'm writing! Working on the first draft of a new #picturebook idea. The gears are slowly starting to turn. #kidlit
a drawing of a person typing on a keyboard with bubbles coming out of his mouth
Alt: a drawing of a sort of stick-person typing on a keyboard with mini explosions coming out of its head.
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January 10, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Post-holiday re-entry has been tough. But today, finally, I'm writing! Working on the first draft of a new #picturebook idea. The gears are slowly starting to turn. #kidlit
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I switched from Audible to @libro.fm last year. Not only do my audiobook credits never expire but I can support indie bookstores like @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social.
Pls consider using my referral link to check out Libro.fm? (helps me get more #audiobooks 📚😁):
libro.fm/referral?rf_...
Pls consider using my referral link to check out Libro.fm? (helps me get more #audiobooks 📚😁):
libro.fm/referral?rf_...
January 10, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I switched from Audible to @libro.fm last year. Not only do my audiobook credits never expire but I can support indie bookstores like @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social.
Pls consider using my referral link to check out Libro.fm? (helps me get more #audiobooks 📚😁):
libro.fm/referral?rf_...
Pls consider using my referral link to check out Libro.fm? (helps me get more #audiobooks 📚😁):
libro.fm/referral?rf_...
Spent close to an hour at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park. Bookstores are therapy. #kidlit 📚👍🏼 #indiebookstores
January 10, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Spent close to an hour at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park. Bookstores are therapy. #kidlit 📚👍🏼 #indiebookstores
January 8, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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If you’re in Minneapolis and need a place to just BE right now, Big Hill Books and Birchbark Books & Native Arts are both open and ready to welcome you with open arms.
January 8, 2026 at 6:47 PM
If you’re in Minneapolis and need a place to just BE right now, Big Hill Books and Birchbark Books & Native Arts are both open and ready to welcome you with open arms.
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Shout-out to everyone who's tired as fuck of only seeing the first four lines of this poem shared around.
January 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Shout-out to everyone who's tired as fuck of only seeing the first four lines of this poem shared around.
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With absolutely ZERO experience ever deciding a Sibert Medal or honorees, but with a full-blooded appreciation for informational books for kids in all their glory, here's what I'm loving right now and what I think has a fightin' chance. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/01/06/s...
Sibert 2026 Predictions! It’s Nonfiction, Man.
With absolutely ZERO experience ever deciding a Sibert Medal or honorees, but with a full-blooded appreciation for informational books for kids in all their glory, here's what I'm loving right now and...
afuse8production.slj.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:14 PM
With absolutely ZERO experience ever deciding a Sibert Medal or honorees, but with a full-blooded appreciation for informational books for kids in all their glory, here's what I'm loving right now and what I think has a fightin' chance. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/01/06/s...
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@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, could you please establish an official NYC Mayor account on Bluesky and post everything your office is currently posting on X over here?
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
January 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, could you please establish an official NYC Mayor account on Bluesky and post everything your office is currently posting on X over here?
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site?
No money for Musk, ever, please.
Just bought some of @maridara.bsky.social's awesome notecards--the drawings are from her #inktober work. I love these so much! Check out all her available cards and other art at www.maristaufferart.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Just bought some of @maridara.bsky.social's awesome notecards--the drawings are from her #inktober work. I love these so much! Check out all her available cards and other art at www.maristaufferart.com
Today seems like a good day for me to again promote Jess Craven's Chop Wood, Carry Water newsletter. Here's this Sunday's regular Good News edition. Consider signing up. If it's affordable for you, maybe even set up a paid subscription. chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
January 4, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Today seems like a good day for me to again promote Jess Craven's Chop Wood, Carry Water newsletter. Here's this Sunday's regular Good News edition. Consider signing up. If it's affordable for you, maybe even set up a paid subscription. chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
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I'm boosting myself to say this:
You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true.
Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy.
But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.
You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true.
Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy.
But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.
Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Is there actually a benefit to leaving a VM now vs getting a staffer on Monday? Can do both but just curious
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I'm boosting myself to say this:
You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true.
Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy.
But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.
You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true.
Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy.
But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 6:01 PM
If you're looking for a mentor text with incredible specificity and concrete details. check out POE WON'T GO--written by Kelly DiPucchio and illustrated by Zachariah Ohora. beckylevine.com/2026/01/03/w... #kidlit 📚👍🏻 #picturebook #mentortext
Word Choice in POE WON’T GO
I braindumped a new picture book idea a couple of weeks ago, and I need to start thinking about how to turn it into an actual story that kids will fall in love with. So I pulled a few mentor texts …
beckylevine.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM
If you're looking for a mentor text with incredible specificity and concrete details. check out POE WON'T GO--written by Kelly DiPucchio and illustrated by Zachariah Ohora. beckylevine.com/2026/01/03/w... #kidlit 📚👍🏻 #picturebook #mentortext
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Heartdrum’s spring picture books:
A GOOD HIDE by Karina Iceberg & Natasha Donvan, Jan. 13.
AANIIN by Dawn Axness Quigley & Nanibah Chacon, Jan. 27.
STRONGER THAN by Nikki Grimes, Stacy Wells & E.B. Lewis, Jan. 27.
HERE COME THE AUNTIES by Cynthia Leitich Smith & Aphelandra, Feb. 10. #KidLit
A GOOD HIDE by Karina Iceberg & Natasha Donvan, Jan. 13.
AANIIN by Dawn Axness Quigley & Nanibah Chacon, Jan. 27.
STRONGER THAN by Nikki Grimes, Stacy Wells & E.B. Lewis, Jan. 27.
HERE COME THE AUNTIES by Cynthia Leitich Smith & Aphelandra, Feb. 10. #KidLit
January 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Heartdrum’s spring picture books:
A GOOD HIDE by Karina Iceberg & Natasha Donvan, Jan. 13.
AANIIN by Dawn Axness Quigley & Nanibah Chacon, Jan. 27.
STRONGER THAN by Nikki Grimes, Stacy Wells & E.B. Lewis, Jan. 27.
HERE COME THE AUNTIES by Cynthia Leitich Smith & Aphelandra, Feb. 10. #KidLit
A GOOD HIDE by Karina Iceberg & Natasha Donvan, Jan. 13.
AANIIN by Dawn Axness Quigley & Nanibah Chacon, Jan. 27.
STRONGER THAN by Nikki Grimes, Stacy Wells & E.B. Lewis, Jan. 27.
HERE COME THE AUNTIES by Cynthia Leitich Smith & Aphelandra, Feb. 10. #KidLit
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
2026 Day 1 of writing: I guess I'll be *further* along in my writing journey before I remember that *farther* is the one to use for physical distance. #amwriting #kidlit #picturebook
January 2, 2026 at 4:49 PM
2026 Day 1 of writing: I guess I'll be *further* along in my writing journey before I remember that *farther* is the one to use for physical distance. #amwriting #kidlit #picturebook
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#HappyNewYear!
#BluePit is coming up fast on January 13th!
We’ll be kicking off our pre-event, #BluePitHype, on January 8th!
We also invite those with WIPs and published works to participate!
#WriteSky #BookSky #GameDev #IndieDev #TTRPG #Comic #AmQuerying #AmAgenting #LitAgents
#BluePit is coming up fast on January 13th!
We’ll be kicking off our pre-event, #BluePitHype, on January 8th!
We also invite those with WIPs and published works to participate!
#WriteSky #BookSky #GameDev #IndieDev #TTRPG #Comic #AmQuerying #AmAgenting #LitAgents
#BluePit is ready to kick off 2026! Creators in the #WritingCommunity, #GameDev & #IndieDev, #TTRPG, and #Comic communities get ready to pitch or promote your projects!
#BluePit will be taking place on Jan 13th, 2026!
And #BluePitHype starts January 8th!
#WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents
#BluePit will be taking place on Jan 13th, 2026!
And #BluePitHype starts January 8th!
#WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents
January 1, 2026 at 2:30 PM
#HappyNewYear!
#BluePit is coming up fast on January 13th!
We’ll be kicking off our pre-event, #BluePitHype, on January 8th!
We also invite those with WIPs and published works to participate!
#WriteSky #BookSky #GameDev #IndieDev #TTRPG #Comic #AmQuerying #AmAgenting #LitAgents
#BluePit is coming up fast on January 13th!
We’ll be kicking off our pre-event, #BluePitHype, on January 8th!
We also invite those with WIPs and published works to participate!
#WriteSky #BookSky #GameDev #IndieDev #TTRPG #Comic #AmQuerying #AmAgenting #LitAgents
I've decided that the best way to keep myself inspired about writing nonfiction for kids is to read about science & history things that fascinate me. Heading into 2026 with this book. Thank goodness for skilled. engaging science writers. #kidlit #nonfiction #science #geology
December 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I've decided that the best way to keep myself inspired about writing nonfiction for kids is to read about science & history things that fascinate me. Heading into 2026 with this book. Thank goodness for skilled. engaging science writers. #kidlit #nonfiction #science #geology