Mary Boone
@boonewrites.bsky.social
Author of books for curious kids. 📕✏️📚
UNFATHOMABLE, FLYING FEMINIST, PEDAL PUSHER, SCHOOL OF FISH, BUGS FOR BREAKFAST and more.
UNFATHOMABLE, FLYING FEMINIST, PEDAL PUSHER, SCHOOL OF FISH, BUGS FOR BREAKFAST and more.
How does author @taradairman.bsky.social know an idea will make a good book?
1. When it won’t leave her alone.
2. When it feels like something something she hasn't seen before.
3. When it feels like something she’s particularly qualified to write.
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1. When it won’t leave her alone.
2. When it feels like something something she hasn't seen before.
3. When it feels like something she’s particularly qualified to write.
Read more: www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Six Questions with Tara Dairman
Tara Dairman (she/they) writes middle-grade novels and picture books about kids with strong passions and big questions about the world. Tara’s books include The Girl from Earth’s End, the All Four Sta...
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September 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
How does author @taradairman.bsky.social know an idea will make a good book?
1. When it won’t leave her alone.
2. When it feels like something something she hasn't seen before.
3. When it feels like something she’s particularly qualified to write.
Read more: www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
1. When it won’t leave her alone.
2. When it feels like something something she hasn't seen before.
3. When it feels like something she’s particularly qualified to write.
Read more: www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Author @mwstories.bsky.social as grateful for the many ways in which members of the children’s community have helped him grow as a writer.
Read more here: www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Read more here: www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Six Questions with Michael Wang
Michael Wang is an author, designer, and avid plant enthusiast. His career began in graphic design, where he worked for many years before co-founding a design studio specializing in creating and curat...
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July 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Author @mwstories.bsky.social as grateful for the many ways in which members of the children’s community have helped him grow as a writer.
Read more here: www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Read more here: www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
#kidlit #Author @costantia.bsky.social stopped by my Six Questions blog to talk about her new #picturebook, The Fig Tree, which explores the purpose of the Green Line that divides the island of Cyprus.
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Six Questions with Costantia Manoli
Costantia Manoli is the award winning author of Tomatoes in My Lunchbox, a Bookstagang Future Classic Picture Book 2022, a Kirkus Most Empowering Picture Book 2022 and an Ezra Jack Keats Writer’s Awar...
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June 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#kidlit #Author @costantia.bsky.social stopped by my Six Questions blog to talk about her new #picturebook, The Fig Tree, which explores the purpose of the Green Line that divides the island of Cyprus.
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www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
June 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Hey #librarians and #teachers —
Want to support a great cause while getting a sweet deal? Bid! Bid! Bid!
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Want to support a great cause while getting a sweet deal? Bid! Bid! Bid!
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May 14, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Hey #librarians and #teachers —
Want to support a great cause while getting a sweet deal? Bid! Bid! Bid!
washingtonlibraryassociation.betterworld.org/auctions/wla...
Want to support a great cause while getting a sweet deal? Bid! Bid! Bid!
washingtonlibraryassociation.betterworld.org/auctions/wla...
Much of a writer’s success (or lack of success) is out of their hands.
That's why #author Margaret Finnegan heeds this #writing advice: WRITE THE NEXT BOOK.
Read more on my Six Questions blog!
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That's why #author Margaret Finnegan heeds this #writing advice: WRITE THE NEXT BOOK.
Read more on my Six Questions blog!
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Six Questions with Margaret Finnegan
Margaret Finnegan’s latest middle grade novel is Spelling It Out (Atheneum Books for Young Readers). If she is not writing kid lit or teaching her students at Cal State LA, she is most likely walking ...
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May 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Much of a writer’s success (or lack of success) is out of their hands.
That's why #author Margaret Finnegan heeds this #writing advice: WRITE THE NEXT BOOK.
Read more on my Six Questions blog!
www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
That's why #author Margaret Finnegan heeds this #writing advice: WRITE THE NEXT BOOK.
Read more on my Six Questions blog!
www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
I am doing a #teacher appreciation week #giveaway over on Instagram. Please send your teacher friends over to enter!
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May 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I am doing a #teacher appreciation week #giveaway over on Instagram. Please send your teacher friends over to enter!
www.instagram.com/boonewrites?...
www.instagram.com/boonewrites?...
Where does #kidlit #author Ha Dinh find inspiration? Everywhere, but especially from childhood memories, students she teaches, and her own children!
Read more in this Six Questions interview
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Read more in this Six Questions interview
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Six Questions with Ha Dinh
Ha Dinh is a reading intervention specialist, former primary school teacher, mom, and author. She had been dreaming of writing children’s books since she first came to America as a kindergartener, but...
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May 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Where does #kidlit #author Ha Dinh find inspiration? Everywhere, but especially from childhood memories, students she teaches, and her own children!
Read more in this Six Questions interview
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Read more in this Six Questions interview
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Author @chelseatornetto.bsky.social‘s new picture book shows how the tiniest act of kindness can brighten an entire neighborhood.
#kidlit #writing #writingcommunity
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#kidlit #writing #writingcommunity
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Six Questions with Chelsea Tornetto
Chelsea Tornetto is an educator turned children’s book author (she taught 7th grade world geography for 17 years prior to writing for kids.) Chelsea has enjoyed writing rhyming poetry since she was a ...
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April 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Author @chelseatornetto.bsky.social‘s new picture book shows how the tiniest act of kindness can brighten an entire neighborhood.
#kidlit #writing #writingcommunity
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#kidlit #writing #writingcommunity
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@boonewrites.bsky.social had a book giveaway, and I won a copy of Pedal Pusher: How One Woman's Bicycle Adventure Helped Change the World.💙
Written by Mary Boone and illustrated by Lisa Anchin, this PB biography is about Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, the 1st woman to ride a bicycle around the world.
Written by Mary Boone and illustrated by Lisa Anchin, this PB biography is about Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, the 1st woman to ride a bicycle around the world.
April 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Reposted by Mary Boone
Check out these most anticipated books!
@viviankirkfield.bsky.social @boonewrites.bsky.social @namstwit @HelloMrsDinh @christinashawn.bsky.social @booksbycindy.bsky.social @jpuglow.bsky.social jpuglow.bsky.social Shifa Saltagi Safadi
@viviankirkfield.bsky.social @boonewrites.bsky.social @namstwit @HelloMrsDinh @christinashawn.bsky.social @booksbycindy.bsky.social @jpuglow.bsky.social jpuglow.bsky.social Shifa Saltagi Safadi
April 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Check out these most anticipated books!
@viviankirkfield.bsky.social @boonewrites.bsky.social @namstwit @HelloMrsDinh @christinashawn.bsky.social @booksbycindy.bsky.social @jpuglow.bsky.social jpuglow.bsky.social Shifa Saltagi Safadi
@viviankirkfield.bsky.social @boonewrites.bsky.social @namstwit @HelloMrsDinh @christinashawn.bsky.social @booksbycindy.bsky.social @jpuglow.bsky.social jpuglow.bsky.social Shifa Saltagi Safadi
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My idea of a writer: someone interested in everything. —Susan Sontag #quotes #WritingCommunity
April 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
My idea of a writer: someone interested in everything. —Susan Sontag #quotes #WritingCommunity
Reading Madeline as a kid mattered to @kdmaz.bsky.social
She had cancer and she didn’t know of any other book that showed a little girl – like her - in the hospital.
Representation matters.
Read more on this week’s Six Questions blog!
#kidlit #writers #writing
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She had cancer and she didn’t know of any other book that showed a little girl – like her - in the hospital.
Representation matters.
Read more on this week’s Six Questions blog!
#kidlit #writers #writing
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Six Questions with Katie Mazeika
Katie Mazeika is an award-winning author and illustrator who can’t imagine a better job than making books. She loves creating characters that make an impression and specializes in telling stories base...
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April 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Reading Madeline as a kid mattered to @kdmaz.bsky.social
She had cancer and she didn’t know of any other book that showed a little girl – like her - in the hospital.
Representation matters.
Read more on this week’s Six Questions blog!
#kidlit #writers #writing
www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
She had cancer and she didn’t know of any other book that showed a little girl – like her - in the hospital.
Representation matters.
Read more on this week’s Six Questions blog!
#kidlit #writers #writing
www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Reposted by Mary Boone
“I would not be an author today, writing about books where children can see themselves- where books can serve as windows, mirrors, and sliding doors- if not for the books that I read.”
Thanks for a great discussion @boonewrites.bsky.social & @suma-subramaniam.bsky.social
Thanks for a great discussion @boonewrites.bsky.social & @suma-subramaniam.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
“I would not be an author today, writing about books where children can see themselves- where books can serve as windows, mirrors, and sliding doors- if not for the books that I read.”
Thanks for a great discussion @boonewrites.bsky.social & @suma-subramaniam.bsky.social
Thanks for a great discussion @boonewrites.bsky.social & @suma-subramaniam.bsky.social
Thank you @boonewrites.bsky.social for the feature. It was a nice opportunity to reflect on my timeline and experiences in the picture book writing world.
#kidlit #WritingCommunity
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#kidlit #WritingCommunity
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April 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Stopped by one of my favorite indies, Island Books, and found my friend @boonewrites.bsky.social ‘s new baby and picked up a copy. Everyone needs a copy, tbh.
March 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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March 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Such a glorious day! Thanks to @brickandmortar024.bsky.social and everyone who came to show support!
A big thank-you to Curtis Manley, @amyhevron.bsky.social, @boonewrites.bsky.social, and everyone who came out to support our joint picture book event yesterday! We learned all sorts of cool facts on everything from bison poo to coding to 1890s-era bicycles. 🤯
March 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Such a glorious day! Thanks to @brickandmortar024.bsky.social and everyone who came to show support!
The key to being in a great writer? PLAY!
Learn more from #kidlit #author Natasha Tripplett here:
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Learn more from #kidlit #author Natasha Tripplett here:
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Six Questions with Natasha Tripplett
Natasha Tripplett lives in Northern California, where she writes from a tree house perched in a sycamore tree. Natasha is a Jamaican Jewish American author who is passionate about cultural representat...
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March 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The key to being in a great writer? PLAY!
Learn more from #kidlit #author Natasha Tripplett here:
www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Learn more from #kidlit #author Natasha Tripplett here:
www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Hey #teachers and #homeschoolers -
Check out this post for some fun activities that connect #stem and language arts learning!
Check out this post for some fun activities that connect #stem and language arts learning!
For you #edusky!
👀 LitLinks: How bicycles make the shift between #STEM and #ELA easy!
🚲 patriciamnewman.com?p=12584
@boonewrites.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social
@lisaanchin.bsky.social
#womeninhistory
👀 LitLinks: How bicycles make the shift between #STEM and #ELA easy!
🚲 patriciamnewman.com?p=12584
@boonewrites.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social
@lisaanchin.bsky.social
#womeninhistory
LitLinks: How bicycles ease the shift between STEM and ELA
Books about bicycles are a terrific way to introduce bike-centric STEM lessons and help students make the intellectual leap from STEM to language arts.
patriciamnewman.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Hey #teachers and #homeschoolers -
Check out this post for some fun activities that connect #stem and language arts learning!
Check out this post for some fun activities that connect #stem and language arts learning!
I live in the PNW and write books for curious kids. I’d love to connect with more #writers #librarians #teachers #kidlit creators #parents and #picturebook #authors!
a boy and a girl are playing connecting game
ALT: a boy and a girl are playing connecting game
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March 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I live in the PNW and write books for curious kids. I’d love to connect with more #writers #librarians #teachers #kidlit creators #parents and #picturebook #authors!
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Mary Boone got me to dig deep! Thanks, Mary, for your questions about inspiration, a favorite teacher, & takeaways from our new book, Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony, with Stacy Innerst!
#creativity #inspiration #WomenArtists #abstractart #kidlit
#creativity #inspiration #WomenArtists #abstractart #kidlit
You can’t write a story until you know its heart. Author @lisaljrogers.bsky.social says she can’t find that heart until she emotionally connects to the story. #writing #kidlit
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Six Questions with Lisa Rogers
Lisa Rogers became inspired to write for children during her career as an elementary school librarian. Her picture books have received multiple starred reviews and awards, including the Golden Kite Ho...
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March 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Mary Boone got me to dig deep! Thanks, Mary, for your questions about inspiration, a favorite teacher, & takeaways from our new book, Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony, with Stacy Innerst!
#creativity #inspiration #WomenArtists #abstractart #kidlit
#creativity #inspiration #WomenArtists #abstractart #kidlit
Reposted by Mary Boone
Hey #writers, have any of you done a residency? How was that experience?
#writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #writersky
#writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #writersky
March 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Hey #writers, have any of you done a residency? How was that experience?
#writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #writersky
#writingcommunity #booksky #writesky #writersky
You can’t write a story until you know its heart. Author @lisaljrogers.bsky.social says she can’t find that heart until she emotionally connects to the story. #writing #kidlit
www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Six Questions with Lisa Rogers
Lisa Rogers became inspired to write for children during her career as an elementary school librarian. Her picture books have received multiple starred reviews and awards, including the Golden Kite Ho...
www.boonewrites.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
You can’t write a story until you know its heart. Author @lisaljrogers.bsky.social says she can’t find that heart until she emotionally connects to the story. #writing #kidlit
www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...
Hey #Seattle -
Amy, Curtis Manly and I are gathering to celebrate our new #kidlit books March 16 at @brickandmortar024.bsky.social
Join us!
Amy, Curtis Manly and I are gathering to celebrate our new #kidlit books March 16 at @brickandmortar024.bsky.social
Join us!
Happy book birthday to Poo Pile on the Prairie! This book was a delight to write and illustrate. Check out all the cutie pies in this latest book from my Tiny Habitats series! #kidslit #kidlit #stem #bison #tinyhabitats @ssedlib.bsky.social
March 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Hey #Seattle -
Amy, Curtis Manly and I are gathering to celebrate our new #kidlit books March 16 at @brickandmortar024.bsky.social
Join us!
Amy, Curtis Manly and I are gathering to celebrate our new #kidlit books March 16 at @brickandmortar024.bsky.social
Join us!