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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author
@drzathome.bsky.social
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REWRITING THE RULES (Sept '25 Millbrook Press)
#MakingSTEMaccessible
Bio PhD | PB MG YA author |
1st pl '22: #rateyourstory & #springflingkidlit
3x winner #50PreciousWord '22/3/4;
Highlights sch '23
Rep: @gabycabezut @SeymourAgency
www.dannazeiger.com
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The Evolution of a Picture Book Biography from Sub to Pub by @drzathome.bsky.social 📕🥳
Check out this super post about the path of REWRITING THE RULES.
And be sure to get in on the GIVEAWAY!
#brainresearch #disability @lernerbooks.bsky.social #edusky

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Behind the Scenes: “The Evolution of a Picture Book Biography from Sub to Pub” by Danna Zeiger, Ph.D.
Looking back over the process of a book can be really informative. So much is forgotten over the course of the several years it takes from idea to published. Here’s an interesting post from d…
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October 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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FAVE FOUR

If you'd like to see other kidlit recommendations, pop on over to cherylajohnsonwrites.weebly.com.

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@joseebisaillon.bsky.social
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November 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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carolhinz.bsky.social
Ahhhh, so thrilled to see both THE BLACK MAMBAS by @kellycrull.bsky.social and REWRITING THE RULES by @drzathome.bsky.social and @joseebisaillon.bsky.social on the Chicago Public Library Best Books list!

Full list here: www.chipublib.org/news/cpl-bes...
Front cover of The Black Mambas: The World's First All-Woman Anti-Poaching Unit by author and photographer Kelly Crull. A photograph fills the full cover, showing a white pickup truck with dark-skinned women wearing camouflage uniforms sitting on the hood, inside of it, and standing in the bed of the truck, one of whom is scanning the landscape through binoculars. The women are silhouetted with streaks of red, orange, yellow, and blue created by the setting sun behind them. The landscape is primarily green with grass, bushes, and short trees visible beyond the truck. Front cover of the picture book Rewriting the Rules: How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities for Brain Research and Disability. It features Dr. Friel, a pale-skinned woman with rosy cheeks and shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a white lab coat. Her right arm and leg are turned inward and her right hand is curled under due to her cerebral palsy. One her right is a child with light brown skin and medium brown hair, wearing a yellow striped t-shirt, blue pants, and blue shoes. He uses black forearm crutches. To Dr. Friel's left is a child with dark brown skin and black hair that goes midway down their back, wearing a pale blue polka dotted shirt and a red-orange knee-length skirt. The child is blowing on a dandelion to send the seeds flying. Surrounding the three human figures are dandelions (which are associated with cerebral palsy) and fantastical flowers and trees that incorporate the shapes of neurons.
November 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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carolhinz.bsky.social
Thrilled to have 3 books on this year's NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book list: THE BLACK MAMBAS by @kellycrull.bsky.social, REWRITING THE RULES by @drzathome.bsky.social and @joseebisaillon.bsky.social, and THE BIG EMPTY by Kirbi Fagan! 🎉

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Front cover of The Black Mambas: The World's First All-Woman Anti-Poaching Unit by author and photographer Kelly Crull. A photograph fills the full cover, showing a white pickup truck with dark-skinned women wearing camouflage uniforms sitting on the hood, inside of it, and standing in the bed of the truck, one of whom is scanning the landscape through binoculars. The women are silhouetted with streaks of red, orange, yellow, and blue created by the setting sun behind them. The landscape is primarily green with grass, bushes, and short trees visible beyond the truck. Front cover of the picture book Rewriting the Rules: How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities for Brain Research and Disability. It features Dr. Friel, a pale-skinned woman with rosy cheeks and shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a white lab coat. Her right arm and leg are turned inward and her right hand is curled under due to her cerebral palsy. One her right is a child with light brown skin and medium brown hair, wearing a yellow striped t-shirt, blue pants, and blue shoes. He uses black forearm crutches. To Dr. Friel's left is a child with dark brown skin and black hair that goes midway down their back, wearing a pale blue polka dotted shirt and a red-orange knee-length skirt. The child is blowing on a dandelion to send the seeds flying. Surrounding the three human figures are dandelions (which are associated with cerebral palsy) and fantastical flowers and trees that incorporate the shapes of neurons. Front cover of The Big Empty: A Sagebrush Survival Story by Kirbi Fagan. The word EMPTY in white looms in the background of a sparse scene with brown ground, a few small pushes, and a big sagebrush plant in the distance, under which a small, dark brown horse is grazing. A vast blue sky is in the background. Front cover of The Big Empty: A Sagebrush Survival Story by Kirbi Fagan. The word EMPTY in white looms in the background of a sparse scene with brown ground, a few small pushes, and a big sagebrush plant in the distance, under which a small, dark brown horse is grazing. A vast blue sky is in the background.
December 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Meet the Talented #kidlit #debut author, @drzathome.bsky.social, plus #giveaway writersrumpus.com/2025/08/12/m...
Meet the Talented #kidlit #debut author, Danna Zeiger, plus #giveaway
CAROL GORDON EKSTER: Danna is in my Andover, MA SCBWI critique group. Her debut book comes out this September, and I want to introduce you all to her as she’s so talented, intelligent and ama…
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August 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Check out my brand-new interview with debut children’s author Danna Zieger and Dr. Kathleen Friel on the Writers’ Rumpus Blog! #kidlit #childrensbooks @drzathome.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social @writersrumpus.bsky.social @joseebisaillon.bsky.social
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Writing About a Living Person: A Conversation with Author Danna Zeiger and Dr. Kathleen Friel
If you’ve been keeping up with our wildly engaging Writers’ Rumpus blog this summer, then you’ve already become well-acquainted with debut author Danna Zeiger and her critically acclaimed new book,…
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September 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Meet debut author @drzathome.bsky.social and discover insights into her touching & empowering NF picture book biography - Rewriting the Rules. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... @joseebisaillon.bsky.social Millbrook Press/Lerner #kidlit #STEM #persistence 📚👍
September 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Happy Book Birthday to REWRITING THE RULES: How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities in Brain Research and Disability @drzathome.bsky.social Josee Bisaillon and published by @lernerbooks.bsky.social Millbrook Stop by to peek at this amazing #STEM PB Bio: viviankirkfield.com/2025/09/09/b...
Book Birthday: REWRITING THE RULES: How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities for Brain Research and Disability
It’s another Happy Book Birthday and so you know that I am dancing! I hope you will be too when you find out more about this amazing debut picture book by good friend Danna Zeiger. REWRITING …
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September 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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mmarshallauthor.bsky.social
Don't miss this inspiring biography of an amazingly talented doctor who continues to change the rules & our understanding of the brain. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... @drzathome.bsky.social Josée Bisaillon Millbrook Press/Lerner #PPBF #kidlit #biography #STEM #neurology 📚👍
September 13, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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ajirving.bsky.social
REWRITING THE RULES by @drzathome.bsky.social & @joseebisaillon.bsky.social is remarkable PB about a remarkable human! This inspiring, well-rounded bio shows Kathleen’s struggles & achievements. Kathleen hopes the kids she works with may one day too “climb rocks, break boards, or run research labs.”
September 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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12x12challenge.bsky.social
🎉 Congratulations @drzathome.bsky.social on her recent book birthday! 🎉

📚 REWRITING THE RULES: HOW DR. KATHLEEN FRIEL CREATED NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR BRAIN RESEARCH AND DISABILITY is out now!

Find it here: buff.ly/PLnYGZq

#kidlit #12x12PB
September 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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#newbooksday part 2!
Excited to get this into readers' hands! 🥳

@redcometpressbooks.bsky.social @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social @drzathome.bsky.social @joseebisaillon.bsky.social @damianimated.bsky.social
Seven picture and chapter books on a table, from top left: Make New Friends by Joshua David Stein with Mariachiara Di Giorgio, If We Were Dogs by Sophie Blackall, Fancy Nancy Besties for Eternity by Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser, Absolutely Everything by Damian Alexander, The Teacher in Nomad Land by Daniel Nayeri, Oliver's Great Big Universe Evolution Changes Everything by Jorge Cham, and Cupcake Diaries The New Batch Natalie's Sprinkle of Light by Coco Simon. Four children's nonfiction books on a table, clockwise from top left: I Am We How Crows Come Together to Survive by Leslie Barnard Booth with Alexandra Finkelday, Origin by Nat Cardozo, Rewriting the Rules by Danna Zeiger with Josee Bisaillon, and DK Eyewonder Dinosaurs.
September 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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morgangaynin.bsky.social
Josée Bisaillon’s newest illustrated nonfiction picture book is here!

Rewriting the Rules: Illustrated by @joseebisaillon.bsky.social, written by @drzathome.bsky.social, and published by @lernerbooks.bsky.social.

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#kidlit #kidlitart #booksky #STEMbooks
September 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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lernerbooks.bsky.social
Today is #WorldCerebralPalsyDay! Celebrate the achievements of the CP community with the story of Dr. Kathleen Friel in REWRITING THE RULES by @drzathome.bsky.social and illustrated by Josée Bisaillon.
October 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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carolhinz.bsky.social
Absolutely overjoyed by this @slj.com starred review for REWRITING THE RULES by debut author @drzathome.bsky.social and @joseebisaillon.bsky.social! "A must-purchase for all libraries as it ­reflects the best that modern biographies for young readers have to offer."

www.slj.com/review/rewri...
Front cover of the picture book Rewriting the Rules: How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities for Brain Research and Disability. It features Dr. Friel, a pale-skinned woman with rosy cheeks and shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a white lab coat. Her right arm and leg are turned inward and her right hand is curled under due to her cerebral palsy. One her right is a child with light brown skin and medium brown hair, wearing a yellow striped t-shirt, blue pants, and blue shoes. He uses black forearm crutches. To Dr. Friel's left is a child with dark brown skin and black hair that goes midway down their back, wearing a pale blue polka dotted shirt and a red-orange knee-length skirt. The child is blowing on a dandelion to send the seeds fling. Surrounding the three human figures are dandelions (which are associated with cerebral palsy) and fantastical flowers and trees that incorporate the shapes of neurons.
June 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
drzathome.bsky.social
Beautiful book! Thanks @autumnleaflet.bsky.social for also being @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social and Ciara's Spring Fling Kidlit Contest prize donor!!!
autumnleaflet.bsky.social Kim-Hoa Ung 黃金花 @autumnleaflet.bsky.social · Dec 5
Happy 1st Birthday to my debut picture book, A GIFT FOR NAI NAI 👧🏻🎁👵🏼

Can’t believe it’s been one year since publication. Thank you so much to all of you who have shown me so much love and support. I am so grateful to all of you ❤️

More information about my book: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
April 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
drzathome.bsky.social
What a beautiful set of books here! Thanks @valeriebolling.bsky.social for also being a @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social and Ciara's Spring Fling Kidlit Contest prize donor!!!
valeriebolling.bsky.social Valerie Bolling @valeriebolling.bsky.social · Apr 2
HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY, #RainbowDays: The Orange Wall! Thanks to my agent extraordinaire, @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social; talented illustrator, Kai Robinson; and amazing Scholastic editors, Katie Carella and Cindy Kim.

#kidlit #kidlitart #earlyreader #art #girl #puppylove #creativity #painting #joy #fun
April 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
drzathome.bsky.social
What does @viviankirkfield.bsky.social NOT do? She is a total force of nature, and now, also generously donating a prize to @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social and Ciara's Spring Fling Kidlit Contest!!! Please check out Vivian's important books--I have them all and have read them all with my kids!
April 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
drzathome.bsky.social
To be clear, I love ALL of @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social's books. She is so talented <3. Thank you, Rebecca, for also being @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social and Ciara's Spring Fling Kidlit Contest prize donor!!!
rebeccaglevington.bsky.social Rebecca Gardyn Levington @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social · Feb 7
I'm so honored to learn that AFIKOMAN, WHERE'D YOU GO? was chosen for this year's Michigan Association of School Librarians annual MISelf In Books list!🎉
To see all the wonderful books on this list, visit www.mcls.org/news/2024/12...
@penguinkids.bsky.social @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
drzathome.bsky.social
Excited to read this! Thanks @safajarwrites.bsky.social for also being @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social and Ciara's Spring Fling Kidlit Contest prize donor!!!
safajarwrites.bsky.social Sara Fajardo @safajarwrites.bsky.social · Feb 20
Serving my debut picture book Crack Goes the Cascarón sunny side up. Now available wherever books are sold.

You can purchase signed copies via Copperfield's Novato.

E-mail or call to order your copy: www.copperfieldsbooks.com/novato
Announcement that book Crack Goes the Cascarón is now available for sale. Features the coves of the book in Spanish and English.
April 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
drzathome.bsky.social
This books looks awesome! Thanks for @writerjolene.bsky.social for also being @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social and Ciara's Spring Fling Kidlit Contest prize donor!!!
kidlitcollective.bsky.social KidLit Collective @kidlitcollective.bsky.social · Feb 11
Celebrating #NationalInventorsDay today with
@writerjolene and her #STEM #nonfiction middle grade book BIONIC BEASTS: Saving Animals Lives with Artificial Flippers, Legs, and Beaks. What a fascinating read! #kidlit #booksky #writingcommunity
April 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
drzathome.bsky.social
My cover reveal for my DEBUT #picturebook REWRITING THE RULES is up! #STEM, #neuroscience, #disability and #disabilityadvocacy
My former mentor who has #cerebralpalsy, Dr. Kathleen Friel, combatted ableism and society and today runs her lab developing therapies for kids w/CP 😍

www.dannazeiger.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
drzathome.bsky.social
Relics of my past (literally) holding up my (hopeful) future!
(My good friend got me this beautiful mug and I enjoy my coffee in it every day, manifesting through hard work!)
March 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
drzathome.bsky.social
Excited to share my #stem #50preciouswords entry for the fabulous @viviankirkfield.bsky.social contest she runs!!!!!!! Thank you for all of your hard work making this incredible #kidlit magic happen every year. It is SO MUCH fun!!!! Thanks to my CPs, as well <3
March 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
drzathome.bsky.social
TY @terrilibenson.bsky.social, my new mentor - SO generous: autographed bookplates, awesome bookmarks, & adorable "book besties" bracelets! We love these books! My mom-cred skyrocketed!
& thank you to @pjlibrary.org for this incredible experience through the Sephardic Stories Writing Fellowship!!
January 29, 2025 at 5:06 AM