Eija Sumner
@eijasumner.bsky.social
Children’s Author | Idahoan | AABB | Hamline MFAC
The Good Little Mermaid’s Guide to Bedtime🧜♀️😡
Crocodile Hungry 🐊🦩😭
Cats, eels, books, etc.
www.eijasumner.com
The Good Little Mermaid’s Guide to Bedtime🧜♀️😡
Crocodile Hungry 🐊🦩😭
Cats, eels, books, etc.
www.eijasumner.com
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Eija Sumner
@eijasumner.bsky.social
· Jul 10
Hello, Bluesky #kidlit!
I’m the children’s author of the #picturebooks THE GOOD LITTLE MERMAID’S GUIDE TO BEDTIME and CROCODILE HUNGRY.
I’m a former bookseller/bookbuyer and library storytime lady. I love books, cats, tea, and write about all the above and eels.
My name sounds like “A-ya”! ✨
I’m the children’s author of the #picturebooks THE GOOD LITTLE MERMAID’S GUIDE TO BEDTIME and CROCODILE HUNGRY.
I’m a former bookseller/bookbuyer and library storytime lady. I love books, cats, tea, and write about all the above and eels.
My name sounds like “A-ya”! ✨
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Absolutely delighted that Joy Ride is on Netflix, because there are not that many movies that make you laugh-cry and cry-cry.
November 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Absolutely delighted that Joy Ride is on Netflix, because there are not that many movies that make you laugh-cry and cry-cry.
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It's time. Vote for your favorite case covers in the 2025 Undies Awards! 100scopenotes.com/2025/11/10/v... @carterhiggins.bsky.social @spikypenelope.bsky.social
VOTE! The 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards
Make your voice heard by voting for the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards.
100scopenotes.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's time. Vote for your favorite case covers in the 2025 Undies Awards! 100scopenotes.com/2025/11/10/v... @carterhiggins.bsky.social @spikypenelope.bsky.social
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Sharing in support of the incredible author Nia Davenport, author of Our Vicious Oaths whose husband has recently and unexpectedly passed. Please help me in sharing or donating to support her and her family during this difficult time.
Donate to Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss, organized by Lindsey Hart
Our hearts are with Nia, a beloved friend, author and advocate who has pou… Lindsey Hart needs your support for Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss
www.gofundme.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Sharing in support of the incredible author Nia Davenport, author of Our Vicious Oaths whose husband has recently and unexpectedly passed. Please help me in sharing or donating to support her and her family during this difficult time.
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Don’t buy his book buy mine (or Jen Percy’s or Olivia Laing’s, both also excellent!)
John Fetterman’s memoir comes out on Tuesday, so if the phone calls don’t work you can always tell him how you feel while he’s on book tour.
November 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Don’t buy his book buy mine (or Jen Percy’s or Olivia Laing’s, both also excellent!)
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Hi hi! Happy #kidlitartpostcard today!
I'm Ginger, and I am a picture book author and illustrator based in Vancouver, BC. I love illustrating funny kids who get into trouble.
gingerngo.com
I'm rep'd by @soyadriana.bsky.social at ACM Kids & Illustration
#kidlitart #kidlit
I'm Ginger, and I am a picture book author and illustrator based in Vancouver, BC. I love illustrating funny kids who get into trouble.
gingerngo.com
I'm rep'd by @soyadriana.bsky.social at ACM Kids & Illustration
#kidlitart #kidlit
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Hi hi! Happy #kidlitartpostcard today!
I'm Ginger, and I am a picture book author and illustrator based in Vancouver, BC. I love illustrating funny kids who get into trouble.
gingerngo.com
I'm rep'd by @soyadriana.bsky.social at ACM Kids & Illustration
#kidlitart #kidlit
I'm Ginger, and I am a picture book author and illustrator based in Vancouver, BC. I love illustrating funny kids who get into trouble.
gingerngo.com
I'm rep'd by @soyadriana.bsky.social at ACM Kids & Illustration
#kidlitart #kidlit
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
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A bold cat with the personality of Ron Swanson for #KidLitArtPostcard day!
I’m a #kidlit author who has always been drawing and making things, hoping to make the leap to author-illustrator! Looking for representation and encouragement!
More artwork on my website at wwweijasumner.com
I’m a #kidlit author who has always been drawing and making things, hoping to make the leap to author-illustrator! Looking for representation and encouragement!
More artwork on my website at wwweijasumner.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A bold cat with the personality of Ron Swanson for #KidLitArtPostcard day!
I’m a #kidlit author who has always been drawing and making things, hoping to make the leap to author-illustrator! Looking for representation and encouragement!
More artwork on my website at wwweijasumner.com
I’m a #kidlit author who has always been drawing and making things, hoping to make the leap to author-illustrator! Looking for representation and encouragement!
More artwork on my website at wwweijasumner.com
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No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
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SCOOP: Idaho’s health department quietly declined the entirety of its annual $1.5 million federal Title X funding in April, leaving patients statewide without any access to the family planning program.
One Idaho health district no longer offers contraception at all.
From me:
One Idaho health district no longer offers contraception at all.
From me:
While some states fight to restore Title X family planning funding, Idaho chooses to forfeit it
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare quietly declined the entirety of its annual $1.5 million federal Title X funding, leaving patients statewide without free and low-cost contraception and repr...
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
SCOOP: Idaho’s health department quietly declined the entirety of its annual $1.5 million federal Title X funding in April, leaving patients statewide without any access to the family planning program.
One Idaho health district no longer offers contraception at all.
From me:
One Idaho health district no longer offers contraception at all.
From me:
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Last day to pre-order my picture book debut, ❄️🩰The Abominable Snow Dancer🩰❄️! I'll be delivering these ✨limited edition sparkly stickers✨ and will sign/personalize books at these local indies TOMORROW:
🦄Mr. Mopps moppsbooks.com/list/abomina...
🦄Great Good Place for Books ggpbooks.com/book/9780593...
🦄Mr. Mopps moppsbooks.com/list/abomina...
🦄Great Good Place for Books ggpbooks.com/book/9780593...
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Last day to pre-order my picture book debut, ❄️🩰The Abominable Snow Dancer🩰❄️! I'll be delivering these ✨limited edition sparkly stickers✨ and will sign/personalize books at these local indies TOMORROW:
🦄Mr. Mopps moppsbooks.com/list/abomina...
🦄Great Good Place for Books ggpbooks.com/book/9780593...
🦄Mr. Mopps moppsbooks.com/list/abomina...
🦄Great Good Place for Books ggpbooks.com/book/9780593...
“never ran full speed in their life, never got their heart rate up before, and they tell you how to approach the game .”
jskdjjfkdjndjd “never ran full speed” ndkkd i do love KD.
jskdjjfkdjndjd “never ran full speed” ndkkd i do love KD.
November 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“never ran full speed in their life, never got their heart rate up before, and they tell you how to approach the game .”
jskdjjfkdjndjd “never ran full speed” ndkkd i do love KD.
jskdjjfkdjndjd “never ran full speed” ndkkd i do love KD.
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This has been a really rough few days. I recently learned of a controversy around our book THE PRINCESS IN BLACK AND THE PRINCE IN PINK. Some were outraged that Deseret Book carried it (a chain of bookstores in the west). Deseret Book appears to have complied to their demands and removed it. 1/
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This has been a really rough few days. I recently learned of a controversy around our book THE PRINCESS IN BLACK AND THE PRINCE IN PINK. Some were outraged that Deseret Book carried it (a chain of bookstores in the west). Deseret Book appears to have complied to their demands and removed it. 1/
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I love to see stuff like this because it helps explain to people trapped in tech-sponsored information bubbles the actually obvious fact that universities teach people to know & think things, and AI is a way to produce the effect of knowing & thinking things w/o actually knowing & thinking them.
Opinion | Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I love to see stuff like this because it helps explain to people trapped in tech-sponsored information bubbles the actually obvious fact that universities teach people to know & think things, and AI is a way to produce the effect of knowing & thinking things w/o actually knowing & thinking them.
Is there a list somewhere of band names that are just internet error codes, because *502 Bad Gateway* could be a good band name.
October 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Is there a list somewhere of band names that are just internet error codes, because *502 Bad Gateway* could be a good band name.
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Nearly everyone has an election next Tuesday. Some are small, like for county measures. Some are big, like California's Prop 50 (Yes on 50).
I encourage you to watch this video with the sound on and carry these screams with you as you vote for progressive policy in any way you can.
I encourage you to watch this video with the sound on and carry these screams with you as you vote for progressive policy in any way you can.
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Nearly everyone has an election next Tuesday. Some are small, like for county measures. Some are big, like California's Prop 50 (Yes on 50).
I encourage you to watch this video with the sound on and carry these screams with you as you vote for progressive policy in any way you can.
I encourage you to watch this video with the sound on and carry these screams with you as you vote for progressive policy in any way you can.
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Joanna Ho and Caroline Kusin Pritchard, authors of THE DAY THE BOOKS DISAPPEARED, had their elementary school author visit canceled when they arrived and students were waiting for them.
Why? Because they wouldn't *not* talk about book bans–inspiration for their book.
bookriot.com/the-day-the-...
Why? Because they wouldn't *not* talk about book bans–inspiration for their book.
bookriot.com/the-day-the-...
Why Did These Authors Have Their School Visit Canceled? They Were Talking About Their Book About Book Bans.
Country Club Elementary School in California's Bay Area canceled an author visit moments before it began. Why? It covered book bans.
bookriot.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Joanna Ho and Caroline Kusin Pritchard, authors of THE DAY THE BOOKS DISAPPEARED, had their elementary school author visit canceled when they arrived and students were waiting for them.
Why? Because they wouldn't *not* talk about book bans–inspiration for their book.
bookriot.com/the-day-the-...
Why? Because they wouldn't *not* talk about book bans–inspiration for their book.
bookriot.com/the-day-the-...
I am so grateful for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library for including CROCODILE HUNGRY as part of its collection in Canada.
This book came out in early 2022, and didn’t get a lot of trade reviews or buzz or anything.
But 40k copies in homes largely due to DPIL. 💛
#kidlit #kidlitauthor
This book came out in early 2022, and didn’t get a lot of trade reviews or buzz or anything.
But 40k copies in homes largely due to DPIL. 💛
#kidlit #kidlitauthor
October 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I am so grateful for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library for including CROCODILE HUNGRY as part of its collection in Canada.
This book came out in early 2022, and didn’t get a lot of trade reviews or buzz or anything.
But 40k copies in homes largely due to DPIL. 💛
#kidlit #kidlitauthor
This book came out in early 2022, and didn’t get a lot of trade reviews or buzz or anything.
But 40k copies in homes largely due to DPIL. 💛
#kidlit #kidlitauthor
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
I was at a HS soccer game over the weekend, and a player’s younger siblings brought @grubreport.bsky.social’s Zombie and Brain are Friends to the game for some sideline reading. 💛🙌✨
#kidlit
#kidlit
October 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I was at a HS soccer game over the weekend, and a player’s younger siblings brought @grubreport.bsky.social’s Zombie and Brain are Friends to the game for some sideline reading. 💛🙌✨
#kidlit
#kidlit
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Maybe this is obvious to everyone but…why does the White House need a ballroom? It has enough space for state dinners, no? Is this for dances? Weddings? Storing classified documents?
Just confused so the reason would be helpful thx
Just confused so the reason would be helpful thx
October 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Maybe this is obvious to everyone but…why does the White House need a ballroom? It has enough space for state dinners, no? Is this for dances? Weddings? Storing classified documents?
Just confused so the reason would be helpful thx
Just confused so the reason would be helpful thx