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Emma Applegarth
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🪻Scientist, writer, earth lover. 📝Aspiring #kidlit author. 🎈2025 #PBParty participant.🌟2025 #PBRisingStars mentee.
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?

by Larry Summers
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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pbrisingstars.bsky.social
⭐️ GIVEAWAY TIME! ⭐️
We’re just ONE WEEK from our big, history-making #PBRisingStars announcement, so let’s celebrate with 4 incredible picture books from past mentors! 📚✨

To enter:
1️⃣ Follow us on Bluesky
2️⃣ Like this post
3️⃣ Tag a friend (1 tag = 1 entry!)

Winner announced on 10/30 with our big news!
text reads: giveaway! win books from past mentors! with four picture book covers of BOLD, BRILLIANT AND LATINE, SALON SATURDAY, WHAT IF YOU WISH?, and WEIWEI'S WINTER SOLSTICE
October 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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aprilberrybooks.bsky.social
Woohoohoo! It's LOL time!

Submit your #KidlitChuckleChallenge entry now!

(Submission window closes on September 16 at 10pm Central.)
September 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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joelhs.bsky.social
Happy birthday, Theodor W. Adorno. You would have hated it here.
“A Conversation with Theodor W. Adorno (Spiegel, 1969) SPIEGEL: Professor Adorno, two weeks ago, the world still seemed in order… ADORNO: Not to me.”
September 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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storyincolors.bsky.social
Autumn vibes for #kidlitartpostcard day 🍁

Website NinaPodlesnyak.com

#kidlitart #childrensbooks #kidlit
Hedgehog and his friend enjoying sunny autumn day in the forest, hedgehog carving a flute sitting near the rock
September 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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steamteambooks.bsky.social
It's National Wildlife Day - a day to raise awareness about endangered species and conservation efforts around the world. You can participate in events, learn about conservation efforts near you, go on a nature walk, or read a #STEAMTeam book! www.steamteambooks.com
#NationalWildlifeDay #STEM
September 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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sylvialiu.bsky.social
I'm getting close to a fun number of followers. To celebrate, I'm giving away 7 amazing PB and MG books!

To enter, L + RP. 3 bonus entries: (1) follow, (2) leave a comment, (3) subscribe to my newsletter (eepurl.com/hFrcyr).

Ends Aug. 16. 🇺🇸 only. #kidlit #giveaway
August 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
emmaapple.bsky.social
tomorrow is the last day for #sunwritefun @tleungabbott.bsky.social @kellyamangan.bsky.social @merylwrites.bsky.social @caitbonnar.bsky.social @gehrisch-arts.com @midfreeman.bsky.social @janycampana.bsky.social @denadavisbooks.bsky.social @willmooreston.com if any of you #kidlit writers want in!
August 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
emmaapple.bsky.social
shoutout to the great Susanna Leonard Hill, who donated a prize for #sunwritefun #kidlit contest! when she is not running her own acclaimed contests she is supporting other ones! www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25 run by @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @swildmansf.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
emmaapple.bsky.social
Favorite NF picture book (currently!) is probably the lovely Hey, Water! by Antoinette Portis. And it goes well with the #SunWriteFun #kidlit contest theme of "steam" this year!
You can enter the contest here: www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25
thanks to organizer @kmgreenwald.bsky.social
cover of Hey, water! by Antoinette Portis. A dark blue wavy waterscape with a pigtailed girl in a swimsuit and snorkel mask. paint/pastel style. #sunwritefun logo 2025
August 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
emmaapple.bsky.social
excited to see @zohracwrites.bsky.social was an entrant in the #SunWriteFun contest with an Engineering story for this year's S.T.E.A.M. theme!
enter here: www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25
the contest is put on by @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @swildmansf.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social
Full STEAM or S.T.E.A.M. Ahead! #SunWriteFun 2025 NF/info fic kidlit summer writing contest A graphic of a lightbulb with a steamy cloud inside. color scheme is yellow, magenta, teal, and purple.
August 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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swildmansf.bsky.social
Have you been on the fence about whether to join #SunWriteFun? Well here's some good news - you still can do it - new deadline is August 18. @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social and me (and the #kidlit community) all want to read your NF/info pic stories.
image of a cup with new deadline for SunWriteFun and a list of prizes all available on Karen Greenwald's website.
August 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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kwelijournal.bsky.social
❤️💐 Happy Book Birthday to FALL IS FOR BEGINNINGS by longtime Kweli fam @rajanilarocca.bsky.social and @abhialwar.bsky.social! 🍁
August 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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salemlitfest.bsky.social
Congratulations to Lit Fest alum @rajanilarocca.bsky.social on the publication of FALL IS FOR BEGINNINGS, a back-to-school picture book that celebrates friendship and finding your place.
August 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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adamchapman.bsky.social
"Each peach, pear, plum, I spy Tom Thumb; Tom Thumb in the cupboard, I spy Mother Hubbard; Mother Hubbard in the cellar..." [millions of people, including my parents, and my kids can fill you in from there].

That's power, that is.

And a partnership - Janet Ahlberg's images made the words stick.
Allan Ahlberg, celebrated children's author, dies aged 87
He wrote more than 150 books, including The Jolly Postman and Each Peach Pear Plum.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM
emmaapple.bsky.social
A belated thank you to @authorjamilah.bsky.social for her role in the @pbrisingstars.bsky.social seminar, I learned a lot and also was excited this weekend to see her charming book "Sister Friend" in my local library! PB writers/enjoyers are advised to check out her website: jamilahthewriter.com
graphic labeled with "PB Rising Stars", sections saying "Thank you Jamilah" and then a section with her upcoming books with their covers: "Together we are Sunshine" October 14 2025 and "Ramadan Rain" March 10 2026. And a picture of Jamilah with a link to her website jamilahthewriter.com
July 31, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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onceuponaban.bsky.social
Inspired by a book as a child, @rajanilarocca.bsky.social now writes to encourage the next generation. Her book Your One and Only Heart was at one point restricted at the HB Library. She shared her take on censorship, why she writes for children, and her upcoming book.

#kidlit #freedomtoread
A Conversation with Author Rajani LaRocca
Inspired by a book as a child, LaRocca now writes to encourage the next generation.
www.onceuponaban.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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frwildflowers.bsky.social
Today is the last day to oppose the gutting of the Endangered Species Act, I just did and it’s not hard:
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May 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
emmaapple.bsky.social
Berry picking this morning and the kids picked a lot of Potentilla, which my mom always called soapberries…. I looked it up today and apparently soapberries are a common name for two other plants, but not Potentilla. That one’s a my-mom special it would seem.
May 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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melville-society.bsky.social
We’ve run the numbers and seen all the data models. It’s not looking good.
Edited headline about 100 men vs a gorilla that now reads: “Cetology smackdown: could 100 men beat a specific white whale in a fight? Here’s what sub-sub-librarians say”
May 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
emmaapple.bsky.social
I really can't believe it, but I am a 2025 @pbrisingstars.bsky.social mentee! I am so excited and grateful for this opportunity and can't wait to work hard on improving my craft. #kidlit #PBRisingStars
A yellow planet with a ring, that says "2025 PB Rising Stars Mentee. www.pbrisingstars.com" there are a crescent moon and some stars above the planet. The background is a separated gradient from white to yellow. PB Rising Stars logo in the corner, of hands holding up ladders and a leaping figure.
May 16, 2025 at 5:00 AM
emmaapple.bsky.social
“Pale Fire meets Star Trek” has got to be the craziest pitch that could instantly hook me. 👀
thelincoln.bsky.social Lincoln Michel @thelincoln.bsky.social · Apr 30
METALLIC REALMS comes out in two weeks (!) so please excuse a short thread of self-promotion. The book is one part comic novel about a group of struggling writers in NYC and one part gonzo space opera. I thought of it as my "Pale Fire meets Star Trek" novel. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Metall...
Metallic Realms
Fantastic universes and personal dramas collide as a group of friends blur the line between real life and fiction with delightfully disastrous resu...
www.simonandschuster.com
May 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
emmaapple.bsky.social
It’s a week til release day so I hope it’s okay to share these pictures of @amedyckman.bsky.social ’s new book The Beach Day! With beautiful illustrations in all color. I was lucky enough to win a copy! #kidlit
Cover of THE BEACH DAY, an early reader book with a cat, rat, and bat carrying umbrella, bags, and gear up a white sandy beach.
April 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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kidlit411.bsky.social
We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, I WILL ALWAYS BE by @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social, illustrated by @rahele.bsky.social (Harper Collin), out on April 15.

To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/04/the-... (+ more ways to win)
April 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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amedyckman.bsky.social
NOT an #AprilFoolsDay joke! 😂!

3 random winners really WILL #win a copy of:

🦇🐈🐀 BAT, CAT & RAT #3:
⛱️THE BEACH DAY⛱️
📝 by me
🎨 by #MarkTeague
Beach Lane 📚, @simonkids.bsky.social

WEEKS before our 4/29/25 🎂!

⭐️JUST RP to ENTER to WIN!⭐️

Ends 4/6/25, 9 PM EST!
#kidlit #giveaway
BAT, CAT & RAT #3: THE BEACH DAY, the follow-up to the Geisel Award-winning BAT, CAT & RAT #2: VACATION, by Ame Dyckman, Mark Teague, and the nice folks at Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster! In each picture book/early reader of 3-and-a-half stories, unlikely roommates-and-friends Bat, Cat, and Rat have funny little adventures in their cozy home, their cozy town, and beyond! THE BEACH DAY cover shows the trio carrying a beach umbrella and bags—TOO MANY bags, maybe?—for a fun day in the sand and surf. (But poor sweet Bat doesn’t know that trying to share your snack with hungry beach gulls is NOT a good idea! OOPS!) Available NOW for preorder wherever you love to get books, and publishes 4/29/25!
April 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM