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Erin Dealey--> Kidlit Author*Playwright
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Following my #Librarian #Teacher #kidlit friends & hoping to figure out this learning curve. Repped by Deborah Warren @eastwestlit -- Blogger of author & illus. #BookBirthdays -- Playwright at Uproar Theatrics erindealey.com -- Happily MARRIED btw--
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JUST FLOWERS Illus. @k8cosgrove.bsky.social #FlowerDay @eastwestlit.bsky.social @pbpros.bsky.social

"#Kindness can soften the hardest hearts & we miss out when we make snap judgments. A vibrant reminder to look beyond appearances—a lesson that applies to #flowers as well as to people." --KIRKUS
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“For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.”
“So read the books they're banning, that's where the good stuff is! If they don't want you to read it, there's a reason why.”
Born on this day in 1957 LeVar Burton
#Booksky
February 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Happy birthday Judy Blume ❤
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February 12, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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Happy birthday, Judy Blume!
February 13, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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11 days until I'M BUSY by @michaelianblack.bsky.social & me launches on Feb. 24th! Photo: Tracey Biel.

Thanks to S&S Canada @simonschusterca.bsky.social for this photo from #OLASC; such a joy chatting with librarians. Librarians are my heroes.
#LibrarySky #CanKidLit #KidLit #ImBusy
February 13, 2026 at 5:18 PM
February 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Congratulations Antoinette Portis @eastwestlit.bsky.social
"It's just a book about a creative bunny." Due to a snafu, on the @fuse8nkate.bsky.social podcast we review today's book a little earlier than we should have. Was it worth bending the rules? You'll have to listen to find out. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/02/09/f...
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
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February 11, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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LOOK who’s on @fuse8.bsky.social the Fuse8 podcast! @fuse8nkate.bsky.social
NOT A BOX by Antoinette Portis
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Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
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February 11, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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"Beatrice’s idea to broadcast a nightingale singing with her cello in 1924 broadened the experience of millions of people around the world. The broadcast was the first time listeners heard birdsong over the airwaves."- @patricianewman.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM
What do I do when I’m not writing #kidlit books? Writing plays for high school #theater groups to perform. 🌟🎭🌟Thank you to the Lenaea Theater Festival & UproarTheatrics. This weekend I was honored to have two of my one acts presented. So much #gratitude 🙏🏼 www.uproartheatrics.com/authors/erin...
February 8, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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Hi #KidlitArtPostcard day💜

Shiho Pate is...
💙 Portfolio is shihopate.com
💙 Rep'd by Deborah Warren at @eastwestlit.bsky.social
💙 Editors and art directors, I would love to illustrate more children's books!
💙 Japanese author Illustrator based in CA

#illustration #kidlitart #spreadlove
February 5, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Congrats @dhammelef.bsky.social --you are the recipient of the #AsYouAreGiveaway. Contact @kbiddle.bsky.social to receive the two books!
February 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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Two Questions and Two Sentence Starters with Newbery Medalist Renée Watson mrschureads.blogspot.com/2026/01/newb...
Newbery Medalist Renée Watson
I asked Renée Watson, Karina Yan Glaser, María Dolores Águila, Daniel Nayeri, and Aubrey Hartman to each answer two questions and finish two...
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January 31, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Today's ALA announcement of award-winning books for young people has been a wonderful, and welcome, break from this regular drumbeat of grim news. Congratulations @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social for Printz-winning LEGENDARY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN: INTERTRIBAL STORIES.
January 26, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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Want a free copy of As You Are? Read and react to Erin Dealey's blog. Follow all directions. erindealey.com/book-birthda... .
Happy (almost) #BookBirthday to As You Are: A Hope for Black Sons = Six Qs with author Kimberly A. Gordon Biddle + 2 Book GIVEAWAY! - Erin Dealey, Children's Author
We celebrate the Book Birthday of As You Are: A Hope for Black Sons + Six Qs with author Kimberly A. Gordon Biddle
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January 27, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Happy (almost) #BookBirthday to As You Are: A Hope for Black Sons = Six Qs with author Kimberly A. Gordon Biddle + 2 Book #GIVEAWAY! @kbiddle.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social Magination Press/ illus. David Wilkerson #kidlitmegafeed #Skybrarians

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Happy (almost) #BookBirthday to As You Are: A Hope for Black Sons = Six Qs with author Kimberly A. Gordon Biddle + 2 Book GIVEAWAY! - Erin Dealey, Children's Author
We celebrate the Book Birthday of As You Are: A Hope for Black Sons + Six Qs with author Kimberly A. Gordon Biddle
erindealey.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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Congratulations to Maria van Lieshout, creator of the remarkable graphic novel SONG OF A BLACKBIRD, now a Michael L. Printz HONOR Book! Go behind the scenes of this powerful account of the power of art in resistance ➡️ bit.ly/4bSTMgR @vanlieshoutstudio.bsky.social
January 26, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Congrats to @laurelsnyder.bsky.social on her Sydney Taylor Honor for this gorgeous book of poetry!! #ALAYMA bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Book of Candles: Eight Poems for Hanukkah
Eight Poems for Hanukkah
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January 26, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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We’ll be sharing the announcements for ALA’s 2026 Youth Media Awards. Stay tuned! #ALAyma
January 26, 2026 at 3:45 PM
So very honored to see SNOW GLOBE WISHES in the @nytimes.com
today, and in such amazing company: "Picture books about snow that will melt your heart." Illus. Claire Shorrock / Sleeping Bear Press @eastwestlit.bsky.social Link in comments. #kidlitmegafeed #skybrarians #edusky
January 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM