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Hannah Lorenzo
@haloteachlearn.bsky.social
ESL Teacher. Mom. Travel. Dance. Strawberry ice cream. #Kidlit Author, repped by @KaitlynLeann17 SCBWI 12x12 http://HannahLorenzoBooks.com
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🎉 Overjoyed to share my Publishers Weekly announcement!

I’m so grateful to have the talented Tasneem Amiruddin as our illustrator!

Shout out to my awesome agent @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social at @bradfordagents.bsky.social & the amazing editors Deidra & Alison at Free Spirit Publishing!

#kidlit
This week’s haul! I’m excited to dig in 😁
#kidlit #libraryhaul #PB #MG #GN #LibrariesAreAwesome
January 10, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Last week’s haul was a good one! Saying goodbye to these guys and off the to library with the kids for another stack ❤️ #kidlit #libraryhaul
January 10, 2026 at 8:11 PM
January 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Geeking out over this fascinating and GORGEOUS book!!! Someone freeze my bank account before I buy a copy for every #ESL #MLL #bilingual and #langauge #teacher I know! It even has a section on all of the sign languages in the world! It should be in every #library!
#kidlit #bookrec
January 7, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Loving my holiday gift to myself… a handful of back issues of #Illustoria Magazine. ☺️🖌️💙
#illustration #kidlitart
January 7, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Snowflake Dreams...
"Win the Race!"

Papercut Gouache + Digital

#scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrators #scbwi #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration
January 7, 2026 at 10:50 AM
The Dream Beast -
"Stay back - My treasure!"

Papercut Gouache + Digital

#scbwidrawthis #scbwiillustrators #scbwi #kidlitart
January 7, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Reposted by Hannah Lorenzo
Heads up, #MG writers!

New FREE contest for writers of Middle Grade Fiction — tinyurl.com/wdwcontest4 — Judged by Agent Morgan Hughes of Fineprint Literary, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work.
First Page Contest #4: Middle Grade Fiction -- Judged by Agent Morgan Hughes of Fineprint Literary
FREE CONTEST FOR WRITERS! Welcome to  First Page Contest . Contest #4 -- for writers of  Middle Grade Fiction (all types) . If you write in this age category, keep reading and submit your work!...
tinyurl.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Having students from around the 🌎 means getting little gifts from around the 🌍 !
My students are the best (and not because they give sweet gifts - just because they are!!) 🥰
#ESL #MLL #edusky #teaching #teacherlife
January 7, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Just read a blog where the author said her go-to person for physical fitness is Dan Go. And I was like… She can’t mean Danny Go… CAN SHE??! Maybe she’s on to something?!

(Then I googled, and no, she did not mean Danny Go, sadly)

The #elementary #teachers will hear me 😂

#edusky #teacherlife
January 6, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Happy New Year to you! 🎉
I’m starting a #NewYearsEve #Art challenge for myself - each year I’ll use the paint scraps (no new paint!) from the past year to collage a #NYE ball 🪩 - here’s my first try!
#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration
January 1, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I used to be a median American reader … Happy to say I’ve read about 20 #novels this year, and over 100 #picturebooks, and even started writing my own books (my #debut #PB comes out in 2026!). I’m grateful that over the past 10 years or so, I’ve rekindled the love for #books that I had as a kid
🌟📚🌟
NEW: How many books did you read this year? If it was more than 2, congrats: you read more than the median American.

Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
December 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Reposted by Hannah Lorenzo
Day #31: 31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Picture Books. End with a bang! Only a small number of all the picture books published in a given year make this list. See what I think stands out as unforgettable & thanks for reading all month! #kidlit #31Days31Lists 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/31/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Picture Books
Only a small number of all the picture books published in a given year make this list. See what I think stands out as truly unforgettable.
afuse8production.slj.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Reposted by Hannah Lorenzo
Beyond the tradition of New Year's on January 1st, here is a list of Children's Books that Celebrate New Year’s Around the World. ✨🎉

Come with KidLitTV to learn about Persian New Year, Korean New Year, Lunar New Year, Diwali; and more. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

www.kidlit.tv/2025/12/chil...
December 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
One of my co- #teachers gifted me a bookstore gift card ( 📚 SHE GETS ME! 🌟) so now I’m two #books richer, working on my #illustration with yummy tea and snacks.

Happy heart. Happy mind. Happy tummy.

#kidlit #kidlitart
December 31, 2025 at 4:51 PM
So fun :) these postcards are brilliant!!
Looky, looky! 👀 I just checked the mailbox and another #PictureBookPostcard has arrived! Please enjoy this postcard from @briangehrlein.bsky.social's newest picture book, This Is Not a Sleepy Bear Book.

See the full postcard and blog post here: aprilberrybooks.com/this-is-not-... #kidlit
December 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Yay @dkryland.bsky.social ! I see a familiar cover 🤗
Newly Updated! 19 Favorite ABC Books buff.ly/hlgmFXv via @pragmaticmom #ReadYourWorld #picturebooks #ABCs #alphabet
December 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This is such a FUN idea!!! #Kidlit people - check out this super cool way to promote your #picturebooks and #middlegrade novels! 📚

#PB #MG #authors
Gah! Tomorrow is the big day!

My first #PictureBookPostcards blog post publishes tomorrow (12/29), and I am so excited about it!

#kidlit #writingcommunity
The news is out! I'm starting a new book blog called PICTURE BOOK POSTCARDS.

If you have a recently published or soon-to-be-published picture book, please consider featuring your book on my new blog.

More details: aprilberrybooks.com/send-me-a-po...
December 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
🎨 Families who art together… ?

#FinishThatSentence #kidlit #kidlitart
December 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We visited #NevermoreAcademy last night. Such spooky fun!! 🦇

I WANTED to type my next story on #Wednesday ‘s typewriter… but apparently that is not allowed 😭

#TheAddamsFamily #NetflixHousePhilly
#Kidlit #amwriting
December 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Reposted by Hannah Lorenzo
Year 8 KS3 recommended reading list for school pupils aged 12-13 . Authors include GP Taylor, Robert O'Brien, Margaret Mahy and Susan Hill schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-list... #YAlit #ukedchat
Year 8 recommended reading list for children aged 12-13
Year 8 reading books - a selection of exciting easy reads and challenging titles, suitable for Year 8 pupils in secondary schools aged 12-13.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I want to read ALL of these 😳
December 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Thank you so much for the opportunity to share my art!! 🙏 @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @bradfordagents.bsky.social
#kidlit 📚
#kidlitart 🎨
“Hearts Are Hard” by @haloteachlearn.bsky.social

Available as: an author-illustrator or #illustrator

Focus: picture books

Website: www.hannahlorenzobooks.com

Represented by: @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
#kidlitart#illustration
December 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I wish you the joy of marshmallows at the bottom of your hot chocolate on a snowy Sunday morning with your favorite people ❄️ ☕️
December 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM