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Heather Stigall
@heatherstigall7.bsky.social
📚KidLit Author, 12x12, Rutgers 1:1 Plus mentee 2023
#SCBWI PA East Critique Group Coordinator
👻GILBERT & THE GHOST (Beaming Books 2025)
🐰PAISLEY'S BIG BIRTHDAY (Clavis Books, 2023)
picture book obsessed, creator of stuff
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👻TODAY is GILBERT & THE GHOST's official pub day!
TY 4 all the well wishes, book orders, library requests, reviews & believing in this book the way Gilbert believes in friends, even when they're invisible.👻🥰 #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #kidlit #BookBirthday #picturebooks #believe
📚👍Happy #WorldKindnessDay! 😊🐘
Here's an oldie but a goodie PB to commemorate the day - STRICTLY NO ELEPHANTS by Lisa Mantchev & Taeeun Yoo & my 2020 review:
www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r...
#kidlit #picturebooks #bookreview #childrensbooks #kindness #allarewelcome #inclusion
REVIEW: HAPPY WORLD KINDNESS DAY!
Now  this  is a day to celebrate! The world can always use more kindness, and what better way to celebrate than with a picture book about friendship, inclusion, and kindness.
www.heatherpiercestigall.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
📣 Calling all kidlit illustrators! 🎨
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
📚👍Happy #nationalyoungreadersweek! 📖
To celebrate, here's my '21 review of LILA LOU'S LITTLE LIBRARY by Nikki Bergstresser & Sejung King (Cardinal Rule Press): www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r...
#kidlit #picturebooks #bookreview #WhatToRead #kidlit #picturebooks #littlefreelibrary
REVIEW: HAPPY YOUNG READERS DAY!
​Do you love books? Me too! Here’s a picture book about a young reader who loved books so much, she got lost in them:
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November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just a few hours away!
Join East PA authors and illustrators for a night of camaraderie and books @childrensbookworld.bsky.social ✍️🤩 #authorevent #illustratorevent Lots of local members...Will you be there? @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social @danakramaroff.bsky.social @brianbiggsstudio.bsky.social @berrietr.bsky.social and...
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
📚👍Happy #hugabearday!🐻🐻‍❄️
Today’s holiday deserves TWO book recommendations, don’t you think?
My review on HAROLD LOVES HIS WOOLLY HAT & : HAROLD HATES TO HIBERNATE by VernKousky:
www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r...
#kidlit #picturebooks #bookreview #WhatToRead #BooksForKids #childrensbooks
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Monday's webinar with Editor Emily Daluga was great! We'll get Agent Rachel Orr's perspective next Thursday!
We're hosting 2 webinars on chapter books and early reader graphic novels! Editor's perspective with @emilydaluga.bsky.social on 11/3 and agent's perspective with Rachel Orr on 11/13. Find out more in this interview by @kcstrocchia.bsky.social.

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November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
📚If Sept & Oct were bookstore & library events, Nov & Dec are for school visits! 📌✂️🖍
I've done 3 & have at least 4 more thru Dec.
If you're interested in having me present to your school or org, find out more here:
www.heatherpiercestigall.com/author-visit...
#AuthorVisit #SchoolVisit #educators
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
📚👍Happy #ChemistryWeek!
Celebrate by reading a book: TU YOUYOU'S DISCOVERY: FINDING A CURE FOR MALARIA by @songjudaemicke.bsky.social & Lin.
Here's my 2021 Review:
www.heatherpiercestigall.com/.../review-i....
#kidlit #kidlitcommunity #picturebooks #bookrecommendations #WhatToRead #kidsbooks #STEM
November 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
TODAY! 11 am
📚If you're not in a candy coma you can find me at the Barnes & Noble (Exton) Sat, Nov 1 @11 AM for story time & signing. Gilbert & the Ghost is not just for Halloween, it's for anyone who feels unseen! 👻
stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
#gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Thanks for having Gilbert and me on your blog today! Happy Halloween! 👻
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Do you write for children? 📚
Do you write spooky stories? 👻
Listen to @kdzpodcast.bsky.social podcast or watch the most recent episode on YouTube for tips on how to write a spooktacular kid's book:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2-n...
#KidLit #booksforkids #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
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October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Reposted by Heather Stigall
💬Looking for some writing time in November? Join with SCBWI NY for a 24-hour kidlit creating marathon! 👍Thanks @scbwiwestchester.bsky.social November 8th #scbwievents #novwritingtime #amdrafting
October 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📚If you're not in a candy coma you can find me at the Barnes & Noble (Exton) Sat, Nov 1 @11 AM for story time & signing. Gilbert & the Ghost is not just for Halloween, it's for anyone who feels unseen! 👻
stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
#gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Hey! Gilbert & the Ghost was used as an example on the KidLit Deconstruction Zone Podcast today. Check it out!
Do you love the darker side of kidlit? ✍️

If so, check out Episode 8, Tools for Gripping Horror! 🛠️

The episode sneakily appears on Apple Podcasts a few days early.

It's not a trick 👻 but there are plenty of treats in this episode!

linktr.ee/kdzpodcast

#KidLit #KDZPodcast #WritingCommunity
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I'm the Rate Your Story "Guest Guru" for November!
Members, if you want me to provide feedback and rate your story next month, you can put in your request with Judy.
#RateYourStory #picturebooks #critique #writingcommunity #Writing #revising #Writer
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October 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
🎃👻KID'S TRUNK OR TREAT💀🧙‍♀️
Reading, Signing, Fun Tricks-or-Treats
w/Authors Laura Parnum & Heather Stigall
SUN, 10/26, 11 AM
Barnes & Noble, 425 Marketplace Blvd, Hamilton, NJ

#kidlit #authorevent #trickortreat #Halloween #spookyseason #booksforkids #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
📚🎊YO! BOOK FEST! 🎉📚
WHERE: Black Rock MS, Villanova, PA
WHEN: 10/25, 10 - 4
WHO: 50+ Authors & Illus
WHAT: Meet authors/illus, signed books 4 sale, character parade, crafts, drawing demos, story shares, interactive activities, panel discussions, trivia, fun & games, food trucks
More: yobookfest.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
EVENTS THIS WEEKEND!
FRI - Night Market Author Signing @Inkwood Books (Haddonfield, NJ)
SAT - YO! Book Festival @Black Rock Middle School (Villanova, PA)
SUN am - Trunk or Treat Story Time & Activities @Barnes & Noble (Hamilton, NJ)
SUN pm - Spooky Story Time & Craft @Celia Bookshop (Swarthmore, PA)
October 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
TOMORROW!
📚10/18 I'll be at B&N, Wyomissing as the featured author for the Keystone State Lit Assoc BVFs Book Fair!
I'll read GILBERT & THE GHOST, doing a craft & signing books from 12 - 2 (fair will be 9-9). Copies of my books for sale!
#gilbertandtheghost #paisleysbigbirthday @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
📚👍Happy #NationalBossDay!
Throwback Thurs book review of THE BOSS BABY by @marlafrazee.bsky.social
I still find this hilarious each time I read it!
#kidlit #picturebooks #bookreview #WhatToRead #funnybooksforkids #booksforkids #ChildrensBooks #reading #literacy #library #educators #teachers
October 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
📚10/18 I'll be at B&N, Wyomissing as the featured author for the Keystone State Lit Assoc BVFs Book Fair!
I'll read GILBERT & THE GHOST, doing a craft & signing books from 12 - 2 (fair will be 9-9). Copies of my books for sale!
#gilbertandtheghost #paisleysbigbirthday @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
📚👻What a nice surprise to read my daily bookshop.org email & see GILBERT & THE GHOST list as a recommended Spooky Season "Kids Must Read" title!
#kidlit #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #spookyseason #booksforkids #childrensbooks #picturebook
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October 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
📚Book & #SpookySeason Fans:👻
@lauraparnum.bsky.social Matthew Sorrento, S.W. Lynch & I will be @ Inkwood Books + Tarot Readings by Megan Atwood!
Night Market 10/24 5 - 9 PM
www.inkwoodnj.com/events/36247...
#kidlit #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #BookstoreEvent
October 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM