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Jenn Reese
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They/She. Author of A Game of Fox & Squirrels, Every Bird a Prince, Puzzleheart, Above World. Also an artist, TV show binger, and massive geek. Queer. Agent: Holly Root (Root Literary)
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Jenn Reese @jennreese.bsky.social · Jun 13
SEVEN WAYS THROUGH THE WOODS (Sept 9) just got a 🌟STAR 🌟 from Kirkus!! @devinellekurtz.bsky.social has created the most glowing, magical forest imaginable. Thank you, @marthamihalick.bsky.social for making this book exceed my wildest expectations.

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SEVEN WAYS THROUGH THE WOODS | Kirkus Reviews
When the forest beckons, pick your path with a pinch of magic.
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Ahhh I'm so excited to see @jennreese.bsky.social and @devinellekurtz.bsky.social 's picturebook Seven Ways Through the Woods on Amazon's list of Top 20 Books of 2025 for kids aged 6-8! I adore this beautiful (in every way) book and want EVERYONE to get it. 😍

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A screenshot of Amazon's list of Top 20 Children's Books of 2025: Ages 6 to 8 shows the cover of Jenn Reese and Devin Elle Kurtz's Seven Ways Through the Woods as well as the covers of Adam Stower's Murray the Bun, Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown's Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales: Troubling Tonsils, Deborah Underwood and Jorge Lacera's Fairy Tale Fixers, and Mika Song's Night Chef.
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Next,let's talk about Every Bird a Prince by @jennreese.bsky.social!Talk about books I wish I had growing up!Not only is it a fun fantasy adventure with talking birds,the main character's struggles of fitting in while being an aroace kid in middleschool.Highly recommend!
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Every Bird a Prince
Check out Every Bird a Prince - <p>Nominated for the 2023 Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction<br><br><b>A girl's quest to save a forest kingdom is intertwined with her e...
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October 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I read a picture book for kids and it got me in the feels. Recommended for readers of any age who want the reminder that staying on a straight path is not the only way to navigate a deep, dark forest. SEVEN WAYS THROUGH THE WOODS, by Jenn Reese and Devin Elle Kurtz 🌿
A picture book stands on grass with an oak tree behind it. On the cover is a dark-haired girl smiling as she turns to walk into a forest, with a griffin glimpsed flying through the trees. The title is SEVEN WAYS THROUGH THE WOODS, by Jenn Reese, art by Devin Elle Kurtz
September 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Yippee!!! Our book is out in the world as of today!

I wrote this in a period of extreme burnout during the pandemic, and it brought me so much joy. @devinellekurtz.bsky.social made it more magical that I could ever have imagined.
devinellekurtz.bsky.social Devin - Print Shop Open! @devinellekurtz.bsky.social · Sep 16
This is the third picture book I illustrated and I’m so happy for the world to read it! Published by Greenwillow Books / @harperkids.bsky.social
And written of course by the amazing @jennreese.bsky.social

Out now anywhere books are sold!
The cover of seven ways through the woods featuring a young girl with black braids wearing a red coat looking over her shoulder at the viewer. Behind her is a magic forest with a leaping griffin in the shadows Two young girls carry a bucket of water to a magical flower
September 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Can hardly believe it but my book “The Bakery Dragon” won the 2025 Barnes & Noble Children’s & YA Book Award 🥺
Ember the little red dragon from the book “the bakery dragon” sitting in front of a bakery window on cobblestone. He is covered in blue stickers that say “Barnes and Noble Children and YA Book Awards”
August 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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I'll be chatting with the wonderful @marthawells.com at Powell's Cedar Hills on October 16th. Get yer tickets now!

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Picture of Martha Wells, Jenn Reese, and Martha's new book, QUEEN DEMON.
July 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Pottery works in progress. Having fun listening to the clay this term.
Two abstract sculptural forms: A semicircle with a hole and clay rope, and a rectangle in black with carved lines and a hole. Sculpture of a very chonky horse boi
July 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Queer writer friends: how do you keep anti-queer reviews of your books/stories from upsetting you? My resilience has been failing me lately.
June 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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SEVEN WAYS THROUGH THE WOODS (Sept 9) just got a 🌟STAR 🌟 from Kirkus!! @devinellekurtz.bsky.social has created the most glowing, magical forest imaginable. Thank you, @marthamihalick.bsky.social for making this book exceed my wildest expectations.

www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
SEVEN WAYS THROUGH THE WOODS | Kirkus Reviews
When the forest beckons, pick your path with a pinch of magic.
www.kirkusreviews.com
June 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Puzzleheart in Dutch!! This is my first novel translation and I'm thrilled.
June 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Looking to add to your Pride Month TBR? Tap the link to access our resource center with titles by amazing authors like @cswild.bsky.social, @jennreese.bsky.social, @randyrainbow.bsky.social, @pagepowars.bsky.social & more! bit.ly/3H3O7aI
A collage of book covers on a dark blue background. To the left on an illustrated post-it note are the words: Celebrate Pride Month. Below the post-it note is the logo for MacKids School & Library. There are 8 books covers. The titles from left to right on top are: Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa; Ollie in Between by Jess Callans; And They Were Roommates by Page Powars; Right Beside You by Tucker Shaw The titles from left to right on bottom are: Love, Misha by Askel Aden; Randy Rainbow and the Marvelously Magical Pink Glasses by Randy Rainbow, illustrated by Jaimie MacGibbon; The Flicker by H.E. Edgmon; Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known by George M. Johnson, illustrated by Charly Palmer
June 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Barn Owl — gansai tambi and faber-castel polychromos.
May 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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The very first story in STARSTUFF is "To-Do List for the Apocalypse" by @jennreese.bsky.social.
This banner shows the cover of the #kidlit science fiction anthology STARSTUFF and the very first line of the very first story, which reads as follows: "There's an asteroid headed straight for Earth, on a head-on collision course, and yet my parents still decided to get a divorce." - Jenn Reese
May 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Moss Giant 🍀
A digital painting of a huge giant made of moss. She looks like an elderly woman with a walking stick, but is purely green, and has a cloak that looks like patches of different moss species. She walks through a lush forest full of rainbow birds, in front of a blue sky with white clouds.
May 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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I cannot figure out how watercolors work, still, but I am pleased with last night's quick portrait of Finley when he was drugged out after dental work. I did this from a photo while at a restaurant waiting for a friend.

Pen: TWSBI Eco (F) with Platinum Carbon Black Ink
Paint: Art Toolkit
A pen and ink watercolor sketch of an orange kitty. His eyes are SO HUGE AND BLACK and his expression is very sweet.
March 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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I have been drawing bunnies.

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Bunnies (so many bunnies)
I have been drawing bunnies all year. LET ME SHOW THEM TO YOU.
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March 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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This 40-page, fully illustrated picture book comes out September 9th of this year and is available for pre-order now (& pre-orders REALLY help books)! Published by @harperkids.bsky.social

Pre-order here: www.harpercollins.com/products/sev...
Here we see a big, expansive wide image of rolling hills in a forest clearing. A rainbow procession of children leaps through a bright green field on the right. Above them, rainbow dragon-like serpents weave through evergreen trees. A mossy giant with a cape of patchwork grasses towers above the treeline and walks with a walking stick. A woodland pixie sits on a treebranch in a foreground tree which bisects the painting. A red flower releases sparkling, golden pollen on the left. The sky is blue, and golden afternoon light pours diagonally from the left.
March 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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I've been a fan of Devin's art for years and when she agreed to illustrate my debut picture book, I honestly couldn't believe it. And wow, did she deliver! The book is more gorgeous than I ever imagined. Please pre-order and see for yourself!
devinellekurtz.bsky.social Devin - Print Shop Open! @devinellekurtz.bsky.social · Mar 21
Announcing my fourth illustrated picture book "Seven Ways Through the Woods" written by Jenn Reese!
In the cover of "Seven Ways Through the Woods by Jenn Reese and Devin Elle Kurtz, we see a peachy-skinned girl with dark hair and dark eyes stand with her back to us, turning to look over her shoulder, beckoning us into the scene. She wears a red coat and a teal hat with a pom on top. Beyond her is a sparkling, dazzling green forest, with the silhouette of a leaping gryphon seen through the gap between mossy trees. A pale, blonde child wearing blue overalls and a pink sun hat stands atop the back of a shining, rainbow hydra of dragon-like serpents. The hydra forms a raft which drifts down the river in a forest lagoon. A procession of children, all of varying skin tones and wearing a rainbow of colorful outfits, race down a forest hill and leap across a sparkling creek in the afternoon sun. They spin and dance in joy.
March 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Today marks 10 years since we arrived in Portland to make our new home. The worst and also best 10 years of my life. (Life is like that, I guess.)
March 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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An honest moment in my daily journal. Written in February, but evergreen.
Pretty hand-drawn flowers in pinks and greens surrounding the words "Feeling petulant. Will angrily stay up way too late."
March 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Important questions swirl through my head all the time.

Today: Do I need a label maker???
March 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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My goal today is to drink all the coffee.

You heard me.

ALL.
March 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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I'm a freelance designer for Clockpunk Studios and can vouch for their awesomeness!
clockpunkstudios.com Clockpunk Studios @clockpunkstudios.com · Mar 5
We've been busy bees over at the studio this year so far. So far we've got two new author websites under development, but there's time on our schedule for more in 2025. Do you need help with your WordPress website, or a brand new site? Drop us a line via our website! www.clockpunkstudios.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Sharing some thoughts about my father-in-law's amazing art.
Artist spotlight: James East
An ode to James East, an amazing artist and also my father-in-law.
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February 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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I'll be there!!
ryansara.bsky.social Sara Ryan @ryansara.bsky.social · Feb 17
PDX-area friends, join me on Sunday 2/23 at 2 pm at A Children's Place Bookstore for a reading and Q&A about my new queer middle-grade novel, MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN! There will be chocolate cherry cordials, for reasons.
Sara Ryan crouching next to the sandwich-board sign for A Children's Place Bookstore, holding their new book MOUNTAIN UPSIDE DOWN, looking pleased with themself.
February 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM