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Jennifer Thomas
@jthomasabc.bsky.social
Word fan having a blast writing #poetry, mostly for kids. Explorer of very old dictionaries.

jenniferthomaswords.com
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It's #PortfolioDay!
I'm a children's book illustrator/author based in Indiana. On the hunt for projects that can make use of my love for vintage illustration, stories that make you give a little gasp and explore seasonal fun. ✏️
Find more at: www.michelledwoodillustration.com
#kidlitart #kidlit
October 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Turns out I participated in #peachtober first time in 2018?? With this little collage for the word "camp"! WILD!!! SO long ago!!

#peachtober25
September 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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Wanted to submit to Issue 12: Better Together but ran short on time? Good news, we’re extending our submission window through October 6th!

Send us your #kidlit writing & artwork celebrating community & the power of working together!

#litmag #callforsubmission

www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme
September 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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COVER REVEAL!

Coming in May and available for pre-order.
bookshop.org/p/books/stil...

By me and Mike Deas and @orcabook.bsky.social.
September 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Calling all #KidLit writers!
Nimblewitlit is looking for PB, MG, and YA authors interested in doing a simple interview through email about your books and how they might relate to a future theme in one of our issues. This is a new feature that we're excited to add and already have our author selected for issue 2! #kidlitwriters
September 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I still can’t believe I got to guest edit an issue of @littlethoughtspress.com. I’m hugely grateful to the editor, @clairemtaylor.com, for giving me this chance, and to all the writers and artists who embraced our theme.

Come and be stirred by beautiful words!
littlethoughtspress.com/issues
September 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Attention, #parents!
Lit Kids opens to submissions for Issue 8: Air on 10/1. We accept writing, art, and photography solely from creative kids between the ages of 5 and 13. Subscribe to stay in the loop (and blow us away)! Keep shining! ✨
litkidsmagazine.wixsite.com/lit-kids-mag...

#emag #kidlit
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September 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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the long view

#scape #eastcoastkin
September 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Issue 11: Stirring Words is here!

Guest edited by @jthomasabc.bsky.social, Stirring Words is a celebration of words that will inspire, delight, and entrance young readers.

Available now in print and pdf.

www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
ISSUES | Little Thoughts
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September 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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When the sun chooses a flower. ✨
September 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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This year has been a lot to handle & it's hard to know what to say to our children about the current state of the world. We want our Better Together issue to be a source of both historic & current examples of how we support & care for each other & work to bring change for the better.
September 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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I’m super excited to have a poem for kids featured in @emberjournal.org! This poem involves a couple of my favorite things: the mind-blowing concept of infinity ♾️🤯 and pasta! 🍝😁

Read the poem here: read.emberjournal.org/stefan-karls...

#poetry #poetryforkids #kidlit
The Most Impossible Pasta Bowl | Ember
Some people like spaghetti, some prefer fettuccine. But my favorite pasta is infinitini. Only the most impossible pasta bowl can hold infinitini in it. Even a platter as vast as outer space couldn’t…
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September 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I’m happy to be a submissions reader for the next issue of @littlethoughtspress.com. The theme is Better Together!

Wondering what to write about? Why not shine a spotlight on one of the young heroes featured on this website? myhero.com/child
Young Heroes | MY HERO
Young people who did not let their age deter them from their commitment to help make a difference.
myhero.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Our submission window is still OPEN!

I already have quite a few gems in my inbox. 🤩

Get those stories in!!

www.littlethoughtspress.com/submissions?...

@littlethoughtspress.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Thank you @littlethoughtspress.com for publishing my poems in your ##StirringWords edition of your fab magazine amongst so many wonderful poems and short stories 😍
September 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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No one told me I had a parcel! My contributor’s copy of the Stirring Words edition of Little Thoughts Press. It’s beautiful! Thanks @littlethoughtspress.com @jthomasabc.bsky.social for accepting my pandemonium euphonium pantoum! 😅 🎷🥁🪇 #poetryforkids #kidlituk #poetry
September 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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Remember our issues have themes! We provide a full theme description on our website.

Better Together is about collective action, building community, and working to make a better world.

If you've sent a submission that is not on theme, feel free to send an updated one!
Submissions are open for Issue 12: Better Together!

We want to read your stories & poems about building community, supporting friends and neighbors, and taking part in efforts to make the world a better, safer, happier place for all.

www.littlethoughtspress.com/submissions
SUBMISSIONS | Little Thoughts
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September 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Apparently yesterday, the 26th of August was #InternationalDogDay and I missed it but to make up for that here's a poem from my 2nd collection 'If I Were Other Than Myself @TroikaBooks and featuring an illustration of my much loved now sadly no longer with us spaniel Bayliss.
August 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Happy #InternationalDogDay 🐾💕
My painting of one from my own pack! ❤️🐺

#NationalDogDay
#internationaldogday2025
#HappyInternationalDogDay
August 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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On #WorldLakeDay2025 do read ‘The Lake’ by Ian Souter. A terrific poem. Find it here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...
August 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
If you write for kids, check out these submission opportunities:

✍️Dirigible Balloon (until Aug. 26, theme: Imagine the Future)
✍️@paperboundmag.bsky.social‬ (until Sept. 14, theme: Changes: Come as you aren’t!)
✍️@littlethoughtspress.com (until Sept. 22, theme: Better Together)
August 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Stirring Words is almost set to go to print! Preorder your copy now for our September release. This issue is stunning, stupendous, splendid, and smart!
August 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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🎉 Submissions for our autumn/winter issue are now officially open! Send us your #kidlit and #YA #writing and #illustrations now - closing date 14 September.

Details below 👇👀
paperboundmag.com/submit
August 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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⭐⭐THEME ANNOUNCEMENT⭐⭐

Submissions for Issue 12 will open on Monday, August 18th - September 22nd. The theme for this issue will be...

Better Together: A Celebration of Community & Collective Action

For this issue, we want to showcase the ways we make the world better by working together.

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August 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Ready to meet some new words and fall in love? ❤️

@littlethoughtspress.com's Stirring Words edition is packed with poems, stories, and illustrations for children by talented word lovers. Preorder now!

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Little Thoughts Press Issue Eleven: Stirring Words
<p>Publishing September 17, 2025. Little Thoughts Press is a literary magazine for and by kids. Issue Eleven: Stirring Words is a celebration of words that will inspire, delight, and entrance young re...
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August 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM