Kim A Larson
@kimalarson.bsky.social
Author of Goat's Boat Won't Float (Little Press, 2024)
'23 & '22 #PBParty finalist '21 #SCBWI Ann Paul Award #Kidlit #12x12 Author of Unraveling Fairy Tales: Learning To Live Happily Ever After http://amzn.com/1734768819
'23 & '22 #PBParty finalist '21 #SCBWI Ann Paul Award #Kidlit #12x12 Author of Unraveling Fairy Tales: Learning To Live Happily Ever After http://amzn.com/1734768819
Cute book, great interview, and a #Giveaway!
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Ilana Wieder, SHIRA THE SINGING PUPPY, and a GIVEAWAY!
EL: Another adorable picture book is out in the world! I’m happy to introduce you to Ilana Wieder and her cute book, Shira, the Singing Puppy, beautifully illustrated by Alexandra Colombo. Sh…
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October 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Cute book, great interview, and a #Giveaway!
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📚🎃My Oct is PACKED w/book events! 👻
Looking forward to sharing Gilbert and the Ghost w/you & I’d love to see you at one of my fall upcoming events:
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#kidlit #BookEvents #gilbertandtheghost #PB #spookyseason #storytime #bookfair @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
Looking forward to sharing Gilbert and the Ghost w/you & I’d love to see you at one of my fall upcoming events:
www.heatherpiercestigall.com/events--news...
#kidlit #BookEvents #gilbertandtheghost #PB #spookyseason #storytime #bookfair @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 2:45 AM
📚🎃My Oct is PACKED w/book events! 👻
Looking forward to sharing Gilbert and the Ghost w/you & I’d love to see you at one of my fall upcoming events:
www.heatherpiercestigall.com/events--news...
#kidlit #BookEvents #gilbertandtheghost #PB #spookyseason #storytime #bookfair @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
Looking forward to sharing Gilbert and the Ghost w/you & I’d love to see you at one of my fall upcoming events:
www.heatherpiercestigall.com/events--news...
#kidlit #BookEvents #gilbertandtheghost #PB #spookyseason #storytime #bookfair @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
Fun book and great interview. #Giveaway ellenleventhal.com/2025/08/lind... @ellenlwrites.bsky.social @lindsayleslie.bsky.social
Lindsay Leslie, Geeta Ladi, and GUS “HEARTS” THE BUS! Plus a great GIVEAWAY!
Yay! If you follow this blog, you’ll notice there are a lot more posts this summer than usual. I’m thrilled that so many wonderful children’s books are being released. Today, we&#…
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August 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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So sorry to cut off Heather's beautiful face, but if you click this, you'll see her and learn about her wonderful picture book, GILBERT AND THE GHOST. It's not scary, by the way. Good luck on winning and AMA call with her too! #picturebooks #lonliness #writing
So sorry to cut off Heather's beautiful face, but if you click this, you'll see her and learn about her wonderful picture book, GILBERT AND THE GHOST. It's not scary, by the way. Good luck on winning and AMA call with her too! #picturebooks #lonliness #writing
Heather Stigall Talks about GILBERT AND THE GHOST plus a Giveaway!
Welcome, everyone! Another day, another fabulous book to talk about. I’m so happy to welcome Heather Stigall to Writing Outside the Lines today. I fell in love with her picture book, Gilbert …
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July 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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So sorry to cut off Heather's beautiful face, but if you click this, you'll see her and learn about her wonderful picture book, GILBERT AND THE GHOST. It's not scary, by the way. Good luck on winning and AMA call with her too! #picturebooks #lonliness #writing
So sorry to cut off Heather's beautiful face, but if you click this, you'll see her and learn about her wonderful picture book, GILBERT AND THE GHOST. It's not scary, by the way. Good luck on winning and AMA call with her too! #picturebooks #lonliness #writing
Yay! My book made it to the final round! If you're an SCBWI member, please consider voting! I'm in the Midwest Division! Thank you!
July 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Yay! My book made it to the final round! If you're an SCBWI member, please consider voting! I'm in the Midwest Division! Thank you!
My publisher is having a fantastic sale! Consider buying GOAT'S BOAT WON'T FLOAT for a beginning reader or child in your life! Thanks!
Promo Code: Summer40
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Promo Code: Summer40
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June 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
My publisher is having a fantastic sale! Consider buying GOAT'S BOAT WON'T FLOAT for a beginning reader or child in your life! Thanks!
Promo Code: Summer40
www.ipgbook.com/goat-s-boat-...
Promo Code: Summer40
www.ipgbook.com/goat-s-boat-...
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May 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I'm so excited to see this book come into print! Love the illustrations! Check out the cover reveal here:
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COVER REVEAL! — Andi Chitty: Children's Author
If you’re new here- welcome! I’m Andi Chitty , an agented writer of picture books and board books. In these posts, I cover the stages of self-publishing my board book, BANANAS IN THE BATH. You can re...
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March 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I'm so excited to see this book come into print! Love the illustrations! Check out the cover reveal here:
www.andichittybooks.com/posts/the-bi... @andichitty.bsky.social
www.andichittybooks.com/posts/the-bi... @andichitty.bsky.social
Interview with talented #kidlit author/illustrator, Kari Percival writersrumpus.com/2025/02/11/i... @cekster.bsky.social
Interview with talented #kidlit author/illustrator, Kari Percival
CAROL GORDON EKSTER: I met Kari when a mutual friend started a critique group. I was instantly impressed by Kari’s writing and illustration talents as well as her very thoughtful and helpful …
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February 11, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Interview with talented #kidlit author/illustrator, Kari Percival writersrumpus.com/2025/02/11/i... @cekster.bsky.social
Especially for Educators: "Trading Places: Connecting Story Elements Across Texts and Time" from Beth Anderson and Vivian Kirkfield bethandersonwriter.com/2025/02/07/e... @viviankirkfield.bsky.social @bandersonwriter.bsky.social
Especially for Educators: “Trading Places: Connecting Story Elements Across Texts and Time” from Beth Anderson and Vivian Kirkfield
Don’t you wonder sometimes if historical figures in the same time period knew each other? or knew about each other? I thought about that a lot when I was working on stories of Prudence Wright…
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February 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Especially for Educators: "Trading Places: Connecting Story Elements Across Texts and Time" from Beth Anderson and Vivian Kirkfield bethandersonwriter.com/2025/02/07/e... @viviankirkfield.bsky.social @bandersonwriter.bsky.social
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Thank you to all who left a review! We had 19 total. Not bad for our 1st month!
We choose a winner with a random number generator and the winner of a ms critique and zoom is:
@drenderturmaud.bsky.social!
*Special shoutout to Kim Larsen who left the most reviews! You're a⭐!
We choose a winner with a random number generator and the winner of a ms critique and zoom is:
@drenderturmaud.bsky.social!
*Special shoutout to Kim Larsen who left the most reviews! You're a⭐!
January’s REVIEWS FOR REVIEWS!
1⃣Leave a review for a kidlit book
2⃣Comment which book you reviewed and where for a chance to win a manuscript review (critique) & AMA zoom
For more info: brilawyer.wixsite.com/brilawyer/re...
#Reviews4reviews #WritingCommunity #amwriting #Kidlit #amquerying
1⃣Leave a review for a kidlit book
2⃣Comment which book you reviewed and where for a chance to win a manuscript review (critique) & AMA zoom
For more info: brilawyer.wixsite.com/brilawyer/re...
#Reviews4reviews #WritingCommunity #amwriting #Kidlit #amquerying
February 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Thank you to all who left a review! We had 19 total. Not bad for our 1st month!
We choose a winner with a random number generator and the winner of a ms critique and zoom is:
@drenderturmaud.bsky.social!
*Special shoutout to Kim Larsen who left the most reviews! You're a⭐!
We choose a winner with a random number generator and the winner of a ms critique and zoom is:
@drenderturmaud.bsky.social!
*Special shoutout to Kim Larsen who left the most reviews! You're a⭐!
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"This is such an endearing story about friendship and forgiveness. It's full of emotion and relatable experiences. The "lesson" is so delicately woven into the beautiful fabric of words that it doesn't come across at all as didactic. So much to love!" @kimalarson.bsky.social! #JoanneLew-Vriethoff
January 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"This is such an endearing story about friendship and forgiveness. It's full of emotion and relatable experiences. The "lesson" is so delicately woven into the beautiful fabric of words that it doesn't come across at all as didactic. So much to love!" @kimalarson.bsky.social! #JoanneLew-Vriethoff
Book Review Tuesday.
January 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Book Review Tuesday.
Great interview and #Giveaway
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Carol Munro, SPRINGTIME STORKS, and a Giveaway
EL: Happy New Year, everyone! I wish you all a year filled with health, happiness, and peace. As we enter this new year, I am thrilled to welcome author Carol Munro to the blog. Her newest book, SP…
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January 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Book Giveaway! 📚🎉 Help me test out @laiew.bsky.social's RaffleBlue tool & you may win a paperback copy of I'M BORED by @michaelianblack.bsky.social and me.
TO ENTER: pls Like and re-post. US/Canada only. Winner picked Mon. Hoping to use RaffleBlue as my go-to Bluesky giveaway tool. #BookGiveaway
TO ENTER: pls Like and re-post. US/Canada only. Winner picked Mon. Hoping to use RaffleBlue as my go-to Bluesky giveaway tool. #BookGiveaway
January 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Book Giveaway! 📚🎉 Help me test out @laiew.bsky.social's RaffleBlue tool & you may win a paperback copy of I'M BORED by @michaelianblack.bsky.social and me.
TO ENTER: pls Like and re-post. US/Canada only. Winner picked Mon. Hoping to use RaffleBlue as my go-to Bluesky giveaway tool. #BookGiveaway
TO ENTER: pls Like and re-post. US/Canada only. Winner picked Mon. Hoping to use RaffleBlue as my go-to Bluesky giveaway tool. #BookGiveaway
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May your days be merry and bright!❄️
December 23, 2024 at 2:45 PM
May your days be merry and bright!❄️
Book review Tuesday.
December 31, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Book review Tuesday.