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Kidlit For Growing Minds
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We are a diverse group of creators who believe the power of story combined with real world science, social studies, & math can touch hearts & nurture growing minds. With our nonfiction & informational fiction picture books, we seek to support educators.
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The Nov. newsletter with an article by author @lynnstreetbooks.bsky.social is ready to read! Find book news, teaching tips, inspiration, and #KidLitForGrowingMinds members who will attend NCTE! 📚 #NCTE2025 #edusky #booksky #schoollibrarians #skybrarian

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Every Seed (and Book) Holds Possibility
By Lynn Street
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Concise & neat, timelines invite a skim for an overview, inspire activities, and share a path through time of a life or event- showing building, progression, and connection. Check out this post from @tinacho.bsky.social and @grogblog.bsky.social
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#edusky @kl4gm.bsky.social
What's In a Timeline: AKA What Goes In and What Stays Out? by Tina Cho
I'm in a picture book group called Kidlit for Growing Minds . Our mission statement says:  We are children's book authors and illustrators w...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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#Educators - @lindsayamoretti.bsky.social has created 4 absolutely fantastic STEAM Discovery Workshops for THOMAS JEFFERSON'S BATTLE FOR SCIENCE!
@jeremyholmesstudio.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social @kl4gm.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social #edusky
Measuring the Truth: A Thomas Jefferson STEAM Discovery
Where story meets science: FREE STEAM workshops based on THOMAS JEFFERSON’S BATTLE FOR SCIENCE: BIAS, TRUTH, AND A MIGHTY MOOSE by Beth Anderson
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November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Proofs! NO BRAIN THE SAME, the third book in our young activists series with @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social and @jbradley.bsky.social coming June 2 to a shelf near you. The poems: inspirational. The art: spectacular. 💕📚💕

#NBTS #poetry #pb #neurodivergence #edusky #librarians #teachers #allies #book
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Aimee Satterlee features THE BLUE JAYS THAT GREW A FOREST on her BOOK + GIFT blog today. Enter on her Instagram page by Nov. 14 to win Bird Bingo (3+ years) or Bird Matching for younger kids.
Instagram:
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Aimee's blog:
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November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Coming soon to a shelf near you! #edusky #librarians #teachers #homeschool #poetry #activism
It’s always exciting to get proofs in the mail - a tangible object in hand! I can’t wait to share NO BRAIN THE SAME with the world in June! Coming from @charlesbridge.bsky.social with @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social & @keilavdawson.bsky.social & 12 amazing poets! #neurodivergent #kidlit #catapproved
November 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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I’m at @vaasl.bsky.social for #vaaslgold Come say hi!
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Let's celebrate! It's #NonfictionNovember!!!
Did you know that reading nonfiction #picturebooks can help you win #jeopardy? Don't miss this incredible post by Astra Books for Young Readers Marketing Director Kerry McManus: astrapublishinghouse.com/2025/11/06/c...
How Nonfiction (and a Calkins Creek Book!) Helped Me Nail a Final Jeopardy! Question - Astra Publishing House
In my house, we’re loyal Jeopardy! watchers. Every evening at 7 p.m., you’ll find my family glued to the TV, testing our trivia skills. I have to admit—I usually do pretty well. […]
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November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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DISGUSTOLOGY wins @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social!

(Hope that help distract you from biting your nails for a few seconds on this Election Day.)

@annamariajung.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The Nov. newsletter with an article by author @lynnstreetbooks.bsky.social is ready to read! Find book news, teaching tips, inspiration, and #KidLitForGrowingMinds members who will attend NCTE! 📚 #NCTE2025 #edusky #booksky #schoollibrarians #skybrarian

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Every Seed (and Book) Holds Possibility
By Lynn Street
kidlitforgrowingminds.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Thanks for sharing! ❤️
Q&A with Beth Anderson about her new children's picture book, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Excited THE BLUE JAYS THAT GREW A FOREST won a Silver Eureka! Award from The California Reading Association! Glad to see support for nonfiction! @annehunterstudio.bsky.social @redfoxliterary.bsky.social @kl4gm.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social
#birds #nature
#kidlit #STEM
#bluejays #trees
October 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Congratulations to our KidLit For Growing Minds member @lynnstreetbooks.bsky.social, and illustrator Anne Hunter! #STEM #picturebook @edusky.bsky.social
Excited THE BLUE JAYS THAT GREW A FOREST won a Silver Eureka! Award from The California Reading Association! Glad to see support for nonfiction! @annehunterstudio.bsky.social @redfoxliterary.bsky.social @kl4gm.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social
#birds #nature
#kidlit #STEM
#bluejays #trees
October 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The Oct. newsletter, article by educator & activist @zeenamar.bsky.social is ready to read! Find a booklist of STEM/STEAM titles by members to celebrate science, math and more. Find book news, teaching tips, inspiration, oh my! 📚 tinyurl.com/t4dwhca7
#edusky #booksky #schoollibrarians #skybrarian
Place-based Learning/Place-based Writing
By Zeena M. Pliska
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October 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Today on the blog: Guest post with Lisa Rogers, author of Woody’s Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows! Please stop by! @lisaljrogers.bsky.social @picturebookgold.bsky.social

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September 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Thank you Virginian Pilot and Caroline Luzzatto for including“Maybe Just Ask Me!” On your list of books to help kids navigate friendship!
#disabilityinclusion @ssedlib.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social @edusky.bsky.social @libsk.bsky.social
#disabilityrepresentation
September 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Congratulations @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and illustrator Jill Weber! Another #KidlitForGrowingMinds book coming in 2026! #librarians #booklovers #teachers #edusky #Hanukkah
Pippa Mouse & her friends: Cat, Snake, Owl, and Golda Fish are celebrating...we hope you will, too...because there is a NEW ADVENTURE launching in Fall 2026 with a fun mystery that all little story lovers can help solve: PIPPA'S HANUKKAH HUNT, illustrated by Jill Weber
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September 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Hello #kidlitartpostcard Day!!! I’m Katie, an author and illustrator rep’d by Fairbank Literary.
🌟open to new projects! 🌟

✨See more of my work online at www.katiemazeika.com

#blackandwhite #back2school #schoollife
September 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Excited to partner with @annmsbooks.bsky.social at @scrawlbooks.bsky.social this Saturday, Sept 6 at 11 am!

Join us as we celebrate nature with our books WIND IS A DANCE and FANTASTIC FLORA and an activity!

#kidlit #nature
September 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
KL4GM member, author and teacher, Tina Cho, shares how she encourages kids to read! #edusky #librarians #teachers #backtoschool
This past summer I asked my writer friends / colleagues to answer this question: “What’s your favorite strategy for encouraging young people to read?” Here's my sense of what I felt each author suggests. Avi's Summer Summary: bit.ly/4p0ZJws Summer Blog Series: bit.ly/4p1X45M
September 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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#icymi #giveaway on Goodreads for WOODY’S WORDS
Just a few days left to enter the #giveaway for Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and #WhereTheRedFernGrows

From @slj.com: "Stunning verse and illustrations...This book would work beautifully in lockstep with any classroom unit" on the novel. Out 9/9!
#edusky
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Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red F…
The life of Woodrow “Woody” Wilson Rawls, the author of…
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September 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM