Linda Jean
@lindajeantm.bsky.social
Writer/Poet/Editor/Mixed Media Maker
#KidLit #KidLitPoetry #12x12PB #SCBWI
#KidLit #KidLitPoetry #12x12PB #SCBWI
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9 Exemplary Novels in Verse for Middle Grade and Teen Readers
These excellent middle grade and YA titles use poetry to get at the heart of kids’ experiences. Share them for #NationalPoetryMonth and beyond.
www.slj.com/story/9-exem...
These excellent middle grade and YA titles use poetry to get at the heart of kids’ experiences. Share them for #NationalPoetryMonth and beyond.
www.slj.com/story/9-exem...
9 Exemplary Novels in Verse for Middle Grade and Teen Readers
These excellent middle grade and YA titles use poetry to get at the heart of kids’ experiences. Share them for National Poetry Month and beyond.
www.slj.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
9 Exemplary Novels in Verse for Middle Grade and Teen Readers
These excellent middle grade and YA titles use poetry to get at the heart of kids’ experiences. Share them for #NationalPoetryMonth and beyond.
www.slj.com/story/9-exem...
These excellent middle grade and YA titles use poetry to get at the heart of kids’ experiences. Share them for #NationalPoetryMonth and beyond.
www.slj.com/story/9-exem...
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★ “Gracefully rhythmic” picture book WHERE THE DEER SLIP THROUGH by late creator Katey Howes and Caldecott Medalist Beth Krommes is a “lilting hymn to the way woodland life can lurk in surprising places”
Where the Deer Slip Through by Katey Howes
“This is the hedge that grew and grew./ The wall of stone a bit askew./ They guard the yard./ The barn does, too.” Gracefully rh...
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March 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
★ “Gracefully rhythmic” picture book WHERE THE DEER SLIP THROUGH by late creator Katey Howes and Caldecott Medalist Beth Krommes is a “lilting hymn to the way woodland life can lurk in surprising places”
Remember summer?
How we heard a rainbow sing
in the shade of trees?
#HaikuSaturday
haiku & photograph by lindajeantm.bsky.social
How we heard a rainbow sing
in the shade of trees?
#HaikuSaturday
haiku & photograph by lindajeantm.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Remember summer?
How we heard a rainbow sing
in the shade of trees?
#HaikuSaturday
haiku & photograph by lindajeantm.bsky.social
How we heard a rainbow sing
in the shade of trees?
#HaikuSaturday
haiku & photograph by lindajeantm.bsky.social
Beautiful poster and important message!
This beautiful poster by Rafael López and its message "Open books, open doors" remains relevant.
Offered to you for download and sharing by SLJ in partnership with Penguin Random House and the listed organizations.
www.slj.com/page/readfree
Offered to you for download and sharing by SLJ in partnership with Penguin Random House and the listed organizations.
www.slj.com/page/readfree
March 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Beautiful poster and important message!
When rosy light creeps
over mountains and fir trees,
cloud monsters gather
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PhotoHaiku
haiku & photo by lindajeantm.bsky.social
over mountains and fir trees,
cloud monsters gather
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PhotoHaiku
haiku & photo by lindajeantm.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
When rosy light creeps
over mountains and fir trees,
cloud monsters gather
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PhotoHaiku
haiku & photo by lindajeantm.bsky.social
over mountains and fir trees,
cloud monsters gather
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PhotoHaiku
haiku & photo by lindajeantm.bsky.social
Andrea Davis Pinkney is one of the 2025 Carle Honors recepients. Congratulations!
“In 2020 everybody sprinted to hire diversity candidates, and…you can’t sustain a sprint for five years. We’re now seeing as a publishing community that we need to be in it for the long term. This takes stamina, consistency, intentionality, strength, and commitment.” - Andrea Davis Pinkney
March 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Andrea Davis Pinkney is one of the 2025 Carle Honors recepients. Congratulations!
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The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has revealed the recipients of its 2025 Carle Honors, who will be fêted at an event this fall
2025 Carle Honors Announced
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has revealed the recipients of its 2025 Carle Honors, who will be fêted at an event in New York City on September 25.
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March 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has revealed the recipients of its 2025 Carle Honors, who will be fêted at an event this fall
Seed catalogs are starting to arrive in the mail! Dreaming of homegrown tomatoes.
#Tomatoes #SeedCatalogs #Collage #MixedMedia
#Tomatoes #SeedCatalogs #Collage #MixedMedia
March 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Seed catalogs are starting to arrive in the mail! Dreaming of homegrown tomatoes.
#Tomatoes #SeedCatalogs #Collage #MixedMedia
#Tomatoes #SeedCatalogs #Collage #MixedMedia
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For Read Across America, I'm joining a bunch of wonderful children's poets to read from the anthology IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY (ed by Irene Latham & Charles Waters).
WHEN: March 3, 2025 at 1 p.m. EST (Sign up here: courage.thewritingbarn.com/free-virtual...)
WHEN: March 3, 2025 at 1 p.m. EST (Sign up here: courage.thewritingbarn.com/free-virtual...)
March 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
For Read Across America, I'm joining a bunch of wonderful children's poets to read from the anthology IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY (ed by Irene Latham & Charles Waters).
WHEN: March 3, 2025 at 1 p.m. EST (Sign up here: courage.thewritingbarn.com/free-virtual...)
WHEN: March 3, 2025 at 1 p.m. EST (Sign up here: courage.thewritingbarn.com/free-virtual...)
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From a bilingual book about Cuba to a graphic novel poetry collection, these diverse titles are sure to delight a wide range of young readers.
8 Poetry Books for Dreamers, Animal Lovers, and Mistake-Makers
From a bilingual book about Cuba to a graphic novel poetry collection, these diverse titles are sure to delight a wide range of young readers.
www.slj.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
From a bilingual book about Cuba to a graphic novel poetry collection, these diverse titles are sure to delight a wide range of young readers.
Still snow-flanked, a stream
zig-zags from winter to spring—
New England weather
#HaikuSaturday #PhotoHaiku #Haiku
haiku and photo by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
zig-zags from winter to spring—
New England weather
#HaikuSaturday #PhotoHaiku #Haiku
haiku and photo by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Still snow-flanked, a stream
zig-zags from winter to spring—
New England weather
#HaikuSaturday #PhotoHaiku #Haiku
haiku and photo by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
zig-zags from winter to spring—
New England weather
#HaikuSaturday #PhotoHaiku #Haiku
haiku and photo by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
Recommendation and rationale for capitalizing each word in in hashtags:
www.boia.org/blog/make-yo...
#AccessibleHashtags
www.boia.org/blog/make-yo...
#AccessibleHashtags
Make Your Hashtags Accessible
Make hashtags accessible to screen readers, people with cognitive or reading disabilities, or anyone who has trouble reading them by capitalizing the first letter of each word. Learn more here, brough...
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February 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Recommendation and rationale for capitalizing each word in in hashtags:
www.boia.org/blog/make-yo...
#AccessibleHashtags
www.boia.org/blog/make-yo...
#AccessibleHashtags
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Celebrating history shapers like John Lewis and Mae Jemison and lesser-known individuals with comparable impact, such as playwrights August Wilson and Lorraine Hansberry, and engineer Raye Montague, these 28 titles share the lives, struggles, and triumphs of notable Black Americans.
28 Picture Books Of Inspiring Black Americans for Black History Month and All Year
Celebrating history shapers like John Lewis and Mae Jemison and lesser-known individuals with comparable impact, such as playwrights August Wilson and Lorraine Hansberry, and engineer Raye Montague, t...
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February 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Celebrating history shapers like John Lewis and Mae Jemison and lesser-known individuals with comparable impact, such as playwrights August Wilson and Lorraine Hansberry, and engineer Raye Montague, these 28 titles share the lives, struggles, and triumphs of notable Black Americans.
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It's #BlackHistoryMonth!
Time to cozy up with #12x12PB member #picturebooks from Black creators, Find our full Black History Month book list here: https://buff.ly/3WGnJZc
#amreading #kidlit #diversebooks
Time to cozy up with #12x12PB member #picturebooks from Black creators, Find our full Black History Month book list here: https://buff.ly/3WGnJZc
#amreading #kidlit #diversebooks
February 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It's #BlackHistoryMonth!
Time to cozy up with #12x12PB member #picturebooks from Black creators, Find our full Black History Month book list here: https://buff.ly/3WGnJZc
#amreading #kidlit #diversebooks
Time to cozy up with #12x12PB member #picturebooks from Black creators, Find our full Black History Month book list here: https://buff.ly/3WGnJZc
#amreading #kidlit #diversebooks
My restless green thumb
sticky with paste creates blooms
while miracles sleep
collage & haiku by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PictureHaiku #Collage
sticky with paste creates blooms
while miracles sleep
collage & haiku by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PictureHaiku #Collage
February 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My restless green thumb
sticky with paste creates blooms
while miracles sleep
collage & haiku by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PictureHaiku #Collage
sticky with paste creates blooms
while miracles sleep
collage & haiku by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PictureHaiku #Collage
My TBRR (to be read and relished) pile will be getting taller! Congratulations to all the winners ❤️
Congratulations to all the #CYBILSAwards2025 winners! www.cybils.com/2025/02/2024...
2024 CYBILS Awards Winners2024 CYBILS Awards Winners | Cybils Awards
www.cybils.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
My TBRR (to be read and relished) pile will be getting taller! Congratulations to all the winners ❤️
February 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Thank you @marciefatkins.bsky.social for your oh, so helpful blog post on Poems as Picture Books. I’m looking forward to studying these mentor texts! #kidlit #kidlitpoetry www.marcieatkins.com/poems-as-pic...
Poems as Picture Books
I’m a poet and a picture book writer. I’m also a verse novelist. One of my favorite things to do is intentional study—learning from mentor texts. In 2024, each Poetry Friday post will feature one of m...
www.marcieatkins.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Thank you @marciefatkins.bsky.social for your oh, so helpful blog post on Poems as Picture Books. I’m looking forward to studying these mentor texts! #kidlit #kidlitpoetry www.marcieatkins.com/poems-as-pic...
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The countdown is ON. The winners of the 2024 CYBILS Awards will be announced on Friday, 14 February at 9:00 AM PT|12 noon ET
Website first. Then social media.
#CYBILS2024 #BookLove #KidLit #MGLit #YALit #bookstagram #booksky
Website first. Then social media.
#CYBILS2024 #BookLove #KidLit #MGLit #YALit #bookstagram #booksky
February 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The countdown is ON. The winners of the 2024 CYBILS Awards will be announced on Friday, 14 February at 9:00 AM PT|12 noon ET
Website first. Then social media.
#CYBILS2024 #BookLove #KidLit #MGLit #YALit #bookstagram #booksky
Website first. Then social media.
#CYBILS2024 #BookLove #KidLit #MGLit #YALit #bookstagram #booksky
February 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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14 Valentine’s Day Children’s Books That Won’t Make You Cringe | New York Times
14 Valentine’s Day Children’s Books
These refreshingly authentic and playful picture books celebrate the many kinds of love that can fill kids’ lives.
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February 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
14 Valentine’s Day Children’s Books That Won’t Make You Cringe | New York Times
I was tickled pink to have my poem, "Vampire-ish" included in this wonderful poetry anthology by Janet Wong and Sylvia Vardell (Pomelo Books). #kidlit #kidlitpoetry #PomeloBooks
You can read a review by Jama Rattigan here: jamarattigan.com/2024/11/15/r...
You can read a review by Jama Rattigan here: jamarattigan.com/2024/11/15/r...
February 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I was tickled pink to have my poem, "Vampire-ish" included in this wonderful poetry anthology by Janet Wong and Sylvia Vardell (Pomelo Books). #kidlit #kidlitpoetry #PomeloBooks
You can read a review by Jama Rattigan here: jamarattigan.com/2024/11/15/r...
You can read a review by Jama Rattigan here: jamarattigan.com/2024/11/15/r...
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Jumping for joy! I hope you will be, too! Please check out & share the HEADS-UP-The-#50PreciousWords CONTEST-IS-COMING-SOON post! Find DATES, GUIDELINES, and a list of fabulous PRIZES! And I hope you love my updated website thanks to @thebooklinksllc.bsky.social viviankirkfield.com/2025/02/01/h...
February 1, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Jumping for joy! I hope you will be, too! Please check out & share the HEADS-UP-The-#50PreciousWords CONTEST-IS-COMING-SOON post! Find DATES, GUIDELINES, and a list of fabulous PRIZES! And I hope you love my updated website thanks to @thebooklinksllc.bsky.social viviankirkfield.com/2025/02/01/h...
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#GIVEAWAY To celebrate the launch of #PictureBooksEh 2025 we’re giving away manuscript crits and PBs! Details on website (link above).
To enter:
1. follow @picturebookseh.bsky.social
2. like + re-post this post (extra entry for tagging a friend)
3. Winners ann. Feb. 10 at 9 am
#kidlit
#cankidlit
To enter:
1. follow @picturebookseh.bsky.social
2. like + re-post this post (extra entry for tagging a friend)
3. Winners ann. Feb. 10 at 9 am
#kidlit
#cankidlit
a canadian flag with a red maple leaf in the middle
ALT: a canadian flag with a red maple leaf in the middle
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January 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
#GIVEAWAY To celebrate the launch of #PictureBooksEh 2025 we’re giving away manuscript crits and PBs! Details on website (link above).
To enter:
1. follow @picturebookseh.bsky.social
2. like + re-post this post (extra entry for tagging a friend)
3. Winners ann. Feb. 10 at 9 am
#kidlit
#cankidlit
To enter:
1. follow @picturebookseh.bsky.social
2. like + re-post this post (extra entry for tagging a friend)
3. Winners ann. Feb. 10 at 9 am
#kidlit
#cankidlit
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Are u querying, too? Hey #writers see call for submissions soon come on #MSWL Day #writingcommunity, #querytrenches #kidlit
Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 12, 2025 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
manuscriptwishlist.com
January 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Are u querying, too? Hey #writers see call for submissions soon come on #MSWL Day #writingcommunity, #querytrenches #kidlit