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Marcie Flinchum Atkins
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Librarian | Hollins gal (MA/MFA) | Poet | PB & YA Author | Wait, Rest, Pause (2019) One Step Forward (2025) When Twilight Comes (2026) | Rep: Carter Hasegawa at Tugeau2

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Marcie Flinchum Atkins @marciefatkins.bsky.social · Jan 18
For signed copies of One Step Forward, you can order through my local indie One More Page Books www.onemorepagebooks.com/one-step-for...
Blue background with cover of YA historical fiction novel in verse One Step Forward. A girl in a blue dress is surrounded by flowers and Votes for Women ribbons. Has logo for One More Page Books and this link to purchase signed copies. https://www.onemorepagebooks.com/one-step-forward-signed-marcie-flinchum-atkins
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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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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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November 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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🌼 42 2025 Middle Grade and Young Adult Novels-In-Verse 🌼
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A collage of twenty-one 2025 middle grade and young adult book covers. Books featured include This Is The Year, Glitch Girl!, Top Heavy, Lilac and The Switchback, The Girl In The Walls, Safe Harbor, The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez, Under The Neon Lights, The Leaving Room, Octopus moon, 13 Ways To Say Goodbye, Zarina Divided, Truth Is, Where The Heart Should Be, (S)kin, Everything is Poison, Radiant, The Burning Season, Island Creatures, The Siren and The Star and Please Pay Attention.
October 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Grateful to @slj.com for this awesome review of WOODY'S WORDS: WOODROW WILSON RAWLS AND WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by me & Susan Reagan! I relied on SLJ as a school #librarian & still do! TY, SLJ!

#WhereTheRedFerngrows #Edusky #librarians #SchoolLibrarians #Skybrarian #Skybrarians #TLSky #biography
September 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Behind the Scenes: "How Primary Sources Can Grow Your Nonfiction Nature Picture Book" by Lynn Street bethandersonwriter.com/2025/09/05/b...
Behind the Scenes: “How Primary Sources Can Grow Your Nonfiction Nature Picture Book” by Lynn Street
It’s quite amazing when you find primary sources that provide the seed, or acorn, that allows you to tell a story that for a while seemed lifeless. Check out this great post from debut author…
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September 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Birds, Books, and Breaking Into Nonfiction Children's Publishing
Author Lynn Street shares how an Audubon event inspired her narrative nonfiction picture books and how writers can break into the market.
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August 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Writer's Digest published my article on writing NF PB stories that balance facts with narrative. Link below. @steamteambooks.bsky.social @annehunterstudio.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social @redfoxliterary.bsky.social @kl4gm.bsky.social #bluejays #birds
#fall #nonfiction
#kidlit #picturebooks
Picture book cover image with oak tree and blue jays. Link to Writer's Digest article in comment section with title Birds, Books, and Breaking Into Nonfiction Children's Publishing
August 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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We interviewed @marciefatkins.bsky.social in the latest issue of #PaperBoundMag. Read all about her novel #OneStepForward free at paperboundmag.com/issues 💙

@versifybooks.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #YAHistoricalFiction #VerseNovel #KidLit #YABooks
August 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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I have an interview in this new issue!
paperboundmag.bsky.social PaperBound Magazine @paperboundmag.bsky.social · Jul 9
💜🌟The LIGHT & DARK issue is officially out now!🌟💜

Full of brand new author interviews, #BookRecommendations, #WritingTips, #illustration prompts and more, we're delighted to share this brand new issue with readers. Check it out TOTALLY FREE now👇

🌟 paperboundmag.com/issues
July 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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I’m catching up on podcast episodes and highly recommend this episode for NF revision. Loved this @mcusolito.bsky.social and @kirstenwlarson.bsky.social
kirstenwlarson.bsky.social Kirsten W. Larson @kirstenwlarson.bsky.social · Jun 6
Radical Revision with Michelle Cusolito

Revision Magic & the Art of Critique: Tips from Michelle Cusolito | Nonfiction Kidlit Craft Conversations 🎧 Nonfiction Kidlit Craft Conversations is the podcast for children's authors who want to deepen their craft, hosted by Kirsten W. Larson, award-winning…
Radical Revision with Michelle Cusolito
Revision Magic & the Art of Critique: Tips from Michelle Cusolito | Nonfiction Kidlit Craft Conversations 🎧 Nonfiction Kidlit Craft Conversations is the podcast for children's authors who want to deepen their craft, hosted by Kirsten W. Larson, award-winning nonfiction picture book author and leading educator in children's nonfiction writing. In each episode, Kirsten interviews authors, illustrators, and editors about the craft and business of nonfiction picture books and beyond.
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July 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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With the new issue just around the corner, we thought we'd remind you of all the authors we have featured!

We can't wait to share their interviews and articles very soon!

#KidLit #MGBooks #YABooks #AuthorInterview #WritingTips @marciefatkins.bsky.social @meganfreemanauthor.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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🎉COVER REVEAL📚👀

Welcome to a sneak peek of the brand new LIGHT & DARK issue of #PaperBoundMag! Packed full of brand new content, including book reviews, author interviews and writing tips (plus more!), we're so excited to share this with you SOON!

Massive thanks goes to 👇
June 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Tomorrow is independent bookstore day and there are newly signed copies of One Step Forward at @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Two recent multimodal MG novels that I love & recommend:

WEREWOLF HAMLET by @kerrymadden.bsky.social - heartbreakingly real & hopeful family story (partly in stage-play script!)

ONE STEP FORWARD by @marciefatkins.bsky.social - fantastic & well-researched verse novel about a teen suffragist.
Book cover WEREWOLF HAMLET by Kerry Madden-Lunsford has white title font against a maroon theater-curtain background. Cover art shows a middle school aged boy with a black cape holding up a skull in a Hamlet-esque pose as his brother - morphing into a werewolf - sneaks out the window behind him. Book cover ONE STEP FORWARD by Marcie Flinchum Atkins has white title font against a purple background and shows a young suffragist with a purple dress and a black hat with flowers getting ready to march.
April 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Salt City Verse review of "ONE STEP FORWARD" by Marcie Flinchum Atkins: Demonstrations are Nothing New. https://bit.ly/3Ghvn6U #ChildrensPoetry #Poetry4kids
April 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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#haikussturday
Yellow witch hazel with red centers Haiku: Fireworks Witch hazel bursts Into the gray day Haiku & photo 2025 Marcie Flinchum Atkins
April 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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📚👍 ONE STEP FORWARD by @marciefatkins.bsky.social is an inspiring YA novel in verse about the tremendous sacrifices suffragists made so we can vote. Reading about their work motivates me to continue speaking up, imagining what they would say right now...
Beautiful cover by Babeth Lafon.
#kidlit
cover of ONE STEP FORWARD by Marcie Flinchum Atkins shows a young woman wearing purple with a purple background with "votes for women" on a swirling ribbon with flowers
April 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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I’m the #poetryfriday host this week. Hop on by and read the posts: www.marcieatkins.com/2025/03/27/p...

#haikusaturday
Water-logged blooms Makeup streaked after A good cry Haiku and photo Marcie Flinchum Atkins Rain soaked red maple blossoms
March 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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⭐️Eleanor Roosevelt
⭐️Lucy Stone
⭐️Kate Warne
How many of these women from history have YOU heard of?
Check out Good Reads with Ronna's Women's History Month Roundup!
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Three Picture Books for Women's History Month
Meet three amazing women in three picture books for Women's History Month: Unshakable Eleanor, One Girl's Voice, and Hiding in Plain Sight.
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March 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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viviankirkfield.com/2025/03/28/p... A wonderful interview with two @picturebookgold.bsky.social members and a #Giveaway @viviankirkfield.bsky.social welcomes @lisaljrogers.bsky.social to share her book JOAN MITCHELL PAINTS A SYMPHONY: LA GRANDE VALLÉE SUITE 💙🎶💚
Perfect Picture Book Friday: JOAN MITCHELL PAINTS A SYMPHONY: LA GRANDE VALLÉE SUITE Plus Giveaway
Happy Perfect Picture Book Friday, dear friends! Today’s author is a wonderful kid lit friend of mine…and we are both part of the New England SCBWI chapter. I love her books…and she has graciously …
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March 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Honored to be interviewed by Andrea Wang on #picturebookbuilders and share a bit of the story behind the story for HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.😍
And DON'T MISS THE GIVEAWAY of a copy of the book!📕🥳
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March 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Yay! It's pub day for MAGIC IN A DROP OF WATER: HOW RUTH PATRICK TAUGHT THE WORLD ABOUT WATER POLLUTION! Beautifully illustrated by #SusanReagan. @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social #pbgreensteam #stembooksforkids #rockypondbooks
March 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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#haikusaturday
Witch hazel / we stretch our fingers / to reach spring Haiku and Photo 2025 Marcie Flinchum Atkins / photo of yellow witch hazel flowers with pink centers. Taken at Green Spring Gardens
March 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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We are so thrilled that @marciefatkins.bsky.social YA Novel in Verse, One Step Forward, is out in the world🌟
marciefatkins.bsky.social Marcie Flinchum Atkins @marciefatkins.bsky.social · Mar 4
I’m so excited for people to read Matilda Young’s story of fighting for woman suffrage. In bookstores today! #suffrage #suffragists #womenshistorymonth www.onemorepagebooks.com/one-step-for...
One Step Forward by Marcie Flinchum Atkins. Now available in bookstores. Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. The cover has Matilda Young, a suffragist, surrounded by flowers and ribbons that say “Votes for Women.” “Powerful, necessary reading”—Kirkus Starred Review “This coming-of-age story intertwined with women’s fight to vote creates a forceful story.” —School Library Journal Starred Review. Order your signed copy now at: bit.ly/OSFAtkins
March 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Happy birthday to suffragist Matilda Young who fought for the passage of the 19th amendment. #suffragists www.onemorepagebooks.com/one-step-for...
Happy birthday! A black and white photo of Matilda young from the Library of Congress collection. Library of Congress photo description: “Formal portrait, three-quarter-length, Matilda Young, facing slightly to the right with head turned slightly to the left, standing with right hand in pocket and left hand on waist with coat or shawl draped across left arm, wearing wide-brimmed hat with embroidered cloth around band.” Matilda Young was born March 14, 1891. Matilda Young was the youngest suffragist to be imprisoned at Occoquan Workhouse during the “Night of Terror” at 19 years old! One Step Forward by Marcie Flinchum Atkins Versify/HarperCollins March 4, 2025 Available now: bit.ly/OSFAtkins “Powerful, necessary reading” — Kirkus Starred Review
March 14, 2025 at 9:31 AM