Kaija Langley
@mizzkalwrites71.bsky.social
Children’s book author:
WHEN LANGSTON DANCES (PB), Sept ‘21
THE ORDER OF THINGS (MG), June ‘23
A CENTURY FOR CAROLINE (PB), April ‘25
Rep’d by @SheedyLit. She/Her
WHEN LANGSTON DANCES (PB), Sept ‘21
THE ORDER OF THINGS (MG), June ‘23
A CENTURY FOR CAROLINE (PB), April ‘25
Rep’d by @SheedyLit. She/Her
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In 3 days. Me and @mizzkalwrites71.bsky.social. At Blue Bunny Books.
#kidlit #booksky #edusky #skybrarian #picturebooks #reading #indiebookshop
#kidlit #booksky #edusky #skybrarian #picturebooks #reading #indiebookshop
September 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
In 3 days. Me and @mizzkalwrites71.bsky.social. At Blue Bunny Books.
#kidlit #booksky #edusky #skybrarian #picturebooks #reading #indiebookshop
#kidlit #booksky #edusky #skybrarian #picturebooks #reading #indiebookshop
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This Saturday morning I'll be visiting @bluebunnybooks in the heart of Dedham Square alongside A CENTURY FOR CAROLINE author @mizzkalwrites71.bsky.social.
If you can fit us in between soccer and gymnastics, join us!
#kidlit #booksky #edusky #skybrarian #picturebooks #reading #indiebookshop
If you can fit us in between soccer and gymnastics, join us!
#kidlit #booksky #edusky #skybrarian #picturebooks #reading #indiebookshop
September 15, 2025 at 10:21 PM
This Saturday morning I'll be visiting @bluebunnybooks in the heart of Dedham Square alongside A CENTURY FOR CAROLINE author @mizzkalwrites71.bsky.social.
If you can fit us in between soccer and gymnastics, join us!
#kidlit #booksky #edusky #skybrarian #picturebooks #reading #indiebookshop
If you can fit us in between soccer and gymnastics, join us!
#kidlit #booksky #edusky #skybrarian #picturebooks #reading #indiebookshop
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Ashanti colored a book of mine and did a spectacular job.
…Our washing machine just broke and our financial situation is uhh pretty bad, so:
I’m available for illustration work!
ashantifortson.com
ashantifortson@gmail.com
I have an artist shop with my spouse @binglin.bsky.social:
seatoad.bigcartel.com
And I have a tip jar:
ko-fi.com/ashantifortson
I’m available for illustration work!
ashantifortson.com
ashantifortson@gmail.com
I have an artist shop with my spouse @binglin.bsky.social:
seatoad.bigcartel.com
And I have a tip jar:
ko-fi.com/ashantifortson
Ashanti Fortson | Illustration
ashantifortson.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Ashanti colored a book of mine and did a spectacular job.
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In case you missed it, I've got a new book called THE BIRDING DICTIONARY. It's out wherever you buy books, and it's funny yet educational, plus it's gift sized and has dozens of original cartoons. Thank you to the folks who've bought it and sent me pics of them/their kids laughing while reading!
May 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
In case you missed it, I've got a new book called THE BIRDING DICTIONARY. It's out wherever you buy books, and it's funny yet educational, plus it's gift sized and has dozens of original cartoons. Thank you to the folks who've bought it and sent me pics of them/their kids laughing while reading!
Parents! Librarians! Teachers! Readers! Register today for the upcoming webinar Helping Black Children Rise: Agency and Resiliency in Children’s Literature on May 21 at 5 pm. Use the QR code to register.
May 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Parents! Librarians! Teachers! Readers! Register today for the upcoming webinar Helping Black Children Rise: Agency and Resiliency in Children’s Literature on May 21 at 5 pm. Use the QR code to register.
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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member Kaija Langley (@mizzkalwrites71.bsky.social)! 🎉
📚 A CENTURY FOR CAROLINE illustrated by @temikatheartist.bsky.social, published by Denene Millner Books is available today.
Check it out: buff.ly/AANH9EK
📚 A CENTURY FOR CAROLINE illustrated by @temikatheartist.bsky.social, published by Denene Millner Books is available today.
Check it out: buff.ly/AANH9EK
May 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🎉 Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member Kaija Langley (@mizzkalwrites71.bsky.social)! 🎉
📚 A CENTURY FOR CAROLINE illustrated by @temikatheartist.bsky.social, published by Denene Millner Books is available today.
Check it out: buff.ly/AANH9EK
📚 A CENTURY FOR CAROLINE illustrated by @temikatheartist.bsky.social, published by Denene Millner Books is available today.
Check it out: buff.ly/AANH9EK
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Bodacious Bookstore in Pensacola, FL, absolutely has the right to stock whatever titles they wish. Shoppers also absolutely have the right to not shop there anymore given their clear anti-LGBTQ+ bias. Kudos to employees who quit.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
Beloved Florida indie bookstore faces backlash after removal of LGBTQ titles
Escambia County, where Bodacious Bookstore & Café is located, has become a battleground in the national fight over book bans and censorship.
www.nbcnews.com
May 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Bodacious Bookstore in Pensacola, FL, absolutely has the right to stock whatever titles they wish. Shoppers also absolutely have the right to not shop there anymore given their clear anti-LGBTQ+ bias. Kudos to employees who quit.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
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#VerseNovels "are powerful, remarkable, unforgettable if done well" – @mizzkalwrites71.bsky.social
– contrib. to DiVERSE: Conversations with YA and Children's Verse Novelists
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social Photo by Andre Bogard.
– contrib. to DiVERSE: Conversations with YA and Children's Verse Novelists
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social Photo by Andre Bogard.
April 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
#VerseNovels "are powerful, remarkable, unforgettable if done well" – @mizzkalwrites71.bsky.social
– contrib. to DiVERSE: Conversations with YA and Children's Verse Novelists
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social Photo by Andre Bogard.
– contrib. to DiVERSE: Conversations with YA and Children's Verse Novelists
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social Photo by Andre Bogard.
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I’m a scientist working on dark matter and neutron stars and I wouldn’t be who I am today without Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Haile Germima, Toni Morrison, Jane Austen, A.A. Milne, Errol Morris, Star Trek, Herman Melville, Lorna Simpson, Edward Lear, Tina Turner, and so many others.
Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
February 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I’m a scientist working on dark matter and neutron stars and I wouldn’t be who I am today without Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Haile Germima, Toni Morrison, Jane Austen, A.A. Milne, Errol Morris, Star Trek, Herman Melville, Lorna Simpson, Edward Lear, Tina Turner, and so many others.
Appreciate the kind words from Kirkus Reviews!
February 13, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Appreciate the kind words from Kirkus Reviews!
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I interviewed @erinentrada.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/two-..., Lesa Cline-Ransome mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/newb..., @ruthbehar.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/newb..., and @kloshaughnessy.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/newb... this week.
February 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Last day to win SAFE HARBOR by Padma Venkatraman
7 Stories About Saving Sea Creatures That Center BIPOC Protagonists + GIVEAWAY! via @pragmaticmom
www.pragmaticmom.com/2024/12/7-st...
#readyourworld #middlegrade #novelinverse #giveaway
7 Stories About Saving Sea Creatures That Center BIPOC Protagonists + GIVEAWAY! via @pragmaticmom
www.pragmaticmom.com/2024/12/7-st...
#readyourworld #middlegrade #novelinverse #giveaway
7 Stories About Saving Sea Creatures That Center BIPOC Protagonists + GIVEAWAY! - Pragmatic Mom
Please welcome my guest author and friend, Padma Venkatraman, with her list of 7 Stories About Saving Sea Creatures. We met at an SCBWI conference in Springfield many years ago. The author signings we...
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January 15, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Last day to win SAFE HARBOR by Padma Venkatraman
7 Stories About Saving Sea Creatures That Center BIPOC Protagonists + GIVEAWAY! via @pragmaticmom
www.pragmaticmom.com/2024/12/7-st...
#readyourworld #middlegrade #novelinverse #giveaway
7 Stories About Saving Sea Creatures That Center BIPOC Protagonists + GIVEAWAY! via @pragmaticmom
www.pragmaticmom.com/2024/12/7-st...
#readyourworld #middlegrade #novelinverse #giveaway
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In late 2017 my poem, "We Know How to Do This" was published in the poetry anthology IF YOU CAN HEAR THIS: POEMS IN PROTEST OF AN AMERICAN INAUGURATION. I thought the book, and that poem, would be a relic of history, but here we are, so I am sharing it today... because we know how to do this.
January 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
In late 2017 my poem, "We Know How to Do This" was published in the poetry anthology IF YOU CAN HEAR THIS: POEMS IN PROTEST OF AN AMERICAN INAUGURATION. I thought the book, and that poem, would be a relic of history, but here we are, so I am sharing it today... because we know how to do this.
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#SamiraSurfs - a Rohingya refugee girl finds empowerment in a girls' surf club, Cox's Bazar Bangladesh. Read author Rukhsanna Guidroz's interview in DiVERSE Conversations with YA & Chn's Verse Novelists (Bloomsbury) @aaslala.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 6:10 AM
#SamiraSurfs - a Rohingya refugee girl finds empowerment in a girls' surf club, Cox's Bazar Bangladesh. Read author Rukhsanna Guidroz's interview in DiVERSE Conversations with YA & Chn's Verse Novelists (Bloomsbury) @aaslala.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social
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#VerseNovels "are powerful, remarkable, unforgettable if done well" – @mizzkalwrites71.bsky.social – contrib. to DiVERSE: Conversations with Young Adult & Children's Verse Novelists. Photo: Andre Bogard. USA Hb & Pb release 23Jan @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/us/diverse-9...
January 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
#VerseNovels "are powerful, remarkable, unforgettable if done well" – @mizzkalwrites71.bsky.social – contrib. to DiVERSE: Conversations with Young Adult & Children's Verse Novelists. Photo: Andre Bogard. USA Hb & Pb release 23Jan @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/us/diverse-9...
I have an interview in the forthcoming anthology, DiVERSE: CONVERSATIONS WITH YA and CHILDREN’S VERSE NOVELISTS, edited by @LindaWeste. This publishes by Bloomsbury in the U.S. on January 23! Link to buy: shorturl.at/GP2Fm
January 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I have an interview in the forthcoming anthology, DiVERSE: CONVERSATIONS WITH YA and CHILDREN’S VERSE NOVELISTS, edited by @LindaWeste. This publishes by Bloomsbury in the U.S. on January 23! Link to buy: shorturl.at/GP2Fm
Happy 2025! THE ORDER OF THINGS is out in paperback on January 21. Enjoyed this story? Please leave a review, share a copy, or leave a copy in a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social. Deep gratitude to Nancy Paulsen Books, Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency, and Junior Library Guild for loving this story.
January 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Happy 2025! THE ORDER OF THINGS is out in paperback on January 21. Enjoyed this story? Please leave a review, share a copy, or leave a copy in a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social. Deep gratitude to Nancy Paulsen Books, Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency, and Junior Library Guild for loving this story.
More fun with author friends @engagereaders @wholeheartlocal.bsky.social and @rajanilarocca.bsky.social at the Newton Children’s Book Festival.
December 15, 2024 at 1:09 AM
More fun with author friends @engagereaders @wholeheartlocal.bsky.social and @rajanilarocca.bsky.social at the Newton Children’s Book Festival.
Fabulous time today at the inaugural Newton Children’s Book Festival created by @pragmaticmom.bsky.social.
December 15, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Fabulous time today at the inaugural Newton Children’s Book Festival created by @pragmaticmom.bsky.social.