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Anna Purpero
@annapurpero.bsky.social
✨ I’m big on listening to kids. ✨
Parent | Educator | KidLit Author

Buy MY FRIENDS INSIDE & check out free activities here:
http://linktr.ee/annapurpero
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My debut #PictureBook is here!
*MY FRIENDS INSIDE*
Illustrated by Yiyi Chen

I hope this crew inspires readers to meet every part of themselves with curiosity and compassion.

linktr.ee/annapurpero

#KidLit #InternalFamilySystems #SEL #IndieAuthor
A good morning with good kids 🌞

#kidlit #indieauthor
April 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Check out this #indieauthor list on @bookshop.org! MY FRIENDS INSIDE and other great #picturebooks made the list to promote #mentalhealthawareness! I am always flabbergasted and honored to share this project ♥️

bookshop.org/lists/body-m...
April 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Spent the afternoon chatting with preschoolers about our Hesitant Turtles inside 🐢♥️

#KidLit #InternalFamilySystems
March 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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March 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Reposted by Anna Purpero
Dear Congress,
Libraries are the place we all belong. The place where Mister Rogers’ neighbors collide at the library to help one another. We come together to embrace library joy. What good is the world without libraries and museums? ❤️‍🩹

Call, email Congress! Help libraries & museums! We need you 💛
March 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Prepped some Mystery Reminders for an elementary school visit tomorrow! 🌞
Watercolor reveals one of the little reminders from my new #picturebook MY FRIENDS INSIDE.

#kidlit #kidlitcrafts #kidcrafts
March 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I asked my friend what her kid’s hardest thing was. She said he was quitting everything he wasn’t immediately good at. The “learning space” was too uncomfortable.

I cannot relate in any way. 🫠

May our Robots Inside be reminded today: how brave to even TRY!

#kidlitillustration by Yiyi Chen
March 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
“There’s no single answer that will solve all of our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers - at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.” -Octavia E. Butler

Art- Christine Tyler Hill @tenderwarrior.bsky.social

#resist #collectivepower #artivism
March 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Sharing some words from my article published today on Confident Parents, Confident Kids.

To be clear, I am usually an unconfident parent.
But I am confident *this* is true, and I’m going to keep trying to be good at it.

Read “Replacing Shame with Curiosity in Family Culture” below 🙂
March 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
MY FRIENDS INSIDE spotted in a therapy waiting room?! It is an honor to hear from therapists that they will use my book as a tool to help kids.

Buy a copy & print FREE activities here:
linktr.ee/annapurpero

#KidLit #IFS #InternalFamilySystems
March 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Reposted by Anna Purpero
If we really put the welfare and well-being of children—ALL CHILDREN—first, it would be the first time we’ve ever done such a thing. And it would change everything.
March 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I have some friends in their 70s. I couldn’t march at the statehouse today, so they asked me to make their signs. I’ve learned 8 million things from them, but here’s two:
1) You bring people in by asking them to do a simple thing they’re good at; that way, no one is doing all the work.
🧵
March 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In my element ✨
Thank you Wheatberry Books for a wonderful Story Time Party with MY FRIENDS INSIDE!

#KidLit
March 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
A word from Sophie Diener for my fellow *Try-Hards*
♥️

#poetry #encouragement #KidLit
February 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A spread from my new picture book for our future leaders.
We know you will do better than us.

#KidLitArt by Yiyi Chen
#KidLit #InternalFamilySystems
February 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
My debut #picturebook is available now!
Illustrated by Yiyi Chen

Inspired by #InternalFamilySystems

Shop small and check out my FREE printables here:
linktr.ee/annapurpero

#KidLit
February 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"Because we're dismissing kids," he said. "And if we think that children's books are anything less than real literature, it's because we think kids are something less than real people. If we believe they're real people, then they deserve good art."
👏
February 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It’s a great week for #KidLitLaunches! MY FRIENDS INSIDE in the thread below because it’s available today! So grateful for the the way the #KidLit community lifts each other up 🥹
If you have a #KidLit book launching Feb.24-Mar.2nd, reply with book cover (use alt text), title, author & illustrator, publisher, launch date, link where people can find info. Read Guidelines BEFORE replying, thx Pls help boost? Challenging time to be launching books. #KidLitLaunches #Edusky

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February 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“Turtle always hesitates.
He keeps me safe, you see.
Imagines what could hurt too much or make you laugh at me.”

Crafts are a big time bonus in #KidLit!

MY FRIENDS INSIDE out tomorrow!

#picturebook #InternalFamilySystems
February 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Is this for real life?!
Feels important to use my son’s Sharpie collection for these signed copies.
February 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Reposted by Anna Purpero
February 17, 2025 at 6:46 AM
My debut #PictureBook is here!
*MY FRIENDS INSIDE*
Illustrated by Yiyi Chen

I hope this crew inspires readers to meet every part of themselves with curiosity and compassion.

linktr.ee/annapurpero

#KidLit #InternalFamilySystems #SEL #IndieAuthor
February 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
February 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Chimp thinks if I’m funny, then I’m sure to be included 😌

An illustration from my #picturebook - by Yiyi Chen!

Preorders will be live later this weeeek!

#KidLit #InternalFamilySystems
February 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
This illustration made me 🥹
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM