Becky Levine
@beckylevine.bsky.social
Kidlit writer, knitter, beginning drummer. Come for the writing and books, stay for the cat, yarn, and travel pix. Opinions are my own. Unless you love them, in which case I'm happy to share. She/Her
www.beckylevine.com
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Children's book author @marciecolleen.bsky.social
shares what Friendsgiving means to her and how meaningful it can be to come together over a meal in my interview about her new book HAPPY FRIENDSGIVING illustrated by Laura Sandoval Herrera, Doubleday BYR/RH
#kidlit #picturebooks
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shares what Friendsgiving means to her and how meaningful it can be to come together over a meal in my interview about her new book HAPPY FRIENDSGIVING illustrated by Laura Sandoval Herrera, Doubleday BYR/RH
#kidlit #picturebooks
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An Interview with Happy Friendsgiving Author Marcie Colleen
Children's book author Marcie Colleen shares what Friendsgiving means to her and how meaningful it can be to come together over a meal.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Children's book author @marciecolleen.bsky.social
shares what Friendsgiving means to her and how meaningful it can be to come together over a meal in my interview about her new book HAPPY FRIENDSGIVING illustrated by Laura Sandoval Herrera, Doubleday BYR/RH
#kidlit #picturebooks
wp.me/p3X25n-bkS
shares what Friendsgiving means to her and how meaningful it can be to come together over a meal in my interview about her new book HAPPY FRIENDSGIVING illustrated by Laura Sandoval Herrera, Doubleday BYR/RH
#kidlit #picturebooks
wp.me/p3X25n-bkS
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We must continue to do better to ensure that every trans person can live a safe, whole, and joyful life 🏳️⚧️
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We must continue to do better to ensure that every trans person can live a safe, whole, and joyful life 🏳️⚧️
I loved this book!
I also thoroughly enjoyed THE UNDEAD FOX OF DEADWOOD FOREST by Audrey Hartman. A little bit creepy, a little bit cozy, and a lot of truly evocative writing. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest
Check out The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest - ★ "<b>Heartbreaking, marvelously funny, and generously redemptive." ―<i>Kirkus</i>, starred review</b> <p/><b>In one of the best-reviewed book...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I loved this book!
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ANNOUNCEMENT! We've been working hard behind the scenes this year to revamp our approach to our scholarship program. It's now ready and applications for our 2026 scholarship program are LIVE! forms.gle/Pe2qKyaGMH67...
November 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT! We've been working hard behind the scenes this year to revamp our approach to our scholarship program. It's now ready and applications for our 2026 scholarship program are LIVE! forms.gle/Pe2qKyaGMH67...
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each.
💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency
💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency
November 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each.
💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency
💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency
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BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
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LOCAL ELECTION RESULT:
Let me congratulate @zysaidso.bsky.social for her election to the Charlottesville School Board.
For those wondering: Zyahna Bryant was a student organizer who led the successful fight in removing two confederate statues from downtown Charlottesville.
Let me congratulate @zysaidso.bsky.social for her election to the Charlottesville School Board.
For those wondering: Zyahna Bryant was a student organizer who led the successful fight in removing two confederate statues from downtown Charlottesville.
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Don't forget that Zohran Mamdani spent his entire campaign standing proudly beside the trans community. He went to trans rights rallies just to show support. He proudly waved trans rights flags without hesitation. He refused to back down in support of trans rights. That makes me happy.
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There's not much that's within my power to help. But if you're a former Teen Vogue employee affected by the layoffs and you want to write a book, get in touch. I'm happy to talk through the process with you or connect you with a colleague who might want to represent that kind of project.
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
There's not much that's within my power to help. But if you're a former Teen Vogue employee affected by the layoffs and you want to write a book, get in touch. I'm happy to talk through the process with you or connect you with a colleague who might want to represent that kind of project.
When you're meeting a friend to walk at 7:30 and sunrise isn't until 7:32.
a woman in a blue shirt is holding a flashlight in the dark
Alt: Nancy Drew is holding a flashlight in the dark, to light up the stairs in front of her.
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
When you're meeting a friend to walk at 7:30 and sunrise isn't until 7:32.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Writers! I’ll critique a query letter and first page for 5 people in exchange for a donation to a food bank, local restaurant with a free-meal program, program collecting funds for people in need of food, etc.
If you need food, or know someone who does, DM me or comment below.
❤️❤️❤️
If you need food, or know someone who does, DM me or comment below.
❤️❤️❤️
October 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Writers! I’ll critique a query letter and first page for 5 people in exchange for a donation to a food bank, local restaurant with a free-meal program, program collecting funds for people in need of food, etc.
If you need food, or know someone who does, DM me or comment below.
❤️❤️❤️
If you need food, or know someone who does, DM me or comment below.
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I love THE RABBIT LISTENED!
I'm writing my monthly newsletter and realized I didn't post my recommendations for September.
For #picturebooks, they were:
THE RABBIT LISTENED, written and illus. by Cori Doerrfeld
HOW TO MAKE A BOOK (ABOUT MY DOG), by @bartography.bsky.social l, illus. by @sarahhorne.bsky.social
#kidlit
For #picturebooks, they were:
THE RABBIT LISTENED, written and illus. by Cori Doerrfeld
HOW TO MAKE A BOOK (ABOUT MY DOG), by @bartography.bsky.social l, illus. by @sarahhorne.bsky.social
#kidlit
October 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I love THE RABBIT LISTENED!
I currently have open a dozen tabs of different @merriam-webster.com searches as I speed down a rabbit hole of synonyms of synonyms of synonyms, looking for the exact right word for a picture book manuscript. Getting closer! File under: Days I Actually Love Technology. #kidlit #picturebook
October 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I currently have open a dozen tabs of different @merriam-webster.com searches as I speed down a rabbit hole of synonyms of synonyms of synonyms, looking for the exact right word for a picture book manuscript. Getting closer! File under: Days I Actually Love Technology. #kidlit #picturebook
Spent a few minutes in @hicklebees.bsky.social today and picked up a copy of this absolutely lovely picture book biography by @shrurao.bsky.social. Written beautifully around complex science and complex emotional paths, as clear and engaging as a PB bio should be. ❤️
October 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Spent a few minutes in @hicklebees.bsky.social today and picked up a copy of this absolutely lovely picture book biography by @shrurao.bsky.social. Written beautifully around complex science and complex emotional paths, as clear and engaging as a PB bio should be. ❤️
Some much needed humor this morning.
Grammarian vs Errorist - a supervillain showdown
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
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October 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Some much needed humor this morning.
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An illustrator alerted me to the attached email. Someone is impersonating me! Offering #kidlit illustrators fake deals!
This is not me! The deal-structure/schedule is insane. The deadline is quite friendly?! 10 picture books in 3 years?!
Please let me know if you receive an email like this!
This is not me! The deal-structure/schedule is insane. The deadline is quite friendly?! 10 picture books in 3 years?!
Please let me know if you receive an email like this!
October 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
An illustrator alerted me to the attached email. Someone is impersonating me! Offering #kidlit illustrators fake deals!
This is not me! The deal-structure/schedule is insane. The deadline is quite friendly?! 10 picture books in 3 years?!
Please let me know if you receive an email like this!
This is not me! The deal-structure/schedule is insane. The deadline is quite friendly?! 10 picture books in 3 years?!
Please let me know if you receive an email like this!
Had an amazing day at the #scbwiohionorth conference. The books (and the fantastic critique inside the folder!) are my physical takeaways, but I'm also refueled with happiness, inspiration, and hope. Huge thank you to all the SCBWI folx and the faculty who made this conference happen.
October 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Had an amazing day at the #scbwiohionorth conference. The books (and the fantastic critique inside the folder!) are my physical takeaways, but I'm also refueled with happiness, inspiration, and hope. Huge thank you to all the SCBWI folx and the faculty who made this conference happen.
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Hello! I'm open to unsolicited submissions for the first time in ages...
Looking for: Adult Epic Fantasy and Horror only
Guidelines are here: www.dongwonsong.com/submission-g...
Looking for: Adult Epic Fantasy and Horror only
Guidelines are here: www.dongwonsong.com/submission-g...
Submission Guidelines — DongWon Song
www.dongwonsong.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Hello! I'm open to unsolicited submissions for the first time in ages...
Looking for: Adult Epic Fantasy and Horror only
Guidelines are here: www.dongwonsong.com/submission-g...
Looking for: Adult Epic Fantasy and Horror only
Guidelines are here: www.dongwonsong.com/submission-g...
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1. Great news for trans students in Chicago.
Chicago Public Schools has announced it will defy Trump's demand to ban trans youth from bathrooms.
Trump will now pull millions in federal funds.
"Our district will not back away from doing what we know is right."
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Chicago Public Schools has announced it will defy Trump's demand to ban trans youth from bathrooms.
Trump will now pull millions in federal funds.
"Our district will not back away from doing what we know is right."
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Chicago Public Schools Defy Trump, Reject Trans Bathroom Ban Demands
The school system has refused to capitulate, despite Trump pulling back millions in federal funds.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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This upcoming YA workshop with Linda Camacho, senior agent at Gallt & Zacker Agency, promises to be fantastic! And we've a couple of spots still open! Perfect for querying writers or those planning to query soon this workshop comes with a unique query opportunity! app.inkedvoices.com/event/worksh...
September 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This upcoming YA workshop with Linda Camacho, senior agent at Gallt & Zacker Agency, promises to be fantastic! And we've a couple of spots still open! Perfect for querying writers or those planning to query soon this workshop comes with a unique query opportunity! app.inkedvoices.com/event/worksh...
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From my sketchbook today: how I feel just before checking the headlines each day.
Pen: Pentel Pocket Brush.
Pencil: Caran D'ache Luminance 6901
Pen: Pentel Pocket Brush.
Pencil: Caran D'ache Luminance 6901
September 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
From my sketchbook today: how I feel just before checking the headlines each day.
Pen: Pentel Pocket Brush.
Pencil: Caran D'ache Luminance 6901
Pen: Pentel Pocket Brush.
Pencil: Caran D'ache Luminance 6901
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Did you see @fuse8.bsky.social's SLJ article and accompanying post about tackling complicated topics in NF for kids? They *can* carry heavy things -- it's up to authors to find the right way to hand those to them. #TLSkyChat afuse8production.slj.com/2025/08/27/t...
September 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Did you see @fuse8.bsky.social's SLJ article and accompanying post about tackling complicated topics in NF for kids? They *can* carry heavy things -- it's up to authors to find the right way to hand those to them. #TLSkyChat afuse8production.slj.com/2025/08/27/t...
I have the best homework. #kidlit 📚 👍🏻 #chapterbook
September 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I have the best homework. #kidlit 📚 👍🏻 #chapterbook