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Cheryl Blackford
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#kidlit #MG #PB She/Her Loves fossils and old lithographs of fossils. Latest book: Fossil Hunter: How Mary Anning Changed the Science of Prehistoric Life. www.cherylblackford.com
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Sausage dogs are still available. #tucson #nokings
Photo of two people in a dachshund costume
October 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Such a privilege to listen to these three powerful women today at the Tucson Festival of books. Dawn Quigley (Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe), Ginger Reno (Cherokee) and Violet Duncan (Kehewin Cree/Taino). Please buy their books. #MMIW #kidlit
Photo of Dawn Quigley, Ginger Reno and Violet Duncan at the Tucson Festival of Books
March 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Mary Anning would approve. #STEM #STEAM #NF #kidlit #fossils #science #MaryAnning
Illustration shows the cover of a middle grade biography: “Fossil Hunter How Mary Anning Changed The Science of Prehistoric Life” by Cheryl Blackford
February 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Love, love, love this book. The art is gorgeous - so exuberant. My Daddy Is A Cowboy by Stephanie Seales. Illustrations by C. G. Esperanza. Pair it with the MG book, Ghetto Cowboy by Greg Neri. #kidlit #PB
Cover of My Daddy Is A Cowboy by Stephanie Seales Inside spread showing a girl, her father and their horses.
November 26, 2024 at 9:54 PM
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Your book looks great Kate. Here’s my hike in the Sonoran desert outside Tucson today.
A Sonoran desert view with Saguaro cactus
November 17, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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I accidentally grew a literary cucumber.
Cucumber shaped like question mark.
September 4, 2023 at 7:20 PM