Carrie Karnes-Fannin
@carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social
Author UNIVERSE PIE, Gnome Road Pub, Fall 2027 | Contributor NW GA Magazine | #InkedVoices, #12x12, #SCBWI | www.carriekarnesfannin.com Designer @ Archadeck of NW Georgia
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🎉 And just like that, my debut picture book UNIVERSE PIE (words by me, pictures by the amazing Anita Bagdi) is making its way into the world in the fall 2027. 💥 ✨ 🌎
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Today's the day! Join us in celebrating community & collective action with Issue 12: Better Together!
Inspiring & uplifting, Better Together celebrates the power of working together.
Get it now in print or as a free/pay-what-you-want PDF!
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Inspiring & uplifting, Better Together celebrates the power of working together.
Get it now in print or as a free/pay-what-you-want PDF!
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
ISSUES | Little Thoughts
A collection of past Little Thoughts Press issues.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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A suggestion: use bird seed, rather than de-icing salt to assist melt (lowers snow albedo) while also providing traction. Birds scratching also helps!
December 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A suggestion: use bird seed, rather than de-icing salt to assist melt (lowers snow albedo) while also providing traction. Birds scratching also helps!
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Thrilled to find THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES on @imaginationsoup.bsky.social's Best Middle Grade Books of 2025 list! Sooooo many amazing titles here - including lots of my 2025 favs! imaginationsoup.net/best-middle-...
30 Best Middle Grade Books of 2025 - Imagination Soup
What are my favorite middle grade books of 2025? These are compelling, engaging, well-written books for ages 9 to 12 that will hook your readers on their stories, the character arcs, and the immersive...
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December 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Thrilled to find THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES on @imaginationsoup.bsky.social's Best Middle Grade Books of 2025 list! Sooooo many amazing titles here - including lots of my 2025 favs! imaginationsoup.net/best-middle-...
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Books❤️📚 gifts that keep on giving!
Honored by @teresarobeson.com's blog post sharing my books. Like her, I urge you to gift books to kids, especially ones that widen their world, spark curiosity, inspire them to chase possibilities & recognize their own capableness.
@kl4gm.bsky.social #edusky
Honored by @teresarobeson.com's blog post sharing my books. Like her, I urge you to gift books to kids, especially ones that widen their world, spark curiosity, inspire them to chase possibilities & recognize their own capableness.
@kl4gm.bsky.social #edusky
Buy books for kids
I co-taught a class at Highlights Foundation (remember Highlights Magazine? That’s them) for several years with talented nonfiction author Jen Swanson. The portion I taught was how to write p…
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December 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Books❤️📚 gifts that keep on giving!
Honored by @teresarobeson.com's blog post sharing my books. Like her, I urge you to gift books to kids, especially ones that widen their world, spark curiosity, inspire them to chase possibilities & recognize their own capableness.
@kl4gm.bsky.social #edusky
Honored by @teresarobeson.com's blog post sharing my books. Like her, I urge you to gift books to kids, especially ones that widen their world, spark curiosity, inspire them to chase possibilities & recognize their own capableness.
@kl4gm.bsky.social #edusky
Meet your new garbage man, I guess? I’ve been seeing a lot of articles lately about raccoons showing signs of domestication, but didn’t expect they’d skip right over being pets and go straight into having jobs. #TrashPanda 🤣
December 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Meet your new garbage man, I guess? I’ve been seeing a lot of articles lately about raccoons showing signs of domestication, but didn’t expect they’d skip right over being pets and go straight into having jobs. #TrashPanda 🤣
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When I read the full review of THE OCEAN'S HEART I cried (tears of joy)...Okay, I'm still crying. The reviewer connected with this book on every level. I hope other readers will, too. ❤️@steelworksliterary.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social @carolhinz.bsky.social #Edusky #Skybrarians #kidlit
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
When I read the full review of THE OCEAN'S HEART I cried (tears of joy)...Okay, I'm still crying. The reviewer connected with this book on every level. I hope other readers will, too. ❤️@steelworksliterary.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social @carolhinz.bsky.social #Edusky #Skybrarians #kidlit
Happy Thanksgiving!🍁🦃🍽
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!🍁🦃🍽
This why I compulsively check my camera and microphone every few minutes in a meeting. 🤪
November 23, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This why I compulsively check my camera and microphone every few minutes in a meeting. 🤪
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#Query Critique #GiveawayAlert! Enter to win a query critique by agent Carter Hasegawa & read his agent spotlight interview at Literary Rambles. Find out what he's looking for. #amwriting #amquerying #kidlit www.literaryrambles.com/2025/11/lite...
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#Query Critique #GiveawayAlert! Enter to win a query critique by agent Carter Hasegawa & read his agent spotlight interview at Literary Rambles. Find out what he's looking for. #amwriting #amquerying #kidlit www.literaryrambles.com/2025/11/lite...
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
🦋 After reading a BUTTERFLY SEA advance copy (thank u, @booksbycindy.bsky.social !), I can say y’all are in for a treat. It hits themes I often explore in my own work & makes my photographer’s heart smile. Plus, the illustrations are GORGEOUS. @marielaurecouet.bsky.social @tielmourpress.bsky.social
Getting ready to mail postcards announcing the December 15 release of my next #pb Butterfly Sea. I’m sure you will fall in love with @marielaurecouet.bsky.social artwork! Gorgeous! #CanKidLit #Kidlitmegafeed #booklaunch #pre-order #coverart #butterfly #photography #pretendplay #imagination
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🦋 After reading a BUTTERFLY SEA advance copy (thank u, @booksbycindy.bsky.social !), I can say y’all are in for a treat. It hits themes I often explore in my own work & makes my photographer’s heart smile. Plus, the illustrations are GORGEOUS. @marielaurecouet.bsky.social @tielmourpress.bsky.social
And the 🧠 ⛈️ winner is @deniseseidman.bsky.social ! Drop me a DM for the details. #picturebooks
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
And the 🧠 ⛈️ winner is @deniseseidman.bsky.social ! Drop me a DM for the details. #picturebooks
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I‘m celebrating my debut PB UNIVERSE PIE deal with a PB BRAINSTORM giveaway!
Let’s take a dive into your (fic or NF) pitch & mss via Zoom. To enter, comment below with a GIF of your story’s vibe. OPEN TO AGENTED AND NONAGENTED!
Winner announced Fri, Nov. 7th @ 6 pm EST. #picturebooks #giveaway
Let’s take a dive into your (fic or NF) pitch & mss via Zoom. To enter, comment below with a GIF of your story’s vibe. OPEN TO AGENTED AND NONAGENTED!
Winner announced Fri, Nov. 7th @ 6 pm EST. #picturebooks #giveaway
a logo that says let 's brainstorm with a brain and a light bulb
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November 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I‘m celebrating my debut PB UNIVERSE PIE deal with a PB BRAINSTORM giveaway!
Let’s take a dive into your (fic or NF) pitch & mss via Zoom. To enter, comment below with a GIF of your story’s vibe. OPEN TO AGENTED AND NONAGENTED!
Winner announced Fri, Nov. 7th @ 6 pm EST. #picturebooks #giveaway
Let’s take a dive into your (fic or NF) pitch & mss via Zoom. To enter, comment below with a GIF of your story’s vibe. OPEN TO AGENTED AND NONAGENTED!
Winner announced Fri, Nov. 7th @ 6 pm EST. #picturebooks #giveaway
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Hey illustrators/agents!
I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS!
Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.
💙❤️ #artcommissions
I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS!
Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.
💙❤️ #artcommissions
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Hey illustrators/agents!
I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS!
Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.
💙❤️ #artcommissions
I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS!
Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.
💙❤️ #artcommissions
I‘m celebrating my debut PB UNIVERSE PIE deal with a PB BRAINSTORM giveaway!
Let’s take a dive into your (fic or NF) pitch & mss via Zoom. To enter, comment below with a GIF of your story’s vibe. OPEN TO AGENTED AND NONAGENTED!
Winner announced Fri, Nov. 7th @ 6 pm EST. #picturebooks #giveaway
Let’s take a dive into your (fic or NF) pitch & mss via Zoom. To enter, comment below with a GIF of your story’s vibe. OPEN TO AGENTED AND NONAGENTED!
Winner announced Fri, Nov. 7th @ 6 pm EST. #picturebooks #giveaway
a logo that says let 's brainstorm with a brain and a light bulb
ALT: a logo that says let 's brainstorm with a brain and a light bulb
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November 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I‘m celebrating my debut PB UNIVERSE PIE deal with a PB BRAINSTORM giveaway!
Let’s take a dive into your (fic or NF) pitch & mss via Zoom. To enter, comment below with a GIF of your story’s vibe. OPEN TO AGENTED AND NONAGENTED!
Winner announced Fri, Nov. 7th @ 6 pm EST. #picturebooks #giveaway
Let’s take a dive into your (fic or NF) pitch & mss via Zoom. To enter, comment below with a GIF of your story’s vibe. OPEN TO AGENTED AND NONAGENTED!
Winner announced Fri, Nov. 7th @ 6 pm EST. #picturebooks #giveaway
🎉 And just like that, my debut picture book UNIVERSE PIE (words by me, pictures by the amazing Anita Bagdi) is making its way into the world in the fall 2027. 💥 ✨ 🌎
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
🎉 And just like that, my debut picture book UNIVERSE PIE (words by me, pictures by the amazing Anita Bagdi) is making its way into the world in the fall 2027. 💥 ✨ 🌎
Reposted by Carrie Karnes-Fannin
⭐ It's time!!! Our biggest announcement EVER is officially here.
*SOUND ON TO HEAR THE ANNOUNCEMENT*
If you want to debrief, discuss, and ask questions, join us TONIGHT, October 30th, at 8:00 PM Eastern Time on Zoom. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
*SOUND ON TO HEAR THE ANNOUNCEMENT*
If you want to debrief, discuss, and ask questions, join us TONIGHT, October 30th, at 8:00 PM Eastern Time on Zoom. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
⭐ It's time!!! Our biggest announcement EVER is officially here.
*SOUND ON TO HEAR THE ANNOUNCEMENT*
If you want to debrief, discuss, and ask questions, join us TONIGHT, October 30th, at 8:00 PM Eastern Time on Zoom. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
*SOUND ON TO HEAR THE ANNOUNCEMENT*
If you want to debrief, discuss, and ask questions, join us TONIGHT, October 30th, at 8:00 PM Eastern Time on Zoom. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
“There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch.” – Robert Brault
October 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch.” – Robert Brault
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I’m so honored that my Tu Youyou’s Discovery was chosen for their program, Teaching Biography through East Asian Picture Books, by University of Colorado Boulder. @albertwhitman.bsky.social @picturebookgold.bsky.social
#stem #bio #nonfiction
#stem #bio #nonfiction
October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I’m so honored that my Tu Youyou’s Discovery was chosen for their program, Teaching Biography through East Asian Picture Books, by University of Colorado Boulder. @albertwhitman.bsky.social @picturebookgold.bsky.social
#stem #bio #nonfiction
#stem #bio #nonfiction
Four more sleeps until Halloween! 🎃 👻 🧙♀️
October 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Four more sleeps until Halloween! 🎃 👻 🧙♀️
Mammogram day! 🤪
a pink breast cancer ribbon is crossed over itself
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October 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Mammogram day! 🤪
After reading an article on NPR about a new book vending machine concept, I went to that company’s website, and found a familiar name front and center on their page— @helenzax.bsky.social . I ❤️ having writing friends. #kidlit #picturebooks
October 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
After reading an article on NPR about a new book vending machine concept, I went to that company’s website, and found a familiar name front and center on their page— @helenzax.bsky.social . I ❤️ having writing friends. #kidlit #picturebooks
🎉 Book news! 🎉 Two of my poems were published in this year’s CAW anthology — check it out! #AmWriting #BookNews
October 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
🎉 Book news! 🎉 Two of my poems were published in this year’s CAW anthology — check it out! #AmWriting #BookNews
What happens when you cross a dialect coach with dad jokes? Take a listen: 😆
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Just some accent silliness: 10 accent jokes in 106 seconds
YouTube video by Dialect Coach Erik Singer
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October 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
What happens when you cross a dialect coach with dad jokes? Take a listen: 😆
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