Carol Gordon Ekster
@cekster.bsky.social
#kidlit #author, retired #educator, yogi, #scbwi, #12x12, #edusky #couragetocreate
A great #kidlit read aloud to celebrate National #TruckDriverAppreciationWeek !!
@CapstonePub @russcoxbooks.bsky.social
@CapstonePub @russcoxbooks.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A great #kidlit read aloud to celebrate National #TruckDriverAppreciationWeek !!
@CapstonePub @russcoxbooks.bsky.social
@CapstonePub @russcoxbooks.bsky.social
#Father'sDay is almost here. I have 2 #picturebooks that show daddy love. In TRUCKER KID @capstonepub.bsky.social @russcoxbooks.bsky.social , Athena loves her trucker dad so much & SOME DADDIES @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #javieramaclean, shows "every daddy is different." Books make the best gifts!
June 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
#Father'sDay is almost here. I have 2 #picturebooks that show daddy love. In TRUCKER KID @capstonepub.bsky.social @russcoxbooks.bsky.social , Athena loves her trucker dad so much & SOME DADDIES @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #javieramaclean, shows "every daddy is different." Books make the best gifts!
Don't forget - #nErDcampCT this Sat. March 1st! with book signings at 2:30-3:30 about 40 #kidlit authors!
at Winthrop STEM Elem. Magnet School
74 Grove St, New London, CT
@nerdcampct.bsky.social #bookjoy #nerdcamp
at Winthrop STEM Elem. Magnet School
74 Grove St, New London, CT
@nerdcampct.bsky.social #bookjoy #nerdcamp
February 28, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Don't forget - #nErDcampCT this Sat. March 1st! with book signings at 2:30-3:30 about 40 #kidlit authors!
at Winthrop STEM Elem. Magnet School
74 Grove St, New London, CT
@nerdcampct.bsky.social #bookjoy #nerdcamp
at Winthrop STEM Elem. Magnet School
74 Grove St, New London, CT
@nerdcampct.bsky.social #bookjoy #nerdcamp
#kidlit Wow! What a special nonfiction #picturebook! KEEPER OF STORIES is gorgeously written & illustrated, with beautiful messages of need for community help and the need to keep our stories and books alive. Touching & inspirational! @simonandschuster.bsky.social #CarolineKusinPritchard #SelinaAlko
February 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
#kidlit Wow! What a special nonfiction #picturebook! KEEPER OF STORIES is gorgeously written & illustrated, with beautiful messages of need for community help and the need to keep our stories and books alive. Touching & inspirational! @simonandschuster.bsky.social #CarolineKusinPritchard #SelinaAlko
@cwrobinson.bsky.social Look what I spotted out in the wild at Felixology Bookstore in Maynard!
February 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
@cwrobinson.bsky.social Look what I spotted out in the wild at Felixology Bookstore in Maynard!
@ctcwriters.bsky.social My 2024 #kidlit ta-das! Thanks for the inspiration in the replay "Literary Life: the year that was" Some heavy disappointments but so many positives! Here's to hope in 2025.
December 31, 2024 at 1:08 AM
@ctcwriters.bsky.social My 2024 #kidlit ta-das! Thanks for the inspiration in the replay "Literary Life: the year that was" Some heavy disappointments but so many positives! Here's to hope in 2025.
December 13, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Another beautiful #picturebook by
#ChristopherDenise! The illustrations are filled with mood and emotion. The characters are darling. Children will love this story of differences, friendship and acceptance. Lovely! KNIGHT OWL and EARLY BIRD
#LittleBrownYoungReaders #ChristyOttaviano
#ChristopherDenise! The illustrations are filled with mood and emotion. The characters are darling. Children will love this story of differences, friendship and acceptance. Lovely! KNIGHT OWL and EARLY BIRD
#LittleBrownYoungReaders #ChristyOttaviano
November 25, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Another beautiful #picturebook by
#ChristopherDenise! The illustrations are filled with mood and emotion. The characters are darling. Children will love this story of differences, friendship and acceptance. Lovely! KNIGHT OWL and EARLY BIRD
#LittleBrownYoungReaders #ChristyOttaviano
#ChristopherDenise! The illustrations are filled with mood and emotion. The characters are darling. Children will love this story of differences, friendship and acceptance. Lovely! KNIGHT OWL and EARLY BIRD
#LittleBrownYoungReaders #ChristyOttaviano
Excited for my first NCTE conference. If you're there, see poster details for where I'll be! #kidlit #amwriting
November 20, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Excited for my first NCTE conference. If you're there, see poster details for where I'll be! #kidlit #amwriting
Anyone in the area of Danvers, MA? #kidlit Children's Book Fair at the Danvers Library, this Sat. 10-12. Come say hello! Readings and book signings.
November 15, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Anyone in the area of Danvers, MA? #kidlit Children's Book Fair at the Danvers Library, this Sat. 10-12. Come say hello! Readings and book signings.
This is #authorjoy! JBHunt ordered many copies of their own Trucker Kid with the JBHunt logo & a sweet message on the end page from their president. What an amazing company to be so thoughtful of their #trucker families! #trucking #truckergirl #picturebooks #Capstonebooks @russcoxbooks.bsky.social
October 20, 2024 at 2:49 PM
This is #authorjoy! JBHunt ordered many copies of their own Trucker Kid with the JBHunt logo & a sweet message on the end page from their president. What an amazing company to be so thoughtful of their #trucker families! #trucking #truckergirl #picturebooks #Capstonebooks @russcoxbooks.bsky.social
It's #WorldGratitudeDay and I'm grateful for all my books, but this one is in it's fourth printing and encourages a nightly routine of Gratitude. Thank you Pauline Books & Media and illustrator Mary Rojas for bringing this beautiful book into the world.
September 21, 2024 at 4:18 PM
It's #WorldGratitudeDay and I'm grateful for all my books, but this one is in it's fourth printing and encourages a nightly routine of Gratitude. Thank you Pauline Books & Media and illustrator Mary Rojas for bringing this beautiful book into the world.
Day 3 - Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations nor reviews—just covers. Please join in! 💙📚
June 15, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Day 3 - Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations nor reviews—just covers. Please join in! 💙📚
Day 2 - Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations nor reviews—just covers. Please join in! 💙📚
June 14, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Day 2 - Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations nor reviews—just covers. Please join in! 💙📚
Day 1 - Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations nor reviews—just covers. Please join in! 💙📚
June 14, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Day 1 - Choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations nor reviews—just covers. Please join in! 💙📚
Thank you Elizabeth Everett! She shares #kidlit books on her insta www.instagram.com/p/C8GW-vCKoJI/ and today, TRUCKER KID is highlighted!
June 12, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Thank you Elizabeth Everett! She shares #kidlit books on her insta www.instagram.com/p/C8GW-vCKoJI/ and today, TRUCKER KID is highlighted!
#authorlife Great day at Greenwood Elem. School, Wakefield, MA. Wonderful first and second graders. Attentive and bright. And I got goodies!
March 22, 2024 at 12:04 AM
#authorlife Great day at Greenwood Elem. School, Wakefield, MA. Wonderful first and second graders. Attentive and bright. And I got goodies!
So excited for this #kidlit evening with free books given away, creative time, author inspiration, and snacks! Thank you Room to Write, Wakefield, MA. Looking forward to sharing the evening with other #authors @karipercival.bsky.social @kipwilsonwrites.bsky.social & more!
March 10, 2024 at 8:21 PM
So excited for this #kidlit evening with free books given away, creative time, author inspiration, and snacks! Thank you Room to Write, Wakefield, MA. Looking forward to sharing the evening with other #authors @karipercival.bsky.social @kipwilsonwrites.bsky.social & more!
The illustrator, Nynke Mare Talsma, found the Arabic translation of our YOU KNOW WHAT? #picturebook on FB! I had never seen it! @clavisbooks
February 1, 2024 at 10:49 PM
The illustrator, Nynke Mare Talsma, found the Arabic translation of our YOU KNOW WHAT? #picturebook on FB! I had never seen it! @clavisbooks
Happy #bookbirthday TRUCKER KID #Capstone You are one year old today. Keep touching lives! #truckers #truckingfamilies #teachers And thanks for the wonderful illustrations @russcoxbooks.bsky.social
January 1, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Happy #bookbirthday TRUCKER KID #Capstone You are one year old today. Keep touching lives! #truckers #truckingfamilies #teachers And thanks for the wonderful illustrations @russcoxbooks.bsky.social
Local NE #amwriting & #kidlit folks - I'll be at the Writers' Loft Literary Extravaganza & Winter Bazaar on Dec. 2nd from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hoping to see some of you there!
November 11, 2023 at 10:46 AM
Local NE #amwriting & #kidlit folks - I'll be at the Writers' Loft Literary Extravaganza & Winter Bazaar on Dec. 2nd from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hoping to see some of you there!