BOXER BABY BATTLES BEDTIME by @pragmaticmom.bsky.social and Kai Gietzen is my new go-to gift for baby showers and toddler birthday parties. It’s fun and funny and it really does sound like a boxing match! Even better, there’s a glossary of boxing lingo. So! Much! Fun! #boxing #figurativelanguage

Nonfiction picture books are hard enough to write in prose, but @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social manages to delight and inform in RHYME! Pick up OUTDOOR FARM, INDOOR FARM as an alternative to the standard children's book about farm life and discover a whole new world, beautifully illustrated by Xin Li.

Adorable. Cozy. Comforting. Funny. If you're looking for a book that's both hilarious and heart-warming, this is it. @abicushman.com and Charlotte Offsay create the best kind of noise in The Quiet Forest.

THE GREAT STINK got a mention in the @washingtonpost.com!

Q: My 6-year-old son loves encyclopedia-type books, such as the DK Eyewitness books. This makes bedtime reading particularly challenging for me as a fiction lover. How can I get my curious son into stories?

Answer:

I wish I could send everyone who's been posting about fireflies (or lightning bugs) in their yards a copy of Lynn Frierson Faust's fabulous field guide--but there are too many of you! However, I CAN give away a copy to one of my newsletter subscribers. Sign up by 7/15 to enter! www.colleenpaeff.com

Thank you, Melissa! FIREFLY SONG was a joy to write & Lynn is one of the nicest (most passionate about fireflies!) people you could ever hope to meet. Her field guide to fireflies is fabulous! There are SO MANY species out there & she makes it easy to identify many of them. You would love it!

Who else will be at ALA Annual this weekend!? Come find me on Friday from 6-6:30 at the @simonkids.bsky.social booth #405 and drop a comment here to let me know where I can find YOU! Big thanks to @ssedlib.bsky.social for making this signing happen! ❤️ #ALAAC25 #ALA25 @steelworksliterary.bsky.social

Sign up to receive my newsletter by July 2 for a chance to win FIREFLY SONG: LYNN FRIERSON FAUST & THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN DISCOVERY, plus a copy of FIREFLIES, GLOW-WORMS & LIGHTNING BUGS, Lynn's field guide to N. American fireflies! www.colleenpaeff.com #fireflies #STEMeducation #EDUsky

Check out @patricianewman.bsky.social's LitLinks for a free activity on the art of persuasive letter writing! www.patriciamnewman.com/litlinks-how...
#biology #amightygirl #edusky #persuasivewriting #womeninstem #LitLink #writingresource #fireflies #GSMNP #elkmont #synchronousfireflies

Best book launch EVER! Thank you @shoponceuponatime.bsky.social for hosting the FIREFLY SONG launch party and thanks to everyone who came out to help me celebrate. What a perfect day!! @steelworksliterary.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social

FIREFLY SONG is out today! I can't wait for you to read the true story of the woman who discovered the first documented species of synchronous fireflies in the Western Hemisphere! #amightygirl #tennessee #GSMNP #fireflies @simonkids.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social @steelworksliterary.bsky.social

In 2023 I went to Iceland to do some research for a book about kids who rescue baby puffins & I can finally share that the story was sold! @lindaolafsdottir.bsky.social is illustrating & the book comes out in the summer of 2026. I can't wait for you all to read it! @simonkids.bsky.social

#Teachers and #Librarians! I just had a 2PM Pacific Time slot open up on World Read Aloud Day, Feb. 5 2025. Sign up here: www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0A4FAC... #WRAD2025

The Kidlit for Los Angeles auction is LIVE! You'll find a host of fabulous offerings, including an in-person, all-day school visit to a school in LA County, from me!
@kidlitforla.bsky.social
Bid here: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlos...

I’m organizing my spices at 6:30 in the morning because when you’re on deadline and Christmas is right around the corner, it’s good to prioritize.

Ravenpaw says, “Hello!”

He waits in the shower every morning so he can drink the shower water —even though he has four bowls of water throughout the house. 🤣

I’m working on a new project and things are starting to fall into place! I’m LOVING the sticky note method, esp for historical fiction. Now to put all these new notes up on the wall with my previous notes and see where they take me… #amwriting #kidlit
@stickynoteplot.bsky.social

How do you entertain yourselves while waiting for virtual school visits to start? Please tell me I’m not the only one who makes faces at myself…
#kidlit #schoolvisit #virtualvisit #kidlitnonfiction