tomorrow is the last day for #sunwritefun @tleungabbott.bsky.social @kellyamangan.bsky.social @merylwrites.bsky.social @caitbonnar.bsky.social @gehrisch-arts.com @midfreeman.bsky.social @janycampana.bsky.social @denadavisbooks.bsky.social @willmooreston.com if any of you #kidlit writers want in!

shoutout to the great Susanna Leonard Hill, who donated a prize for #sunwritefun #kidlit contest! when she is not running her own acclaimed contests she is supporting other ones! www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25 run by @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @swildmansf.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social

Favorite NF picture book (currently!) is probably the lovely Hey, Water! by Antoinette Portis. And it goes well with the #SunWriteFun #kidlit contest theme of "steam" this year!
You can enter the contest here: www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25
thanks to organizer @kmgreenwald.bsky.social

excited to see @zohracwrites.bsky.social was an entrant in the #SunWriteFun contest with an Engineering story for this year's S.T.E.A.M. theme!
enter here: www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25
the contest is put on by @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @swildmansf.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social

A belated thank you to @authorjamilah.bsky.social for her role in the @pbrisingstars.bsky.social seminar, I learned a lot and also was excited this weekend to see her charming book "Sister Friend" in my local library! PB writers/enjoyers are advised to check out her website: jamilahthewriter.com

I really can't believe it, but I am a 2025 @pbrisingstars.bsky.social mentee! I am so excited and grateful for this opportunity and can't wait to work hard on improving my craft. #kidlit #PBRisingStars

It’s a week til release day so I hope it’s okay to share these pictures of @amedyckman.bsky.social ’s new book The Beach Day! With beautiful illustrations in all color. I was lucky enough to win a copy! #kidlit

Okay! Applied to 2 of my 3 mentor wishes.... too tired to do more tonight but hoping for success with @pbrisingstars.bsky.social this year.

Last one on my list, ONE MORE JAR OF JAM, by Michelle Sumovich and Gracey Zhang, 2023. A girl with a mulberry tree in her yard and the aftermath of its falling. Included because I can't resist a ripe mulberry off the tree, even though this is not a foraging book!

#BerryPickingBooks

WILD BERRIES from 2013 by Julie Flett, a boy and his grandmother pick wild blueberries in the forest. There are a lot of Cree vocabulary words and an edition in Cree as well. I love Julie Flett's art and the story is sweet.

A new favorite, BERRY SONG by Michaela Goade, from 2022. A Tlingit girl and her grandmother in the Alaskan islands gather berries throughout summer and reflect on their connection to the earth.

#BerrySong
#BerryPickingBooks

this one is REALLY touching. And a Caldecott Honor Book!

Another classic is Bruce Degen's JAMBERRY, from 1999. A little boy and bear rhyme their way through picking blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries.

I loved blackberry picking as a kid... and still do as an adult.

#BerryPickingBooks #kidlit #picturebooks

The most famous example has to be Robert McCloskey's BLUEBERRIES FOR SAL, from 1948.

Sal and her mother, and Little Bear and his mother, get mixed up while picking blueberries.

This one is precious to me because my mom spend a lot of her childhood summers blueberrying in Maine, where this is set

I'm going to do a little thread on examples of my favorite hyper specific genre of picture book, and hopefully spark a little discussion and people sharing other examples too! my first attempt to start a #kidlit convo on here.

What is it? #BerryPickingBooks

#picturebook #PB

Excited to see what kinds of books people are looking for when the lists go up tomorrow... hoping to apply.

TEATIME IN JERUSALEM

A romp through Ottoman era Jerusalem, involving 3 wise men, 1 handyman, 1 little boy, and 1 lost cat.

🌍diverse characters
🐈animal mischief
📖historical fiction with a folktale feel

#UW #W #PB #p2pPit

COYOTE GOES OVER THE MOUNTAIN
A new Coyote tale.
#UW #W #PB #p2pPit

🐺 Coyote is clever: or is he?🐾
🏜️ecology and nature learning⛰️
📖folktale inspired🌱