Erica Lee Schlaikjer 🍉 史光芬
@ericaleewrites.bsky.social
✍️ Picture book author, seeking rep
📚 Here for the #kidlit community!
💫 SKY LUCK (out now!)
🌱 WILD GREENS, BEAUTIFUL GIRL (August 2024)
🌎 台灣阿美族 aboriginal Taiwanese (Amis) & Euro-American
📍 Los Angeles
🔗 www.ericaleewrites.com
📚 Here for the #kidlit community!
💫 SKY LUCK (out now!)
🌱 WILD GREENS, BEAUTIFUL GIRL (August 2024)
🌎 台灣阿美族 aboriginal Taiwanese (Amis) & Euro-American
📍 Los Angeles
🔗 www.ericaleewrites.com
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Intro to SKY LUCK, by author Erica Lee Schlaikjer
YouTube video by Erica Lee Schlaikjer
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💫 Get to know the story behind my new picture book SKY LUCK.
Available Sept 30 from @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social. Artwork by @dagmarsmith.bsky.social. Pre-order now with code SKYLUCK25 for 25% off the retail price. youtu.be/oEJz1XFQVOA?...
Available Sept 30 from @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social. Artwork by @dagmarsmith.bsky.social. Pre-order now with code SKYLUCK25 for 25% off the retail price. youtu.be/oEJz1XFQVOA?...
Congrats to my publisher @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social for getting recognized for SUNDAY, by @marcelotolentino.bsky.social , a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book of 2025! 🙌 bookshop.org/p/books/sund...
Sunday (a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book)
Check out Sunday (a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book) - <b><i>A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2025</i></b><p><b><i>A...
bookshop.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Congrats to my publisher @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social for getting recognized for SUNDAY, by @marcelotolentino.bsky.social , a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book of 2025! 🙌 bookshop.org/p/books/sund...
LA families! Join me Pages in Manhattan Beach for storytime this Monday! pagesabookstore.com/event/2025-1...
Kids Storytime with special guest Erica Lee Schlaikjer
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November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
LA families! Join me Pages in Manhattan Beach for storytime this Monday! pagesabookstore.com/event/2025-1...
Love the concept of a five-word book review! 👏
It's the first Monday of the month, and a new list of five-word reviews is live! It's a great batch of funny, strange, and beautiful books here.
www.onlypicturebooks.com/2025/11/03/5...
#PictureBooks #BookReviews #KidLit
www.onlypicturebooks.com/2025/11/03/5...
#PictureBooks #BookReviews #KidLit
November 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Love the concept of a five-word book review! 👏
Yay! Another storytime coming up! Join me at Pages in Manhattan Beach on Monday, November 10 @ 10:30am. Tell all your LA friends in the South Bay! pagesabookstore.com/event/2025-1...
Kids Storytime with special guest Erica Lee Schlaikjer
Stay updated about our upcoming events and favorite new books by signing up for the newsletter.
pagesabookstore.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Yay! Another storytime coming up! Join me at Pages in Manhattan Beach on Monday, November 10 @ 10:30am. Tell all your LA friends in the South Bay! pagesabookstore.com/event/2025-1...
Reposted by Erica Lee Schlaikjer 🍉 史光芬
Show your commitment to amplify marginalized voices through diverse books by signing our Read in Color pledge! Whether you're a Little Free Library steward, patron, book lover, or community member, you can have a role in celebrating diversity in your community. https://lflib.org/ric-pledge
October 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Show your commitment to amplify marginalized voices through diverse books by signing our Read in Color pledge! Whether you're a Little Free Library steward, patron, book lover, or community member, you can have a role in celebrating diversity in your community. https://lflib.org/ric-pledge
Save the date! << Saturday, November 8 >> I'll be doing a storytime + crafts activity at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social in Pasadena. Tell your friends! vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-1...
Erica Lee Schlaikjer reads from & signs Sky Luck
vromansbookstore.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Save the date! << Saturday, November 8 >> I'll be doing a storytime + crafts activity at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social in Pasadena. Tell your friends! vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-1...
‼️ 40% of the approx. 7000 languages around the world may disappear by the turn of this 21st century.
This is why I wrote WILD GREENS, BEAUTIFUL GIRL in English, Mandarin & Amis, an endangered indigenous language of Taiwan.
Learn more about this award from
@unesco.org: www.ibby.org/awards-activ...
This is why I wrote WILD GREENS, BEAUTIFUL GIRL in English, Mandarin & Amis, an endangered indigenous language of Taiwan.
Learn more about this award from
@unesco.org: www.ibby.org/awards-activ...
October 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
‼️ 40% of the approx. 7000 languages around the world may disappear by the turn of this 21st century.
This is why I wrote WILD GREENS, BEAUTIFUL GIRL in English, Mandarin & Amis, an endangered indigenous language of Taiwan.
Learn more about this award from
@unesco.org: www.ibby.org/awards-activ...
This is why I wrote WILD GREENS, BEAUTIFUL GIRL in English, Mandarin & Amis, an endangered indigenous language of Taiwan.
Learn more about this award from
@unesco.org: www.ibby.org/awards-activ...
Follow my creative collaborator on SKY LUCK @dagmarsmith.bsky.social for beautiful illustrations. See her forthcoming picture books here: www.dagmarsmithart.com/picture-books
Picture Books — DAGMAR
www.dagmarsmithart.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Follow my creative collaborator on SKY LUCK @dagmarsmith.bsky.social for beautiful illustrations. See her forthcoming picture books here: www.dagmarsmithart.com/picture-books
😡 Ugh. A wave of #kidlit censorship: event cancellations, book bans & coordinated harassment campaigns targeting authors who have written about Palestinian life & culture, supported Palestinian rights, or who are simply Muslim.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
‘They didn’t even read the book’: How children’s authors are being canceled over Palestine
Authors tell of book bans, cancellations and harassment – ‘they’re trying to disconnect us from our stories’
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
😡 Ugh. A wave of #kidlit censorship: event cancellations, book bans & coordinated harassment campaigns targeting authors who have written about Palestinian life & culture, supported Palestinian rights, or who are simply Muslim.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Reposted by Erica Lee Schlaikjer 🍉 史光芬
✨ 12x12 Celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day ✨
We celebrate stories by Indigenous creators from our #12x12PB community:
📚 CHARLOTTE’S NEW MOCCASINS
📚 MÉTIS LIKE ME
📚 WHO WAS WILMA MANKILLER?
📚 LIGHTS AT NIGHT
More: buff.ly/duZmOjf
#12x12PB #kidlit
We celebrate stories by Indigenous creators from our #12x12PB community:
📚 CHARLOTTE’S NEW MOCCASINS
📚 MÉTIS LIKE ME
📚 WHO WAS WILMA MANKILLER?
📚 LIGHTS AT NIGHT
More: buff.ly/duZmOjf
#12x12PB #kidlit
October 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
✨ 12x12 Celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day ✨
We celebrate stories by Indigenous creators from our #12x12PB community:
📚 CHARLOTTE’S NEW MOCCASINS
📚 MÉTIS LIKE ME
📚 WHO WAS WILMA MANKILLER?
📚 LIGHTS AT NIGHT
More: buff.ly/duZmOjf
#12x12PB #kidlit
We celebrate stories by Indigenous creators from our #12x12PB community:
📚 CHARLOTTE’S NEW MOCCASINS
📚 MÉTIS LIKE ME
📚 WHO WAS WILMA MANKILLER?
📚 LIGHTS AT NIGHT
More: buff.ly/duZmOjf
#12x12PB #kidlit
Reposted by Erica Lee Schlaikjer 🍉 史光芬
5 Children’s Books for Indigenous Peoples Day
buff.ly/2R2rRk5 via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #IndigenousPeoplesDay #KidLit
buff.ly/2R2rRk5 via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #IndigenousPeoplesDay #KidLit
5 Children’s Books for Indigenous Peoples Day
It comes up every year: what are the "good" books for Thanksgiving and Indigenous Peoples Day? It's not simply a question of #OwnVoices but historical accuracy from multiple points of view. It's much ...
buff.ly
October 14, 2024 at 2:43 PM
5 Children’s Books for Indigenous Peoples Day
buff.ly/2R2rRk5 via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #IndigenousPeoplesDay #KidLit
buff.ly/2R2rRk5 via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #IndigenousPeoplesDay #KidLit
Get your manuscripts ready! @bethphelan.bsky.social is lookin' for fresh stories. ✨
#DVpit inspired me to reopen to queries sooner than I'd planned... Starting Nov 2025, I'll be open to unsolicited queries the first week of every month! Still just YA + MG fiction... Really hungry for 🤩 debut voices... You'll be able to submit here: querytracker.net/querybeth #mswl
October 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Get your manuscripts ready! @bethphelan.bsky.social is lookin' for fresh stories. ✨
Great opportunity for unagented #kidlit creators! 👀 Thanks @mmanlove.bsky.social !
Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is OpenOctober@Sourcebooks.com. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...
Melissa Manlove – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
www.manuscriptwishlist.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Great opportunity for unagented #kidlit creators! 👀 Thanks @mmanlove.bsky.social !
I'm taking a road trip up to Summerland, CA for a SKY LUCK #storytime at Godmothers on Saturday, October 18! Tell all your friends in the Santa Barbara area!
October 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I'm taking a road trip up to Summerland, CA for a SKY LUCK #storytime at Godmothers on Saturday, October 18! Tell all your friends in the Santa Barbara area!
Reposted by Erica Lee Schlaikjer 🍉 史光芬
⭐ SKY LUCK by @ericaleewrites.bsky.social is a beautiful way to encourage appreciation for all of nature's wonders above us. Lovely language, great back matter, and gorgeous illustrations by @dagmarsmith.bsky.social. Published by @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social. ⭐
📚👍 #kidlit
📚👍 #kidlit
October 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
⭐ SKY LUCK by @ericaleewrites.bsky.social is a beautiful way to encourage appreciation for all of nature's wonders above us. Lovely language, great back matter, and gorgeous illustrations by @dagmarsmith.bsky.social. Published by @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social. ⭐
📚👍 #kidlit
📚👍 #kidlit
Flattered to see SKY LUCK on this list of book crushes 🥰 www.letstalkpicturebooks.com/2025/10/crus...
Crushes of the Week: September 28-October 4, 2025
Children's picture book and comic reviews, illustrator interviews, book exchanges, and more from a design and illustration perspective.
www.letstalkpicturebooks.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Flattered to see SKY LUCK on this list of book crushes 🥰 www.letstalkpicturebooks.com/2025/10/crus...
Oh I'm so thrilled to hear this. Thank you @abbiewjames.bsky.social 💫
SKY LUCK, out now! Buy here: www.bluedotkidspress.com/sky-luck
SKY LUCK, out now! Buy here: www.bluedotkidspress.com/sky-luck
⭐ SKY LUCK by @ericaleewrites.bsky.social is a beautiful way to encourage appreciation for all of nature's wonders above us. Lovely language, great back matter, and gorgeous illustrations by @dagmarsmith.bsky.social. Published by @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social. ⭐
📚👍 #kidlit
📚👍 #kidlit
October 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Oh I'm so thrilled to hear this. Thank you @abbiewjames.bsky.social 💫
SKY LUCK, out now! Buy here: www.bluedotkidspress.com/sky-luck
SKY LUCK, out now! Buy here: www.bluedotkidspress.com/sky-luck
People who consider themselves “lucky” tend to be more open to opportunities, more resilient, and more optimistic. A lot of it has to do with noticing the unexpected things around you—being observant and seeing the world as it is, not as you want it to be.
nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/s...
nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/s...
Sky Luck: A Story of Abundant Thinking by Erica Lee Schlaikjer
Is it possible to create your own luck? Turns out, it is. Years ago, I remember learning about a psychology study from Dr. Richard Wiseman, who wrote The Luck Factor, concluding that luck is not pu…
nerdybookclub.wordpress.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
People who consider themselves “lucky” tend to be more open to opportunities, more resilient, and more optimistic. A lot of it has to do with noticing the unexpected things around you—being observant and seeing the world as it is, not as you want it to be.
nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/s...
nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/s...
Thank you @12x12challenge.bsky.social for all the encouragement and support!
🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @ericaleewrites.bsky.social! 🎉
📚 SKY LUCK, illustrated by @dagmarsmith.bsky.social and published by @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social, is here! 📖✨
Find it here: buff.ly/Io8UdaM
#kidlit #12x12PB
📚 SKY LUCK, illustrated by @dagmarsmith.bsky.social and published by @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social, is here! 📖✨
Find it here: buff.ly/Io8UdaM
#kidlit #12x12PB
October 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Thank you @12x12challenge.bsky.social for all the encouragement and support!
Yay! 💫 SKY LUCK is out today! open.substack.com/pub/ericalee...
💫 SKY LUCK is all around you
Out now! a magical story about the power of abundant thinking
open.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Yay! 💫 SKY LUCK is out today! open.substack.com/pub/ericalee...
EDUCATORS! LIBRARIANS! Looking for a fun SEL or STEAM activity to do with your students? Check out this downloadable teacher's guide from @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social to accompany my latest picture book 💫 SKY LUCK, about counting your lucky stars. 🌟
PDF >> www.bluedotkidspress.com/_files/ugd/c...
PDF >> www.bluedotkidspress.com/_files/ugd/c...
September 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
EDUCATORS! LIBRARIANS! Looking for a fun SEL or STEAM activity to do with your students? Check out this downloadable teacher's guide from @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social to accompany my latest picture book 💫 SKY LUCK, about counting your lucky stars. 🌟
PDF >> www.bluedotkidspress.com/_files/ugd/c...
PDF >> www.bluedotkidspress.com/_files/ugd/c...
Oh my goodness—time flies! Just two weeks until publication!
Pre-order now via our publisher @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social for 25% off with promo code SKYLUCK25 at checkout >> www.bluedotkidspress.com/sky-luck
Artwork by the lovely @dagmarsmith.bsky.social
Pre-order now via our publisher @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social for 25% off with promo code SKYLUCK25 at checkout >> www.bluedotkidspress.com/sky-luck
Artwork by the lovely @dagmarsmith.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Oh my goodness—time flies! Just two weeks until publication!
Pre-order now via our publisher @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social for 25% off with promo code SKYLUCK25 at checkout >> www.bluedotkidspress.com/sky-luck
Artwork by the lovely @dagmarsmith.bsky.social
Pre-order now via our publisher @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social for 25% off with promo code SKYLUCK25 at checkout >> www.bluedotkidspress.com/sky-luck
Artwork by the lovely @dagmarsmith.bsky.social
🗓️ SAVE THE DATE! I'll be reading my new picture book 🌟 SKY LUCK 💫 at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social on Saturday, Nov 8. Spread the word to your LA/Pasadena friends with young kiddos. Thanks! vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-1...
Erica Lee Schlaikjer reads from & signs Sky Luck
vromansbookstore.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
🗓️ SAVE THE DATE! I'll be reading my new picture book 🌟 SKY LUCK 💫 at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social on Saturday, Nov 8. Spread the word to your LA/Pasadena friends with young kiddos. Thanks! vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-1...
Join me for the launch of 🌟 SKY LUCK 💫 at @belcantobooks.bsky.social in Long Beach on Saturday, October 5 @ noon! One month from today! RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/storytime-...
Storytime + Activity with Erica Lee Schlaikjer
Bel Canto Books is delighted to host a storytime and activity with children's author Erica Lee Schlaikjer at Bel Canto Books Retro Row.
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September 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Join me for the launch of 🌟 SKY LUCK 💫 at @belcantobooks.bsky.social in Long Beach on Saturday, October 5 @ noon! One month from today! RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/storytime-...
Happy to see SKY LUCK featured on this list of September 2025 releases! Stay tuned! 💫 www.cbcbooks.org/cbc_book/sky...
Sky Luck
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September 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Happy to see SKY LUCK featured on this list of September 2025 releases! Stay tuned! 💫 www.cbcbooks.org/cbc_book/sky...