June Smalls
@junesmalls.bsky.social
Children's Author
Digging for Dinosaurs
They Work: Honey Bees, Nature's Pollinators
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www.junesmalls.com
Digging for Dinosaurs
They Work: Honey Bees, Nature's Pollinators
bookshop.org/shop/JuneSmalls
www.junesmalls.com
We may have assisted a little... We were impatient little kids.
October 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
We may have assisted a little... We were impatient little kids.
We used to catch these spiders as kids and bring them to the garden to protect. Watching them capture and wrap a grasshopper at amazing speeds is still a core memory!
October 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We used to catch these spiders as kids and bring them to the garden to protect. Watching them capture and wrap a grasshopper at amazing speeds is still a core memory!
Yes! And @mychal3ts.bsky.social is the host.
I loved the show and the tie-ins to learn about cool things.
Reading Rainbow was absolutely inspiring for me, wondering how things came to be.
Maybe why I love to physically do things I write about. I've dug for fossils and met an elephant.
#kidlitchat
I loved the show and the tie-ins to learn about cool things.
Reading Rainbow was absolutely inspiring for me, wondering how things came to be.
Maybe why I love to physically do things I write about. I've dug for fossils and met an elephant.
#kidlitchat
October 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Yes! And @mychal3ts.bsky.social is the host.
I loved the show and the tie-ins to learn about cool things.
Reading Rainbow was absolutely inspiring for me, wondering how things came to be.
Maybe why I love to physically do things I write about. I've dug for fossils and met an elephant.
#kidlitchat
I loved the show and the tie-ins to learn about cool things.
Reading Rainbow was absolutely inspiring for me, wondering how things came to be.
Maybe why I love to physically do things I write about. I've dug for fossils and met an elephant.
#kidlitchat
October 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This broke me as a child!!!
October 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This broke me as a child!!!
Loved Richard Scary!!!
October 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Loved Richard Scary!!!
Exactly! And some were performers who could pull you in. They knew how to play those *pauses*, when to read fast, when to whisper. I remember scooting forward in my seat waiting to hear the next parts.
Reading aloud is magic and probably why some will always love audio books too.
#KidLitChat
Reading aloud is magic and probably why some will always love audio books too.
#KidLitChat
October 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Exactly! And some were performers who could pull you in. They knew how to play those *pauses*, when to read fast, when to whisper. I remember scooting forward in my seat waiting to hear the next parts.
Reading aloud is magic and probably why some will always love audio books too.
#KidLitChat
Reading aloud is magic and probably why some will always love audio books too.
#KidLitChat
Somewhere in Maryland they had a Poe Performance that ran through the 6ish most popular Poe stories and had the best Poe impersonator. So worth seeing!
#KidLitChat
#KidLitChat
October 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Somewhere in Maryland they had a Poe Performance that ran through the 6ish most popular Poe stories and had the best Poe impersonator. So worth seeing!
#KidLitChat
#KidLitChat
October 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I remember one of my middle school teachers reading The Raven in the most intense yet melodic tone. I was hooked!
I tried writing my own version for YEARS.
#KidLitChat
I tried writing my own version for YEARS.
#KidLitChat
October 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I remember one of my middle school teachers reading The Raven in the most intense yet melodic tone. I was hooked!
I tried writing my own version for YEARS.
#KidLitChat
I tried writing my own version for YEARS.
#KidLitChat
Nah, my kid watched Jaws at age 5 (hanging out at grandma's!) and it became her favorite. Luckily she thought it was silly since sharks don't act like that.
Nonfiction for the win!
#KidLitChat
Nonfiction for the win!
#KidLitChat
October 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Nah, my kid watched Jaws at age 5 (hanging out at grandma's!) and it became her favorite. Luckily she thought it was silly since sharks don't act like that.
Nonfiction for the win!
#KidLitChat
Nonfiction for the win!
#KidLitChat
YES! I read all of them! Even years later, when I saw there were a few more Saddle Clubs, I had to read them.
I liked some dragon books as a kid, but only light fantasy. I didn't have the attention span for heavy fantasy and I hated anything where the dragon was hunted.
#KidLitChat
I liked some dragon books as a kid, but only light fantasy. I didn't have the attention span for heavy fantasy and I hated anything where the dragon was hunted.
#KidLitChat
October 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
YES! I read all of them! Even years later, when I saw there were a few more Saddle Clubs, I had to read them.
I liked some dragon books as a kid, but only light fantasy. I didn't have the attention span for heavy fantasy and I hated anything where the dragon was hunted.
#KidLitChat
I liked some dragon books as a kid, but only light fantasy. I didn't have the attention span for heavy fantasy and I hated anything where the dragon was hunted.
#KidLitChat
That's why books are great. You can have millions of cats in a book!
I think that's why I loved horse books. I'd never own one. But a kid can dream!
#KidLitChat
I think that's why I loved horse books. I'd never own one. But a kid can dream!
#KidLitChat
October 1, 2025 at 1:23 AM
That's why books are great. You can have millions of cats in a book!
I think that's why I loved horse books. I'd never own one. But a kid can dream!
#KidLitChat
I think that's why I loved horse books. I'd never own one. But a kid can dream!
#KidLitChat
YES!
I wrote the book report in the early 90's.
I think it was a lyrical picture book (I think).
Maybe the MC was Robin Redbreast?
Illustration of dead robin.
That's all I got.
#KidLitChat
I wrote the book report in the early 90's.
I think it was a lyrical picture book (I think).
Maybe the MC was Robin Redbreast?
Illustration of dead robin.
That's all I got.
#KidLitChat
October 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
YES!
I wrote the book report in the early 90's.
I think it was a lyrical picture book (I think).
Maybe the MC was Robin Redbreast?
Illustration of dead robin.
That's all I got.
#KidLitChat
I wrote the book report in the early 90's.
I think it was a lyrical picture book (I think).
Maybe the MC was Robin Redbreast?
Illustration of dead robin.
That's all I got.
#KidLitChat
Love this!
I remember writing a book report on a picture book about a dead robin. I remember loving the book and how my mother gave a weird face at my choice when I had so many others to choose from. I'd love to find it someday.
#KidLitChat
I remember writing a book report on a picture book about a dead robin. I remember loving the book and how my mother gave a weird face at my choice when I had so many others to choose from. I'd love to find it someday.
#KidLitChat
October 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Love this!
I remember writing a book report on a picture book about a dead robin. I remember loving the book and how my mother gave a weird face at my choice when I had so many others to choose from. I'd love to find it someday.
#KidLitChat
I remember writing a book report on a picture book about a dead robin. I remember loving the book and how my mother gave a weird face at my choice when I had so many others to choose from. I'd love to find it someday.
#KidLitChat