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Laurie Smith Murphy
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#MG #PB #AmWriting #AmQuerying #SCBWI #NewEngland
#50PreciousWords Winner '22, #RevPit Winner '25
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Laurie Smith Murphy @lauriemurph.bsky.social · 12d
HEART FINDS X STAND UP, YUMI CHUNG

* 12yo Ivy ❤️ idioms
* Feels invisible
* Longs to be seen
* Brother with Down syndrome
* Annoying picture-perfect sister
* BFF to frenemy
* Secret crush
* Antique mannequin friend
* Snarky grandma
* Missing grampie
* Talent Show

#QuestPit #MG #Q #CON 📖
BEYOND THE MOON All 12yo Ivy wants is to be anything but ordinary, but it's hard when she feels invisible next to her picture-perfect sister and special-needs brother. When she joins a dance routine in the talent show, even with two left feet, she leaves her best friend on crutches and their friendship on ice. Now Ivy must make a choice: spend her whole life afraid to make waves or find the courage to stand up on center stage.
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Very excited for this Book Birthday! Rica is back with more shenanigans and I can't wait to read all about it! Congratulations! @jcostabates.bsky.social
Very excited about this book birthday! Rica is back with more shenanigans and I can't wait to read all about it! @JCostaBates
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Geese mate for life so when Arnold is injured & whisked away by staff at local wildlife center to save him, mate Amelia sets off on a journey to find him. Can she find him before she loses all hope of ever seeing him again? What happens next, astounds everyone! True Cape Cod story. #QuestPit #PB #Q
Geese mate for life so when Arnold is injured & whisked away by staff at local wildlife center to save him, mate Amelia sets off on a journey to find him. Can she find him before she loses all hope of ever seeing him again? What happens next, astounds everyone! True Cape Cod story. #QuestPit #PB #Q
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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HEART FINDS X STAND UP, YUMI CHUNG

* 12yo Ivy ❤️ idioms
* Feels invisible
* Longs to be seen
* Brother with Down syndrome
* Annoying picture-perfect sister
* BFF to frenemy
* Secret crush
* Antique mannequin friend
* Snarky grandma
* Missing grampie
* Talent Show

#QuestPit #MG #Q #CON 📖
BEYOND THE MOON All 12yo Ivy wants is to be anything but ordinary, but it's hard when she feels invisible next to her picture-perfect sister and special-needs brother. When she joins a dance routine in the talent show, even with two left feet, she leaves her best friend on crutches and their friendship on ice. Now Ivy must make a choice: spend her whole life afraid to make waves or find the courage to stand up on center stage.
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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“Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings come wrapped in the quietest of moments.” ― Stephen Crane

#Poet #Writer #AmWriting #AmQuerying #KidLit
November 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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“We were letting go of October, relinquishing color,
readying ourselves for streets lacquered with ice,
the town closed like a walnut, locked inside the cold.”
― Mark Perlberg

#Poet #Author #KidLit #AmWriting #AmQuerying
November 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Look up. There’s still beauty in the world.
Look up. There’s still beauty in the world.
October 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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“Memories are simply moments that refuse to be ordinary” ― Diane Keaton

#DianeKeaton #Memories #Anythingbutordinary
October 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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What an amazing woman! She will be missed.

#JaneGoodall #Activist #Animals #Makeadifference
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
October 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Heading to Nashville soon for the first time. Recommendations for restaurants, please and thank you!

#Nashville
September 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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“Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale.”
― Frank McCourt

#Teacher #Writer #FrankMcCourt #AmWriting #AmQuerying
August 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it." — Robin Williams

#RobinWilliams #AmWriting #KidLit #Spark
August 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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HEART FINDS X STAND UP, YUMI CHUNG

12yo girl feels invisible next to her perfect sister and special-needs brother until a talent show disaster forces her to step into the spotlight and prove she's anything but ordinary. #QuestPit #MG #C #Q
When 12yo girl longs to be seen, she elicits help from the antique mannequin from Mom's shop & her snarky grandma, after her act for the talent snow with frenemy BFF sinks. But will it be enough to step into the spotlight and out of her siblings' shadows?
August 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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"August of another summer, and once again
I am drinking the sun
and the lilies again are spread across the water."
— Mary Oliver (from her poem "The Pond")

#Poetry #MaryOliver #Summer #August #ThePondPoem
#KidLit #AmWriting
August 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
— Aesop

#BeKind #Kindness #KidLit #AmWriting
August 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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“I will be the gladdest thing under the sun! I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one.” ― Edna St. Vincent Millay

#EdnaSt.VincentMillay #Poet #Feminist #Poetry #Writing
July 24, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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“I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies.” ― Toni Morrison

#Writer #Novelist #ToniMorrison #AmWriting #AmQuerying
#Poet #Poetry
July 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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"Let us pick up our books and our pens. They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. Education is the only solution. Education first." — Malala Yousafzai

#MalalaYousafzai #Books #Education #AmWriting #AmQuerying
July 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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HIDDEN TRUTHS X THE CHANCE TO FLY

* Ivy ❤️ idioms
* Feels invisible
* Sweet brother with Down syndrome
* Talented, annoying older sister
* BFF to frenemy
* Secret crush
* Antique mannequin friend
* Snarky grandma
* Overwhelmed mom
* Talent show

#BluePit #MG #Q #CON 📖
BEYOND THE MOON When 12yo Ivy longs to be seen, she elicits help from the antique mannequin from Mom's shop and her snarky grandma after her act for the talent show with frenemy BFF sinks. But will it be enough to step into the spotlight and out of her siblings' shadows?
July 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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ALMOST TIME + WHILE WE WAIT
Impatient Ana can’t wait for baby brother to be born or Mittens to have her kittens. When a snowstorm hits her parents leave for hospital & Ana waits with Grammy. What will Ana do when things take their own sweet time & she can’t wait one minute longer? #BluePit #PB #SEL
July 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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IDA, ALWAYS
Geese mate for life so when Arnold is injured & whisked away by a wildlife center to save him, mate Amelia sets off on a journey to find him. Can she find him before she loses all hope of ever seeing him again? What happens next, astounds everyone! True Cape Cod story. #BluePit #PB #Q 📖
IDA, ALWAYS Geese mate for life, so when Arnold is injured & whisked away by local wildlife center to save him, mate Amelia sets off on a journey to find him. Can she find him before she loses all hope of ever seeing him again? What happens, astounds everyone! True Cape Cod Story. #BluePit #PB
July 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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HIDDEN TRUTHS X THE CHANCE TO FLY

When 12yo Ivy longs to be seen, she elicits help from the antique mannequin from Mom's shop and her snarky grandma after her act for the talent show with frenemy BFF sinks. But
will it be enough to step into the spotlight?

#BluePit #MG #CON 📖
BEYOND THE MOON When 12yo Ivy longs to be seen, she elicits help from the antique mannequin from Mom's shop & snarky grandma after her act for the talent show with frenemy BFF sinks. But will it be enough to step into the spotlight and out of her siblings' shadows?
July 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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I plan to join tomorrow but I'm terrible at pitching. I have a complete #MG that I #AmQuerying and will be pitching. I also have several #PBs. I plan to work on my pitches today. Wish me luck! #BluePitHype
July 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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“Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.”
― E.B. White

#EBWhite #KidLit #Classic #Charlotte'sWeb #Writer #AmWriting #AmQuerying
July 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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“Come with me,' Mom says.
To the library.
Books and summertime
go together.”
― Lisa Schroeder

#KidLit #AmWriting #AmQuerying #Library #Summertime
July 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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"We were honest with each other and we were honest about the music. The music was positive. It was positive in love. They did write - we all wrote - about other things, but the basic Beatles message was Love.” — Ringo Starr

#Beatles #Music #Love #Lyrics #Writing #RingoStarr
July 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM