Lisa Rogers
@lisaljrogers.bsky.social
Author, dog mom, librarian, immigrant daughter
#SCBWI Golden Kite Honor: Beautiful Noise
Elvis Presley Little Golden Book
Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony
Rep'd: Hen&ink Literary
https://lisarogerswrites.com/
Love connecting w/ #teachers #librarians
#SCBWI Golden Kite Honor: Beautiful Noise
Elvis Presley Little Golden Book
Joan Mitchell Paints a Symphony
Rep'd: Hen&ink Literary
https://lisarogerswrites.com/
Love connecting w/ #teachers #librarians
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❤️📚 This #Thanksgiving celebrate & honor Native American culture with these books & crafts for young readers! www.kidlit.tv/celebrating-... @carolelindstrom.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
❤️📚 This #Thanksgiving celebrate & honor Native American culture with these books & crafts for young readers! www.kidlit.tv/celebrating-... @carolelindstrom.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
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The Nov. newsletter with an article by author @lynnstreetbooks.bsky.social is ready to read! Find book news, teaching tips, inspiration, and #KidLitForGrowingMinds members who will attend NCTE! 📚 #NCTE2025 #edusky #booksky #schoollibrarians #skybrarian
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Every Seed (and Book) Holds Possibility
By Lynn Street
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November 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The Nov. newsletter with an article by author @lynnstreetbooks.bsky.social is ready to read! Find book news, teaching tips, inspiration, and #KidLitForGrowingMinds members who will attend NCTE! 📚 #NCTE2025 #edusky #booksky #schoollibrarians #skybrarian
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❤️ this! "...using picture books for STEAM and PBL is about building bridges: between literacy and science, imagination and innovation, the classroom and the real world...we offer students the tools to question, create, experience, and connect."
@lindsayamoretti.bsky.social
#Educators #PBL #STEAM
@lindsayamoretti.bsky.social
#Educators #PBL #STEAM
Especially for #Educators: "From Story to #STEAM: Building #ProjectBasedLearning from #PictureBooks" by @lindsayamoretti.bsky.social
Super post! 🥳 And terrific #GIVEAWAY! 📘🔬📕⛭ #edusky
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Super post! 🥳 And terrific #GIVEAWAY! 📘🔬📕⛭ #edusky
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Especially for Educators: “From Story to STEAM: Building Project-Based Learning from Picture Books” by Lindsay Moretti
If you’re not familiar with Lindsay Moretti’s endeavor for educators called KIDLIT GROVE, please…read on! In this post, she shares her process of using picture books as a springbo…
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November 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
❤️ this! "...using picture books for STEAM and PBL is about building bridges: between literacy and science, imagination and innovation, the classroom and the real world...we offer students the tools to question, create, experience, and connect."
@lindsayamoretti.bsky.social
#Educators #PBL #STEAM
@lindsayamoretti.bsky.social
#Educators #PBL #STEAM
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Cozy up with a warm drink and enjoy this stack of new books by members of @picturebookseh.bsky.social!
#kidlit #EduSky #CanKidLit #picturebooks #librarians
#kidlit #EduSky #CanKidLit #picturebooks #librarians
October 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Cozy up with a warm drink and enjoy this stack of new books by members of @picturebookseh.bsky.social!
#kidlit #EduSky #CanKidLit #picturebooks #librarians
#kidlit #EduSky #CanKidLit #picturebooks #librarians
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Celebrate International Day of the Girl by reading stellar picture biographies about some notable #WomenInSTEAM ...by me, @jwbottom.bsky.social, and @lisaljrogers.bsky.social (members of @kl4gm.bsky.social )!
October 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Celebrate International Day of the Girl by reading stellar picture biographies about some notable #WomenInSTEAM ...by me, @jwbottom.bsky.social, and @lisaljrogers.bsky.social (members of @kl4gm.bsky.social )!
A productive 30 minutes writing outside, punctuated by my pup's baying. Perfect! #kidlit #amwriting
October 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
A productive 30 minutes writing outside, punctuated by my pup's baying. Perfect! #kidlit #amwriting
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Thank you so much, @loritecler.bsky.social, for the kind review of THE DOG WHO SAVED THE BEES (written by me, illustrated by @davidhohn.bsky.social, and published by Sleeping Bear Press)!
THE DOG WHO SAVED THE BEES by @stephaniegibeault.bsky.social w/art by @davidhohn.bsky.social tells the story of a unique & heartwarming partnership btwn Cybil & pup Mack, who worked together to sniff out diseased beehives. This nonfiction book will engage animal lovers & science fans alike. #kidlit
September 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Thank you so much, @loritecler.bsky.social, for the kind review of THE DOG WHO SAVED THE BEES (written by me, illustrated by @davidhohn.bsky.social, and published by Sleeping Bear Press)!
So happy to have the pb bio WOODY'S WORDS featured on the wonderful @viviankirkfield.bsky.social's blog for #PerfectPictureBookFriday w/an effective writing activity based on how Wilson Rawls learned to write.
#writing #poetry #noticing #listening #TLSky #EduSky
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#writing #poetry #noticing #listening #TLSky #EduSky
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Perfect Picture Book Friday: WOODY’S WORDS: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows Plus PB Critique GIVEAWAY
Happy Perfect Picture Book Friday, dear friends! Today’s author is a longtime kidlit friend of mine…we both debuted in 2019 and have been friends ever since! She has graciously offered a giveaway f…
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September 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
So happy to have the pb bio WOODY'S WORDS featured on the wonderful @viviankirkfield.bsky.social's blog for #PerfectPictureBookFriday w/an effective writing activity based on how Wilson Rawls learned to write.
#writing #poetry #noticing #listening #TLSky #EduSky
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#writing #poetry #noticing #listening #TLSky #EduSky
viviankirkfield.com/2025/09/26/p...
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Check out @lisaljrogers.bsky.social's post about doing too much telling in writing--w/before & after examples of her own from Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows. PLUS a lovely review by @lynnbbooks.bsky.social! All on Lynn Becker's fab blog!
#writingtips #ShowDontTell
#writingtips #ShowDontTell
Today on the blog: Guest post with Lisa Rogers, author of Woody’s Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows! Please stop by! @lisaljrogers.bsky.social @picturebookgold.bsky.social
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September 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Check out @lisaljrogers.bsky.social's post about doing too much telling in writing--w/before & after examples of her own from Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows. PLUS a lovely review by @lynnbbooks.bsky.social! All on Lynn Becker's fab blog!
#writingtips #ShowDontTell
#writingtips #ShowDontTell
Educators, would love to hear if you try out this activity for Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows with your students! Follow @bandersonwriter.bsky.social's blog for more ideas & info!
#Educators #GrowthMindset #writingprompt
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#Educators #GrowthMindset #writingprompt
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Especially for Educators: “Who Helps You Shine? Embracing a Growth Mindset to Reach Your Dreams” by Lisa Rogers
Here’s another fantastic book from one of the Kid Lit for Growing Minds members! In this post for educators and librarians, author Lisa Rogers, a former library teacher, shares how WOODY̵…
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September 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Educators, would love to hear if you try out this activity for Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows with your students! Follow @bandersonwriter.bsky.social's blog for more ideas & info!
#Educators #GrowthMindset #writingprompt
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#Educators #GrowthMindset #writingprompt
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So fab for Picture Book Gold's @viviankirkfield.bsky.social & friend to celebrate #InternationalDotDay w/the incredibly talented & giving @peterhreynolds.bsky.social -- where will your dot take you?? #creativity
Happy #InternationalDotDay! It was especially wonderful to spend it with dear friend @kathleenmcclaskey.bsky.social in Dedham Massachusetts at @peterhreynolds.bsky.social Blue Bunny Books and Toys. Parents and children flocked to the Reynolds Center for activities & an indie author fest.
September 15, 2025 at 12:15 AM
So fab for Picture Book Gold's @viviankirkfield.bsky.social & friend to celebrate #InternationalDotDay w/the incredibly talented & giving @peterhreynolds.bsky.social -- where will your dot take you?? #creativity
Without his wife Sophie, Wilson Rawls wouldn't have pubbed WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS. WOODY'S WORDS tells that story. What did you achieve b/c you asked for help? What if you didn't ask?
Thx @deborahkalb.bsky.social for hosting me!
deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/q-wi...
#EduSky #TLSky #kidlit
Thx @deborahkalb.bsky.social for hosting me!
deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/q-wi...
#EduSky #TLSky #kidlit
September 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Without his wife Sophie, Wilson Rawls wouldn't have pubbed WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS. WOODY'S WORDS tells that story. What did you achieve b/c you asked for help? What if you didn't ask?
Thx @deborahkalb.bsky.social for hosting me!
deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/q-wi...
#EduSky #TLSky #kidlit
Thx @deborahkalb.bsky.social for hosting me!
deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/q-wi...
#EduSky #TLSky #kidlit
Super excited for Sunday's launch at Wellesley Books in MA! 7 years in the making -- this librarian can't wait any longer to share Wilson Rawls' incredible life story with you all! Plus 🐾 dog treats, activities, & prizes! Tomorrow at 2 pm. ❤️
#kidlit #EduSky #TLSky #librarians #PictureBooks
#kidlit #EduSky #TLSky #librarians #PictureBooks
September 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Super excited for Sunday's launch at Wellesley Books in MA! 7 years in the making -- this librarian can't wait any longer to share Wilson Rawls' incredible life story with you all! Plus 🐾 dog treats, activities, & prizes! Tomorrow at 2 pm. ❤️
#kidlit #EduSky #TLSky #librarians #PictureBooks
#kidlit #EduSky #TLSky #librarians #PictureBooks
Nonfiction writers! Awesome tips from @lynnstreetbooks.bsky.social on how primary sources can deepen your #NF project & a #giveaway of her brilliant new #STEM pb w/ @annehunterstudio.bsky.social THE BLUE JAYS THAT GREW A FOREST!
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#nonfiction #kidlit #nature
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#nonfiction #kidlit #nature
Beginnings
As we prepare to turn the page and open 2017, take a stroll back in time with some classic children’s books. Writers agonize over first lines, and for good reason. Beginnings are hard. Within them,…
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September 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Nonfiction writers! Awesome tips from @lynnstreetbooks.bsky.social on how primary sources can deepen your #NF project & a #giveaway of her brilliant new #STEM pb w/ @annehunterstudio.bsky.social THE BLUE JAYS THAT GREW A FOREST!
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#nonfiction #kidlit #nature
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#nonfiction #kidlit #nature
Hey dog-loving readers! Who doesn't want their own hound ears?
Launching Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows by me & illustrator Susan Reagan w/crafts, prizes, dog treats, & reading.
2 pm on 9/7 @Wellesley Books
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#hounddog #Dogsky #kidlit
Launching Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows by me & illustrator Susan Reagan w/crafts, prizes, dog treats, & reading.
2 pm on 9/7 @Wellesley Books
www.facebook.com/events/73577...
#hounddog #Dogsky #kidlit
September 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hey dog-loving readers! Who doesn't want their own hound ears?
Launching Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows by me & illustrator Susan Reagan w/crafts, prizes, dog treats, & reading.
2 pm on 9/7 @Wellesley Books
www.facebook.com/events/73577...
#hounddog #Dogsky #kidlit
Launching Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows by me & illustrator Susan Reagan w/crafts, prizes, dog treats, & reading.
2 pm on 9/7 @Wellesley Books
www.facebook.com/events/73577...
#hounddog #Dogsky #kidlit
Celebrate #kidlit nonfiction w/Melissa Stewart's blog--packed with awesome teacher-tested lesson ideas, fantastic book picks, readers' theater, & more! So much in this wrap-up!
#TLsky #librarians #skybrarian #booksky #nonfiction
#TLsky #librarians #skybrarian #booksky #nonfiction
Teachers! Librarians! Writers!
Check out educators' favorite ways to increase student access to nonfiction books they'll love.
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#kidslovenonficiton #kidlit #edusky
@ldelia.bsky.social cial
@wendygarland.bsky.social
@lisaljrogers.bsky.social ky.social
Check out educators' favorite ways to increase student access to nonfiction books they'll love.
tinyurl.com/ycy4adrp
#kidslovenonficiton #kidlit #edusky
@ldelia.bsky.social cial
@wendygarland.bsky.social
@lisaljrogers.bsky.social ky.social
Welcome Back to Celebrate Nonfiction!
Welcome back to another year of celebrating nonfiction and the kids who love it. It’s Year 17 for this blog, and I’m excited to continue th...
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September 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Celebrate #kidlit nonfiction w/Melissa Stewart's blog--packed with awesome teacher-tested lesson ideas, fantastic book picks, readers' theater, & more! So much in this wrap-up!
#TLsky #librarians #skybrarian #booksky #nonfiction
#TLsky #librarians #skybrarian #booksky #nonfiction
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Our Sept. newsletter, article by @lisaljrogers.bsky.social, and #giveaway is ready to read! Find book news, teaching tips, inspiration, & more. Subscribe to receive a special download and bio book list by our KL4GM creatives! 💕📚💕
#edusky #booksky #schoollibrarians #skybrarian tinyurl.com/2yzd9orb
#edusky #booksky #schoollibrarians #skybrarian tinyurl.com/2yzd9orb
Picture Book Biographies: Teaching Tools Full of Possibility
By Lisa Rogers
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September 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Our Sept. newsletter, article by @lisaljrogers.bsky.social, and #giveaway is ready to read! Find book news, teaching tips, inspiration, & more. Subscribe to receive a special download and bio book list by our KL4GM creatives! 💕📚💕
#edusky #booksky #schoollibrarians #skybrarian tinyurl.com/2yzd9orb
#edusky #booksky #schoollibrarians #skybrarian tinyurl.com/2yzd9orb
Grateful to @slj.com for this awesome review of WOODY'S WORDS: WOODROW WILSON RAWLS AND WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by me & Susan Reagan! I relied on SLJ as a school #librarian & still do! TY, SLJ!
#WhereTheRedFerngrows #Edusky #librarians #SchoolLibrarians #Skybrarian #Skybrarians #TLSky #biography
#WhereTheRedFerngrows #Edusky #librarians #SchoolLibrarians #Skybrarian #Skybrarians #TLSky #biography
September 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Grateful to @slj.com for this awesome review of WOODY'S WORDS: WOODROW WILSON RAWLS AND WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by me & Susan Reagan! I relied on SLJ as a school #librarian & still do! TY, SLJ!
#WhereTheRedFerngrows #Edusky #librarians #SchoolLibrarians #Skybrarian #Skybrarians #TLSky #biography
#WhereTheRedFerngrows #Edusky #librarians #SchoolLibrarians #Skybrarian #Skybrarians #TLSky #biography
Just a few days left to enter the #giveaway for Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and #WhereTheRedFernGrows
From @slj.com: "Stunning verse and illustrations...This book would work beautifully in lockstep with any classroom unit" on the novel. Out 9/9!
#edusky
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From @slj.com: "Stunning verse and illustrations...This book would work beautifully in lockstep with any classroom unit" on the novel. Out 9/9!
#edusky
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Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red F…
The life of Woodrow “Woody” Wilson Rawls, the author of…
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September 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Just a few days left to enter the #giveaway for Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and #WhereTheRedFernGrows
From @slj.com: "Stunning verse and illustrations...This book would work beautifully in lockstep with any classroom unit" on the novel. Out 9/9!
#edusky
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
From @slj.com: "Stunning verse and illustrations...This book would work beautifully in lockstep with any classroom unit" on the novel. Out 9/9!
#edusky
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
A new book doesn't happen too often, so I'm super excited for next week's launch of WOODY'S WORDS!
If you loved #WhereTheRedFernGrows, I think you'll love Woody's life story. Join me @ Wellesley Books, request an ARC on Edelweiss, reread the classic novel, hug a hound!
#dogsofbluesky #hounddogs
If you loved #WhereTheRedFernGrows, I think you'll love Woody's life story. Join me @ Wellesley Books, request an ARC on Edelweiss, reread the classic novel, hug a hound!
#dogsofbluesky #hounddogs
August 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A new book doesn't happen too often, so I'm super excited for next week's launch of WOODY'S WORDS!
If you loved #WhereTheRedFernGrows, I think you'll love Woody's life story. Join me @ Wellesley Books, request an ARC on Edelweiss, reread the classic novel, hug a hound!
#dogsofbluesky #hounddogs
If you loved #WhereTheRedFernGrows, I think you'll love Woody's life story. Join me @ Wellesley Books, request an ARC on Edelweiss, reread the classic novel, hug a hound!
#dogsofbluesky #hounddogs
#Librarians enrich our world! Congratulations to @laurenkerstein.bsky.social & @beccastatt.bsky.social on the publication of HOPE RODE, about Kentucky's brave Packhorse librarians! #reading #libraries
@lisaljrogers.bsky.social #author of WOODY'S WORDS out this September, illo by #SusanReagan pub by Calkins Creek/Astra would like to #liftup Wellesley Free Library. Lisa says, "Libraries change lives for the better."
Graphic by Emme Beth PR
#kidlit #kidlitart #nonfiction #picturebooks #HopeRode
Graphic by Emme Beth PR
#kidlit #kidlitart #nonfiction #picturebooks #HopeRode
August 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#Librarians enrich our world! Congratulations to @laurenkerstein.bsky.social & @beccastatt.bsky.social on the publication of HOPE RODE, about Kentucky's brave Packhorse librarians! #reading #libraries
Honoring Elvis' music & life during ✨ Elvis Week ✨ w/a #giveaway 🎵
Win a signed copy of ELVIS PRESLEY: A LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK BIOGRAPHY by joining my newsletter at lisarogerswrites.com. Free BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE MUSIC OF JOHN CAGE activity kit w/signup. Ends 8/18/25. US only. 🎶 #ElvisPresley #Elvis
Win a signed copy of ELVIS PRESLEY: A LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK BIOGRAPHY by joining my newsletter at lisarogerswrites.com. Free BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE MUSIC OF JOHN CAGE activity kit w/signup. Ends 8/18/25. US only. 🎶 #ElvisPresley #Elvis
August 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Honoring Elvis' music & life during ✨ Elvis Week ✨ w/a #giveaway 🎵
Win a signed copy of ELVIS PRESLEY: A LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK BIOGRAPHY by joining my newsletter at lisarogerswrites.com. Free BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE MUSIC OF JOHN CAGE activity kit w/signup. Ends 8/18/25. US only. 🎶 #ElvisPresley #Elvis
Win a signed copy of ELVIS PRESLEY: A LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK BIOGRAPHY by joining my newsletter at lisarogerswrites.com. Free BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE MUSIC OF JOHN CAGE activity kit w/signup. Ends 8/18/25. US only. 🎶 #ElvisPresley #Elvis
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Ahoy! If you’ve in the Denver area, I hope you’ll come out and have a kraken good time at the farmers market this Sunday! Get some swag (and vegetables ?) and support a local indie bookstore!
August 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Ahoy! If you’ve in the Denver area, I hope you’ll come out and have a kraken good time at the farmers market this Sunday! Get some swag (and vegetables ?) and support a local indie bookstore!
August 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM