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Maggie Edkins Willis
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Bestselling author-illustrator of graphic novels and picture books including SMALLER SISTER and LITTLE GHOST MAKES A FRIEND

Publishers: Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House

Rep: Jen Rofé at Andrea Brown Literary

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Recently read Little Ghost Makes a Friend by @maggiemadethis.bsky.social. This adorable Halloween story about making friends and finding the confidence to be yourself reads like a cup of hot chocolate with extra marshmallows. I loved the cute character designs. 1/2

💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit #Halloween
The cover of a children’s picture book titled Little Ghost Makes a Friend by Maggie Edkins Willis. A sweet illustration of a cute, rounded ghost sitting on a park bench next to two carved, Halloween pumpkins. The ghost is glancing with nervous hope at a girl sitting further down the bench. The girl has dark, curly hair and is smiling warmly back at the little ghost. Sparkly autumn leaves surround the park bench.
October 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Q&A with Maggie Edkins Willis about her new children's picture book, DINKY THE TINYSAUR.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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May #NotesfromtheHornBook: 6 #picturebooks about parents and children www.hbook.com/story/newsle...
#MothersDay #FathersDay @kidscanpress.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social @lennywendraws.bsky.social @emmastraub.bsky.social @maggiemadethis.bsky.social
Parents and children
From the May 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.
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May 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Apr 25): www.kidlit411.com/2025/04/the-.... Inside: Finding your Voice; Adding Humor; Vibrant Secondary Characters webinar, more. Thanks Ginny Edwards Neil for the illustration, @marshadianearnold.bsky.social @maggiemadethis.bsky.social for the giveaways.
The Weekly 411 (4/25/25)
A one-stop place for all your kid lit information needs.
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April 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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THUNDERLAND giveaway today!!
kidlit411.bsky.social Kidlit411 @kidlit411.bsky.social · Apr 25
We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book THUNDERLAND written & illustrate by @maggiemadethis.bsky.social (@penguinschoollib.bsky.social) out now.

To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/04/the-...
April 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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It's the best day of the week, #BookBirthday Tuesday! We're kicking the celebration off with some picture books. Swipe through the amazing collection March has brought us! (2/3)
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THUNDERLAND by Maggie Edkins Willis book cover and description image THE ONE AND ONLY RUMI by Rabiah York and illustrated by Maneli Manoucheri book cover and description image ECHO by Adam Rex book cover and description image NELLIE'S BIG SPLASH book cover and description image
March 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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#newbooksday #librarylife #booksky
SO MANY NEW BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY!
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Six books spread on a table: Bird Bath by Steve Antony Zero! by Sarah Albee Cat Nap by Steve Antony a kids book about God a kids book about Tests How Elegant the Elephant by Mary Ann Hoberman Six books spread out on a table: Home by Matt de la Pena Pencil by Hye-Eun Kim Bearsuit Turtle Makes a Friend by Bob Shea Thunderland by Maggie Edkins Willis Mural Island by Katie Yamaskai Shivi's Big Leap by Kritika H. Rao Stack of four books The Strawberry Patch Pancake House by Laurie Gilmore The Pharisee's Wife by Janette Oke The Jackel's Mistress by Chris Bohjalian Four Red Sweaters by Lucy Adlington Stack of thirteen books Who is Government by Michael Lewis et al Firstborn by Lauren Christensen Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green The Martian Contingency by Mary Robinette Kowal High Tea and Misdemeanors by Laura Childs Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins Mission: Invincible Marriage by Jason and Erica Redman Warbody by Joshua Howe and Alexander Lemons Murder the Truth by David Enrich A Map of Paradise by Susan Meissner All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman The Writer by James Patterson
March 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Today is a great day to preorder ⚡️THUNDERLAND⚡️ and 🦖DINKY THE TINYSAUR🦖 from B+N! So excited for these two very different but equally wonderful picture books to be out in the world! #kidlit #picturebooks
February 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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#hourlycomicday part 3/3, posted 36 hours late which is right about on time for this current life stage. Thanks for joining this year!

#kidlitart #hcd #hourlycomicday2025 #kidlit
February 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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#hourlycomicday part 2: parenting and potato feet 🥔

#hourlycomicday2025 #hcd #kidlit

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February 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Hourly Comics Day 2025!

Since this falls on a Saturday this year and I am at home today with my three-year-old (and also 8.5 months pregnant), these are all gonna be REAL quick and probably mostly drawn in Cam’s colored pencils. Adds to the *authenticity*!

Follow along!

#hourlycomicsday #kidlit
February 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Congratulations to Lynn Brunelle, recipient of this years Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal for LIFE AFTER WHALE: THE AMAZING ECOSYSTEM OF A WHALE FALL

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January 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Congratulations to Jiemei Lin, who illustrated THE ROCK IN MY THROAT which has been awarded the Asian/Pacific American Award Picture Book Honor

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January 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Congratulations to @tatianagardel.bsky.social, recipient of the Pura Belpré Honor for Illustration for ABUELO, THE SEA, AND ME
January 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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More LITTLE GHOST adventures coming your way in 2026!!! 👻🎉

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#kidlit #bookannouncement
December 11, 2024 at 5:48 PM
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Thankful for you, friends 🦃

#kidlit #kidlitart
A child’s hands from above making a thanksgiving drawing that says “I am thankful for you, my friend”
November 28, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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Thankful for a nice meal with friends 🐷🐘🐙🐧

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Lots of animals hold hands for a meal together
November 27, 2024 at 2:02 PM
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These are from and old project that never materialized, but I’ve always liked these happy little bunny friends 🐰
November 15, 2024 at 8:24 PM
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Meese 🫎

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Two moose and a dog with antlers tied to his head walk through the woods
November 14, 2024 at 8:14 PM
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Say “Happy Halloweeeeeeeeen!”

#kidlitart #halloween

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October 31, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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💙 VOTE 💙

Mailed my first ballot as a Dutchess County resident today! Now is the time to make your plan to vote if you haven’t yet!

#kidlit #harriswalz2024

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Girls sit on the word vote holding signs giving reasons to vote such as “consider the rights and freedoms of those who do not have your privilege” and “many fought for you to have this right”
October 30, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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Attack O’Lantern is my favorite 🎃

#kidlitart #kidlit

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October 25, 2024 at 1:46 PM
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Vote early, vote often, vote blue 💙👖🦕🧵📘

#kidlit #kidlitart #election2024

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A girl with glasses hangs voting signs in her window
October 24, 2024 at 1:46 PM
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AI art is not thoughtful, nuanced, precise, layered, innovative, heartfelt, impactful, beautiful, intelligent, delicate, persuasive, moving, effective, sharp, clear, ethical, funny, joyful, groundbreaking, powerful, sensitive, educational, inspiring, clever, careful, stirring, glorious, or complex.
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I don't like AI art...not the way that it was created...not the non-consensual datasets or the exorbitant use of power and water...but the art itself. I don't like it. I have thoughts about why. If you feel the same...what do you think are the reasons?
October 22, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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✨Halloween girl gang✨

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Four teens (a ghost, a vampire, a witch, and a werewolf) walk down a school hallway
October 23, 2024 at 3:26 PM