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P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)
@pjpurtee.bsky.social
770 followers 1.1K following 450 posts
SCBWI
Poet: The Toy, Little Thoughts Press
Mira Reisberg's Children's Book Academy (featured poems)
Honors: Madness! Poetry (Elite 8), #50PreciousWords, Valentiny, Halloweensie, Holiday, Spring Fling
School volunteer
Hx: pediatrics
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BITSY BAT, SCHOOL STAR
✍🏻&🎨 Kaz Windness @kazwindness.bsky.social
2023, Paula Wiseman/S&S

A bat
School
Not fitting in
idea: ⭐️
Fitting in

♥️ ♥️ ♥️
#neurodivergent

#kidlitillustrators #kidauthors: Note all the layers

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November 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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ME & MAMA
✍🏻 & 🎨 Cozbi A Cabrera
2020, Denene Millner Books/S&S

A mama
A girl
A rainy day
A bond

♥️

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November 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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PLUTO GETS THE CALL
✍🏻 Adam Rex @adamrex.bsky.social
🎨 Laurie Keller
2019, Simon Kids

Pluto, a planet . . .
until Earth calls.
Pluto journeys through/interacts with the solar system.

♥️

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November 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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EARN IT!
SAVE IT!
GIVE SPEND IT!
GIVE IT!
(all 4: A MONEY BOOK)
✍🏻&🎨 Cinders McLeod
Penguin Random House

Math!
#math #teachers #librarians

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November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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OUTSIDE IN
✍🏻 Deborah Underwood @underwoodwriter.bsky.social
🎨 Cindy Derby
2020, Clarion

Outside
Inside
Outside inside

Caldecott ♥️

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November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Thank you @hunderdown.bsky.social for moderating the SCBWI NY Metro's Annual Agent Panel. Thanks to agents @evascalzo.bsky.social, @janechunlit.bsky.social, & Aashna Avachat for participating. I appreciate your valuable time.
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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ROCK AND VOLE
2021, Sleeping Bear Press
📝&🎨 Jennifer Sattler

A predictable vole.
An unpredictable day.
A stubborn rock.

🥰

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November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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I adore little libraries!
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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KNOCK KNOCK
2018, Scholastic
✍🏻 Tammi Sauer @tammisauer.bsky.social
🎨 Guy Frances

Bear.
Peace & quiet.
Until knock-knock.

🥰

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November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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HAVE YOU SEEN GORDON?
2021, S&S BYR
📝Adam Jay Epstein
🎨Ruth Chan @ohtruth.bsky.social

Hide-&-Seek
Turn the page!🤣
Turn the page!🤣
Turn the page!🤣

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November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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I can hardly wait to read the poems written my Rhyme Time group buddies this week! I'm smiling already.

#childrenspoetry #kidspoetry
#poetryforchildren #poetryforkids

Here’s the prompt:
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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OUR TABLE
2021, Scholastic
📝&🎨 Peter Reynolds @peterhreynolds.bsky.social

A BIG kitchen table. A family.
Technology. A drifting family. A vanishing table.

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November 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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PROPER BADGER WOULD NEVER TRASH THE CLASSROOM!
2025, Flamingo Books
📝Lauren Glattley
🎨Rob Sayegh Jr.

A badger.
Wrong bus.
Of course, he wouldn’t?

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November 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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IF SUN COULD SPEAK
📝Kourtney LaFavre
🎨Saki Tanaka @sakitales.bsky.social
2020, Clear Fork Publishing

Egotistical Sun
Solar system exploration

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November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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MAKING A FRIEND
by Tammi Sauer @tammisauer.bsky.social
& Alison Friend
(2018, HarperCollins)

A beaver. Snow.
A beaver & a raccoon. A snowman. Friends.

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November 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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IF YOU WANT TO KNIT SOME MITTENS
✍️ Laura Purdie Salas
🎨 Angela Matteson @angelamatteson.bsky.social
2021, Astra Young Readers

A girl
A sheep
Spinning, dying —> knitting
Friendship

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October 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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I’M HARE, SO THERE!
by Julie Rowan-Zoch ✍️ & 🎨
2021, Clarion Books

Hare or rabbit?
Chipmunk or squirrel?
etc.

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October 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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BUT THE BEAR CAME BACK
by Tammi Sauer @tammisauer.bsky.social
& Dan Taylor
2018, Union Square Kids

A boy.
A bear. Knock, knock.
Shoo.
Knock, knock.
Shoo.
Tick-tock. Disappointment.

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October 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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THE FARM THAT MAC BUILT
by Tammi Sauer @tammisauer.bsky.social
& Jackie Urbanovic
2020, Clarion Books

Barnyard animals.
A theater production.
Non-barnyard animal interruptions.

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October 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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HAROLD HATES TO HYBERNATE
by Vern Kousky
2024, Random House Studio

Hibernation time = bedtime. A reluctant bear.

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October 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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MEMOIRS OF A TORTOISE
by Devin Scillian @devinscillian.bsky.social
& Tim Bowers
2020, Sleeping Bear Books

A old tortoise & an old man. Then . . . an old tortoise.
#grief

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October 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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ALMOST ALWAYS BEST, BEST FRIENDS
by Apryl Stott 📝 & 🎨
2022, Simon & Schuster

Best friends. New friend. Hurt. Heal.

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October 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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AT THE MOUNTAIN’S BASE
by Traci Sorell @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social
& Weshoyot Alvitre
2019, Kokila Books/Penguin Random House

A war pilot. A cabin. A family. Strength.

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October 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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FOURTEEN MONKEYS: A RAINFOREST RHYME
by Melissa Stewart @mstewartscience.bsky.social
& Steve Jenkins
2021, Beach Lane Books

A rain forest. 14 monkey species.
#rhyme

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October 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM