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saraclevinebooks.bsky.social
@saraclevinebooks.bsky.social
Kid's book writer, science educator, veterinarian. Newest books: WATCHING AND WAITING, HELLO DOG/HELLO HUMAN, and A TERRIBLE PLACE FOR A NEST. Rep'ed by Ammi Joan Paquette at EMLA. saralevinebooks.com
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Wonderful (and very moving) blog post from @saraclevinebooks.bsky.social about the origins of WATCHING AND WAITING, her ode to observational science: lernerbooks.blog/2025/06/watc...
Watching and Waiting: An Interview with Author Sara Levine
Sometimes the most amazing experiences are born from patience. In the new nonfiction book Watching and Waiting: What Hatches from Nature’s Nurseries, author Sara Levine shares what young read…
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June 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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April 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Congratulations to @saraclevinebooks.bsky.social, Rebekah Taussig, Kirbi Fagan, @kellycrull.bsky.social, @patricianewman.bsky.social, Becca Hall, and Sandra Markle!
April 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Happy Birthday to this Book!
March 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Happy Birthday to this book!
March 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Coming Tuesday, March 11th with @suzannekaufmanart.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Celebrating these new books!
March 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Looking forward to my first nErDcamp!
Can’t wait to see @saraclevinebooks.bsky.social at #nErDcampCT happening Saturday, March 1st!

#bookjoy #nerdcamp @msthombookitis.bsky.social @jluss.bsky.social

Registration open until 2/25/25–more info at ctcasl.org!
February 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A big thank you to @katemessner.com for organizing World Read Aloud Day! It was such a bust of joy to connect and celebrate books with teachers, librarians and students in 5 different schools around the country. Here’s a view of my set up that day
February 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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#kidlit Book of the Day: Sensitive #negative #words #overwhelming #feelings #SEL #picturebook from @LernerBooks asuen.com/sensitive/ 📚👍
January 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Looking forward to this event tomorrow!
December 14, 2024 at 4:36 AM
I’m happy so many of us are connecting here now
November 20, 2024 at 1:50 AM
This is a free online event I’m participating in next week. Please come and share and bring your stuffies!
March 16, 2024 at 11:55 PM
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There’s always a great discussion hiding in every #picturebook . Whole discussion about what sensitive means, how to judge what is “normal” & what is more than? Then he pulled out a dictionary, of his own accord, because he was curious. #Picturebook for the win!(2/2)
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March 3, 2024 at 10:34 PM
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Book friends, vote for your favorite case covers in the Undies Awards! I'm especially partial to I SHIP by @krschmittwrites.bsky.social and Jam Dong, SENSITIVE by @saraclevinebooks.bsky.social and Mehrdokht Amini, and THE KNIGHT OF LITTLE IMPORT by Hannah Batsel!

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December 5, 2023 at 3:09 PM
Here’s the cover of my new book with Erika Meza. It’s coming out from Macmillan on May 21st.
October 24, 2023 at 6:52 PM
This is fabulous. I’ve never seen picture books structure explained and illustrated so clearly.
Curious why 32 pages is the standard for picture books but why NOT all pages are available for story content? Here's my post about how a picture book is physically constructed, and how this affects picture book writers & illustrators: debbieohi.substack.com/p/picture-bo...
October 16, 2023 at 3:24 PM
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Thank you to Scottie Andrew at CNN for this exceptional article, “Book Bans are Surging — and Taking an Emotional Toll on Many Authors” and for centering author voices. @tasslyn.bsky.social
@kylelukoff.bsky.social
@samiraahmed.bsky.social
@torreymaldonado.bsky.social

www.cnn.com/2023/10/04/s...
Book bans are surging — and taking an emotional toll on many authors | CNN
While some book bans have led to higher sales, as seen with “Maus” and “The Hate U Give,” some authors say the bans tank sales and devastate their careers, especially when they belong to margi...
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October 5, 2023 at 10:17 AM
October 3, 2023 at 10:26 PM
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Here are just a few of the amazing kidlit books launching this wk! Congrats to all! Do YOU have a kidlit book launching this wk, too? Reply w/cover & info!
@katejenkslandry.bsky.social @saraclevinebooks.bsky.social @audreybethstein.bsky.social @deborahkerbel.bsky.social @meganhoytwrites.bsky.social
October 3, 2023 at 2:06 PM
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The Bluesky #kidlit community is growing!

Here's a list of authors, illustrators, educators, librarians, and publishing professionals to follow: https://shorturl.at/AKLST

And here's how to add yourself to the list: https://forms.gle/78Cz3ETu4xo4qsNdA
Kidlit Community on Bluesky Social
This is a list of authors, illustrators, teachers, librarians, bloggers, publishing professionals, and other people who make and/or love books for young readers.
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July 1, 2023 at 8:28 PM
Back cover of SENSITIVE
September 27, 2023 at 11:35 PM