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Steena Hernandez
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Kidlit Author | Lupita’s Brown Ballet Slippers OUT NOW Beaming Books | SCBWI | Las Musas | 12x12PB
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Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · Jul 28
✨I’m leaping with excitement to hear that LUPITA’S BROWN BALLET SLIPPERS has won the Crystal Kite Award in the Texas & Oklahoma division! 🤎🩰🥹🤎🩰

✨Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who voted! Congratulations to all the winners and honorees! 🎉
#SCBWI
#SCBWI25CK
#CrystalKiteAward
Crystal Kite
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pbsoar.bsky.social
✨Please join us in wishing a happy 1 year book birthday to this incredible book 🤎LUPITA'S BROWN BALLET SLIPPERS by
@steenahernandez.bsky.social
🤎(illustrated by Melissa Castillo) Click the link in our bio to purchase! 🎉
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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andichitty.bsky.social
"Rock-a-Bye Forever" is officially open to preorders! This has been such a labor of love, and we're so happy to release it into the world💕

*Preorders will NOT arrive until January*

(Link in bio)

#boardbook #babyshowergift #singtoyourbabies #kidlit #babies #newbabygift
October 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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likeandlove.bsky.social
Today is #ReadAbook Weds!! Here are a few suggestions:📚📚📚📚
@leslea.bsky.social
@lisajallen.bsky.social
@steenahernandez.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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mmanlove.bsky.social
Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is OpenOctober@Sourcebooks.com. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...
Melissa Manlove – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
www.manuscriptwishlist.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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aventurasenesl.bsky.social
🚨Last day for FREE SHIPPING on Bookshop🚨 & stack an extra 20% off (lmk if you need a code!) here are all the books by topics: bookshop.org/shop/aventur...
#kidlit
October 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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gabrielconstans.bsky.social
📽️ When abandonment and cultural isolation threaten to destroy a new mother's spirit, a passing acquaintance proves that home isn't a place—it's the people who choose to care. #immigrant #USA #India💃🏽 See our #film in Albany, NY on 10/11 at 11am. Tickets: tinyurl.com/3m7dwedz
This image is a promotional graphic for the "YASODHARA" short film, an official selection at the Renaissance Black Film Fest, with a "Save the Date" reminder.
October 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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kristimahoney.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
steenahernandez.bsky.social
Thank You, @12x12challenge.bsky.social!❤️🙏🏼❤️✨
September 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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✨ Enter for a chance to win a copy of Lupita’s Brown Ballet Slippers! 🥰🩰🤎Thank you, @readyourworld.bsky.social!
Check it out on IG! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
readyourworld.bsky.social Read Your World @readyourworld.bsky.social · Sep 17
Have you entered this week's giveaway yet? Hop over to our Instagram for a chance to win Lupita's Brown Ballet Slippers from @steenahernandez.bsky.social !

www.instagram.com/p/DOqzVS0EfNN/

#ReadYourWorld #kidlit
September 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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jilanne.bsky.social
So excited to FINALLY be able to share some of Khoa Le's amazing art! THE OCEAN'S HEART releases March 3, 2026!!! Get some goodies by preordering from Noe Valley Books!! viviankirkfield.com/2025/09/15/_... #kidlit #picturebooks @steelworksliterary.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social #edusky
Cover Reveal: THE OCEAN’S HEART: The Tiny Creatures Essential to Life
Hip hip hooray!!! Time to lift the curtain and REVEAL a beautiful new picture book COVER! And this one is for a dear friend, author Jilanne Hoffman who has a new book launching March 3, 2026 from M…
viviankirkfield.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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viviankirkfield.bsky.social
Like a work of art in a museum unveiling, a picture book cover reveal is a special moment. Please join us in congratulating @jilanne.bsky.social and illustrator Khoa Le on this gorgeous work of art! The book launches March 3, 2026 from Millbrook viviankirkfield.com/2025/09/15/_...
Cover Reveal: THE OCEAN’S HEART: The Tiny Creatures Essential to Life
Hip hip hooray!!! Time to lift the curtain and REVEAL a beautiful new picture book COVER! And this one is for a dear friend, author Jilanne Hoffman who has a new book launching March 3, 2026 from M…
viviankirkfield.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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aventurasenesl.bsky.social
🎉Hi friends! I create educator guides & would ❤️ if you hired me! I got an unexpected bill & would love to take on some projects to help cover it. I do English/Spanish guides & have a masters in differentiated instruction to create activities ✨Let's work together: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Educator guide , teaching guide for author books Spanish Educator guide, teaching guide en español
September 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
steenahernandez.bsky.social
I won this wonderful book by @heatherstigall7.bsky.social and Jess Mason from @kidlit411.bsky.social! 😍 Thank you so much for sending it to me! 🥰 I’m Loving it and can’t wait to share it with my homeschool co-op group! ❤️❤️❤️ ~Believe ✨
Book pic
September 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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kidlit411.bsky.social
We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, TÍO RICKY DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH NO HABLA INGLÉS by @maritererbellas.bsky.social illustrated by Jayri Gómez (Lil'Bros) out Oct. 25.

To enter, L + RP & confirm your entry in our Friday weekly: kidlit411.com/2025/08/the-...
August 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
steenahernandez.bsky.social
Thank you for creating a space for young creators to shine! 🥰❤️❤️❤️
littlethoughtspress.com Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · Aug 25
Enjoy @ianbrownlie.bsky.social's poem "Ali the Artist," inspired by the illustration Portrait Painting by young artist Olivia McGinty (@steenahernandez.bsky.social).

Little Thoughts Press Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure is available now in print & pdf.

www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues
Illustration by Olivia McGinty of a person having their portrait painted. Accompanying the illustration is part of the poem "Ali the Artist" by Ian Brownlie.
August 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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autumnleaflet.bsky.social
Many wonderful opportunities up for bidding. All for a great cause ❤️🙏🏼

www.32auctions.com/organization...

#kidlit4ceasefire
@sandraproudman.bsky.social ❤️
August 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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sjohnstontaylor.bsky.social
Sadie & I are so excited to share the cover reveal for IF PETS WROTE POEMS: A PARODY COLLECTION unleashing March 10, 2026 & now available for preorder! 🐾https://bookshop.org/p/books/if-pets-wrote-poems-a-parody-collection-susan-johnston-taylor/b1ee85d77398728f?ean=9781957655659&next=t #poetry4all
August 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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judycampbellsmith.bsky.social
New blog post! Check out the interview with @carolynbfraiser.bsky.social about back matter in her book MOON TREE & then enter the giveaway for a brainstorming session with Carolyn! Comment on this post for an extra entry! #kidlit #interview #giveaway
judycampbellsmith.com/2025/08/18/i...
Yellow background with the orange, blue and white Back Matter Break Down logo on top. Text says Interview & Giveaway with Carolyn B. Frasier. Below text is Carolyn's photo in a circle next to the Moon Tree book cover. Text below says judycampbellsmith.com/blog
August 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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andreabrownlit.bsky.social
It's a star from BCCB for My Abuela Is a Bruja by Mayra Cuevas!

🌟 "Cuevas’ writing carries a richness equal to the illustrations, with turns of phrase that capture the imagination that make the mundane miraculous." 🌟

Read the full review here
"Cuevas’ writing carries a richness equal to the illustrations, with turns of phrase that capture the imagination that make the mundane miraculous."
August 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
steenahernandez.bsky.social
Thank you for including Lupita’s Brown Ballet Slippers! 🥰🤎🩰✨
likeandlove.bsky.social Like and Love @likeandlove.bsky.social · Aug 13
Today is #ReadAbook Weds!! Here are a few suggestions: 📚📚📚
@leslea.bsky.social
@steenahernandez.bsky.social
@lisajallen.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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federicoerebia.bsky.social
LESS THAN 3 WEEKS LEFT TO SUBMIT!

Have you submitted your book(s) for the

Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Awards?

Details ➡️ bit.ly/RYWawards

#PADIBA #PADIBA2026 #Intersectionality #IntersectionalBooks #DiverseBooks #PedroAndDaniel @readyourworld.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitcommunity
August 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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writerjolene.bsky.social
I am SO honored to share the #coverreveal for a book I co-authored with Minoru Tonai, illustrated by Chris Sasaki, edited by Meredith Mundy, and published by ABRAMS Books.

Join us on the amazing Vivian Kirkfield's blog to learn more: viviankirkfield.com/2025/08/11/c...

🎉
August 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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swildmansf.bsky.social Stephanie Wildman @swildmansf.bsky.social · Aug 5
#SunWriteFun is happening now. Do you need a reason to enter? if so be inspired by @steenahernandez.bsky.social whose story became a book, even though she didn't win! Because you win, just by writing and entering. @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social picture
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August 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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beckywalkerbooks.bsky.social
My TAKE 5 interview is with @carolynbfraiser.bsky.social ! She wrote her new PB, M IS FOR MASON JAR, on a dare and sold it to the first publisher!🤯

GIVEAWAY: a 30-min AMA Zoom OR a signed book!
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TAKE 5 with CAROLYN FRAISER
From canning cucumbers to scattering seeds, children play an essential role in homesteading, learning valuable skills that foster self-reliance, gratitude, and a deeper connection to nature. M Is f…
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August 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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ymwjpodcast.bsky.social
IT’S HERE!!!!! So excited to share the Season 2 finale with you with the AMAZING @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social ! 👇👇 You should go listen TODAY!!! #writingcommunity @drenderturmaud.bsky.social

open.spotify.com/episode/31Vr...
August 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM