Susan Wroble
@susanwroble.bsky.social
#Kidlit #STEM Author of DAWN CHORUS (Holiday House, Spring 2027). Active in @SCBWIRockyMtn, Gardener, Therapy dog handler, Leader 2E support group, website https://susanwroble.com, KidLit Bird Book Reviews at https://www.10000birds.com/author/susan
Lovely last day at #NCTE25, with keynote speaker Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of BRAIDING SWEETGRASS. Her new book BUD FINDS HER GIFT, illustrated by Naomi Stoop and published by @allidabooks.bsky.social, is about the power of gratitude. I hope that you are able to gift it to someone you love.
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Lovely last day at #NCTE25, with keynote speaker Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of BRAIDING SWEETGRASS. Her new book BUD FINDS HER GIFT, illustrated by Naomi Stoop and published by @allidabooks.bsky.social, is about the power of gratitude. I hope that you are able to gift it to someone you love.
With thanks to the Rocky Mountain @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social team for making the booth at @ncte.org a reality! So many people asking about @scbwi.bsky.social and coming to meet with the authors.
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
With thanks to the Rocky Mountain @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social team for making the booth at @ncte.org a reality! So many people asking about @scbwi.bsky.social and coming to meet with the authors.
Looking for a #KidLit #Bird book that’s a perfect STEM #readaloud for the Spooky Season? Try "I AM WE: HOW CROWS COME TOGETHER TO SURVIVE" by @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social and Alexandra Finkeldey, from @chroniclebooks.bsky.social. Review here: www.10000birds.com/i-am-we-a-ki...
October 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Looking for a #KidLit #Bird book that’s a perfect STEM #readaloud for the Spooky Season? Try "I AM WE: HOW CROWS COME TOGETHER TO SURVIVE" by @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social and Alexandra Finkeldey, from @chroniclebooks.bsky.social. Review here: www.10000birds.com/i-am-we-a-ki...
For #Kidlit creators… if you’re looking for a special submission opp, consider agent @ashleedani.bsky.social with Howland Literary. She’s
joined with Lynne Marie to give a literary Trick or Treat opening with #SeasonsOfKidLit this November.
www.SeasonsofKitlit.com @literallylynne.bsky.social
joined with Lynne Marie to give a literary Trick or Treat opening with #SeasonsOfKidLit this November.
www.SeasonsofKitlit.com @literallylynne.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
For #Kidlit creators… if you’re looking for a special submission opp, consider agent @ashleedani.bsky.social with Howland Literary. She’s
joined with Lynne Marie to give a literary Trick or Treat opening with #SeasonsOfKidLit this November.
www.SeasonsofKitlit.com @literallylynne.bsky.social
joined with Lynne Marie to give a literary Trick or Treat opening with #SeasonsOfKidLit this November.
www.SeasonsofKitlit.com @literallylynne.bsky.social
One of the #KidLit books I’m really looking forward to is @amberanovak.bsky.social's THE HULA PAINTED FROG, about an amphibian once thought to be
extinct. You can read more about her process here, and on the #PBMix26 Instagram.
extinct. You can read more about her process here, and on the #PBMix26 Instagram.
October 14, 2025 at 4:27 AM
One of the #KidLit books I’m really looking forward to is @amberanovak.bsky.social's THE HULA PAINTED FROG, about an amphibian once thought to be
extinct. You can read more about her process here, and on the #PBMix26 Instagram.
extinct. You can read more about her process here, and on the #PBMix26 Instagram.
For the #KidLit community! Tomorrow (10/5) is the last day to register for the incredible @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social conference, 10/18-19 near Denver, CO. Tracks for illustrators, writing PBs, writing MG & YA, and marketing, for both emerging and well-published creators.
October 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
For the #KidLit community! Tomorrow (10/5) is the last day to register for the incredible @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social conference, 10/18-19 near Denver, CO. Tracks for illustrators, writing PBs, writing MG & YA, and marketing, for both emerging and well-published creators.
For the #NF #KidLit creators: The first session today for the @scbwi.bsky.social University’s Nonfiction Series class with Lesa Cline Ransom was fabulous, with lots of insights into creative (often expository) NF. It’s recorded, and there’s still time to sign up for the full series.
September 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
For the #NF #KidLit creators: The first session today for the @scbwi.bsky.social University’s Nonfiction Series class with Lesa Cline Ransom was fabulous, with lots of insights into creative (often expository) NF. It’s recorded, and there’s still time to sign up for the full series.
#KidLit Inspo! With thanks to PBMix’26, I’m sharing some of the inspiration behind my book: DAWN CHORUS: Protecting Birdsong Around the World. If you’ve ever been awakened early (too early?!) on a spring morning by birdsong, you’ve heard the dawn chorus.
September 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
#KidLit Inspo! With thanks to PBMix’26, I’m sharing some of the inspiration behind my book: DAWN CHORUS: Protecting Birdsong Around the World. If you’ve ever been awakened early (too early?!) on a spring morning by birdsong, you’ve heard the dawn chorus.
This is a Save-the-Date for #Kidlit #NF creators: I was fortunate to attend the first Ninja Experience Revision Retreat this year. It was truly fabulous — and they are doing it again next June! The retreat center at Prairiewoods in Iowa was an oasis of birdsong and sustainability. Inspiring.
July 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
So thrilled that my #bookclub will be reading @lauraresau.bsky.social's debut adult novel, THE ALCHEMY OF FLOWERS—it is getting rave reviews prior to its release on 7/29! Our group started as a mother- daughter book club, and Laura spoke to our group nearly two decades ago.
July 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
So thrilled that my #bookclub will be reading @lauraresau.bsky.social's debut adult novel, THE ALCHEMY OF FLOWERS—it is getting rave reviews prior to its release on 7/29! Our group started as a mother- daughter book club, and Laura spoke to our group nearly two decades ago.
Achieving literacy is tough. For one neurodiverse student, the key came with four legs. #Literacy inthewritersweb.com/2025/06/the-...
June 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Achieving literacy is tough. For one neurodiverse student, the key came with four legs. #Literacy inthewritersweb.com/2025/06/the-...
Enjoying @thewritingbarn.bsky.social's Industry Engagement Day — learning so much about what makes a great pitch and what things specific agents and editors gravitate to (and avoid!), on topics as diverse as pickles, ballet and vampires! #WBIE
February 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Enjoying @thewritingbarn.bsky.social's Industry Engagement Day — learning so much about what makes a great pitch and what things specific agents and editors gravitate to (and avoid!), on topics as diverse as pickles, ballet and vampires! #WBIE
I was thrilled when Estelle Nadel’s graphic novel THE GIRL WHO SANG, illustrated by Sammy Savos, won ALA honors for both Sibert (nonfiction) and Sydney Tailor (Jewish experience). Estelle, a Holocaust survivor and Denverite, died this fall—but had seen the first author copies of her book. #kidlit
January 28, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I was thrilled when Estelle Nadel’s graphic novel THE GIRL WHO SANG, illustrated by Sammy Savos, won ALA honors for both Sibert (nonfiction) and Sydney Tailor (Jewish experience). Estelle, a Holocaust survivor and Denverite, died this fall—but had seen the first author copies of her book. #kidlit
Writers! If you are on the search for just the right word, this post from “In the Writers Web” has some great resources to share with you. inthewritersweb.com/2025/01/just...
January 10, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Writers! If you are on the search for just the right word, this post from “In the Writers Web” has some great resources to share with you. inthewritersweb.com/2025/01/just...
Book Rec! One of my favorite #NFMG reads this year—Ann Bausum’s THE BARD AND THE BOOK, illustrated by @martasevillabdn.bsky.social Even my non-kidlit reading husband loved it! This one is fun and funny and we learned so much about making books.
January 3, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Book Rec! One of my favorite #NFMG reads this year—Ann Bausum’s THE BARD AND THE BOOK, illustrated by @martasevillabdn.bsky.social Even my non-kidlit reading husband loved it! This one is fun and funny and we learned so much about making books.
My #NF reading list just grew! The Cybils Awards (literary merit + popular appeal) just announced their nonfiction finalists (Elem, MG and YA) #kidlit www.cybils.com/2025/01/cybi...
January 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
My #NF reading list just grew! The Cybils Awards (literary merit + popular appeal) just announced their nonfiction finalists (Elem, MG and YA) #kidlit www.cybils.com/2025/01/cybi...
Ornithologist Séan Ronayne has been working to record the songs and calls of all the birds in Ireland before they are lost—and the movie about his efforts opens in an international online screening on 11/24. Info and tickets here: www.birdsongfilm.com #birds #movies
November 20, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Ornithologist Séan Ronayne has been working to record the songs and calls of all the birds in Ireland before they are lost—and the movie about his efforts opens in an international online screening on 11/24. Info and tickets here: www.birdsongfilm.com #birds #movies
If you write MG, you should know of Greg Pattridge and his blog Always in the Middle, with a “Marvelous Middle Grade Monday” review compilation. Reading those reviews provides a great overview of the current market and can inform mentor text and comp title lists. gpattridge.com/2024/11/18/m...
November 18, 2024 at 1:05 PM
If you write MG, you should know of Greg Pattridge and his blog Always in the Middle, with a “Marvelous Middle Grade Monday” review compilation. Reading those reviews provides a great overview of the current market and can inform mentor text and comp title lists. gpattridge.com/2024/11/18/m...
I’m totally intrigued by Lawrence Weinstein’s book and idea: Our use of grammar correlated to our personality—so can changing the way we use grammar change how we live our lives? I’ll keep you posted on my experiment!
August 18, 2024 at 4:02 AM
I’m totally intrigued by Lawrence Weinstein’s book and idea: Our use of grammar correlated to our personality—so can changing the way we use grammar change how we live our lives? I’ll keep you posted on my experiment!
Each year, SCBWI Nebraska offers 8-month-long workshops on some aspect of KidLit writing, with submission opportunities afterwards. This workshop that led to a publisher for my NF PB—so I highly recommend their programs! This year, they are focusing on novels.
www.scbwi.org/events/writi...
www.scbwi.org/events/writi...
August 14, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Each year, SCBWI Nebraska offers 8-month-long workshops on some aspect of KidLit writing, with submission opportunities afterwards. This workshop that led to a publisher for my NF PB—so I highly recommend their programs! This year, they are focusing on novels.
www.scbwi.org/events/writi...
www.scbwi.org/events/writi...
The Rocky Mountain Chapter of SCBWI has had great webinar series, so I am really looking forward to this year’s “Creative Approaches” which starts on Jan 18th. Registration at www.scbwi.org/events/rmc-s...
January 17, 2024 at 2:23 PM
The Rocky Mountain Chapter of SCBWI has had great webinar series, so I am really looking forward to this year’s “Creative Approaches” which starts on Jan 18th. Registration at www.scbwi.org/events/rmc-s...
Got a KidLit Book that you can’t stop telling everyone about? Public Nominations now open (10/1-10/15) for the CYBILS Awards—books with a combination of high literary merit AND reader appeal. www.cybils.com/2023/09/2023...
October 1, 2023 at 10:15 PM
Got a KidLit Book that you can’t stop telling everyone about? Public Nominations now open (10/1-10/15) for the CYBILS Awards—books with a combination of high literary merit AND reader appeal. www.cybils.com/2023/09/2023...
It’s Banned Book Week: 10/1-7. These books need support year-round, but let’s use comments to shine light on recently published and banned KidLit works. Here’s one: Lily Williams’ @lwbean.bksy.social and Karen Schneemann’s GO WITH THE FLOW. The sequel, also likely to be banned, is out this month.
October 1, 2023 at 2:42 PM
It’s Banned Book Week: 10/1-7. These books need support year-round, but let’s use comments to shine light on recently published and banned KidLit works. Here’s one: Lily Williams’ @lwbean.bksy.social and Karen Schneemann’s GO WITH THE FLOW. The sequel, also likely to be banned, is out this month.
I read J.E. Thomas’s CONTROL FREAKS this week, and loved it! It’s one of those books I keep picking up after finishing, turning to a random page, and enjoying that section all over again. A MG told in alternating POVs (including those of adults!), it builds empathy for all of the characters.
September 28, 2023 at 3:27 AM
I read J.E. Thomas’s CONTROL FREAKS this week, and loved it! It’s one of those books I keep picking up after finishing, turning to a random page, and enjoying that section all over again. A MG told in alternating POVs (including those of adults!), it builds empathy for all of the characters.