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Tracey Baptiste
@traceybaptiste.bsky.social
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It's launch day for Super Goat Girl in the UK @dapsdraws.bsky.social and I are excited to share her with the world!
July 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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It's release day for SuperGoat Girl! And I could not be more excited.
Weirdly, it's the first picture book I ever sold, but it's the fifth one I've had published.
#kidlit #kidlitmegafeed #SuperGoatGirl #WhatsYourSuperpower #picturebook
A vase of colorful flowers with a card, next to a copy of Super Goat Girl by Tracey Baptiste and Dapo Adeola. A yellow burst background like a comic book with a copy of Super Goat Girl in the foreground. Text around the book reads: What's Your Superpower? Be a SUPER reader! Get your copy today!
July 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Saturday at 11am join @dapsdraws.bsky.social and me at the Bronx Children's Museum for a morning of super activities. Hear Super Goat Girl, draw the heroes, make your own hero mask, and take home a special coloring page!
#kidlit #picturebook #supergoatgirl #superhero
Poster for an event at the Bronx Children's Museum. Bright yellow background with comic book style values that read "super" and "cool." The poster reads, "storytelling & activities with Tracey Baptiste and Dapo Adeola. The cover of Super Goat Girl is also shown. Event date listed as Saturday 11am 07.12.25. bxcm.org
July 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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This Saturday is the launch of #SuperGoatGirl at the Bronx Children'sMuseum! @dapsdraws.bsky.social will lead a virtual draw along. I'll do a reading and superhero activity. There will be mask-making and coloring pages to take with your copy of the book!
#Kidlit #picturebooks
www.bxcm.org
Cover of Super Goat Girl showing a smiling blue goat in a yellow and navy short unitard uniform with a red G on the belt, and a black mask over her eyes. The background is a starburst in light yellow and teal, and the title is in bright yellow with a bold pink starburst background.
July 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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My friends are helping me get the word out about Super Goat Girl, which will be out in 10 days!!!
Written by me with fabulous illustrations by @dapsdraws.bsky.social
#supergoatgirl #picturebook
Smiling Black woman holding a copy of Super Goat Girl and a handful of stickers. Grinning white woman holding a copy of Super Goat Girl in front of a group of people talking. Smiling Asian woman wearing glasses holding a copy of Super Goat Girl. White woman peeking out from behind an opened cot of Super Goat Girl.
July 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Getting ready for the release of #SuperGoatGirl by making figures of the 4 main supers.
Super Goat Girl, Laser Lass, Noodle Boy, and Robo Kid. From designs by @dapsdraws.bsky.social
The book is out 6/15 (US) 6/17 (UK)
Pre-order at your fave bookseller!
Four small figurines of characters from Super Goat Girl. Left to right: Robo Kid, a blue and silver figure with a screen face; Noodle Boy, an orange and green kid with blond hair and one overstreched arm; Super Goat Girl, a blue goat wearing yellow shortalls and a black eye mask; Laser Lass, a Black girl with afro puffs and an all-purple skirt ensemble including eye mask. A blank Laser Lass figurines in white resin labeled Laser Lass showing a girl with a cape, boots, skirt, and goggles. Three in-production images of Robo Kid on a black stand in front of a bag of markers of various colors. Two figures have no head. The middle figure is complete. A photo labeled "The worksop" showing small figures in different stages of production. The figures are from the book Super Goat Girl. From left to right: Super Goat Girl fully painted with blue skin and yellow uniform, Laser Lass in all black resin and no paint, Robo Kid in all black work no paint, Super Goat Girl in all black with no paint, Super Goat Girl fully painted in shortalls, Robo Kid with lower body painted.
June 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Part of a statement from Pope Leo XIV to the College of Cardinals.
The more I know about Papa Leo, the more I like him.
#popeleoxiv #papaleo
"Sensing myself called to continue in this same path, I chose to take the name Leo XIV. There are different reasons for this, but mainly because Pope Leo XIII in his historic Encyclical Rerum Novarum addressed the social question in the context of the first great industrial revolution. In our own day, the Church offers to everyone the treasury of her social teaching in response to another industrial revolution and to developments in the field of artificial intelligence that pose new challenges for the defence of human dignity, justice and labour."
May 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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I'm absolutely disgusted at the news of the callous and rude firing of Dr. Hayden.
I'm choosing to remember a happier moment from last year's Hallowread event at the White House. And I will continue to promote children's books in her honor.
Dr. Carla Hayden and Tracey Baptiste are holding a copy of Looking for a Jumbie on the White House lawn. Dr. Hayden wears black pants and a short sleeved blouse. Tracey wears olive green pants and a copper tank top. Both are smiling.
May 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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New Pope did this.
I like him already.
Screenshot of tweet from Robert Prevost with photo of JD Vance Text: JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn't ask us to rank or love for others.
May 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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He did this
Screenshot from X showing JD Vance Tweet from Robert Prevost: JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn't ask us to rank our live for others.
May 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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For #independentbookstoreday I visited The Curious Reader in Glen Rock, NJ and picked up this gn, some stickers, and Toad. Someone had just bought Frog ALONE. And left Toad behind! I had to rescue him. Who would do this???
Later, I built a Lego set. Seemed like a good day for this one.
A photo of a plush Toad, from Frog and Toad are friends, sitting in front of the graphic novel version of A Wizard of Earthsea. A photo of a built Lego set of a minifigure lady sitting in an armchair in front of a tall bookshelf with a ladder. There is also a plant, and a tea cup in a table. Photo of the instruction manual for the Lego set with the librarian and bookshelf. A couple of unopened bags of Legos are under the manual.
April 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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More thoughts on #AI and where artist's find themselves in this moment. #NoAI
April 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Lemme just jump in on this lil' trend.
#AuthorStarterPack #NoAI
Simple black illustrations on a lime green sticky note. At top it reads "Author Starter Pack" and shows a woman in a striped shirt, pants, and sneakers, a pile of books marked TBR, a pen marked PEN, an open book marked JOURNAL, a shaggy dog, a sign showing NO AI and traceybaptiste.com on the bottom.
April 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Just another example of how culturally relevant Black art is, and how it's quickly taken over by others. I'm not mad at this, but how long will it be before people forget that Black artists created rap, and how long again until we're excluded from it?
(See: rock and roll, country music, etc.)
Set of four photos of female-presenting artists. All with dark hair. The first with long white nails, the second with a middle part and minimal makeup, the third reclining in a lace long-sleeved top, the fourth with wavy hair and hoop earrings. Text: Kickoff Event! the New Rap Language: How Musicians Transform the Spoken Word Tues, Apr 15 6:30pm Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) & Online Groundbreaking musicians Audry Funk, Bartika Eam Rai, and Felukah join journalist Jessica Lipsky for a discussion about how they blend their native and adopted languages into their music, crafting unique styles and amplifying the issues that matter most to them. Presented in partnershp with the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.
April 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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I'm open to mentoring writers again! 12 weeks of one on one work. Message for details.
#WritingMentorship #WritingTeacher #CreativeWriting #MiniMFA
April 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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I'm very excited to be doing this online community event for readers. Just register for free at the link below, join me on April 12 @ 3pmEST, then relax and read.

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Three photos of people reading with text that reads: Rest and Read, a free online space for book-lovers to read together. Saturday, April 12, 3-4pm EST How to Test and Read... Register for free Log in at 3pm EST on April 12 Say (or wave) hello Turn your mic off and read anything for 30 minutes Torn your mic on to share bookish things (or just listen) Log off and enjoy the rest of your day!
March 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Birthday breakfast with hungry companion.
An etched glass mug in the foreground with yogurt and berries. Sniffing it is a goldendoodle with blond hair and dark eyes.
March 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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This #Oscars analysis of #Anora winning made me think of how publisher strategy about what books are backed has more to do with award wins than anything a writer/illustrator could do alone.
It also points out that diversifying after #OscarsSoWhite and #MeToo benefitted EVERYONE
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Anora's journey began at May's Cannes Film Festival, where the main competition jury, presided over by Greta Gerwig, awarded the dramedy that fest's highest honor, the Palme d'Or. The Palme is not always a guarantee of Oscar success--indeed, only two prior films, 1955's Marty and 2019's Neon-distributed Parasite, had ever won the Palme and then been able to sustain enough momentum to win best picture Oscar some nine months later. But in the case of Anora, it caused the industry to take seriously a film starring a cast of actors and actresses that few had ever heard of, guided by a filmmaker who has long been widely admired and respected in cineaste circles, but whose prior seven features had collectively received only a single Oscar nomination (best supporting actor for The Florida Project's Willem Dafoe). From there, Neon--perhaps realizing that in Anora, it once again had a solidly-made and highly-entertaining film that is arguably, at its core, about economic inequality and desperation--largely redeployed its Parasite playbook. It re-launched the film at the fall film fests (Telluride,Toronto and New York), with its fimmaker on hand to help introduce its stars to the film community. It then did the de riguer screenings, Q&As and receptions, en route to a mid-October platform release (Parasite debuted Oct 11 on a single screen, Anora began its rollout on Oct 18 in 6 location). And it let the strong buzz and amazing reviews (Anora is at 93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes) provide the wind behind its sails the rest of the way (it has thus far grossed just under $41 million worldwide, nearly seven times its cost).
March 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Join my "rest and read" virtual bookish community. (it's free! And you can read whatever you want!)
Sign up for my newsletter to learn more www.traceybaptiste.com

#restandread #bookish #readfreely #reading
How to support book creators during the downfall of democracy: Borrow from the library Buy from independent bookstores using cash Subscribe to author and illustrator newsletters Join @the.storygraph and rate books Order online from @bookshop_org Talk about your favorite reads Read in public White paper held with a paperclip on a crumpled black background. Joyful Resistance Join me in a virtual reading community called "rest and read" (it's free! And you can read whatever you want!) Sign up for my newsletter to join my bookish community @ traceybaptiste.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Barkley would meow if he could.
A golden doodle sleeping on a gray couch with plants in the background.
February 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Fun with 3D printing and the cover illustration by Taj Francis.
#boy2.0 #middlegrade #scifi #kidlit
February 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Part 3 on #AI #EducationalPublishing and ##CreativeWriting is about students using AI and how educators need to respond.
#edusky #booksky #kidlit
February 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Party two on #AI #EducationalPublishing and #CreativeWriting is about changing text for certain markets.
#edusky #kidlit #librarians
February 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Mini lecture on using AI in the classroom. I have a few of these planned.
#edusky #ai #CreativeWriting #Kidlit #WritingCommunity #bookstore #libraries #librarians
February 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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I'm outside!
Well, out of the house anyway.
A lit stage with the letters HK in bright outline. The playbill for Hell's Kitchen with a girl in 90s gear (yellow baseball tee and bag jeans) standing on a rooftop.
February 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM