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Much gratitude to Jim Averbeck, who gave me invaluable feedback when I most needed it! A huge thank you, too, to Jessica Young and @KerriKokias, who saw earlier versions of this story and whose smart notes helped me get it moving!

For sure! Finding The Market Bowl, a fun African folktale by Jim Averbeck from Charlesbridge, in the most unexpected way in the Bird and Beckett bookstore was a thrill! The PB is based on his time in #Cameroon - Except If Simon Kids also happens to be one of my favs.

THE MARKET BOWL Jim Averbeck
'...the author/illustrator draws on his Peace Corps background to cook up a cautionary, but tasty look at life in Cameroon.' -Kirkus Reviews

Best way to start the day! Thomas Higgins was our Mystery Reader today! 🦒🎂Jim Averbeck
#littleschoolbig 💜

Share a new word you learned recently that made you giddy!

I'll start! I love the word loquacious which means talkative. Kudos to Jim Averbeck for using it so eloquently in #PB One Word From Sofia illustrated by Yasmeen Ismail!

Awww… thanks Kim

Definitely !

ICYMI: Tuesday is #Twosday ! A perfect time to read aloud a book with 'two' in the title! Thanks Ms. Kasanders for reminding me about Two of Everything! #204Reads 📚💛
David Bowles (Tlazohcaxtin) Kokila Jim Averbeck @YasmeenMay Cindy Derby Jennifer K. Mann Sophie Blackall Matt Phelan

Jess Hinrichs I’ve loved celebrating the #PBParty finalists, and making new connections with other writers along the way! ❤️🎉 This week was the last Storyteller Academy class in this term. I’m looking forward to the next term, and taking a class with Jim Averbeck! I hear wonderful things!

Mindy Alyse Weiss Ditto, Mindy Alyse Weiss! But for me I didn’t APPRECIATE revision. It was just a dirty chore in the process and I would prefer to move on to the next MS. #12x12PB critiques online and Storyteller Academy mentored critique groups unlocked my desire to revise. Jim Averbeck is a master!

A thousand hearts for this one.

Oh!!! Thank you so much. <3

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Love Jim Averbeck! His insights are always interesting. And IN A BLUE ROOM is one of my favs. 💘

So glad you enjoyed it!

🧵: Thank you to my other wonderful teachers Carter Higgins Jim Averbeck Isabella Kung Julie Downing #AlexLeon #VannessaBrantleyNewton and super woman always there when I have questions Myrna Foster ❤️

Thank you to my lovely Storyteller Academy peers who always cheered me on 💕

A book birthday takes a community-> 1 writer+1 illus 🌷琳 Lynn Scurfield🌷+ 5 CPs @anotherbiped Anne Meis Knupfer @LollyForWard Hannah Holt Carrie Tillotson+1 mentor Jim Averbeck+1 agent Wendi Lulu Gu+1 edit+team #LauraGodwin +1AD Jen Keenan | she/her/hers+1 publicist Morgan Rath. Now it belongs to you!❤️

DH Ed's son, Jeff, was hit in KY tornado. Folks asked how to help so Ed made a gofundme. Jeff & family were not injured, but lost a lot, are in a shelter until housing is repaired, and will likely not be back home before Xmas. The link to the gofundme: gofund.me/7b41c0ba Tx

DH Ed's son, Jeff, was hit in KY tornado. Folks asked how to help so Ed made a gofundme. Jeff & family were not injured, but lost a lot, are in a shelter until housing is repaired, and will likely not be back home before Xmas. The link to the gofundme: gofund.me/7b41c0ba Tx