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✨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!❤️ #SCBWI #SCBWI25CK #CrystalKiteAward

My bookshelf is full, so it's time for a #Giveaway. Want to win these 9 awesome picture books (some of which are signed)? All you gotta do is 1. follow me 2. like this post and 3. repost OR comment and tag a friend. Winner announced on Friday! #kidlit

My next #webinar STRANGER THAN FICTION happens 7/31 at 7PM ET. Sign Up HERE: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Panelist Spotlight— #WinsomeBingham #THE TABLE, MISSING MOMMA, LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL🐝 is an award-winning author of books for children. Her debut... 🧵 #writingworkshop #AuthorSpotlight #novelists #literaryagent

There are several states and provinces still available for the READ AROUND NORTH AMERICA Back to School 2025 list. If you are an author or illustrator traditionally published in '24 or '25 and live in one of these states let me know. #books #BackToSchool #authors

Latinx writers: Publishers are looking for you. We rounded up some imprints and editors who are actively seeking Latinx voices—and included tips for how to approach them with confidence. buff.ly/fB86pOZ #PB #Latinx #WritingCommunity

Picture Books, Printables & Play--OH MY! had a bit of a hiatus 🙃 But it's back w/ a little revamp! 🙌 I added more printables & a new hands-on activity to one of my favs, and the perfect back-to-school #PB, The Book of Rules by Brian Gehrlein 😈 & Tom Knight! 😈 Check it out 👇

Many thanks to Maritere Rodríguez Bellas for our newest blog #interview! She chats about her writing motivation to represent bilingual families through her stories. Check out her children's book, I Have a Secret/Tengo un Secreto, in our Bookshop. Keep shining! ✨ litkidsmagazine.wixsite.com/lit-kids-magaz…

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, M IS FOR MASON JAR by Carolyn B. Fraiser 🌙🌲, illustrated by Sally Garland (Familius) out Aug 12. To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: kidlit411.com/2025/08/the-we… (+ more ways to win)

Happy #fakepitchfriday - a made up thing just to share comps of my available queries! Any #PB #kidlit #agent interested in… 👻Dark humor: CREEPY CRAYON x I WANT MY HAT BACK 📚Metafiction: THE CRAYON STUB x DON’T PUSH THE BUTTON 🫀Retelling: CINDERELLA WITH DOGS x NEVERMORE!

Super Special - Editorial notes + line edits for less than $20. #picturebooks Limited spots. DM me for more info. #WritingCommunity #AUTHORS #critiques

I believe in manuscripts. I believe in writers. And I believe that one of you has the story that’ll knock my socks off. Query me, y’all. #WritingCommunity #MSWL #AmQuerying #Believe

How have 5 years flown by? 🎉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LOLA! 🦩 To celebrate, I'll #Giveaway a signed copy of my #picturebook FUSSY FLAMINGO on Lola's big birthday, August 7. RP or Comment, tagging a friend or sharing your fav flamingo gif. Enter for your littles, students, or yourself!

Learning how to use pitch events has gotten me full requests, editor interest, and multiple offers of rep (on three different books now!) and with #QuestPit, #QueerPit, and #PosterPit coming up, I thought I'd share my guide for making pitch events work for you 🧵

Hey #kidlit #WritingCommunity: If you're a traditionally published picture book or MG author or illustrator and you'd like to be featured on my Six Questions blog, I have 3 openings in late 2025, many more in early 2026. Email [email protected] boonewrites.com/blog

Making space for some new picture books on my shelf, so it's time for a #Giveaway. Want to win these 9 awesome picture books (some of which are signed)? All you gotta do is follow, like, and repost or comment and tag a friend. Winner announced on Friday!⁠ ⁠ #kidlit

I am not a rhymer, but this looks helpful!

It’s wedding day and ringbearer Quique fears the groom will steal his favorite Tia away from him. But after an unexpected, heartwarming encounter with Tia’s new husband, Quique soon discovers he might actually be gaining a new family member who loves him, too. #questpit #PB #Q

Marisol wants to make abuelita proud by making the perfect sopito. Making this Mexican dish is harder than imagined, but with a dash a creativity and perseverance, she discovers even more. A heartfelt story about tradition, family, and everlasting love. 👵🇲🇽 #questpit #PB #Q

Ghosts are scary. Fantasmita is not. Instead of scaring people on Jaloween night, he dives into an enchanted underwater adventure and explores the depths of the ocean. But will his scary friends Vampiro and Werewolf still stand by his side when he returns? #questpit #Q #PB 👻🪼