
Kelly J. Baptist
@kellyiswrite
ISAIAH DUNN IS MY HERO, Aug 2020! Mother of FIVE. Amazed by Jesus. Oakwoodite. Extreme Kobe-fan. I Live and Dream in STORY. Rep'd by Hannah Mann @ Writers House
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School Year Read # 60 #msfoleyiscurrentlyreading #audiobooklove #bookstagram #librarylife #read #weneeddiversebooks Kelly J. Baptist


Introducing our Author Mentors for the 2024 Black Creatives' Revision Workshop! Huge thank you to Nia / N.E. Davenport-updates only, Zelda Lockhart, PhD,@ninaFoxx, Shauna Robinson, Julian Winters is Kind of Here, Deborah F. Savoy, Kim Johnson, @pamharriswrites, Kelly J. Baptist, & Barbara Binns ❤️


Ready, Set, Dough! by Kelly J. Baptiste. A spunky sixth-grader devises over-the-top ideas to win the laptop of her dreams by selling cookie dough in her school fundraiser. Will she win? #butlermidweekmorris #readysetdough Kelly J. Baptist Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚


🎞️ ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY ▪︎ “Iveliz Explains it All” by Andrea Beatriz Arango ▪︎ “More to the Story” by Hena Khan ▪︎ “Isaiah Dunn is My Hero” by Kelly J. Baptist ▪︎ “Room to Dream” by Kelly Yang ▪︎ “Brown Girl Dreaming” by Jacqueline Woodson


Thank you Kelly J. Baptist for sharing your books at Literacy Night last evening and then today with two amazing assemblies!


“Mom, it’s a snow day…do I HAVE to read” Me: 📖👓📚but you can choose the book. Him: Kelly J. Baptist book plz ❤️


🕺"The Electric Slide and Kai" written by Kelly J. Baptist and illustrated by Darnell Johnson Author Kelly J. Baptist has published six books for children and young adults. She is the winner of the 2017 Lee and Low New Voices Honor Award Learn More: kellyiswrite.com


The BookSmitten podcast is going to Iowa! We'll be podding from the SCBWI Midwest conference. Children's book writers and creators - can't wait to see you there. SCBWI Michigan SCBWI Wisconsin BookSmitten Kelly J. Baptist scbwi



Superheroes don't always have special powers or fancy suits -- sometimes they look like a young boy with otherworldly courage and armed with an inspiring journal left behind by his father: tinyurl.com/ydrvsnym Kelly J. Baptist #nationalsuperheroday #mglit #childrensbooks


The next book on our list for Middle School 2024-25 Virginia Reader's Choice is Eb & Flow by Kelly J. Baptist .

★ Kelly J. Baptist (Kelly J. Baptist) and illustrator Jenin Mohammed’s (Jenin Mohammed) “jazzy jam session” of a picture book THE BAND IN OUR BASEMENT “emphasizes the excitement of a special moment after lights-out” buff.ly/3BblGEB

#Bluestem2025 nominee Isaiah Dunn is My Hero by Kelly J. Baptist is an amazing #mslit novel. It's heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time and you will fall in love with these characters and not be able to put it down! #mediacenter #bookrecommendations Bluestem Award #librarian


These four 5th graders are getting their read on for the Bluestem Battle of the Books! Bluestem Award #204reads Kendall Elementary Kelly J. Baptist


🎉🙌🏿Happy #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉 📖THE BAND IN OUR BASEMENT by Kelly J. Baptist Kelly J. Baptist, Jenin Mohammed Jenin Mohammed, Abrams BYR ABRAMS Kids Congrats!!! #ChildrensBooks #OurStoriesMatter


Feel the beat with #TheBandInOurBasement! Don’t miss this new rhyming picture book from author Kelly J. Baptist and illustrator Jenin Mohammed. Grab a copy for your little ones today! #BookBirthday bit.ly/4fFKdR3


michiganreading.org/event-5809033 #MRA25 @readandwritekzoo @wileyblevins @mrschureads Kelly J. Baptist #literacy #continuingeducation
