RISING FROM THE ASHES🔥My 4th starred review! Publishers Weekly: “Vivid prose... Yoo’s message of empathy, progress, and resilience following tragedy prove resonant in this moving account that remains relevant to contemporary society.”⭐️PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ⭐️KIRKUS ⭐️HORN BOOK ⭐️BCCB

Happy #EarthDay ! 🌎❤️📚

To share the importance of climate activism & climate justice with the young readers in your life, here's a 🧵 of 30 diverse KidLit books that tackle topics of environmentalism, conservation & sustainability, wildlife protection, climate change, & more!

The land is a main character in my picture book Herizon. It guides us. It takes care of us. Celebrate it as such.

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#EarthDay2024

Join me (and my book, Be My ValenSLIME) this week at TLA - Texas Library Association Convention - with 5,000 librarians in San Antonio, TX at the Henry B. Gonzalex Convention Center.

LAST DAY TO BID!

Help us change the world, one book at a time.

Our online auction closes TODAY, Monday, April 15, 2024, so don't miss out!
Get students excited about reading with an author visit:

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Cynthia Leitich Smith Kekla Magoon

What a wonderful time it was at the Ezra Jack Keats Fdtn Award Ceremony & Celebration on Thursday Southern Miss. I’m so grateful that JUST LIKE GRANDMA received a 2024 Award Honor for Writer. Congrats to the award winners & my fellow honorees! Cynthia Leitich Smith ejkf.org/2024-ejk-award…

Seriously, do not look directly at the sun.

Working with a client on a picture book ms. last night, I pointed to the last sentence in the first para. 'Why is this here?' I asked. 'It doesn't come up again, and it wraps up your story right at the beginning.' The client replied, 'That's the sentence that AI wrote.' [1/3]

📚Are you a middle grade or young adult writer? Are you an unpublished writer of color or Indigenous/Native writer hoping to break into publishing?

🎉Submissions for our New Visions Award are open from now through 6/30/24! Visit bit.ly/newvisionsaward to learn more & enter.

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Read Your World Auction is live! You can win 1 signed copy of the award-winning JUST LIKE GRANDMA and a 1 silver toned basketball heart necklace & more. Runs April 1 - April 15. Please help Read Your World change the world one book at a time. givebutter.com/c/fCzAyF/aucti…

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Stories from the past to inspire future generations bit.ly/49K2QAw via A Kid's Book A Day #ReadYourWorld #farm #Holocaust #picturebooks

Are you a #kidlit author who has a hard time keeping track of literary celebrations like Independent Bookstore Day and World Read Aloud Day? I got tired of looking these up year after year, so I created a calendar on my website. Check it out here: carriefinison.com/for-writers/li…

#KidLit4Ceasefire I’ve done a lot of these donations and I’ve been able to really help a lot of authors. And if you aren’t ready, there is no time limit!
Full Manuscript Critique for MG/YA + AMA 32auctions.com/organizations/… via 32auctions

Congrats to the award winners & fellow honorees! Looking forward to attending the EJK luncheon and ceremony at the Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival at the University of Southern Mississippi in April! Cynthia Leitich Smith Rosemary Brosnan Tricia FUCKING BRILLIANT Lawrence Soaring20sPB

Happy book birthday, dear Debbi Michiko Florence⁷! Love Jasmine books! 🎂

Love this cover! Cannot wait for another JoJo Makoons by my friend Dawn Quigley, not on this app much! 👏🏽🎉👏🏽🎉👏🏽 Preorder this book NOW.

Huge thank you to Kaiya Little from Texas Monthly for sharing this lovely write-up on Heartdrum! 🪶❤️

To read the full feature + interview with Heartdrum's curator Cynthia Leitich Smith, follow the link below (🔗 also shared in our bio!)

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