Katie McEnaney
@katiemcenaney.bsky.social
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Teacher. Writer. Lover of words and history. One-time archaeologist. Nonfiction Ninja mentee. SCBWI. 12x12. #amquerying #5thgrade She/her. https://katiemcenaney.com/ and https://www.thelogonauts.com/ for book rec's
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#50PreciousWords is my all-time favorite writing contest! You can read my entry, First Playdate Fears: a reverso poem, here on @viviankirkfield.bsky.social 's site. Enter by end-of-day tomorrow! #kidlit #amquerying

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🎉 Book news! 🎉 Two of my poems were published in this year’s CAW anthology — check it out! #AmWriting #BookNews
One of my 5th graders has an amazing T-shirt with the tiger that just says DERPY. 🤣
When you and your library are in sync about upcoming book preorders... 🤣♥️ #ThisisNotaSleepyBearBook by @briangehrlein.bsky.social

Kids and parents alike will love this twist on a bedtime book! For fans of MOTHER BRUCE and SNAPPSY THE ALLIGATOR. 🧸🦉
I learned this the hard way skipping the opening in THE LIFE OF PI ... 🐯🛶
My then 5yo liked the Mercy Watson audiobooks. They aren't very long, though.
Aww, thanks Jilanne. It was definitely an exciting series!
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Every thread tells a story. In Woven of the World by Katey Howes, weaving connects us to ancestors, traditions, and one another.
What crafts, recipes, or rituals have been “woven” through YOUR family’s generations?

#WovenOfTheWorld #KateyHowes
We heard the great horned owls in our neighborhood! ♥️🦉
Yes! We had like a good stretch of bath times at ~4yo that were all OK Go videos. He loved the car one and The Writing on the Wall especially.
And it holds up! Needing exact count is frustrating, but the kids loved it. ♥️
My 5th graders played The Royal Game of Ur last week! They were blown away by the idea that people had been playing this 1000s of years ago - and that the rules seem a lot like Trouble. 🤔😆

#archaeology4kids 🏺
The Royal Game of Ur is the world’s oldest playable boardgame!

Played by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia about 4,500 years ago!

It is a two-player race game, the rules of which have been deciphered from a cuneiform tablet.

Game from the Royal Cemetery of Ur. 📷 British Museum

#Archaeology
Put a 6 on the front and a 7 on the back. Then you can be ... 6/7!
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This roundtable is 🔥! Join me at NCTE Denver. Learn how books build design thinking, inclusivity, critical thinking, respectful communication & resilience. Walk away with ready-to-use lesson ideas. Nov 21 @ 12:30 PM. #NCTE2025 #STEMeducation #TeacherLife #kidlit
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Teachers! Librarians!
Nonfiction Mentors Texts to Guide Revision of Informational Writing
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I know. It just made me smile. Her sculpting details were incredible!
For the record, the nerd in me needs to point out that there was no lava at Pompeii. A pyroclastic surge of superheated mud after a day of raining stones would actually have been chocolate colored to begin with! 🌋🪨🤣
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Just confirmed I'm one of the author victims of the blood sucking company Anthropic that stole my book to train it's LLM. I filed a claim and it felt really good. If you're an author who may have been victimized, you can find out here:

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