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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 1d

Lauren Castillo isn’t on here, but I’m delighted to share the next book in her Our Friend Hedgehog series: SCHOOL FOR WOODLAND CREATURES! If you love little critters sporting backpacks and being kind to one another ala Winnie the Pooh, this one’s for you! 🦔❤️

An image from the new book School for Woodland Creatures by Lauren Castillo

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 1d

I say this as a jazz appreciator, but I believe that publishers and gatekeepers VASTLY overestimate children’s interest in picture book biographies of Jazz musicans.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 1d

This this this!

The Red-Headed Strangler @emmaberquist.bsky.social · 1d

if you listen to an audiobook it's fine to say you read the book and anyone who disagrees is just being obnoxious

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 2d

Just realized Heidi is on Bluesky so tagging her here: @heidiroo.bsky.social

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much, Jess! It’s been super fun to see what it’s like on the author side 🥰

Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 2d

Just in time for Halloween, I’m delighted announce my new picture book, BUT I’M A PUMPKIN! It’s the story of a little watermelon seed who dreams of becoming a Jack-o-lantern… I can’t wait for you to see the adorably spooky art from Heidi Moreno!

Deal announcement for the picture book BUT I’M A PUMPKIN by Kat Choppy, with art by Heidi Moreno

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 2d

Jenn, can we schedule an agent editor coffee just to process this season? So much mess…

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 3d

If the Cronin prophecies continue to prove true we’re really in for it with DUCK FOR PRESIDENT

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 4d

“Jan 6 but make it beans” is genius branding

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 4d

The year withers. Dead paths across the ghost soil are revealed. Colder magics rise. Our boots are muddied, we begin to breath like dragons. Our witcheries turn with the season and our ancestors talk a little louder. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

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Devin Elle Kurtz @devinellekurtz.bsky.social · 8d

Bakery Dragon book 2 is out today!!! 🌟

a photo of the book "the bakery dragon and the Fairy cake" by Devin Elle Kurtz. it features a little red dragon stirring a bowl of cake batter. a fairy dumps in sprinkles. behind them is a glorious wall of blue and purple cakes!

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 7d

“Axolotls? Oh I was into them BEFORE they were cool.”

Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 7d

My face every time I read the news 👆

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 10d

Tangent, but something I love about Bluesky is how people will jump into the chat to gently redirect a misinterpretation of someone else’s post with zero condescension or meanness. Don’t see enough of that elsewhere

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 10d

Is it a hot take to say TLOASG is of equal quality to Taylor’s other albums? That’s not an insult or a compliment, really. I like some of the songs and not others 🤷🏻‍♀️

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11d

solidarity with all my taylor swift agnostics

Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 13d

I would expect nothing less of my home state 🚲💪🇺🇸

Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 14d

Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.

Emergency World Naked Bike Ride planned in Portland, with blurred photi of naked bicyclists.

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 28d

As an editor, my distress can’t decide whether to focus on the medium or the message

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 29d

Safe travels and much gratitude to Butch and Sundance, wherever the road takes them now

Robert Redford and Paul Newman in the roles of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · Sep 14

Here are four ways anyone can support and help their local library:

• Get a library card ⭐️
• Use your library card 🌟
•Visit the library 💫
•Tell everyone to get a library card and support their local library ✨

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · Sep 10

Simply the best slide I have ever seen in a powerpoint presentation care of @premeemohamed.com’s talk at @banffcentre.bsky.social re: Putting the Science in Science Fiction

Text mounted on a screen reads as follows:

WHAT IS SCIENCE FICTION?

1. DOESN'T MATTER
2. WHO CARES
3. MARKETING DEPARTMENT'S PROBLEM
4. NOT YOURS

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · Sep 9

The demand for eye bleach is so high right now… someone could make a killing

Gabriella "Biella" Coleman @biella.bsky.social · Sep 8

Me, every time I read the news.

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · Sep 9

Just in time for the bookmark tool to exist!

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · Sep 6

Not sure what I was expecting when I picked this up, but it was wry and prickly and cool. The main character reminded me of murderbot, only not a bot… or a murderer, in a contemporary ad agency. I recommend it! @beatrizserrano.bsky.social

The book “Discontent” by Beatriz Serrano

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · Sep 5

Last call to preorder THE POWER TOOL ALPHABET for 25% off! And as evidence of authorial expertise, here’s a picture of me with a nail gun!

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · Sep 5

It’s not every day I get excited about a celebrity politician bio, but here’s one I’m proud my company is publishing! @sanders.senate.gov

Fight Oligarchy, a book by Bernie Sanders. On sale October 21

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