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Ragged Rascal Rhymes @rhymster.bsky.social · 10h

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#kidlit #HaikuSaturday #quietposters

Well into Spooktober now, here’s a spooklet:

A young spook from Tipperary
Found she was not very scary,
Even on Halloween
She could not raise a scream,
So she became a sugarplum fairy.

Ragged Rascal Rhymes

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Ragged Rascal Rhymes @rhymster.bsky.social · 4d

@littlethoughtspress.com

Just arrived in the mail, another fine edition of a fine magazine with stories, poems and pictures by poets and artists big and small

Cover of Little Thoughts mag 11 with a boy and a girl stirring a pot of weird words for the Stirring Words issue

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Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · 12d

Step inside a child's imagination in this charming story by young writer Ada Freer! "Ivy's Imagination" was inspired by Kathryn Powers' illustration Spring Jig, and can be found in Little Thoughts Press Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure, available in print & pdf.

www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues

Illustration by Kathryn Powers of a bear, raccoon and hedgehog happily dancing among spring flowers. Accompanying the illustration is part of the story "Ivy's Imagination" by Ada Lucia Freer.

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Stefan Karlsson @stefankarlsson.bsky.social · 14d

If you’re looking for Halloween poems this spooky season, check out scaryness.com, a new webzine featuring spooky poems for kids! Great for educators, parents, and young ghouls 👻 I’m honored to have a couple silly-scary poems there 🎃 #kidlit #poetry

Scary Jack-o-lantern and bats on an orange background. Text reads Halloween Poems for Kids! Ticket to scary-ness on the poetry express. Scary poems for children (with a sprinkle of fun). Scaryness.com

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The Toy Press 🍩🦜🍑🌻🪐🛼 @thetoypress.bsky.social · 17d

To celebrate, if you order a copy of our 'hobbies' edition between now and the end of Thursday, we'll include a copy of our 'toys' edition for FREE! (UK only, while stocks last).

Don't miss out, visit our website to order.

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Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · 21d

On the Dirigible Balloon dirigibleballoon.org you'll find a cornucopia of wonderful poems imagining the future. They're free, they're safe, they'll take you to fantastical places, they'll make you smile, they'll make you think ... what are you waiting for?
#PoetryForChildren #ImagineTheFuture

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Carmela A. Martino @carmelamartino.bsky.social · 28d

I'm honored to have a poem in this issue!

Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · 28d

Issue 11: Stirring Words is here!

Guest edited by @jthomasabc.bsky.social, Stirring Words is a celebration of words that will inspire, delight, and entrance young readers.

Available now in print and pdf.

www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues

ISSUES | Little Thoughts

www.littlethoughtspress.com

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Rachel Burrows @rburrows.bsky.social · 28d

Launching today - the beautiful Stirring Words edition of Little Thoughts Press, guest edited by @jthomasabc.bsky.social Come along and have a look - and maybe even try an instrument on page 6! 🎺It’s #pandemonium !
www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues @littlethoughtspress.com
#poetry #poetryforkids

ISSUES | Little Thoughts

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Barbara Bleiman @barbarableiman.bsky.social · 28d

So lovely to have a poem published in this beautiful issue of @littlethoughtspress.com magazine! It's one dear to my heart, as it brings in memories of my grandmother and thoughts about language and cultural identity. www.littlethoughtspress.com

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Ian Brownlie @ianbrownlie.bsky.social · 28d

Very pleased to have a few scary poems boarding The Poetry Express. A whole bunch of fantastic writers along for the ride by the looks of it! scaryness.com/new-poems-no...

#WritingCommunity #WritingForChildren #PoetryCommunity #PoetryForKids #KidLit #WordPrompt

Picture of a "Ticket to Scary-ness on The Poetry Express (Scary poems for children, with a sprinkle of fun). scaryness.com"

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Lisa Billa @lisasbilla.bsky.social · 28d

Honored to have a poem included in Stirring Words!

What a fun issue- "capturing the magic of language in all its quirky, stupendous, and surprising forms"!

#kidlit #writingcommunity #poetry #poetryforkids

www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues

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Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · 28d

Issue 11: Stirring Words is here!

Guest edited by @jthomasabc.bsky.social, Stirring Words is a celebration of words that will inspire, delight, and entrance young readers.

Available now in print and pdf.

www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues

ISSUES | Little Thoughts

www.littlethoughtspress.com

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Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · 28d

#Teachers #Schools #Families
#NationalPoetryDay2025 is coming.
This way for high quality, safe, thought provoking, informative and funny poems for key stage 2 and 3 children >>> dirigibleballoon.org
#PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈

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Rob Walton @robwaltonwriter.bsky.social · 28d

Great to have some mildly scary poems for kids aboard the scary-ness express. scaryness.com

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Stefan Karlsson @stefankarlsson.bsky.social · 28d

Yikes! I have two new spooky poems for kids on the Scary-ness Express poetry website! Delighted to join the talented bunch of children’s poets in this scary-fun webzine 👻🚂✨

Bones & Boo Inn: scaryness.com/new-poems-no...

Book of Beware: scaryness.com/new-poems-no...

#poetry #kidlit #halloween

Green train ticket graphic on a purple background. The text reads: The Poetry Express. New poems boarding the scary-ness express. Ticket.

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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 27d

I still can’t believe I got to guest edit an issue of @littlethoughtspress.com. I’m hugely grateful to the editor, @clairemtaylor.com, for giving me this chance, and to all the writers and artists who embraced our theme.

Come and be stirred by beautiful words!
littlethoughtspress.com/issues

Cover of the Stirring Words issue of Little Thoughts Press magazine, showing two children stirring a pot of glowing words.

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Ragged Rascal Rhymes @rhymster.bsky.social · 27d

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#kidlit #HaikuSaturday #quietposters
Lots of new spooky rhymes just up on scaryness.com

Tickets to Scary-ness on the poetry express

Scary Poems for Children (with a sprinkle of fun)

scaryness.com

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Ragged Rascal Rhymes @rhymster.bsky.social · 28d

Latest Little Thoughts out now www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues

Stirring Words in verse and story with art

ISSUES | Little Thoughts

www.littlethoughtspress.com

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Susan (Morhar) Andrews @andrewssusanm.bsky.social · Sep 13

Here are the 5 stunning BlueSky versions of my 9/13/25 #HaikuSaturday #haiku posted so far. I'll post the complete list on Monday so more people can join in if they wish to do so.

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Stefan Karlsson @stefankarlsson.bsky.social · Sep 9

I’m loving the spooky poems for kids on the wonderful new website scaryness.com, a free resource for scary poems (with a sprinkle of fun)! Extra excited to have my own spooky work haunting the site soon! 👻🧙‍♀️📚
#poetry #poetryforkids #kidlit

Green cartoon train ticket on a purple background reading Ticket to Scary-ness on The Poetry Express: Scary Poems for Children (with a sprinkle of fun) with cartoon train full of spooky characters like a ghost and a vampire.

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Jonathan Emmett @jonathanemmett.com · Jul 30

I got a string of flattering emails about my books yesterday. Normally I’d be delighted, but these were generated by AI.

The messages mentioned specific books I’ve written.

I’ve written about it on my blog.

#KidLitUK #BookSky #WritingLife #WritingCommunity

jonathanemmett.com/2025/07/auth...

AUTHORS BEWARE! If you receive a flattering email about your book, it may be from an AI. • jonathanemmett.com

I received a series of emails yesterday which I now know to be AI generated and suspect to be part of a phishing scam, so I’m flagging them up here as a warning to other authors who may be targeted in...

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The Toy Press 🍩🦜🍑🌻🪐🛼 @thetoypress.bsky.social · Jul 22

The Toy edition 7 is out now!

It's packed full of hobby-themed poetry, stories and illustrations from contributors in Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Europe.

Don't miss out - use the link in bio to order your copy today.

Cover image by @graphicartstype.bsky.social

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Ragged Rascal Rhymes @rhymster.bsky.social · Jul 21

Congratulations on the latest issue. Here’s one for Word of the Week:

Fear is a lead weight
Dragging you down
Pulling you under
To panic and drown.

Hope is a featherweight
Lifting you high
Drifting you softly
Through the blue sky.

GS

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Ragged Rascal Rhymes @rhymster.bsky.social · Jul 14

Thanks Susan!

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