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Rusty Fischer | Children's Author

@rustyhalloweeny.bsky.social

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Rusty Fischer's Halloween poems have appeared in Reader’s Digest, Good Housekeeping and Woman’s Day. His latest poem, “Socks,” is currently featured in The Dirigible Balloon. https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/36446

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Rusty Fischer | Children's Author @rustyhalloweeny.bsky.social · 21h

Food fright… A Halloween poem #halloween #kidlit #halloweenpoem #poemsforkids #kidspoems #halloweenpoems #childrenspoetry #childrenspoems #monsterpoem

A colorful Halloween background filled with black cats, ghosts, pumpkins and Frankenstein monsters interspersed with candy and shooting stars, all these graphics in support of a poem by Rusty Fischer that reads:

Three candy bars, a lollipop,
A sour apple gummy;
Now if I could just shut up
These voices in my tummy!

They gurgle, chug and whistle,
Singing through the night.
Who knew all that candy
Could give me such a fright?!

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 6h

note to incoming bluesky users: you MUST bring your own joke understandings. members and staff are NOT responsible for explaining what, how, and why jokes are

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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 5h

Boston/Cambridge friends! Come out tonight to Harvard Bookstore to see me and Steve in conversation! www.harvard.com/event/amber-...

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YAbookscentral @yabookscentral.bsky.social · 6h

Join YABC for an #authorchat with Cary Fagan about #newrelease #mglit ROBOT ISLAND, plus #entertowin a #freecopy in our #giveaway!
yabookscentral.com/author-chat-...
#Robot #Island #fiction #free #freebook #booklover

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 10h

sometimes writing good! sometimes? writing? very very bad

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YAbookscentral @yabookscentral.bsky.social · 4h

#Mglit #bookreview FRANKENSTEIN (EASY CLASSICS) is at YABC!
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#adapted #classics #Frankenstein #iilustrated

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🥀your ghoulfriend gore-igan.⚰️ @hereliescorri.bsky.social · 1d

Mamdani is not a hard name to pronounce.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Jeffries: "The effort to mischaracterize the rallies that are gonna take place all across the country is part of the continued right-wing disinformation machine that is failing to persuade the American people."

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YAbookscentral @yabookscentral.bsky.social · 5h

#kidlit #bookreview MY DAD THINKS HE'S A SCREAM is at YABC!
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#Halloween #family #humor #dadjokes

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Rusty Fischer | Children's Author @rustyhalloweeny.bsky.social · 4d

Behold... A Halloween poem #halloween #kidlit #halloweenpoem #poemsforkids #kidspoems #halloweenpoems #childrenspoetry #childrenspoems #monsterpoem

Black and white line drawing of a trick or treat bag paired with the silhouette design of a group of trick or treaters running through the night, both graphics in support of a poem by Rusty Fischer that reads:

It will not wrinkle,
Tear or snag;
Behold, the perfect
Trick or treat bag!

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Gary Delaney Comedian @garydelaney.bsky.social · 4h

A story in three parts

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 1d

I loved Drew Struzan’s artwork so much. Especially loved how, for THE NAME OF THE ROSE poster, he drew Sean Connery in a, “nuh-UH girl” pose.

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Jill Bennett @jillshanti.bsky.social · 11h

A gripping read, full of suspense #FearFiles #HideandSeek @christopheredge.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s #fiction #kidlit book of the day reviewed now on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dv0

Fear Files: Hide and Seek

Fear Files: Hide and SeekChristopher EdgeWalker Books Based on the Darkive (a secret database filled with testimony recovered from survivors of inexplicable phenomena), this story is really going t…

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 10h

Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for the utterly delightful Appletree Animal Agency: Colloe Chaos by Katya Balen, illustrated by Gill Smith. Out now for 7+ readers from @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

#KidlitUK #UKKidlit

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The blog tour banner listing the stops. The book’s cover shows 4 young children with a group of pets, including a boisterous collie.

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Ally Wilkes / AV Wilkes @unheimlichmanvr.bsky.social · 8h

There's something so magical about assembling a short story from the heap of half-sentences and images and references inside your mind. It always feels a little like a trick; a little like alchemy.

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Leah from South Dakota @leahfromsd.bsky.social · 8h

Dental appointment day, lets goooooo

a dentist wearing a hat with the moon on it

ALT: a dentist wearing a hat with the moon on it

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 18h

Solidarity is the only way

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Kelly Sue DeConnick @kellysue.bsky.social · 16h

Fellow olds: am I alone in remembering Return From Witch Mountain as being utterly terrifying?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h

“Kids”

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Rusty Fischer | Children's Author @rustyhalloweeny.bsky.social · 21h

Food fright… A Halloween poem #halloween #kidlit #halloweenpoem #poemsforkids #kidspoems #halloweenpoems #childrenspoetry #childrenspoems #monsterpoem

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Stephen Georg @stephenge.org · 1d

Playing the McDonald’s Monopoly game

as a kid: “I hope I win a big prize!”

as an adult: “please god, let it be a cheeseburger”

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Barnardos Ireland @barnardos-ireland.bsky.social · 1d

📣Are you an early years educator or professional, working with babies, toddlers and young children?

👉Join us for a webinar exploring how early experiences and relationships shape brain development, learning and mental health.

🔗 Find out more: https://ow.ly/Tcmt50X8Yvs

Poster for the live webinar event "Promoting Wellbeing and Mental Health in the Early Years" with the date, time, location, as well as a note that a certificate of attendance will be provided.

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Bert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Someone's obviously borrowed Jeff's rocket; first book of the day was "Meet the Planets". - Michael

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Jonathan Maberry @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social · 1d

Join me TONIGHT at Mysterious Galaxy for a 7pm discussion and signing for COLD WAR: A NecroTek novel! (If you can't make it, you can order signed copies and they'll ship anywhere); Here's the link with all the info you need! mystgalaxy.com/101425Maberry
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#booksigning

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Anat Shenker-Osorio @anatosaurus.bsky.social · 1d

Just continuously reminding myself, and out loud here in case it's of any help to others, that bravery is not the absence of fear but rather a determination to act despite fear.

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Amy @plitter.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight’s plans

A copy of “The Gals of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald”

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