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Ame Dyckman

@amedyckman.bsky.social

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NYT Bestselling/Geisel-winning GRATEFUL #kidlit author! (If YOU’RE a l’il weird too, we’re gonna be pals! 😄!) NEWEST 📚: 🦇🐈🐀BAT, CAT & RAT #4: 🍂A GREAT FALL🍂 and #3: ⛱️THE BEACH DAY⛱️; 🐥DUCKIE & SNAPS🐊 #1: WE CANNOT BE FRIENDS; etc.! And MORE 📚 soon! 😄!

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 1d

Husband Guy was taking out the trash last night when SUDDENLY this bunny in our yard SAT STRAIGHT UP ON ITS BACK LEGS, and in the light from the streetlight, its eyes GLOWED LIKE A MONSTER!

So anyways, now I’m the one who has to take out the trash.

Night. Brown yard bunny with glowing eyes sits upright between the trees.

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 4d

HAPPY #HALLOWEEN, EVERYBODY! ⭐️🎃👻⭐️!

It’s so windy here, our zombie gnome keeps blowing over.

HE LOOKS SO SURPRISED! 😂!

Zombie gnome that’s blown over and looks surprised.

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Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 8d

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 8d

What’s up with that charcoal scent on new dark denim jeans?

I SMELL LIKE BBQ!

(Wait. Not a bad thing… 😂!)

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 8d

😂!

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 14d

Sometimes, I have weird little thoughts.

But sometimes, I have WEIRRRD little thoughts.

This is one of them.

(Sorry in advance!)

You wear one of those zit stickers to bed. But when you wake up in the morning… it’s gone. (Not the zit. The sticker.) You look everywhere: pillowcase, sheets, jammies. Partner and children and pets. You post flyers. Set up a call center. Hire a detective. Nothing. You wonder: is your zit sticker… happier now? Then one day, when you’ve almost lost hope, you get a postcard from Paris that just says:

“Bonjour!”

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 26d

😊❤️!

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 26d

👶🦷🦷!

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 26d

Unexpected sight:
A pumpkin
A real pumpkin!
Growing on a vine
In that little patch of dirt
Near the curb
Downtown
A whole real pumpkin!
Well, whole except for
A few little teeth marks
As if sampled by
A curious squirrel
Or even more curious
Toddler

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 26d

😂😂😂! Gives HITCHHIKER’S!

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · Oct 1

Tried to order a treat from an online bakery but got this message:

💻: “Your order weighs less than our minimum order weight of 9 lbs. Add 6 lbs. to your 🛒 to check out.”

ME: “How ’bout a small bowling ball? Like when your family wants to go bowling but you’re tired?”

💻:

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · Sep 30

🦜: “THANK YOU!”

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · Sep 30

Saw these plastic key charms on Etsy and thought they’d (individually) be cool on a chain as a necklace, so I bought them!

Then I read a review from another lady who said she bought them, too—

As toys for her PARROT.

I HAVE THE FASHION SENSE OF A BIRD! 😅😂😂😂!

Colorful classic key-shaped plastic charms in various colors.

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · Sep 23

😂!

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · Sep 23

🪲🐝: “IS!”

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · Sep 23

If a bee and a beetle had a baby, what would you call it?

A beebeetle?

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e.c. myers @ecmyers.com · Sep 23

Good news, everyone! I have an event at @booksofwonder.bsky.social on Friday, Oct. 10, at 6 p.m., presenting "YA Thrills and Chills" with Yueh Yang (OMEN GIRL) and Mariko Tamaki and @nicolegoux.bsky.social (THIS PLACE KILLS ME). I'll be reading from and signing LITTLE NIGHTMARES: THE LONELY ONES.

YA Thrills & Chills!

Spine-tingling Stories With Halloween looming ever-closer, these YA reads are just the thing to get you into a spooky mood! Prepare for scares as we welcome E.C. MYERS, author of Little Nightmares: Th...

booksofwonder.com

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · Sep 23

😂😂😂! PERFECT!

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · Sep 23

If a blue-tongued skink eats a cherry ICEE, what color will their tongue be then?

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · Sep 23

😂! Right? I’d get one except they apparently GO kinda indiscriminately, and I think I have too many books around for that! 😅!

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · Sep 23

*LAUGHING* We wondered this, too! Husband Guy just relocated my big multi-legged buddy to a bush in our yard. (It’s also the bush that our local 🦊 likes to pee on, but so long as the 🕷️ stays on the top of the bush, they should be fine. 😝😂!)

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · Sep 23

That’s AWESOME! LOVE to hear of our books in the wild! 😄❤️📚! THANKS for sharing!

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · Sep 22

🍂HAPPY 1ST DAY OF FALL!🍂

Hope YOU have A GREAT FALL!

(If not, you can get A GREAT FALL at your fave bookstore or library! 😂!)

BAT, CAT & RAT:
🍂A GREAT FALL🍂
📝 by me, 🎨 by #MarkTeague
@SimonKIDS.bsky.social

THANKS for including A GREAT FALL in YOUR #Fall #reading fun! ❤️!

🦇🐈🐀: “THANK YOU!”

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · Sep 15

Hey #kidlit illustrators!

We're beginning work on new Christmas/nighttime themed picture book. I'm looking for someone with a painterly, textured, and literary style capable conjuring magic, light, and wonder.

Please respond w/ samples + folio link.
Please no emails/DMs.

💙❤️ #artcommissions

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · Sep 16

THE BIGGEST SPIDER I’ve ever seen has built a web on our porch near our mailbox!

In other news, our mailman is missing, but I’m sure that’s just a coincidence.

🕷️: *BURP*

Photo of an orangish-reddish-striped big-brown-bodied spider—possibly an orb weaver—sitting in the center of its circular web, and licking its mandibles after eating our mailman possibly.

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