Cheryl B. Klein
@cherylklein.bsky.social
I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; 6yo mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
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Cheryl B. Klein
@cherylklein.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hello, new followers! I'm a children's book editor with 24 years in the business & author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books. I post about books, writing craft, politics, publishing, NYC, my 5-year-old son, & things that make me laugh.
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Headlines like this are extremely dangerous. Because moms of young kids are the people who make the bulk of the vaccine decisions for famillies. And for a lot of them, "reading the news" looks like scrolling past headlines on social media in the spare moments of the chaos of caring for kids.
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Headlines like this are extremely dangerous. Because moms of young kids are the people who make the bulk of the vaccine decisions for famillies. And for a lot of them, "reading the news" looks like scrolling past headlines on social media in the spare moments of the chaos of caring for kids.
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It doesn’t feel like we’re being invaded by immigrants, it feels like we’re being invaded by Trump.
November 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It doesn’t feel like we’re being invaded by immigrants, it feels like we’re being invaded by Trump.
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As Stoppard wrote, and as I contemplate often: “I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you're dead.”
November 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
As Stoppard wrote, and as I contemplate often: “I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you're dead.”
I loved Tom Stoppard’s plays, and I often think of this line from a lecture of his, the best definition of poetry I’ve ever read: “the simultaneous compression of language and expansion of meaning.”
RIP.
RIP.
November 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I loved Tom Stoppard’s plays, and I often think of this line from a lecture of his, the best definition of poetry I’ve ever read: “the simultaneous compression of language and expansion of meaning.”
RIP.
RIP.
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The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Just to be clear: armed government agents are allowed to wear masks, balaclavas, and glasses that completely hide their identities as they disappear people off streets and out of public places, but students can't wear masks while protesting even in approved "time, manner, and place".
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Just to be clear: armed government agents are allowed to wear masks, balaclavas, and glasses that completely hide their identities as they disappear people off streets and out of public places, but students can't wear masks while protesting even in approved "time, manner, and place".
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Free digital version of The Art of KPop Demon Hunters!! theartofkpopdemonhunters.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Free digital version of The Art of KPop Demon Hunters!! theartofkpopdemonhunters.com
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Hi everybody,
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November 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Also a category that includes his mother, paternal grandparents, and two of his three wives. But of course that's different, because neither he nor de facto President Miller actually care about immigration as such. They care about racism, and it's a farce to concede the pretense it's anything else.
Trump makes the outrageous claim that “most” immigrants, which include over 25 million U.S. citizens, “are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels.”
As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Also a category that includes his mother, paternal grandparents, and two of his three wives. But of course that's different, because neither he nor de facto President Miller actually care about immigration as such. They care about racism, and it's a farce to concede the pretense it's anything else.
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this pack of Korean cigarettes has the greatest logo I've ever seen
October 17, 2024 at 6:28 PM
this pack of Korean cigarettes has the greatest logo I've ever seen
Consumer reviews of my book THUNDER TRUCKS say that it has helped little kids be less afraid of storms because “It’s just the Thunder Trucks up in the sky,” and that is partly why my co-author & I wrote it, so that is very satisfying to me.
What is the best compliment you ever received? Putting aside whether or not you believed it.
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Consumer reviews of my book THUNDER TRUCKS say that it has helped little kids be less afraid of storms because “It’s just the Thunder Trucks up in the sky,” and that is partly why my co-author & I wrote it, so that is very satisfying to me.
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The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
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Kidlit community, nothing fills me with self-doubt and disappointment more than these annual best of the year lists.
If you’re feeling blue, remember it’s subjective, and this year I’m seeing very few of my faves (the ones I didn’t work on) recognized.
Let’s all raise a glass to the unlisted!
If you’re feeling blue, remember it’s subjective, and this year I’m seeing very few of my faves (the ones I didn’t work on) recognized.
Let’s all raise a glass to the unlisted!
November 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Kidlit community, nothing fills me with self-doubt and disappointment more than these annual best of the year lists.
If you’re feeling blue, remember it’s subjective, and this year I’m seeing very few of my faves (the ones I didn’t work on) recognized.
Let’s all raise a glass to the unlisted!
If you’re feeling blue, remember it’s subjective, and this year I’m seeing very few of my faves (the ones I didn’t work on) recognized.
Let’s all raise a glass to the unlisted!
As many people are traveling to their regions of origin AND choosing food-take-based violence today:
Culver’s > Shake Shack > In ‘n’ Out > Five Guys
and it’s not close.
Culver’s > Shake Shack > In ‘n’ Out > Five Guys
and it’s not close.
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
As many people are traveling to their regions of origin AND choosing food-take-based violence today:
Culver’s > Shake Shack > In ‘n’ Out > Five Guys
and it’s not close.
Culver’s > Shake Shack > In ‘n’ Out > Five Guys
and it’s not close.
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Hey new illustrators! If you're creating a picture book w images that are a full (2-page) spread, be mindful not to put anything important in the gutter. (aka the middle, where pages connect to spine)
For ex: If the main character is dead center in your image, he'll be cut in half by the gutter. :/
For ex: If the main character is dead center in your image, he'll be cut in half by the gutter. :/
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Hey new illustrators! If you're creating a picture book w images that are a full (2-page) spread, be mindful not to put anything important in the gutter. (aka the middle, where pages connect to spine)
For ex: If the main character is dead center in your image, he'll be cut in half by the gutter. :/
For ex: If the main character is dead center in your image, he'll be cut in half by the gutter. :/
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Kindling Words is holding an auction to benefit our scholarship fund, with signed #kidlit and #yalit books, consultations, critiques, and more!
See what's being offered here: www.32auctions.com/KindlingWords
See what's being offered here: www.32auctions.com/KindlingWords
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Kindling Words is holding an auction to benefit our scholarship fund, with signed #kidlit and #yalit books, consultations, critiques, and more!
See what's being offered here: www.32auctions.com/KindlingWords
See what's being offered here: www.32auctions.com/KindlingWords
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ATTN: Salado Public Library supporters- take note of this call to action to pack the upcoming board meeting on 12/1: 5pm. Voice *support for the library committee’s decision* to deny a patron’s request to remove the children’s book- When Aidan Became a Brother by @kylelukoff.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
ATTN: Salado Public Library supporters- take note of this call to action to pack the upcoming board meeting on 12/1: 5pm. Voice *support for the library committee’s decision* to deny a patron’s request to remove the children’s book- When Aidan Became a Brother by @kylelukoff.bsky.social
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No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
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This is what AABB has been talking about. This is a truly insane overreach, and people on the ground are really scared.
1. In Tennessee, public libraries have closed for up to a week to facilitate a Trump-inspired book purge.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) has ordered most of the state's public librarians to remove children's books with LGBTQ characters or themes.
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes…
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November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is what AABB has been talking about. This is a truly insane overreach, and people on the ground are really scared.
Extremely wholesome, interesting, & informative story about how helium from Otis, Kansas, inflates the balloons in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...
Helium for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons comes from a tiny Kansas town
Employees from the Messer helium plant in Otis, Kansas, haul helium cross-country every year for the iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
www.kansascity.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Extremely wholesome, interesting, & informative story about how helium from Otis, Kansas, inflates the balloons in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade: www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...
A perfect story to read during Thanksgiving week in America, involving food, family, & hilarious fighting.
Ok palate cleanse time. In case you missed it, here's my most popular post ever
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
A perfect story to read during Thanksgiving week in America, involving food, family, & hilarious fighting.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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A ton of other great items to win too: crits or AMAs with @maggielehrman.com & @alvinaling.bsky.social, MANY signed books (including a signed copy of WICKED!), original illustration art & more! $$$ -> scholarships for this creative retreat. Check it all out! www.32auctions.com/KindlingWords
KW Scholarship Silent Auction
Silent auction 'KW Scholarship Silent Auction' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A ton of other great items to win too: crits or AMAs with @maggielehrman.com & @alvinaling.bsky.social, MANY signed books (including a signed copy of WICKED!), original illustration art & more! $$$ -> scholarships for this creative retreat. Check it all out! www.32auctions.com/KindlingWords