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Erin Dealey--> Kidlit Author*Playwright
@erindealey.bsky.social
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Following my #Librarian #Teacher #kidlit friends & hoping to figure out this learning curve. Repped by Deborah Warren @eastwestlit -- Blogger of author & illus. #BookBirthdays -- Playwright at Uproar Theatrics erindealey.com -- Happily MARRIED btw--
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Erin Dealey--> Kidlit Author*Playwright @erindealey.bsky.social · May 19
JUST FLOWERS Illus. @k8cosgrove.bsky.social #FlowerDay @eastwestlit.bsky.social @pbpros.bsky.social

"#Kindness can soften the hardest hearts & we miss out when we make snap judgments. A vibrant reminder to look beyond appearances—a lesson that applies to #flowers as well as to people." --KIRKUS
Cover of JUST FLOWERS by Erin Dealey with art--and lots of flowers-- by Kate Cosgrove
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aaslala.bsky.social
If you know a librarian who has gone above and beyond for their community, thank them for their work by nominating them for the #ILoveMyLibrarian Award! ilovelibraries.org/love-my-librarian Nominations are accepted online now through Monday, Dec. 15, 2025.
Promotional poster for the I Love My Librarian Award 2026, offering a $5,000 prize, sponsored by the American Library Association and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Thankful for you, friends. And HERE & THERE by debut author/illustrator Thea Lu -- about reflections, friendship, and connections -- gives so many of the feels of #Thanksgiving I had to share. erindealey.com/authors-and-... @ebyrbooks.bsky.social @pbpros.bsky.social #KidlitMegaFeed #Skybrarians
Here & There + 10 Qs with debut author/illustrator Thea Lu = a perfect time for reflection and connections. - Erin Dealey, Children's Author
Here & There + 10 Qs with debut author/illustrator Thea Lu = a perfect time for reflection and connections.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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A #bookbirthday post from @erindealey.bsky.social about WHEN SANTA WROTE BACK by @hellonathanc.bsky.social & Pablo Pino @sourcebooks.bsky.social:

bsky.app/profile/erin...
November 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Congrats @asiqueira.bsky.social Can’t wait to read this (and pair it with our upcoming Squirrel Draws #BigFeelings — @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social
pubspotlight.bsky.social Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 9d
#CollectionDevelopment staff tag along as we note some #kidsbooks with #BigFeelings #naeycAC attendees can discover at Booth 200 including Vera La Valiente Is Scared is a “¬relatable story with wide appeal about bravery and emotional honesty” @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social www.slj.com/review/vera-...
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
erindealey.bsky.social
Love seeing our wintery SNOW GLOBE WISHES
(SleepingBearBks /Illus. ClaireShorrock) pop up via Pinterest/ Arin Solange at Home-- in such wonderful company!
@eastwestlit.bsky.social @pbpros.bsky.social
arinsolangeathome.com/best-childre... PS It's not just for Christmas! #Skybrarians
November 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Thanks Erin, this was super fun!
November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Happy (belated-but-just-in-time-for-the-holidays) #BookBirthday WHEN SANTA WROTE BACK @hellonathanc.bsky.social , illus. Pablo Pino @sourcebooks.bsky.social
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#Edusky #holidays #picturebooks #KidlitMegaFeed #Letters #BlogSky #Skybrarians
Happy (belated-but-just-in-time-for-the-holidays) #BookBirthday to When Santa Wrote Back + 10 Qs with debut author Nathan Christopher - Erin Dealey, Children's Author
We chat about rhyming, process, presents and a new holiday picture book: When Santa Wrote Back by debut author Nathan Christopher
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November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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I am thrilled to be on @kidlit411.bsky.social's weekly big list of #kidlit links and #giveaways! @eastwestlit.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social #beccastadtlander @unionsquarekids.bsky.social
kidlit411.bsky.social Kidlit411 @kidlit411.bsky.social · 15d
Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Nov 14): kidlit411.com/2025/11/the-... Inside: Writing Scenes with Senses, Tabling Comic Shows, Crowdfunding webinar, more. Thanks @heatherbell37.bsky.social for the illustration, Manu Delpech and @laurenkerstein.bsky.social for the PB giveaways.
The Weekly 411 (11/14/25)
A one-stop place for all your kid lit information needs.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
erindealey.bsky.social
📚❤️🇺🇦 Congrats @choldenko.bsky.social @kaaauthor.bsky.social 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
choldenko.bsky.social Gennifer Choldenko @choldenko.bsky.social · 19d
Here's a bit of hope. We have received an offer to publish DOGTOWN in the Ukraine.

Makes me cry every time I think about it. @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @kaaauthor.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
erindealey.bsky.social
If you wonder what I’ve been doing lately… This has been such fun! And working with smart, talented high school kids gives you so much hope,friends. Opening Night tomorrow night. 🌟🎭🌟🎭🌟🎭🌟🎭🌟
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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k8cosgrove.bsky.social
Bert & Ernie's House
©2025 Cosgrove...
New Art Print in my Etsy shop!!
My homage to Bert & Ernie
#BertandErnie #sesameestreet #fanart #muppets #kidlit #80skid #illustration #artprint #kidlit #kidlitart
: link for my Etsy Shop in bio / Linktree

@eastwestlit.bsky.social
Small plastic Sesame Street toys next to brightly colored Bert & Ernie in their house on Sesame Street under a rainbow next to a colorful modern city surrounded by flowers and a white cat in the garden.
November 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
erindealey.bsky.social
Let the Happy Book Birthday celebratrion continue! We chat with #debut author Lindsey B. Hobson about her new pb, DARK SKIES illus. Makenzie McCarthy (The Little Press) erindealey.com/book-birthda... #stargazing #memoryloss #BookBoost @pbpros.bsky.social
Happy (belated) Book Birthday DARK SKIES = Five Qs with #debut picture book author Lindsey Hobson - Erin Dealey, Children's Author
We chat with Lindsey Hobson about memory loss and light pollution in her new picture book Dark Skies
erindealey.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
erindealey.bsky.social
Since November is #kidlit #PictureBookMonth here are my first two books, which released 20 years ago (!) thanks to the amazing Caitlyn Dlouhy + Aladdin + Atheneum @simonkids.bsky.social Illus. Hanako Wakiyama #Skybrarians @eastwestlit.bsky.social @pbpros.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
erindealey.bsky.social
Congratulations! @senickel.bsky.social BEAR’S BIG IDEA @lernerbooks.bsky.social @carolhinz.bsky.social Illus. Il Sung Na
senickel.bsky.social Sandra Nickel 📚 @senickel.bsky.social · 27d
The Crystal Kite Award for Bear’s Big Idea has arrived! Thank you to all of my fellow @scbwi.bsky.social creatives! I am truly touched and honored. 💕 Thank you also to Il Sung Na for his inspired illustrations! 💕 @lernerbooks.bsky.social #picturebooks #award #childrensbook #kidlit #books #booklove
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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k8cosgrove.bsky.social
BOO!

#fairy #goth #halloween #artist #illustrator #kidlit #kidlitart #nytbestseller
Pink haired me, middle aged white woman, in creepy fairy costume, black wings, black dress, striped cuffs silver star wand.
November 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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And that’s a wrap on my book tour! Back home in beautiful Switzerland, where everything is now golden. 🍂🍁
#booktour #backhome #autumn #picturebookauthor #childtensbookaithor #kidlit #switzerland #lavaux
October 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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mychal3ts.bsky.social
Filmed four episodes of Reading Rainbow, all are out on KidZuko on YouTube 😁

Thankful to still be in the world for this journey. Highest of honors for one of Reading Rainbow & LeVar Burton’s biggest fans ✨

Proud & grateful for all involved! 🦋🌌

“Take a look, it’s in a book!”
YOU can be anything 📚🌈
Reading Rainbow revival four episodes on KidZuko on YouTube. Mychal smiles and holds the four books in the stills for each clip. They each have an assortment of views.
October 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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joannahowrites.bsky.social
@mychal3ts.bsky.social and @maggietokudahall.bsky.social so generously shared their book and library wisdom on a panel about book banning with @carolinekpritchard.bsky.social and I to launch our book just days before this visit cancellation.

Grateful for our bookish community!
mychal3ts.bsky.social Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · Oct 29
If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone.

bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/
Why Did These Authors Have Their School Visit Canceled? They Were Talking About Their Book About Book Bans.
Country Club Elementary School in California's Bay Area canceled an author visit moments before it began. Why? It covered book bans.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Marvelous drawings of a traffic jam
and that rain-heavy sky
and so many looking away,
as a kitten crosses traffic.
But someone...
_screeech!_

A meditation
a provocation
a call to be late...

just in time.

I kept thinking,
"We're all this kitten."

👍🏼📚

@ebyrbooks.bsky.social
Cover of the picture book Late Today by Jungyoon Huh, illustrated by Myungae Lee, translated by Aerin Park. A black kitten sits under a car in the rain. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/223924760-late-today?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=zdqP0ZT9bw&rank=1
October 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Re-posting this review with 📚👍🏼 to make the Kidlit Boosters feed!
priscillag.bsky.social Priscilla Gilman @priscillag.bsky.social · Oct 29
Marvelous drawings of a traffic jam
and that rain-heavy sky
and so many looking away,
as a kitten crosses traffic.
But someone...
_screeech!_

A meditation
a provocation
a call to be late...

just in time.

I kept thinking,
"We're all this kitten."

👍🏼📚

@ebyrbooks.bsky.social
Cover of the picture book Late Today by Jungyoon Huh, illustrated by Myungae Lee, translated by Aerin Park. A black kitten sits under a car in the rain. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/223924760-late-today?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=zdqP0ZT9bw&rank=1
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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k8cosgrove.bsky.social
🎃 Sabrina the Teenage Witch
©2025 Cosgrove
Halloween week drawing…decided to do a Sabrina sketch
#kidlit #blackcat #noai #witch #halloween #pencil #comics #archiecomics #childrensbooks #sabrinatheteenagewitchedit #kidlitart #mg #graphicnovel #ya

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B/w pencil drawing of Sabrina the teenage witch and her black cat on a witches broom under the moon. Next to drawing us an orange glass jackolantern and two fun size reeses pb cups
October 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Congrats @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social —to Illus. Jade vs. The Claw Machine by Margaret Chiu Greanias, @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
as announced in @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social #KidlitMegaFeed #Skybrarians
October 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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"I can’t say enough about this beautiful book, my friends.
Read it. Share it." —@erindealey.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Happy Book Birthday to LATE TODAY + 9 Qs with author Jungyoon Huh erindealey.com/book-birthda...
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translated by Aerin Park, illus. Myungae Lee -- a gorgeous #picturebook which asks: Are you ever too busy to be kind? #edusky #kidlit
Happy Book Birthday to LATE TODAY + 9 Qs with author Jungyoon Huh - Erin Dealey, Children's Author
9 Questions with author Jungyoon Huh about the English publication of Late Today - translated by Aerin Park.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet©2025 Cosgrove

What are you gonna be for Halloween this year? 🖤🧡🖤🧡🎃🎃🎃🎃

#humandrawing #kidlit #bunny #noai #dressup #trickortreat #childrensbooks #kidlitart #halloween #spooky #scary #costume #pumpkin #candycorn
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@hownowbooking.bsky.social
Halloween illustration in dark gem colors. A jack-o’-lantern carved into a house for a squirrel, hands out candy to tiny animal trick or treaters… bat dressed as dino, mouse dressed as alligator, caterpillar dressed as fish. Under the moon and some twinkle lights of candy corn.
October 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM