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Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · 7d

I loved this book and it comes out in just a couple weeks! So fun AND sweet! Did I mention it has a jazz flute?
#ThisisNotaSleepyBearBook
@briangehrlein.bsky.social
@jennharknee.bsky.social

The cover of the picture book “This is Not a Sleepy Bear Book” with an excited Bear in bed and an overwhelmed Owl reading him a bedtime story. Under the book is a picture of Owl and the phrase “On shelves in 1 month!?”

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Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · 19d

I’d be happy to do it.

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April Berry | KidLit @aprilberrybooks.bsky.social · 26d

Also, let's give a HUGE CHEER for this year's #KidlitChuckleChallenge HA-norable Mentions! 🎉🎉🎉

These entries were so good, we simply could not let them go without any recognition. Truly hilarious! Well done, HMs! #kidlit #WritingCommunity

List of Honorable Mentions for the 2025 Kidlit Chuckle Challenge humor writing contest

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Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · Sep 17

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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Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · Sep 12

I’m so excited- my 20th published poem came out in this Little Thoughts Press magazine and I got my copy in the mail today!! My 19th poem is in there too! 😀

@littlethoughtspress.com

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Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · Aug 17

I’m excited to do the Kidlit Chuckle
Challenge again this year!
aprilberrybooks.com/2025-kidlit-...

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Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · Jul 31

Yesterday I met a girl with my same name/ nickname! I have now met 3 kids with my name. This is exciting for me because I had never met anyone with my nickname before for MY WHOLE LIFE until I met these kids!

Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · Jul 29

They’re making a Muppets and Star Trek mashup? It’s the episode I never knew I wanted and now I’m way too happy about it. 😂

A Muppet version of Captain Pike from Strange New Worlds sitting in the captain’s chair on the bridge of the Enterprise.

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Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · Jul 25

I’m making key lime pie for the first time. I was in the store contemplating where the key lime juice would be. An employee asked what I was looking for.
Me: “Key lime juice.”
Him: “I’ll help you find it.”
Me: “Thank you.”
Him: “Where do you think it would be?”

😂

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Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · Jul 23

I’m a little obsessed with this beautiful book, Home in the Woods by Eliza Wheeler. It reminds me so much of my grandma.

Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · Jul 23

I finally finished the skirt for my 19yo’s Princess Peach cosplay and there’s still 5 weeks before the convention! We might actually pull off this family Peach, Waluigi, Wario, Luigi, Mario group cosplay after all! 😀

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Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · Jul 10

I went to my favorite place to write yesterday (chick-fil-a). A group of teenage girls sitting by me were talking on speaker phone to a guy. One girl said, “If you’re not here in 10 minutes we’re bombing your house.” Is this flirting? These kids were hilarious.

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · Jan 18

This is a pinnable post for the #KidLitMegaFeed, a collab (multiple curated #KidLit lists). Admins: @boringstorybook.com @charlenedraws.bsky.social @debbieohi.com. READ THIS re: how to be added, how to post.

Pls:
📌Save/pin the feed if you enjoy
🔁Repost to share

bsky.app/profile/debb...

Illustration of open book with text "Kid Lit Mega Feed" on its pages. Beside the book are two QR codes, one going to the feed and the other going to more info and how to be added. Link to the feed itself is shown below the book.

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Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · Jul 8

This is my favorite box so far. I love this game. It’s fantastic for 2 people that like dice battle games.

Box for the board game Dice Throne with the characters Cursed Pirate and Artificer.

Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · Jun 19

In the car…

Me: Wow, the Magnolias are in bloom!
My 19 year old: You’re such a nerd! You know what Magnolias are besides the professor in Pokemon.

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Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · Jun 13

This was such a fun book by Jess Hannigan! @jesshgn.bsky.social

Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · Jun 13

I took my 16 year old to see A Midsummer Night’s Dream tonight. The actors were fantastic! I love taking him to live Shakespeare plays!

Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · Jun 9

I love this board game! I heard Unmatched Cobble and Fog was going out of print so I finally bought it and I’m glad I did. I love board games where you can play literary characters, especially these guys!

Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · May 23

I just watched Thunderbolts in the theater with my son to celebrate the start of summer. 10AM is my new favorite time to go to the theater- we were the only people there! Also, the movie was great!

Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · May 2

I don’t remember that in the movie! 😂

A picture from the Lord of the Rings book with the highlighted sentence: Aragorn and Legolas went now with Eomer in the van. My comment: I don’t remember that in the movie!

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Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · Mar 28

My 18yo started a deep discussion with me today over whether or not water benders could bend milk.

Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · Mar 27

I got some garlic at the store and I haven’t seen any vampires, so I guess they were right. 😂

Photo of garlic at the grocery store with a sign that reads: Garlic. Keeps vampires away away! 68 cents each.

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Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · Mar 5

I read the 1833 Mother Goose’s Melodies and it was one of the most entertaining books I’ve ever read- so many rhymes that didn’t make it to our time.

Snail, snail,
Come out of your hole,
Or else I’ll beat you black as coal,
Snail, snail,
Put out your head,
Or else I’ll beat you till you’re dead.

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Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · Feb 19

How can something be new AND improved? I mean, if something has been improved, then it isn’t new anymore, is it?

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Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social · Feb 11

Huh. This book gatekeeping makes me so sad! Can’t we just be happy that a kid is reading?

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