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Heather Stigall
@heatherstigall7.bsky.social
📚KidLit Author
#SCBWI PA East Critique Group Coordinator
👻GILBERT & THE GHOST (Beaming Books 2025)
🐰PAISLEY'S BIG BIRTHDAY (Clavis Books, 2023)
🚌PAISLEY’S BIG FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (Clavis Books, 2027)
picture book obsessed, creator of stuff
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📣Thrilled to announce that Paisley's Big Birthday will have a SEQUEL!
PAISLEY'S BIG FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL will be in bookstores 2027! 🐰📘🖍️
TY Amy Nielsen, Natallia Bushuyeva, & Clavis for making this possible!
#kidlit #picturebooks #picturebooksequel #bookdeal #booksforkids #childrensbooks #reading
Reposted by Heather Stigall
Meet author Eric Bell!

Today on the blog Robyn interviews @ericbellwriter.bsky.social in advance of our FREE event for all creatives: "Arting When Able - What to Do When You Can't Be Creative." Event details can be found at the end of the interview. easternpennpoints.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/c...
Café Chat with Author Eric Bell, by Robyn Stone
Robyn Stone interviews author Eric Bell in advance of his free webinar Arting When Able—What to Do When You Can’t Be Creative on 1/5/26, followed by an add-on critique offering in February. C…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Still supporting schools this month & U can 2! I'll be at @B&N (Exton, PA) from 5-7 PM. Come for story time, to support the school book fair, or to say hi!
#kidlit #schoolevents #bookfair #booksforkids #childrensbooks #storytime @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
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Weekly Storytime in Exton | Barnes & Noble
Join us for an in-store event, Children's Author - Heather Pierce Stigall, on Tuesday, November 25, 2025.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
📣Thrilled to announce that Paisley's Big Birthday will have a SEQUEL!
PAISLEY'S BIG FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL will be in bookstores 2027! 🐰📘🖍️
TY Amy Nielsen, Natallia Bushuyeva, & Clavis for making this possible!
#kidlit #picturebooks #picturebooksequel #bookdeal #booksforkids #childrensbooks #reading
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
📚👍Happy #WorldHelloDay! 🌎👋
There are many ways to say hello, as this #PB by @andreadenish.bsky.social & Bluebean explains. Here's my review of this adorably informative book:
www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r...
#KidLit #booksforkids #bookreview #picturebooks #WhatToRead #Hello #newbaby
BOOK REVIEW: HAPPY WORLD HELLO DAY!
​Hola! Bonjour! Hello! Words are not the only way you can say hello. This book celebrates many ways people around the world greet each other.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
📚👍Happy #WorldKindnessDay! 😊🐘
Here's an oldie but a goodie PB to commemorate the day - STRICTLY NO ELEPHANTS by Lisa Mantchev & Taeeun Yoo & my 2020 review:
www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r...
#kidlit #picturebooks #bookreview #childrensbooks #kindness #allarewelcome #inclusion
REVIEW: HAPPY WORLD KINDNESS DAY!
Now  this  is a day to celebrate! The world can always use more kindness, and what better way to celebrate than with a picture book about friendship, inclusion, and kindness.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
📣 Calling all kidlit illustrators! 🎨
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
📚👍Happy #nationalyoungreadersweek! 📖
To celebrate, here's my '21 review of LILA LOU'S LITTLE LIBRARY by Nikki Bergstresser & Sejung King (Cardinal Rule Press): www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r...
#kidlit #picturebooks #bookreview #WhatToRead #kidlit #picturebooks #littlefreelibrary
REVIEW: HAPPY YOUNG READERS DAY!
​Do you love books? Me too! Here’s a picture book about a young reader who loved books so much, she got lost in them:
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November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just a few hours away!
Join East PA authors and illustrators for a night of camaraderie and books @childrensbookworld.bsky.social ✍️🤩 #authorevent #illustratorevent Lots of local members...Will you be there? @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social @danakramaroff.bsky.social @brianbiggsstudio.bsky.social @berrietr.bsky.social and...
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
📚👍Happy #hugabearday!🐻🐻‍❄️
Today’s holiday deserves TWO book recommendations, don’t you think?
My review on HAROLD LOVES HIS WOOLLY HAT & : HAROLD HATES TO HIBERNATE by VernKousky:
www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r...
#kidlit #picturebooks #bookreview #WhatToRead #BooksForKids #childrensbooks
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Monday's webinar with Editor Emily Daluga was great! We'll get Agent Rachel Orr's perspective next Thursday!
We're hosting 2 webinars on chapter books and early reader graphic novels! Editor's perspective with @emilydaluga.bsky.social on 11/3 and agent's perspective with Rachel Orr on 11/13. Find out more in this interview by @kcstrocchia.bsky.social.

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November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
📚If Sept & Oct were bookstore & library events, Nov & Dec are for school visits! 📌✂️🖍
I've done 3 & have at least 4 more thru Dec.
If you're interested in having me present to your school or org, find out more here:
www.heatherpiercestigall.com/author-visit...
#AuthorVisit #SchoolVisit #educators
November 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
📚👍Happy #ChemistryWeek!
Celebrate by reading a book: TU YOUYOU'S DISCOVERY: FINDING A CURE FOR MALARIA by @songjudaemicke.bsky.social & Lin.
Here's my 2021 Review:
www.heatherpiercestigall.com/.../review-i....
#kidlit #kidlitcommunity #picturebooks #bookrecommendations #WhatToRead #kidsbooks #STEM
November 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
TODAY! 11 am
📚If you're not in a candy coma you can find me at the Barnes & Noble (Exton) Sat, Nov 1 @11 AM for story time & signing. Gilbert & the Ghost is not just for Halloween, it's for anyone who feels unseen! 👻
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#gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Thanks for having Gilbert and me on your blog today! Happy Halloween! 👻
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Do you write for children? 📚
Do you write spooky stories? 👻
Listen to @kdzpodcast.bsky.social podcast or watch the most recent episode on YouTube for tips on how to write a spooktacular kid's book:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2-n...
#KidLit #booksforkids #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
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October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Reposted by Heather Stigall
💬Looking for some writing time in November? Join with SCBWI NY for a 24-hour kidlit creating marathon! 👍Thanks @scbwiwestchester.bsky.social November 8th #scbwievents #novwritingtime #amdrafting
October 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📚If you're not in a candy coma you can find me at the Barnes & Noble (Exton) Sat, Nov 1 @11 AM for story time & signing. Gilbert & the Ghost is not just for Halloween, it's for anyone who feels unseen! 👻
stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...
#gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Hey! Gilbert & the Ghost was used as an example on the KidLit Deconstruction Zone Podcast today. Check it out!
Do you love the darker side of kidlit? ✍️

If so, check out Episode 8, Tools for Gripping Horror! 🛠️

The episode sneakily appears on Apple Podcasts a few days early.

It's not a trick 👻 but there are plenty of treats in this episode!

linktr.ee/kdzpodcast

#KidLit #KDZPodcast #WritingCommunity
October 27, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I'm the Rate Your Story "Guest Guru" for November!
Members, if you want me to provide feedback and rate your story next month, you can put in your request with Judy.
#RateYourStory #picturebooks #critique #writingcommunity #Writing #revising #Writer
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October 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
🎃👻KID'S TRUNK OR TREAT💀🧙‍♀️
Reading, Signing, Fun Tricks-or-Treats
w/Authors Laura Parnum & Heather Stigall
SUN, 10/26, 11 AM
Barnes & Noble, 425 Marketplace Blvd, Hamilton, NJ

#kidlit #authorevent #trickortreat #Halloween #spookyseason #booksforkids #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
📚🎊YO! BOOK FEST! 🎉📚
WHERE: Black Rock MS, Villanova, PA
WHEN: 10/25, 10 - 4
WHO: 50+ Authors & Illus
WHAT: Meet authors/illus, signed books 4 sale, character parade, crafts, drawing demos, story shares, interactive activities, panel discussions, trivia, fun & games, food trucks
More: yobookfest.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
EVENTS THIS WEEKEND!
FRI - Night Market Author Signing @Inkwood Books (Haddonfield, NJ)
SAT - YO! Book Festival @Black Rock Middle School (Villanova, PA)
SUN am - Trunk or Treat Story Time & Activities @Barnes & Noble (Hamilton, NJ)
SUN pm - Spooky Story Time & Craft @Celia Bookshop (Swarthmore, PA)
October 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM