Lisa Amstutz
@ljamstutz.bsky.social
Author, ecologist, agent @StormLiterary
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Thank you!! 🌲📚🥳
Happy Book Birthday @ljamstutz.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Thank you!! 🌲📚🥳
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✨ Giveaway ✨ Win a copy of SARANG SAVES THE SCHOOL! Follow the link to enter and read more about how I wrote and researched my debut picture book! Thanks @jenanbenton.bsky.social!
#giveaway #kidlit #picturebooks @stormliterary.bsky.social @ljamstutz.bsky.social
#giveaway #kidlit #picturebooks @stormliterary.bsky.social @ljamstutz.bsky.social
When a school faces being shut down in a small fishing village in South Korea, young Sarang finds the perfect solution to save it. And there’s a giveaway! #picturebook #interview #kidlit #bookblogger
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Simply 7 with Korena Di Roma Howley & Giveaway: SARANG SAVES THE SCHOOL
Sometimes a news story sticks in a writer’s head. That’s usually a good sign that it will make a great story, just as it did in today’s picture book.
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July 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
✨ Giveaway ✨ Win a copy of SARANG SAVES THE SCHOOL! Follow the link to enter and read more about how I wrote and researched my debut picture book! Thanks @jenanbenton.bsky.social!
#giveaway #kidlit #picturebooks @stormliterary.bsky.social @ljamstutz.bsky.social
#giveaway #kidlit #picturebooks @stormliterary.bsky.social @ljamstutz.bsky.social
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Citizen Scientists tell how working on NASA's Exoplanet Watch project has helped them in their careers. science.nasa.gov/science-rese... #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics #citsci #openscience #citizenscience
NASA Citizen Science and Your Career: Stories of Exoplanet Watch Volunteers - NASA Science
Doing NASA Science brings many rewards. But can taking part in NASA citizen science help your career? To find out, we asked participants in NASA’s Exoplanet Watch project about their experiences. In t...
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July 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Citizen Scientists tell how working on NASA's Exoplanet Watch project has helped them in their careers. science.nasa.gov/science-rese... #astronomy #astrophotography #astrophysics #citsci #openscience #citizenscience
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Thank you to Kirkus Reviews for this review of Cosmic Collisions: Asteroid vs. Comet! @stormliterary.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social @ljamstutz.bsky.social #booksky #astronomy #kidlit #astrophysics #space www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
COSMIC COLLISIONS | Kirkus Reviews
A play-by-play “celestial slugfest.”
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July 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Thank you to Kirkus Reviews for this review of Cosmic Collisions: Asteroid vs. Comet! @stormliterary.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social @ljamstutz.bsky.social #booksky #astronomy #kidlit #astrophysics #space www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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Celebrating the launch of Sarang Saves the School!
🎉 Happy Book Birthday to [email protected]! 🎉
📚 SARANG SAVES THE SCHOOL, illustrated by Joowon Oh, published by @candlewickpress.bsky.social, is out today!
Check it out here: buff.ly/ngZ7C9Y
📚 SARANG SAVES THE SCHOOL, illustrated by Joowon Oh, published by @candlewickpress.bsky.social, is out today!
Check it out here: buff.ly/ngZ7C9Y
July 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Celebrating the launch of Sarang Saves the School!
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Cosmic Collisions: Supergiant vs. Neutron Star is #1 in Children's Physics Books new releases today! Thank you to everyone who's helping me teach kids about astronomy! #kidlit #stem #books #library #Science @stormliterary.bsky.social @ljamstutz.bsky.social @astrogradpuc.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Cosmic Collisions: Supergiant vs. Neutron Star is #1 in Children's Physics Books new releases today! Thank you to everyone who's helping me teach kids about astronomy! #kidlit #stem #books #library #Science @stormliterary.bsky.social @ljamstutz.bsky.social @astrogradpuc.bsky.social
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We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, CHALK THE WALK by @chelseatornetto.bsky.social, illustrated by @laurelillo.bsky.social (@familiusbooks.bsky.social).
To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/04/the-...
To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/04/the-...
April 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, CHALK THE WALK by @chelseatornetto.bsky.social, illustrated by @laurelillo.bsky.social (@familiusbooks.bsky.social).
To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/04/the-...
To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/04/the-...
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The second book in the Cosmic Collisions series comes out in 2 weeks! Thanks to editors Olivia Swomley and Kristin Zelazko at @candlewickpress.bsky.social/MITKids Press, agent @ljamstutz.bsky.social, and illustrator @mattschu.bsky.social! Pre-order it here for your 7-10 year old!
Cosmic Collisions: Supergiant vs. Neutron Star
Cosmic Collisions: Supergiant vs. Neutron Star [Kuchner, Marc J., Schu, Matt] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Cosmic Collisions: Supergiant vs. Neutron Star
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April 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The second book in the Cosmic Collisions series comes out in 2 weeks! Thanks to editors Olivia Swomley and Kristin Zelazko at @candlewickpress.bsky.social/MITKids Press, agent @ljamstutz.bsky.social, and illustrator @mattschu.bsky.social! Pre-order it here for your 7-10 year old!
Just a reminder that I am currently open to PB illustrator queries. I'd love to see some more art in my inbox! querytracker.net/query/2006 #amagenting #amquerying #kidlitart #kidlit
Query Lisa Amstutz at Storm Literary Agency
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March 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Just a reminder that I am currently open to PB illustrator queries. I'd love to see some more art in my inbox! querytracker.net/query/2006 #amagenting #amquerying #kidlitart #kidlit
I've decided to open to queries for a bit...adult nonfiction and author/illustrator projects only. Here's the link! querytracker.net/query/2006
Query Lisa Amstutz at Storm Literary Agency
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February 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I've decided to open to queries for a bit...adult nonfiction and author/illustrator projects only. Here's the link! querytracker.net/query/2006
NF Fest starts today! Head on over to www.nffest.com/2025/02/gros... to read the first post by @stephaniebearce.bsky.social and join the NF Fest Facebook group for more discussion! #NFFest #kidlit #nonfiction
GROSS AND GRIPPING: The Power of Strange Stories in NF Kidlit
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February 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
NF Fest starts today! Head on over to www.nffest.com/2025/02/gros... to read the first post by @stephaniebearce.bsky.social and join the NF Fest Facebook group for more discussion! #NFFest #kidlit #nonfiction
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So excited to share this first look at my debut! Thanks to
@viviankirkfield.bsky.social
for hosting my cover reveal today and to @ljamstutz.bsky.social,
@stormliterary.bsky.social, and the team @candlewickpress.bsky.social!!
viviankirkfield.com/2025/01/27/c...
@viviankirkfield.bsky.social
for hosting my cover reveal today and to @ljamstutz.bsky.social,
@stormliterary.bsky.social, and the team @candlewickpress.bsky.social!!
viviankirkfield.com/2025/01/27/c...
Cover Reveal: SARANG SAVES THE SCHOOL
Hurray!!! It’s time to take a peek at an upcoming book written by one of my Storm Literary Agency sisters, Korena Di Roma Howley and illustrated by Joowon Oh and published by Candlewick. It&#…
viviankirkfield.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
So excited to share this first look at my debut! Thanks to
@viviankirkfield.bsky.social
for hosting my cover reveal today and to @ljamstutz.bsky.social,
@stormliterary.bsky.social, and the team @candlewickpress.bsky.social!!
viviankirkfield.com/2025/01/27/c...
@viviankirkfield.bsky.social
for hosting my cover reveal today and to @ljamstutz.bsky.social,
@stormliterary.bsky.social, and the team @candlewickpress.bsky.social!!
viviankirkfield.com/2025/01/27/c...
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Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 12, 2025 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
manuscriptwishlist.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
Ten Writing Prompts for 2025! ✍️ songofsixpens.blogspot.com/2025/01/ten-...
January 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Ten Writing Prompts for 2025! ✍️ songofsixpens.blogspot.com/2025/01/ten-...
Thrilled to share this debut picture book by the amazing @kaninikidlit.bsky.social - coming in 2026! 🪁 @stormliterary.bsky.social @charlesbridge.bsky.social
December 7, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Thrilled to share this debut picture book by the amazing @kaninikidlit.bsky.social - coming in 2026! 🪁 @stormliterary.bsky.social @charlesbridge.bsky.social
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Excited to share about rural representation in picture books with this fabulous group at NCTE Saturday! Hope to see many of you at the conference! #ncte24 #education #agliteracy #diversityinagriculture #kidlit
November 19, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Excited to share about rural representation in picture books with this fabulous group at NCTE Saturday! Hope to see many of you at the conference! #ncte24 #education #agliteracy #diversityinagriculture #kidlit
Excited to share this stellar new deal for @jenswanbooks.bsky.social with Quill Tree Books! 👽🛸#kidlit #Space #astrobiology @stormliterary.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Excited to share this stellar new deal for @jenswanbooks.bsky.social with Quill Tree Books! 👽🛸#kidlit #Space #astrobiology @stormliterary.bsky.social
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Love the idea of aliens? Then I have the book for you... Chock full of astrobiology, linguistics, and a whole lot of science, this book is for the curious kid to consider how to talk to an alien should ever meet one! #stem #books #kidlit @steamteambooks.bsky.social @ljamstutz.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Love the idea of aliens? Then I have the book for you... Chock full of astrobiology, linguistics, and a whole lot of science, this book is for the curious kid to consider how to talk to an alien should ever meet one! #stem #books #kidlit @steamteambooks.bsky.social @ljamstutz.bsky.social
Excited to share about rural representation in picture books with this fabulous group at NCTE Saturday! Hope to see many of you at the conference! #ncte24 #education #agliteracy #diversityinagriculture #kidlit
November 19, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Excited to share about rural representation in picture books with this fabulous group at NCTE Saturday! Hope to see many of you at the conference! #ncte24 #education #agliteracy #diversityinagriculture #kidlit
Congrats to client Chelsea Tornetto and illustrator Amanda Morrow on this new deal with Zonderkidz! 🎄#kidlit #ChristmasInJuly @stormliterary.bsky.social
July 2, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Congrats to client Chelsea Tornetto and illustrator Amanda Morrow on this new deal with Zonderkidz! 🎄#kidlit #ChristmasInJuly @stormliterary.bsky.social
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A reminder that some of our agents are open to queries at this time. You can try @heathercashman.bsky.social or @ljamstutz.bsky.social. And find their guidelines here: www.stormliteraryagency.com/submission-g...
Submission Guidelines — Storm Literary Agency
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June 22, 2024 at 2:51 PM
A reminder that some of our agents are open to queries at this time. You can try @heathercashman.bsky.social or @ljamstutz.bsky.social. And find their guidelines here: www.stormliteraryagency.com/submission-g...
Huge congrats to client Ginny Neil and illustrator Charli Vince on this new picture book with Tilbury House! Can't wait to see this lovely, lyrical story come to life!
May 14, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Huge congrats to client Ginny Neil and illustrator Charli Vince on this new picture book with Tilbury House! Can't wait to see this lovely, lyrical story come to life!
I am almost through my query inbox, so decided to open again for a bit. You can find my submission guidelines at stormliteraryagency.com/submission-g.... Looking forward to reading!
April 14, 2024 at 9:40 PM
I am almost through my query inbox, so decided to open again for a bit. You can find my submission guidelines at stormliteraryagency.com/submission-g.... Looking forward to reading!
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April is a big month over here at STEAM TEAM. Check out this awesome new release!
#nonfiction #STEAM #STEM #EduSky #writingcommunity #kidlit #amreading #amwriting #science #books
#nonfiction #STEAM #STEM #EduSky #writingcommunity #kidlit #amreading #amwriting #science #books
April 14, 2024 at 7:34 PM
April is a big month over here at STEAM TEAM. Check out this awesome new release!
#nonfiction #STEAM #STEM #EduSky #writingcommunity #kidlit #amreading #amwriting #science #books
#nonfiction #STEAM #STEM #EduSky #writingcommunity #kidlit #amreading #amwriting #science #books