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P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)
@pjpurtee.bsky.social
770 followers 1.1K following 460 posts
SCBWI
Poet: The Toy, Little Thoughts Press
Mira Reisberg's Children's Book Academy (featured poems)
Honors: Madness! Poetry (Elite 8), #50PreciousWords, Valentiny, Halloweensie, Holiday, Spring Fling
School volunteer
Hx: pediatrics
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BALLOONS OVER BROADWAY
✍🏻 & 🎨 Melissa Sweet
2011, Clarion

A puppeteer
An invention, giant floating balloons
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
♥️
#Thanksgiving
#Parade

#PB
#teachers
#librarians
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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🤣🤣🤣 @sandraboynton.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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THE DIRT BOOK:
POEMS ABOUT ANIMALS THAT LIVE BENEATH OUR FEET
✍🏻 David L. Harrison
🎨 Kate Cosgrove @k8cosgrove.bsky.social
2021, Holiday House

Dirt
How it’s created
Insects & animals that live there
♥️

#Poems + #NF

#PB
#teachers
#librarians
November 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Well, for me, every month is Picture Book Month.
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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THE BOOK OF CANDLES: EIGHT POEMS FOR HANUKKAH
✍🏻 Laurl Snyder
🎨 Leanne Hatch
2025, Clarion Books/S&S

Hanukkah
Candles
Explanations
Suggestions
♥️

#Hanukkah

#PB
#KidLit
#teachers
#librarians
#KidAuthors
#KidIllustrators
#KidLitCommunity
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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THE CITY SINGS GREEN:
AND OTHER POEMS ABOUT WELCOMING WILDLIFE
✍🏻 Erica Silverman @ericasauthor.bsky.social
🎨 Ginnie Hsu @ginniehsu.bsky.social
2024, Clarion/HarperCollins

HELP!

True stories:
honeybee highway
possum bridge
penguin tunnel
turtle beach
etc.
❤️

#poetry #NF

#PB #teachers #librarians
November 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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GO GO DINO!
✍🏻 & 🎨 Kaz Windness
2024, Simon Spotlight

Dinosaurs
Roller skates
Unicycles
A race
♥️
Ready to Read

#rhyme

#KidAuthors #KidIllustrators
#KidLit #KidLitCommunity
#teachers #librarians
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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BITSY BAT, SCHOOL STAR
✍🏻&🎨 Kaz Windness @kazwindness.bsky.social
2023, Paula Wiseman/S&S

A bat
School
Not fitting in
idea: ⭐️
Fitting in

♥️ ♥️ ♥️
#neurodivergent

#kidlitillustrators #kidauthors: Note all the layers

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity
#teachers #librarians
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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ME & MAMA
✍🏻 & 🎨 Cozbi A Cabrera
2020, Denene Millner Books/S&S

A mama
A girl
A rainy day
A bond

♥️

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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PLUTO GETS THE CALL
✍🏻 Adam Rex @adamrex.bsky.social
🎨 Laurie Keller
2019, Simon Kids

Pluto, a planet . . .
until Earth calls.
Pluto journeys through/interacts with the solar system.

♥️

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
November 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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EARN IT!
SAVE IT!
GIVE SPEND IT!
GIVE IT!
(all 4: A MONEY BOOK)
✍🏻&🎨 Cinders McLeod
Penguin Random House

Math!
#math #teachers #librarians

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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OUTSIDE IN
✍🏻 Deborah Underwood @underwoodwriter.bsky.social
🎨 Cindy Derby
2020, Clarion

Outside
Inside
Outside inside

Caldecott ♥️

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Thank you @hunderdown.bsky.social for moderating the SCBWI NY Metro's Annual Agent Panel. Thanks to agents @evascalzo.bsky.social, @janechunlit.bsky.social, & Aashna Avachat for participating. I appreciate your valuable time.
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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ROCK AND VOLE
2021, Sleeping Bear Press
📝&🎨 Jennifer Sattler

A predictable vole.
An unpredictable day.
A stubborn rock.

🥰

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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I adore little libraries!
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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KNOCK KNOCK
2018, Scholastic
✍🏻 Tammi Sauer @tammisauer.bsky.social
🎨 Guy Frances

Bear.
Peace & quiet.
Until knock-knock.

🥰

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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HAVE YOU SEEN GORDON?
2021, S&S BYR
📝Adam Jay Epstein
🎨Ruth Chan @ohtruth.bsky.social

Hide-&-Seek
Turn the page!🤣
Turn the page!🤣
Turn the page!🤣

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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I can hardly wait to read the poems written my Rhyme Time group buddies this week! I'm smiling already.

#childrenspoetry #kidspoetry
#poetryforchildren #poetryforkids

Here’s the prompt:
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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OUR TABLE
2021, Scholastic
📝&🎨 Peter Reynolds @peterhreynolds.bsky.social

A BIG kitchen table. A family.
Technology. A drifting family. A vanishing table.

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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PROPER BADGER WOULD NEVER TRASH THE CLASSROOM!
2025, Flamingo Books
📝Lauren Glattley
🎨Rob Sayegh Jr.

A badger.
Wrong bus.
Of course, he wouldn’t?

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
November 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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IF SUN COULD SPEAK
📝Kourtney LaFavre
🎨Saki Tanaka @sakitales.bsky.social
2020, Clear Fork Publishing

Egotistical Sun
Solar system exploration

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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MAKING A FRIEND
by Tammi Sauer @tammisauer.bsky.social
& Alison Friend
(2018, HarperCollins)

A beaver. Snow.
A beaver & a raccoon. A snowman. Friends.

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
November 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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IF YOU WANT TO KNIT SOME MITTENS
✍️ Laura Purdie Salas
🎨 Angela Matteson @angelamatteson.bsky.social
2021, Astra Young Readers

A girl
A sheep
Spinning, dying —> knitting
Friendship

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
October 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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I’M HARE, SO THERE!
by Julie Rowan-Zoch ✍️ & 🎨
2021, Clarion Books

Hare or rabbit?
Chipmunk or squirrel?
etc.

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
October 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM