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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

I’m writing back matter for a narrative fiction picture book and realizing I have enough content for an entire nonfiction picture book…and there are currently no nonfiction picture books about the topic. #writing #kidlit #picturebooks

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Woke up to the best email ever, some blueberry pancakes, and a garden full of ripe veggies. Not the most productive day, but I’m celebrating and feeling great! I won’t let today slip away. #writing #kidlit #progress

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Getting ready for the Southampton Children’s Lit Conference by baking cookies to bring. I’m sure this how they wanted me to prepare, right? #southamptonchildrenslitconference #stonybrooksouthampton #kidslit #picturebooks #writing

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

I love watching my seedlings grow. Some sprout in a day and others take weeks of careful watering, specific temperatures, and lighting schedules. When I can’t see it, I have to have faith that they are growing. All will have an important role in my garden. All are worth the wait. #growing #spring

Aerial view of three columns of seedlings in seed blocks. The first column of seedlings have yet to sprout. The middle column has two sprouted zinnia seedlings per seed block. The last column has two sprouted marigold seedlings per seed block.

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Planting hundreds of seeds today. I’m a little late on my seed starting schedule, but no better day to do it than Earth Day. #earthday

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I was supposed to do some gardening today, but then it snowed…so clearly no gardening happened. Spring can be so cruel. However, I did get to finish reading through my weekly library stack and that was just as fulfilling. #kidlit #spring #picturebooks #librarylove

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Happy Birthday to me! I'll be treating myself to a trip to my local book store. I'll keep my eyes peeled for newly released picture books. I wonder what I'll find. #kidlit #picturebooks

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Thank you @viviankirkfield.bsky.social for donating prizes to the Spring Fling Writing Contest. I asked my local library to purchase your new book, ONE GIRL’S VOICE. I can’t wait to learn more about Lucy Stone.

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Thank you Ivan Taurisano for donating prizes to the Spring Fling Writing Contest. Ivan is an Associate Editor at Abram’s Children’s Books. Go check out his wishlist www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/iv...

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Ivan Taurisano – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

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12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

✨ National Library Week kicks off today! ✨ We’re celebrating with library-themed books by #12x12PB members—and with gratitude for the librarians, educators & advocates who keep the magic of libraries alive. ❤️📚

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Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · 05/04/2025

April 5th!! Rain-battered blossoms stand defiantly against cruel blows, resistant. #HaikuSaturday #resist

Red bud blossoms persist and bloom despite days of storms and heavy rains.

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Michelle Cusolito, M.Ed. ❌👑 @mcusolito.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Massachusetts @authorsabb.bsky.social contingent at the Boston #HandsOff rally/march. Quite a few librarians came so speak to us. One even asked to take a photo with us.

Six people stand in a line holding signs. Signs say LGBTQ+ Books Save Lives, BANS OFF OUR BOOKS, Hands Off Libraries, Authors Against Book Bans, Free Speech Makes America Great.

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A.J. Irving 🩷💜💙 @ajirving.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Happy National Children’s Picture Book Day! Picture books are pure magic. They create lifelong readers and book lovers. Share some picture books with the kiddos in your life and spread the love! 💖 ajirving.com #picturebooks #kidlit #kidlitart

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Thanks #springflingkidlit for challenging me to write a 150 word spring themed story! I can’t wait to read everyone’s submissions.

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Victoria K. Chapman (she/her) @weyakindesigns.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Sending love to all my amazing friends on this Transgender Day of Visibility! You are loved and you matter! 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Remy’s fifth birthday is this week. Last year he chose rainbow LEGO dinosaur as his theme(s). I think this year’s cake will somehow be even more repulsive than the rainbow food dye. Can you spot the “monster poop?”

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Cuddling up with some picture books on this dreary gray Sunday. #librarylove #bookhaul #kidlit #bookstack

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I’m in love with Megan Pomper’s and Maia Hoekstra’s WHAT MAKES A BIRD. It’s all of the questions your kid will ask and all of the questions that flit and fly through your mind about what makes a bird a bird…or anything, anything. The metaphor is everything. @mpomper.bsky.social

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12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

🌸 Happy First Day of Spring! 🌱✨ Welcome the season with these #12x12PB member books! 📚 SPRING IS FOR STRAWBERRIES by @katherinepryor.bsky.social 📚 IMAGINE A GARDEN by @storiesbysingh.bsky.social 📚 SPRINGTIME STORKS by @caroljoymunro.bsky.social Find them here: buff.ly/KPbI4NK

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Read some really fun stories this week, but now it’s time to send them back and pick some more. Support your local library! 📚 #bookhaul #librarystack #kidlit #librarylove

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Finishing up a first draft I started this week. It wasn’t part of my scheduled writing tasks for the week, but it’s something I felt compelled to write. ✍️ #writing #kidlit

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Carrie Finison @carriefinison.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Massachusetts friends, please join me at Maxima Book Center in Lexington on 3/22 at 11am. I'll be reading my new picture book Pigs Dig a Road & will have some fun takeaways. If your kiddo loves trucks, construction sites and/or pigs, this is the event for you! www.maximacenter.com/events/autho...

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Dow Phumiruk @dowphumiruk.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

You are not alone, by far. 💙“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear.” - Toni Morrison. #kidlit #illustration #art #artist #artists #fight #lgbtqrights #womensrights #kindness #tolerance #freedom

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Taking a day off from writing to prepare for tomorrow’s march. There might be a theme involved. #internationalwomensday #womensmarch

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Today I’m attending the Marketing and Selling Your Book Like a Pro bootcamp run by SCBWI’s Austin Regional Team. #learning #kidlit

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Officially querying. I’m so excited to see what happens next. #kidlit #querying #picturebooks

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

My little one saw me putting post-its in books while I was doing research for one of my stories. He gave this to me this morning as a present. I guess he wanted to help. #writing #kidlit

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Fabiana Rivas Frangos @rivasfrangos.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard 😊⭐✨ I am Fabiana an author/illustrator available for #picturebook projects. Represented by Adria Goetz. 🎨 www.rivasfrangos.com

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Brittany Pomales @brittanypomales.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Love at first review! 😍 Written by Brittany Pomales Art by Andrew Joyner Pubbed by @penguinkids.bsky.social Available on April 8th (but you can preorder now!) penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738107...

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I’m bursting with ideas for new manuscripts, but forcing myself to save them for later. Must work on editing and organizing. #busy #writing

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I miss my veggie garden! What are the odds the 64 people ahead of me on the community garden waitlist decide 2025 is not their year to grow a garden?

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Beyond searching for agents, scouring MSWL, writing query letters, and creating spreadsheets…I’ve been doing some research for a project. #writing

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I’m feeling really confident and positive about my writing. I cannot wait to get my stories out there. I know rejection is inevitable, but I am ready…well almost ready. #writing #querying #pb

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I spent a few hours thinking about “fun facts” about me to add to my author website. There are no favorite colors or foods. I think you’ll truly be surprised. 😆

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

These have an important message for everyone, especially now. We have the power to make a difference! No matter the obstacles, there is always a reason and a way to stand up for what is just. #library #librarybooks #bookhaul #reading #kidlit @tylergordon.bsky.social @andreabeatyauthor.bsky.social

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Spent the day at The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. So much inspiration #reading #writing

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Back on track, ready for February! Goodbye longest/weirdest month of my life.

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Carrie Finison @carriefinison.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Massachusetts friends - please join me for a Dozens of Doughnuts story time, this Sunday 2/2 at 10am at Volante Farms in Needham! Lots of doughnutty goodness for everyone!

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Patricia Newman @patricianewman.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The title says it all. Square poop. Cartilage-covered butts. Teeth that never stop growing. @abicushman.com's book covers it all. The speech bubbles will make kids -- and their adults -- chuckle. Don't miss the clever back matter and the hunt for other Australian animals in the book.

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I’m playing a bit of catch-up this week so I can accomplish all of my January goals. Have you moved on to February or are you playing the catch-up game, too? #writing #querying

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The Wicked soundtrack has been playing rent-free in my head since November.

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Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Read. Read books. Reading books is resistance. Buy. Buy books. Buying books is resistance. Share. Share books. Sharing books is resistance. Celebrate Celebrate books. Celebrating books is resistance.

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Kristin | Inclusive and Diverse KidLit @readwithredandmags.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Here are 2 collections of picture books that share diverse stories of immigration and refugee experiences. They are a beautiful reminder that immigrants are simply people who have come here for a multitude of reasons, bringing with them so much that enriches our communities and this country.

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Angela Lucille Longo @angelalucillelongo.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

January has been quite the month, but I’m proud that despite ALL of it (and there has been a lot of it), I’m still accomplishing my goals and sticking to my ridiculous schedule. And truly, I think my schedule is what’s keeping me from crumbling #writing

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