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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I’m presenting at #CSforMichigan on Sept 23! 💻 Computational Thinking in Early Childhood 📚 Books + 🎲 Games + 🎵 Songs = Engaged K–2 learners Let’s make CS fun for our youngest students! #CSTA #CSforAll

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Deal alert! My books are on super sale on Amazon right now:https://a.co/d/fDzZC9L

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Oh my goodness...I want to "speak dolphin"! Does this means I also need to learn to scuba dive? blog.google/technology/a... #AI #AnimalLanguage #DolphinGemma #Gemma #dolphins

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Come join me at the Whittaker branch of the Ypsilanti District Library this Saturday April 12th from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. I'll read my pictures books Little Computer Scientists and Little Hackers, make and take home a Caesar shift cipher decoder: ypsilibrary.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=163251

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STEM Storytime: Coding

Hear a read aloud by Julie Darling, a local educator who has written two picture books that introduce kids to coding, followed by coding activities with our Lego Spike sets and Ozobots. You will make ...

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I'm super excited to be presenting on Tuesday at the AI Summit with these fabulous folks! If you're there too, I'd love to connect. #MACUL #MichiganVirtual #AI #AISummit #SchoolLibrarian #mea

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

If you'd like to hear a live reading of my picture book, Little Hackers, and a bit about my journey as an author, register for Iowa’s Computer Science Education Week on Thursday, December 12th! #CSEdWeek #CSforAll #Author #Books #Education #EarlyChildhood #computerscience #hackers #hacking

Iowa CS Family Night images of speakers for Thursday December 12th Register at IowaCSWeek.org

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Guess what?! EdTech Magazine just published an article interviewing me about my new books! Here's the link to Q&A: edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/... #EdTech #CSforAll #Techforall #K12 #computerscience #STEM #STEAM #earlyelementary #hacking #hackers#author #books #makerspaces #MakerEd

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

THIS Saturday (11/16) at 11 a.m. I will be doing a storytime and book signing at Schuler Books in Ann Arbor. You can find more details here: www.schulerbooks.com/event/stem-s... #booklaunch #STEM #Storytime #Author #ciphers #picturebooks #BookSigning #CSforAll #computerscience #earlyelementary

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Okay. So this made me laugh. Especially on the heels of folks using AI to begin to understand elephant language: www.nytimes.com/2024/06/10/s... Art by Ed Emswiller Original post from comedian Geekysteven #AI #elephants #animals #languagelearning #dolphins

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 27/09/2024

Today is a dream come true! My illustrator @darrencools.bsky.social and I were interviewed on NPR Our interview will air around 3:30 p.m. and again at 8:30 p.m. EST MichiganPublic.org - online streaming

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

I'm super excited to share that my new 3-book series, Little Computer Scientists, Little Hackers and a Guidebook to teach K-2 computer science releases in *just* over two weeks! Monday, 9/30/24 is the official date! They're available for pre-order now, anywhere you buy books! #bookrelease

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 24/06/2024

My ISTE session is tomorrow! Hope to see you there! Here are the details: Teaching CSTA K-2 standards using books, games and songs. Location: Bluebird Ballroom 3AB Time: Monday, June 24 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM #iste24 #istelive #csta #csforall #authorsofinstagram

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 07/05/2024

ICYMI- Panel presentation with London & Claudia Walker (and me) in honor of National Children's Book Week! Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq20... What are your suggestions for computer science books for early childhood (and robot dance party songs)?! #CSforall #Books #authors #robots

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National Children’s Book Week: CS for Young Readers

Join us as we highlight National Children's Book Week. This discussion will feature authors who have written books for young readers to engage in concepts of...

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Darren Cools @darrencools.bsky.social · 07/05/2024

OMG, our book covers and pre-orders are live on Amazon! www.amazon.com/stores/D.-J.... I am so proud of the work @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social and I did together. Check it out! #compsci #kidlit #picturebooks #girlswhocode #girlpower #childrensbooks #childrensbookart #illustration #art

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 05/04/2024

It's been such a pleasure working with Darren Cools on our forthcoming book series! If you'd like a behind the scenes peek at our process, Cools was just featured in the SCBWI Michigan blog: scbwimithemitten.blogspot.com Pre-order our books here : www.amazon.com/stores/Julie... #Education #CSforAll

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The Mitten

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Darren Cools @darrencools.bsky.social · 26/03/2024

My author page is live on Amazon! I can hardly believe it... www.amazon.com/stores/autho... You can now pre-order the books I illustrated for @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social (cover reveals coming soon). I can't wait for you to read them... #childrensbook #kidlit #picturebooks #compsci #steam

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 17/03/2024

Just got my copyedits! Going through these is both overwhelming...and immensely satisfying. #writing #WIP #Books #education #forthcomingbooks

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 15/03/2024

UPDATE: MACUL talk - room switchback! Apparently they moved things around and I'm back in the Thornapple room (same floor) - 3rd floor of the Amway. Hope to see you there! #Macul24 #books #earlyelementary #cs

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 14/03/2024

MACUL talk room change! I'll be speaking tomorrow about; my forthcoming books and teaching CSTA K-2 standards using games, songs and other engaging activities at 11:30 a.m. in the KENDALL room, which is on the 3rd floor of the Amway. Hope to see you there! #Macul24 #books #earlyelementary #cs

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 11/03/2024

I'm presenting at #MACUL24 on Friday! I'll be speaking about CSTA for K-2 students, our forthcoming book series from #Routledge and other free resources for promoting diversity and inclusion in computer science. Hope to see you there! #education #books #author @darrencools.bsky.social

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

The best part of my Thursday is running my Girls Who Code club. We're learning #python3 together! #STEMEducation

A picture of me wearing my Girls Who Code T-shirt

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 04/02/2024

Looking for a read-aloud to celebrate upcoming Lunar New Year (2/10)? Amy Wu and the Patchwork Dragon by KatZhang, illustrated by @charlenedraws is an excellent choice! There are free activities too: katzhangwriter.com/index.php/amy-… #LunarNewYear2024 #Reading #SchoolLibrarian #ReadAloud #Books

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 28/12/2023

Truth! Also it's super fun. Bit of a surprise to see me (and two of my pals) in this...but I am presenting again this year! I would love to see you there. #MACUL #MACUL24 #presentations #CSTA #CSTAstandards #books #forthcomingbooks #earlyelementary #education #computerscience

Picture of myself and two friends from the MACUL conference, where we all presented two years ago with information about registering for the conference on their website macul conference.org

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

Trying to make my way back to my novel with some ideas based on real locations (Ann Arbor/Detroit), including secret steam tunnels. Rumor has it there's an entrance under here. #Writing #research #WIP #dystopian #fiction

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 26/11/2023

Reading in front of a fire tonight. An interesting read so far! #ReadingInsteadOfWriting #SaturdayNight

An image displaying the book cover of The Plot in front of a fireplace.

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Julie Darling @authorjuliedarling.bsky.social · 18/11/2023

A sneak preview teaser of some of the artwork (created by the extremely talented Darren Cools) from one of my forthcoming books! Stay tuned for more between now and June! #writing #picturebooks #technology #computerscience #teaching #earlyelementary

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