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Betsy Young Andrews @betsyyoungandrews.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

With new friends to share rich imaginary worlds, “nighttime is not so scary after all.” And everyone’s quietly thankful when Rabbit stops practicing piano. My mom, who has dementia & can’t read much, delighted in reading this aloud. By Seng Soun Ratanavahn, 2020 @princetonupress #kidlit #PB

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Elizabeth Hargrave @elizhargrave.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I love how leafhoppers look gray from a distance but are actually dressed for a rave when you bother to look closely a metaphor for so much of life, really

The branch of a cherry tree in my yard, with a tiny bug on one leaf

A close-up of a boldly colored Red-banded leafhopper, with red and green stripes on top and a yellow underside

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Betsy Young Andrews @betsyyoungandrews.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

My interactive, community art installation’ Rollin’ Bolls, is in at Litchfield Square Park! Find hidden quails and rabbits, play tic-tac-toe. A QR code links to the story behind it (spoiler: cotton!).Thank you to everyone who helped make it happen! #publicart #artteacher #litchfieldpark #golfball

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Betsy Young Andrews @betsyyoungandrews.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I sliced up some boxes in randomly shaped pieces large, medium, small, taught basic notches to connect, and saw the pieces turn into great stuff in the hands and imaginations of my ColorWheels kids today. #artteacher #elementaryart

Random cut-out pieces of cardboard box become cool fish wearing shades and

so many other things in the minds and hands of kids!

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Betsy Young Andrews @betsyyoungandrews.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Back-to-school wiener dogs ( and a mouse, an alligator, a unicorn, a shark…) celebrate the start of classes for ColorWheels. They’d be awesome PB characters. I’ve got 85 artists on my rosters this semester at 4 schools and they’re already teaching me tons. #elementaryart #artteacher #kidlit

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P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields) @pjpurtee.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

LETTERS FROM SPACE by Clayton Anderson (& Susan Batori) Imagine . . . letters from space ABOUT space. (2020, Sleeping Bear Press) #PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors #kids #teachers #librarians #parents

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Betsy Young Andrews @betsyyoungandrews.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

This morning I brought Recycle Robots to St. Peter’s Summer Camp in Litchfield Park, Arizona—so much fun watching campers create characters out of trash. Bonus#1: two IKEA bags of recycle out of my garage. Bonus #2: my teenager made the montage & taught me how to use CapCut. #artteachers #kidsart

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Betsy Young Andrews @betsyyoungandrews.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

These are crafty fish that may or may not be named Jeff, but you can trust them to keep toddlers happy for THIRTY MINUTES while small humans practice making choices, using fine motor skills, and exercising creative problem solving skills. @Neil Sharpson and @Dan Santat. #artteacher

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