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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Check out NW Georgia Living Magazine’s March/April 2026 issue - there’s a new byline in town. 😉😎 This was a fun piece to do as I don’t often have the chance to merge my love of being outdoors with writing. (link to e-copy in the 1st comment)

Photo of magazine feature article, heard lines “Bouldering On - a Guide to Getting Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place- On Purpose” by Carrie Karnes Fannin. A picture shows a dark haired woman in pink leggings free climbing a rock face

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Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · 04/02/2026

It's almost that time again! Valentine's is right around the corner and our Silly Love Sonnets contest starts Monday, Feb 9th! Check out last year's entries: www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/2025sil... and winners: www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/winners... to gear up for this year's contest!

Silly Love Sonnets contest badge featuring an illustration of a raccoon with a rose in its teeth against a backdrop of pink hearts.

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Nimblewitlit Mag @nimblewitlit.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Hey look! It’s release day for @littlethoughtspress.com too! So much good new stuff for kids today!

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Scott Robeson @indianaclimate.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

A suggestion: use bird seed, rather than de-icing salt to assist melt (lowers snow albedo) while also providing traction. Birds scratching also helps!

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 13/12/2025

Thrilled to find THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES on @imaginationsoup.bsky.social's Best Middle Grade Books of 2025 list! Sooooo many amazing titles here - including lots of my 2025 favs! imaginationsoup.net/best-middle-...

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30 Best Middle Grade Books of 2025 - Imagination Soup

What are my favorite middle grade books of 2025? These are compelling, engaging, well-written books for ages 9 to 12 that will hook your readers on their stories, the character arcs, and the immersive...

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Beth Anderson @bandersonwriter.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Books❤️📚 gifts that keep on giving! Honored by @teresarobeson.com's blog post sharing my books. Like her, I urge you to gift books to kids, especially ones that widen their world, spark curiosity, inspire them to chase possibilities & recognize their own capableness. @kl4gm.bsky.social #edusky

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I co-taught a class at Highlights Foundation (remember Highlights Magazine? That’s them) for several years with talented nonfiction author Jen Swanson. The portion I taught was how to write p…

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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Meet your new garbage man, I guess? I’ve been seeing a lot of articles lately about raccoons showing signs of domestication, but didn’t expect they’d skip right over being pets and go straight into having jobs. #TrashPanda 🤣

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

When I read the full review of THE OCEAN'S HEART I cried (tears of joy)...Okay, I'm still crying. The reviewer connected with this book on every level. I hope other readers will, too. ❤️@steelworksliterary.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social @carolhinz.bsky.social #Edusky #Skybrarians #kidlit

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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

This why I compulsively check my camera and microphone every few minutes in a meeting. 🤪

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Natalie Aguirre @natalieaguirre7.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

#Query Critique #GiveawayAlert! Enter to win a query critique by agent Carter Hasegawa & read his agent spotlight interview at Literary Rambles. Find out what he's looking for. #amwriting #amquerying #kidlit www.literaryrambles.com/2025/11/lite...

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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

“A thimbleful of red is redder than a bucketful.” ~ Henri Matisse #AfternoonWalk #FallVibes

3 pictures in a row - one of red and yellow leaves, second of a red stop sign surrounded by bright yellow leaves, and third a close up of a prickly pear cactus with red fruits

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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

🦋 After reading a BUTTERFLY SEA advance copy (thank u, @booksbycindy.bsky.social !), I can say y’all are in for a treat. It hits themes I often explore in my own work & makes my photographer’s heart smile. Plus, the illustrations are GORGEOUS. @marielaurecouet.bsky.social @tielmourpress.bsky.social

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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I‘m celebrating my debut PB UNIVERSE PIE deal with a PB BRAINSTORM giveaway! Let’s take a dive into your (fic or NF) pitch & mss via Zoom. To enter, comment below with a GIF of your story’s vibe. OPEN TO AGENTED AND NONAGENTED! Winner announced Fri, Nov. 7th @ 6 pm EST. #picturebooks #giveaway

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 06/11/2025

Hey illustrators/agents! I’m a #kidlit art director starting work on a new picture book—we’re looking for: expressive, commercial, human characters; texture (printmakingish); AND BATS! Lively, active, swarming BATS! Please respond w/ samples + folio link. Please no emails/DMs. 💙❤️ #artcommissions

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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

🎉 And just like that, my debut picture book UNIVERSE PIE (words by me, pictures by the amazing Anita Bagdi) is making its way into the world in the fall 2027. 💥 ✨ 🌎

Announcing a deal to publish a picture book titled UNIVERSE PIE.

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PB Rising Stars @pbrisingstars.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

⭐ It's time!!! Our biggest announcement EVER is officially here. *SOUND ON TO HEAR THE ANNOUNCEMENT* If you want to debrief, discuss, and ask questions, join us TONIGHT, October 30th, at 8:00 PM Eastern Time on Zoom. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

“There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch.” – Robert Brault

black silhouette of “Mary” with a shepherd staff and three “sheep” with halloween buckets sneaking away

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Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I’m so honored that my Tu Youyou’s Discovery was chosen for their program, Teaching Biography through East Asian Picture Books, by University of Colorado Boulder. @albertwhitman.bsky.social @picturebookgold.bsky.social #stem #bio #nonfiction

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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Four more sleeps until Halloween! 🎃 👻 🧙‍♀️

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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

After reading an article on NPR about a new book vending machine concept, I went to that company’s website, and found a familiar name front and center on their page— @helenzax.bsky.social . I ❤️ having writing friends. #kidlit #picturebooks

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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

🎉 Book news! 🎉 Two of my poems were published in this year’s CAW anthology — check it out! #AmWriting #BookNews

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Table of contents for The Crow Speaks, volume 3

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Shaun Jex @shaunjexauthor.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I received my copy of @littlethoughtspress.com newest issue: An Ekphrasis Adventure. Was lucky to have two poems, "A Sonoran Symphony" and "The Witch of the Woods," included in this wonderful magazine for young readers. I'm continually in awe of the work Little Thoughts Press is doing.

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Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · 18/06/2025

Just a few days left to send us your Stirring Words! Submissions for Issue 11 close at the end of the day on Friday, June 20th. www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme

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Jess Burbank, author/illustrator @jburbank.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I love the concept of @littlethoughtspress.com Issue Ten, An Ekphrasis Adventure and am proud to have been a part of it! I loved the poems inspired by and accompanying my illustration, “Saguaro Bird.” Read or purchase your own copy of this issue here: www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues

A literary magazine open to a page with a poem and a painting of a bird in a saguaro cactus.

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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

You’ve got 9 more days to send in poems, stories, and artwork to help fill the treasure chest of words in @littlethoughtspress.com's Stirring Words issue (details: bit.ly/4d8I8xc). Here’s an old gem from my personal treasure chest. Want to take a guess what it means?

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Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · 12/06/2025

Woohoo! All outstanding orders have been shipped! An Ekphrasis Adventure is on its way all across the US and around the world!

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Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · 06/06/2025

Our next young creative to be featured on the blog is Nathan Boatright, whose story, Thoughts, was inspired by Imogen Hartland's illustration, I Heard A Song. You can read Nathan's story and our interview with him here: www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/thought...

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Thoughts by Nathan Boatright

Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure is an appreciation of artwork and the poetry and stories a work of art can inspire. We're excited to feature stories and poetry by young writers who submitted their wo...

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Kam Asanyi (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 ♿️ @kamasanyi.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

This Pride month I am joining an incredible group of #queerkidlit creators to host a fundraiser for the LGBTQIA+ community. Enter this giveaway, and you could win a copy of all the LGBTQIA+ picture books below! More details at: tinyurl.com/pb-giveaway #edusky #pride #skybrarians #books #lgbtqia

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LGBTQIA+ Picture Book Giveaway!

Thank you for participating and supporting the LGBTQIA+ community! Please review the giveaway rules below and fill out this form. Winner must be following all creators participating in this giveaway. ...

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Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · 28/05/2025

It's pub day for Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure! A huge thanks to editor @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social & all of our incredible contributors for this amazingly creative issue! You don't want to miss it! Purchase your copy, or download a PDF for free www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues

Cover of Little Thoughts Press Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure featuring an illustration by Rachael Taylor of a child in an art museum.

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Stefan Karlsson @stefankarlsson.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Thank you to @litkidsmagazine.bsky.social for giving me the chance to share about my creative process in this interview! Honored to be featured on their awesome blog 😊✨

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Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · 22/05/2025

Have you subscribed to our newsletter yet? If not, now's a great time! A new one is headed to inboxes next week and will include some special announcements, fun throwbacks to past illustrations, and lots of exciting news. You can subscribe here: littlethoughtspress.beehiiv.com

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Kid-Lit Publication News & Reading Recommendations from Little Thoughts Press

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Chloe Ito Ward @chloeitoward.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

#Kidlit friends 💔 Please share this far and wide Our dear friend, Trenise Sabin, was the victim of a major burglary over the weekend. She and her husband Travis have lost everything— from clothing and appliances to irreplaceable items from their recent wedding and the urn gofund.me/ce50d993

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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Books aren’t just magical transport to other worlds - they’re a vital part of becoming human.

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Stefan Karlsson @stefankarlsson.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Today in honor of #EndangeredSpeciesDay, I’m returning to the Go Wild! issue of @littlethoughtspress.com. Here’s one of many favorites from the issue: a poem full of wonder by @lindapoet.bsky.social with a lovely illustration by Hollyn Alpert 🐢✨ #kidlit #poetry

“Hawksbill Turtle Love” by Linda Middleton with a “Green Sea Turtle” illustration by Hollyn Alpert from the Go Wild! issue of Little Thoughts Press

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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Congratulations to @katievenit.bsky.social and Julia Blattman for this well-deserved recognition of their beautiful #picturebook! 🥰 I can’t wait to see it in kids’ hands. #kidlit

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Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

A submission window will be open for poetry written for children from Sunday June 1st until June 15th. There is no theme. Please read the guidelines on the website before sending anything for consideration (guidelines can be found on the 'ABOUT' page). JH dirigibleballoon.org/about

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Dirigible Balloon - Poetry for Children

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Jessica Stremer Kidlit Author @jstremer.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

It's Wonderfully Wild's book birthday!

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Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · 08/05/2025

Preorders are open for our Ekphrasis Adventure issue! This issue is so fun and creative, and a beautiful celebration of how art begets more art. Help us support and uplift the talented artists & writers of all ages featured in this issue by ordering a copy! checkout.square.site/buy/4YRQGRFO...

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Little Thoughts Press Issue Ten: An Ekphrasis Adventure

<p>Publishing May 28, 2025</p><p>Little Thoughts Press is a literary magazine for and by kids. A picture is worth a thousand words, and in Issue Ten: An Ekphrasis Adventure we let artwork lead the con...

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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Working with Claire at @littlethoughtspress.com for almost 3 years has been a privilege and one of the highlights of my creative career. I cannot thank her and our #kidlit contributors enough for trusting me with their words and art.

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Carrie Karnes-Fannin @carriekarnesfannin.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

It’s always nice to get this kind of good news in my inbox. 🥳 @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social

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Shaun Jex @shaunjexauthor.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

This week on the blog, we're looking at how a work of art can inspire poetry and what it means to write an ekphrastic poem. #poetry #poetrycommunity shaunmjex.wordpress.com/2025/05/04/p...

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Poetry and Art: Exploring Ekphrasis

Discover how to write an ekphrasis poem

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Jess Burbank, author/illustrator @jburbank.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

I’m so excited to be a part of this beautiful issue!

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