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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author

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REWRITING THE RULES (Sept '25 Millbrook Press) #MakingSTEMaccessible Bio PhD | PB MG YA author | 1st pl '22: #rateyourstory & #springflingkidlit 3x winner #50PreciousWord '22/3/4; Highlights sch '23 Rep: @gabycabezut @SeymourAgency www.dannazeiger.com

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Beth Anderson @bandersonwriter.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
The Evolution of a Picture Book Biography from Sub to Pub by @drzathome.bsky.social 📕🥳 Check out this super post about the path of REWRITING THE RULES. And be sure to get in on the GIVEAWAY! #brainresearch #disability @lernerbooks.bsky.social #edusky bethandersonwriter.com/2025/10/17/b...
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Behind the Scenes: “The Evolution of a Picture Book Biography from Sub to Pub” by Danna Zeiger, Ph.D.
Looking back over the process of a book can be really informative. So much is forgotten over the course of the several years it takes from idea to published. Here’s an interesting post from d…
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Cheryl A. Johnson @cherylajohnson.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
FAVE FOUR If you'd like to see other kidlit recommendations, pop on over to cherylajohnsonwrites.weebly.com. @andreaywang.bsky.social @drzathome.bsky.social @joseebisaillon.bsky.social @philbildner.bsky.social @danielostudios.bsky.social #favefourbuygiftborrow #kidlit #kidlitbookstack
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Carol Hinz @carolhinz.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Ahhhh, so thrilled to see both THE BLACK MAMBAS by @kellycrull.bsky.social and REWRITING THE RULES by @drzathome.bsky.social and @joseebisaillon.bsky.social on the Chicago Public Library Best Books list! Full list here: www.chipublib.org/news/cpl-bes...
Front cover of The Black Mambas: The World's First All-Woman Anti-Poaching Unit by author and photographer Kelly Crull. A photograph fills the full cover, showing a white pickup truck with dark-skinned women wearing camouflage uniforms sitting on the hood, inside of it, and standing in the bed of the truck, one of whom is scanning the landscape through binoculars. The women are silhouetted with streaks of red, orange, yellow, and blue created by the setting sun behind them. The landscape is primarily green with grass, bushes, and short trees visible beyond the truck.Front cover of the picture book Rewriting the Rules: How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities for Brain Research and Disability. It features Dr. Friel, a pale-skinned woman with rosy cheeks and shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a white lab coat. Her right arm and leg are turned inward and her right hand is curled under due to her cerebral palsy. One her right is a child with light brown skin and medium brown hair, wearing a yellow striped t-shirt, blue pants, and blue shoes. He uses black forearm crutches. To Dr. Friel's left is a child with dark brown skin and black hair that goes midway down their back, wearing a pale blue polka dotted shirt and a red-orange knee-length skirt. The child is blowing on a dandelion to send the seeds flying. Surrounding the three human figures are dandelions (which are associated with cerebral palsy) and fantastical flowers and trees that incorporate the shapes of neurons.
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Carol Hinz @carolhinz.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Thrilled to have 3 books on this year's NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book list: THE BLACK MAMBAS by @kellycrull.bsky.social, REWRITING THE RULES by @drzathome.bsky.social and @joseebisaillon.bsky.social, and THE BIG EMPTY by Kirbi Fagan! 🎉 www.nsta.org/outstanding-...
Front cover of The Black Mambas: The World's First All-Woman Anti-Poaching Unit by author and photographer Kelly Crull. A photograph fills the full cover, showing a white pickup truck with dark-skinned women wearing camouflage uniforms sitting on the hood, inside of it, and standing in the bed of the truck, one of whom is scanning the landscape through binoculars. The women are silhouetted with streaks of red, orange, yellow, and blue created by the setting sun behind them. The landscape is primarily green with grass, bushes, and short trees visible beyond the truck.Front cover of the picture book Rewriting the Rules: How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities for Brain Research and Disability. It features Dr. Friel, a pale-skinned woman with rosy cheeks and shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a white lab coat. Her right arm and leg are turned inward and her right hand is curled under due to her cerebral palsy. One her right is a child with light brown skin and medium brown hair, wearing a yellow striped t-shirt, blue pants, and blue shoes. He uses black forearm crutches. To Dr. Friel's left is a child with dark brown skin and black hair that goes midway down their back, wearing a pale blue polka dotted shirt and a red-orange knee-length skirt. The child is blowing on a dandelion to send the seeds flying. Surrounding the three human figures are dandelions (which are associated with cerebral palsy) and fantastical flowers and trees that incorporate the shapes of neurons.Front cover of The Big Empty: A Sagebrush Survival Story by Kirbi Fagan. The word EMPTY in white looms in the background of a sparse scene with brown ground, a few small pushes, and a big sagebrush plant in the distance, under which a small, dark brown horse is grazing. A vast blue sky is in the background.
Front cover of The Big Empty: A Sagebrush Survival Story by Kirbi Fagan. The word EMPTY in white looms in the background of a sparse scene with brown ground, a few small pushes, and a big sagebrush plant in the distance, under which a small, dark brown horse is grazing. A vast blue sky is in the background.
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Carol Gordon Ekster @cekster.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Meet the Talented #kidlit #debut author, @drzathome.bsky.social, plus #giveaway writersrumpus.com/2025/08/12/m...
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Meet the Talented #kidlit #debut author, Danna Zeiger, plus #giveaway
CAROL GORDON EKSTER: Danna is in my Andover, MA SCBWI critique group. Her debut book comes out this September, and I want to introduce you all to her as she’s so talented, intelligent and ama…
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Hilary Elizabeth Margitich @hilarymargitich.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Check out my brand-new interview with debut children’s author Danna Zieger and Dr. Kathleen Friel on the Writers’ Rumpus Blog! #kidlit #childrensbooks @drzathome.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social @writersrumpus.bsky.social @joseebisaillon.bsky.social writersrumpus.com/2025/08/05/w...
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Writing About a Living Person: A Conversation with Author Danna Zeiger and Dr. Kathleen Friel
If you’ve been keeping up with our wildly engaging Writers’ Rumpus blog this summer, then you’ve already become well-acquainted with debut author Danna Zeiger and her critically acclaimed new book,…
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Maria Marshall @mmarshallauthor.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Meet debut author @drzathome.bsky.social and discover insights into her touching & empowering NF picture book biography - Rewriting the Rules. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... @joseebisaillon.bsky.social Millbrook Press/Lerner #kidlit #STEM #persistence 📚👍
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Vivian Kirkfield @viviankirkfield.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Happy Book Birthday to REWRITING THE RULES: How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities in Brain Research and Disability @drzathome.bsky.social Josee Bisaillon and published by @lernerbooks.bsky.social Millbrook Stop by to peek at this amazing #STEM PB Bio: viviankirkfield.com/2025/09/09/b...
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Book Birthday: REWRITING THE RULES: How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities for Brain Research and Disability
It’s another Happy Book Birthday and so you know that I am dancing! I hope you will be too when you find out more about this amazing debut picture book by good friend Danna Zeiger. REWRITING …
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Maria Marshall @mmarshallauthor.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Don't miss this inspiring biography of an amazingly talented doctor who continues to change the rules & our understanding of the brain. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... @drzathome.bsky.social Josée Bisaillon Millbrook Press/Lerner #PPBF #kidlit #biography #STEM #neurology 📚👍
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A.J. Irving 🩷💜💙 @ajirving.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
REWRITING THE RULES by @drzathome.bsky.social & @joseebisaillon.bsky.social is remarkable PB about a remarkable human! This inspiring, well-rounded bio shows Kathleen’s struggles & achievements. Kathleen hopes the kids she works with may one day too “climb rocks, break boards, or run research labs.”
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12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🎉 Congratulations @drzathome.bsky.social on her recent book birthday! 🎉 📚 REWRITING THE RULES: HOW DR. KATHLEEN FRIEL CREATED NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR BRAIN RESEARCH AND DISABILITY is out now! Find it here: buff.ly/PLnYGZq #kidlit #12x12PB
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FReadom Fighter @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
#newbooksday part 2! Excited to get this into readers' hands! 🥳 @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social @drzathome.bsky.social @joseebisaillon.bsky.social @damianimated.bsky.social
Seven picture and chapter books on a table, from top left: Make New Friends by Joshua David Stein with Mariachiara Di Giorgio, If We Were Dogs by Sophie Blackall, Fancy Nancy Besties for Eternity by Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser, Absolutely Everything by Damian Alexander, The Teacher in Nomad Land by Daniel Nayeri, Oliver's Great Big Universe Evolution Changes Everything by Jorge Cham, and Cupcake Diaries The New Batch Natalie's Sprinkle of Light by Coco Simon.Four children's nonfiction books on a table, clockwise from top left: I Am We How Crows Come Together to Survive by Leslie Barnard Booth with Alexandra Finkelday, Origin by Nat Cardozo, Rewriting the Rules by Danna Zeiger with Josee Bisaillon, and DK Eyewonder Dinosaurs.
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Morgan Gaynin @morgangaynin.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Josée Bisaillon’s newest illustrated nonfiction picture book is here! Rewriting the Rules: Illustrated by @joseebisaillon.bsky.social, written by @drzathome.bsky.social, and published by @lernerbooks.bsky.social. morgangaynin.com/project/rewr... #kidlit #kidlitart #booksky #STEMbooks
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Lerner Books @lernerbooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Today is #WorldCerebralPalsyDay! Celebrate the achievements of the CP community with the story of Dr. Kathleen Friel in REWRITING THE RULES by @drzathome.bsky.social and illustrated by Josée Bisaillon.
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Carol Hinz @carolhinz.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Absolutely overjoyed by this @slj.com starred review for REWRITING THE RULES by debut author @drzathome.bsky.social and @joseebisaillon.bsky.social! "A must-purchase for all libraries as it ­reflects the best that modern biographies for young readers have to offer." www.slj.com/review/rewri...
Front cover of the picture book Rewriting the Rules: How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities for Brain Research and Disability. It features Dr. Friel, a pale-skinned woman with rosy cheeks and shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a white lab coat. Her right arm and leg are turned inward and her right hand is curled under due to her cerebral palsy. One her right is a child with light brown skin and medium brown hair, wearing a yellow striped t-shirt, blue pants, and blue shoes. He uses black forearm crutches. To Dr. Friel's left is a child with dark brown skin and black hair that goes midway down their back, wearing a pale blue polka dotted shirt and a red-orange knee-length skirt. The child is blowing on a dandelion to send the seeds fling. Surrounding the three human figures are dandelions (which are associated with cerebral palsy) and fantastical flowers and trees that incorporate the shapes of neurons.
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Beautiful book! Thanks @autumnleaflet.bsky.social for also being @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social and Ciara's Spring Fling Kidlit Contest prize donor!!!
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
What a beautiful set of books here! Thanks @valeriebolling.bsky.social for also being a @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social and Ciara's Spring Fling Kidlit Contest prize donor!!!
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
What does @viviankirkfield.bsky.social NOT do? She is a total force of nature, and now, also generously donating a prize to @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social and Ciara's Spring Fling Kidlit Contest!!! Please check out Vivian's important books--I have them all and have read them all with my kids!
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
To be clear, I love ALL of @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social's books. She is so talented <3. Thank you, Rebecca, for also being @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social and Ciara's Spring Fling Kidlit Contest prize donor!!!
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Excited to read this! Thanks @safajarwrites.bsky.social for also being @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social and Ciara's Spring Fling Kidlit Contest prize donor!!!
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
This books looks awesome! Thanks for @writerjolene.bsky.social for also being @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social and Ciara's Spring Fling Kidlit Contest prize donor!!!
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
My cover reveal for my DEBUT #picturebook REWRITING THE RULES is up! #STEM, #neuroscience, #disability and #disabilityadvocacy My former mentor who has #cerebralpalsy, Dr. Kathleen Friel, combatted ableism and society and today runs her lab developing therapies for kids w/CP 😍 www.dannazeiger.com
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Relics of my past (literally) holding up my (hopeful) future! (My good friend got me this beautiful mug and I enjoy my coffee in it every day, manifesting through hard work!)
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Excited to share my #stem #50preciouswords entry for the fabulous @viviankirkfield.bsky.social contest she runs!!!!!!! Thank you for all of your hard work making this incredible #kidlit magic happen every year. It is SO MUCH fun!!!! Thanks to my CPs, as well <3
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
TY @terrilibenson.bsky.social, my new mentor - SO generous: autographed bookplates, awesome bookmarks, & adorable "book besties" bracelets! We love these books! My mom-cred skyrocketed! & thank you to @pjlibrary.org for this incredible experience through the Sephardic Stories Writing Fellowship!!
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Today in #homeschooling, we learned about Paul Klee, who created over 10,000(!) works of art. We read how, at best, only 10%--for a professional artist--will become masterpieces. A reminder that in #writing #kidlit too, most of my (not-to-be-published) work will still shape my future best pieces.
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Had the most amazing microscope day in this household! The house is a happy mess and the table is full of concoctions and the most bizarre slides ever, and our souls and minds are full! For more details head to IG @DrZatHome or www.dannazeiger.com <3 #STEM #parents #steminist #microscopes
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
On reframing #publication #writing rejections/passes: Sometimes, of course I feel sad. But, what perks me up is when I think this way: WOW! The amazing editor of ________ book(s) that I love actually read *my* manuscript. My baby, my manuscript, got the eyes of this incredible editor. What luck 😍
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Thrilled and honored to be selected as a 2025 feature interview for @chelseadicicco.bsky.social Chelsea's World of Books!! <3 What an incredible group of authors here!
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Thrilled and honored to be chosen as a @pjlibrary.org Sephardic Stories Initiative Fellow! Thank you for this opportunity, and thank you for your continued essential work in bringing Jewish stories to light! <3 pjlibrary.org/beyond-books...
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As part of PJ Library’s mission to represent the diversity of North American Jewish communities through the books we send to families, and following extensive research and recommendations from a speci...
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12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Our second Starter Pack is just as great as the first one. Still space here, so if you're a member and want to be added, comment here with your handle. bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
Yes, my 8yo knows the Pythagorean Theorem. Amazing example of how books teach kids through story. Not only will they understand it better, they'll remember it better. This is one kind of book I aspire to write and bring to the world, too. #kidlit #MakingSTEMAccessible #Steminist pic.x.com/wKDd6eK9to
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 11/04/2024
This upcoming book looks great! www.amazon.com/Kid-ventors-...
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 11/04/2024
Check out Kailei's new giveaway! www.kaileipewbooks.com/post/kid-ven...
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 03/03/2024
There’s always a great discussion hiding in every #picturebook . Whole discussion about what sensitive means, how to judge what is “normal” & what is more than? Then he pulled out a dictionary, of his own accord, because he was curious. #Picturebook for the win!(2/2) @saraclevinebooks.bsky.social
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 03/03/2024
I love all of @saraclevinebooks.bsky.social 's books.#picturebook s are for everyone-don’t let the recc'd ages fool you. My oldest comes sliding closer every time I’m reading to my youngests...listening, asking Qs, and even (gasp) learning. Even. At 12. Picture books forever! (1/2)
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 03/03/2024
A story in 14 words: Leaving home; suitcase packed of books is larger than the one for my clothes. I think this says it all! 🤣#picturebooks and Books for life! #WritingCommmunity #WritingCommmunity #kidlit
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 06/10/2023
So many writing contests--some I've done well, some not. But the memories of my precious CPs rallying behind me, family cheering me on, picking up the house slack--that's always left the best taste in my mouth and the sweetest nostalgia, even when I don't win. #WritingCommunity
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 05/10/2023
Are the best books (well, my best work) born of tears while writing? I just can't stop. #amwriting #kidlit #ownvoice #WritingCommunity
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Carol Hinz @carolhinz.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
Happy book birthday to these three awesome science books for kids!! Congratulations to authors Buffy Silverman, Sandra Markle, and @jessicafgwrites.bsky.social!
Front covers of three books: On a Flake-Flying Day: Watching Winter's Wonders by Buffy Silverman (which depicts a child with light-brown skin in a red/pink hat, winter jacket, and blue scarf lying idown in snow and looking up at the sky); Wild Inventions: Ideas Inspired by Animals by Sandra Markle (which depicts a white arctic fox and a nature photographer covered in shaggy, white fake fur and a gecko climbing a wall paired with a person in special gear scaling the side of a building); and Nature's Rule Breakers: Creatures That Don't Fit In by Jessica Fries-Gaither (which features photos of a bobcat, a salamander, a lemur, and an owl in flight).
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 03/10/2023
I'm a visual person, LOL! The road to #publication is paved with #rejections! #WritingCommunity gets it! #amwriting #kidlit (Randomly felt like making a meme!)
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 19/09/2023
I wrote about my magical experience at @HighlightsFound with immense gratitude to @PJLibrary for many transformative opportunities. (This was post was not sponsored.) I hope you consider experiencing this magic yourself :-) #kidlit #writingcommunity writersrumpus.com/2023/09/19/t...
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 14/09/2023
#RoshHashana time means time to pull out our color-coded generous, beautiful #kidlit @PJLibrary books! This is for Day 1. I'm so grateful to have a ginormous collection, with more books ready for Day 2! :-) Shanah tovah to all who celebrate!
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 11/09/2023
Signs of a #homeschool #mama... perpetually food-dyed hands LOL! Always doing #STEMeducation and #STEM activities... perfect muse for my #kidlit #writing!
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 06/09/2023
I've thankfully never maxed out my credit card... but I am *constantly* maxing out my #library card. Life of a #homeschooling Mama and #kidlit #writer #amwriting #WritingCommmunity
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 05/09/2023
My consistently unattainably long list of books I'm dying to read brings me child-level excitement and joy #writerslife #WritingCommunity #amwriting #kidlit
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Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social · 04/09/2023
"I understand you better through your #writing," said my hubby of 16 years and best friend of 20. Isn't that the truth 😍❤️🥰Also, one of the nicest things to say to me. I understand myself better, too. #WritingCommunity #kidlit #amwriting
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