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Hi! My name is Erin. I'm an author and a kid's creative writing teacher. The tough winter is over! Spring is here! I am so ready for allll the beautiful things to happen! Let's goooooo, #kidlit! #middlegrade #kidlit #spring

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Please make a list of five things you are proud of yourself for doing. If you can do that and wash your feet before bed every night I bet your quality of life will like triple🧚 Kbye!

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I bought so many glue sticks. I can find zero glue sticks. #amrevising #kidlit

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Hiii everyone, hiiii! I forgot about this platform and how much I enjoy it🤓 How's everyone doing, #kidlit? What are you working on? #publishing

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Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

ooh, there's going to be a hardcover edition of The Unfinished Business. Fancy! regal-house-publishing.mybigcommerce.com/the-unfinish...

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The Unfinished Business, Book One by Stephanie Campisi

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Hi MA friends! I'll be signing books at Buttonwood Books in Cohasset today from 10-12 if you wanna say hi! xoxo #kidlit #ma #spookymg

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Now that Thelma #3 is in, I'm taking a minute to go "holy crap, I wrote all these." #kidlit #gratitude @snowywingspublishing.com

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

New arrival! S'MORE SPOOKY STORIES is here at last. Proceeds go to our National Parks🖤 thank you @owlhollowpress.bsky.social ! #kidlit

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Greg Andree @gregandree71.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Got my first "Violating an Executive Order" and "I'll make sure you lose federal funding" parent threat today for teaching "DEI" books in our upcoming "Liberty and Justice" themed unit. Even in "Blue" Massachusetts we're dealing with this. Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.

Book covers for: Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed, The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo, The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson, Monster by Walter Dean Myers, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Hey, friends. I hope you're all doing okay. Or something approximating okay. May your breath be a blessing. May your work be a blessing. May your care for others and may your receiving of care be a blessing as well. I feel blessed just to know you. Hold on to something beautiful for me, will you?

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Mary Averling @maryaverling.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

BITTERFLY BAY is an Amazon Hot New Release in Children's Ghost Stories!!! Thank you everyone for supporting my weird little haunting book!!

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

The US Dept. of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has dismissed 11 complaints and six allegations related to book bans, saying it was ending "Biden’s book ban hoax." PEN America counted over 10,000 instances of school book bans in the 2023-24 school year, nearly 3X the number in the previous year.

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

HI👋 A little intro post for new friends! I'm Erin, mom, author of middle grade fiction, and sometimes-poet. I miss book publishing talk 🤓 Next release is a spooky mg anthology from @owlhollowpress.bsky.social and my 3rd Thelma Bee adventure from @snowywingspublishing.com hits shelves in May! #kidlit

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I'm so pumped to have a story included here!!

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

So many different lives, but I've been writing through all of them. That's a thing I'll let myself be proud of. ❤️ #kidlit

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I've had 2 great writing days but I'm in the messy middle of a first draft- in a new genre😅 I feel kind of scared. #writingcommunity

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Did...Did Tolkien write this article?

Screenshot of an article: "The Lack of World-Building is One of the Biggest Problems with The Narnia Books" headline and subtitle: This will be one of Greta Gerwig's biggest hurdles in her adaptation. Below is a picture from a previous Narnia adaptation with the pevensies in king and queen clothes on horseback.

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

We lost this sweet friend a few days ago. Heaven gains a queen.🐾🪽❤️

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

"Giddy up giddy up giddy up, let's scram... Just look at your hands .." Sleigh Ride as understood by my 7 year old who has apparently never questioned this mid-song dark turn.

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Coming 5/6/25, Thelma Bee and the Darkwood Queen! Beautiful cover art by Kris Aro McLeod 🖤 Published by @snowywingspublishing.com 🐦‍⬛ #kidlit @spookymiddlegrade.bsky.social

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Friends, I hav so many bookmarks on the way🥹🥰🥹🥰 the kids are going to go bananas - THANK YOU. What a super amazing group you are, #kidlit ❤️

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Hey #kidlit!! I just started volunteering at our elementary school library, and we could sure use some bookmarks 🤓✨ If your an author with some extra swag that you are looking to give away, get in touch!!

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Doodly doo cover-shaped-thing 👀🤓✨

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

School visit today and one child asked if I wrote The Lord of the Rings. Thrilling moment for me tbqh🤣

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 12/10/2024

I love these librarian queens!✨👑📚

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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 25/04/2024

⚽️🏀🏈110 Middle Grade Books Featuring Girls In Sports🏈🏀⚽️ popgoesthereader.com/recommendati...

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 19/07/2024

Library/ Community art project at Townsend Public Library in MA! ❤️🐍📚! So many beautiful, unique stones🥰 #kidlit #libraries #librarylife

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Darcy Marks @darcymarks.bsky.social · 17/07/2024

One of my favorite books of last year!

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SpookyMiddleGrade @spookymiddlegrade.bsky.social · 09/07/2024

Hello BlueSky and Kidlit folks! We are a group of middle grade authors sharing a love of spooky stories all year round. Offering FREE virtual visits for grades 3-8 🎃 Looking forward to finding our community again here! #SpookyMG

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 08/07/2024

Next up! (This is the actual book I purchased at Sherman's after my ladder riding dreams were mercilessly squashed) #kidlit #indiebookstore #spookymiddlegrade

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Erin Petti @erinpettiauthor.bsky.social · 06/07/2024

Heartbreaking, yet practical signage at Sherman's Bookshop in Bar Harbor, Maine! #kidlit #barharbor #indiebookstore

Ladder in front of the bookshelf with a sign featuring image of Belle riding through her library and a big red X in front of her.

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