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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If you want to see a whale….well, it wasn’t our day for spotting humpbacks…but we did get a gorgeous eyeful of the place we’re lucky to call home.

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Such a lovely garden in our park. Dims all the troubles in our world—for a moment. #uplift #timelinecleanse

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

So I hear today is National Dog Day…Wrigley just wants her teeth brushed so she can go to bed…cheers!

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Thrilled to announce that THE OCEAN'S HEART is one of five finalists for a California Golden Poppy Award in Kids' nonfiction from CA Indie booksellers! L👀K at these books! Yahoo!! Check out more #Kidlit finalists in 🧵 @steelworksliterary.bsky.social @carolhinz.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

One reason why I wrote The Ocean’s Heart…😊

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

What's on my fridge? The photo my father-in-law (Peter Hoffmann) sent in 2011, when he was close to finishing his book, Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet (MIT Press). It reminds me of his sense of humor, usually in the form of bad puns....😁 #STEM

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I hope there are readers in the Big Blue Sky who are eager to meet Xyla, Cassie, and their friends, including those of the four-legged variety, Rory, Twiggy, and Gofer! #kidlit #middlegrade #teachers #skybrarians @lbschool.bsky.social @steelworksliterary.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I willingly succumbed!....After reading Lombardo's xlation during my MFA program (I had to play catch-up since my undergrad was in engineering. Oh, how I loved my lit theory, classics, romantics, etc. classes)...I now need to read this newer translation B4 I see the film. Can't wait! #Odyssey

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

📚👍 Harrowing and personal. Honest and heartbreaking. Candace Fleming's meticulously-researched reconstruction of her father's #WWII service in Alaska's Aleutian Islands doesn't shy away from the realities of war or from why Americans know little about this aspect. There is no glory in war. Period.

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Than you! Here’s mine! Just released on July 7th. A Starred review from SLJ. Awesome review from Shelf Awareness. Lovely reviews from Booklist, Kirkus, and Publishers Weekly. A thumbs up from John Schu and Colby Sharp. And a very nice review from a 12-yr-old whose mom posted it for him. So yay!!🥰🥰🥰

A pile of books titled HeartLand and a postcard

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Poetry and picture book peeps! Renée LaTulippe is holding a special live Lyrical Language course this Fall. Only 20 spots available. She's amazing!!!! #poetry #picturebooks #kidlit www.reneelatulippe.com/lyrical-lang...

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

🤣🤣🤣. Wrigley loves begging for books. But she prefers stories about dogs....she stays awake for the treats 🦴

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It's HERE! TY to everyone who believed in me when I doubted I could ever weave a dual timeline together. Fireworks for you all! Now, time to write the next book! 📚 #kidlit #Edusky #skybrarians @steelworksliterary.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social @pbspree.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

thewritingbarn.com/behind-the-b... 11/11

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Link to the FREE online Behind the Book chat through the Writing Barn with me, my editor, and agent in the next slide. If you register and can't hang out live, you'll receive the replay. 10/11

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

When a book comes out, it's reason to celebrate!...but there's also a certain element of relief, because the journey can sometimes be, well, not straightforward— 🧵 #kidlit #middlegrade #edusky #skybrarians #writingcommunity 1/11 @sjohnstontaylor.bsky.social @steelworksliterary.bsky.social

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Thank you!!! Thank you!!! That light NASA satellites are observing on the West Coast? It's me. KABOOM!!!😁

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Renée Watson at the Obama Library. Had to see before heading home from #ALA2026! #kidlit

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Me right now…my feet are throbbing. But it’s been fabulous!🥰thanks!

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

View from my hotel at ALA. Love Chicago! Love libraries! Love the freedom to read! #ALA2026 #Skybrarian #Edusky

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Please join me and my fabulous editor, Deirdre Jones - Exec Editor at Little Brown for Young Readers, and my agent, Lori Steel for an inside look at how HEARTLAND came to be, from inspiration to drafting to re-visioning and revisions. Free registration! #kidlit @steelworksliterary.bsky.social

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Hello, peepsicles!!! Last chance to preorder HEARTLAND at 25% off before release on July 7th! It received a ⭐ from SLJ! And lovely reviews from Booklist, Kirkus, and PW! I'm sooo excited, I may preorder gifts for family. Cheers! @lbschool.bsky.social @steelworksliterary.bsky.social #kidlit

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Thanks to @katytanis.bsky.social for the fabric design. Thanks to Goorin Bros SF for the hat and to Lamont for making the hatband. I can take the sea with me wherever I go! Please come by to get your signed copy of THE OCEAN'S HEART!! #kidlit #Edusky #Skybrarian @lernerbooks.bsky.social #ALA2026

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

3 days post-op our hyper McNab collie mix worked her cone off during the night and worried the stitches on her leg after a mast cell tumor removal. A carabiner now holds the cone to her harness. She's also on prednisone and thinks she's starving. We have at least 2 weeks of this. Please send treats.

The head of a black and white dog looking sad because her head's in a plastic cone.

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Catnip for readers who love unbelievable but true stories. Some are hilarious. Some horrifying. Some mystifying. Can be read straight through (like I did) or dipped into a chapter at a time. Remind me never to sit on a sting ray... @boonewrites.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Dive into the Monterey Bay this Sunday at the Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley! Be there at NOON, fins on, and learn how to swim like a salp, comb jelly, sea angel, and more! Hope we don't lose any swimmers to hungry predators on our journey! Whatever happens, keep paddling! #kidlit #nonfiction

Bay Area Book Festival announcement of the read aloud for the picture book, THE OCEAN'S HEART: The Tiny Creatures Essential to Life, being held at the YouthLit Read Aloud Stage at Noon on Sunday, May 31 in downtown Berkeley. Image of the author, Jilanne Hoffmann, and the picture book showing zooplankton swimming around the title.

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