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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 6h

Word that’s making me smile today: pretzel. A popular theory is that its name comes from the Latin brachitella (“little arms”) because it’s shaped like folded arms. Photo: Sundar1, CC-BY-3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo of a selection of pretzels in Germany

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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Word that’s making me smile today: izzard. It’s one of the names the letter Z had in the 1700s.

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Karyn Curtis @karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy Book Birthday to this wonderful book!

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Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · 29/09/2026

Kidlit community does anyone know the writer Jane Trenholm? If so, please encourage her to get in touch with me at Little Thoughts Press! We want to include her work in our next issue but I have not received any response to my multiple attempts at contact & am running out of time before we print.

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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Word that’s making me smile today: errorist. It’s a person who is frequently wrong, resolute about holding onto their errors, and enthusiastic about sharing them.

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Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Heads up, Bookworms: There will likely be💀supply chain issues💀 this holiday season. So if there are specific books you have your heart set on for holiday gifting, I strongly suggest you buy/order them ahead of time (✨like now✨) rather than waiting until November/December.

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Shaun Jex @shaunjexauthor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There are lots of things hiding in the wilderness. Discover what’s out there lurking in A Catalog of Curious Creatures, available through Amazon and on Kindle Unlimited. A Catalog of Curious Creatures a.co/d/0crmblGs

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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Expression that’s making me smile today: My heart became a garden. In Hindi and Punjabi, it means being overcome with joy.

Photo of a garden bed with black-eyed Susans

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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Only 10 more days to preorder Where the Light Shines In!! Available everywhere books are sold or follow this link for signed copies. factandfictionbooks.com/book/s978163...

Graphic shows middle grade novel Where the Light Shines In lying atop a cozy blanket with a caption that reads “Coziness you can preorder. Releasing September 29, 2026.”

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Brian Moses @brianmosespoet.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

New blog post: Poems Inspired by Things People Say - Part Two. A selection of poems by top children's poets. brian-moses.blogspot.com @josiedefalco.bsky.social @valpoet.bsky.social @bardymum.bsky.social

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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Word that’s making me smile today: marathon. Marathon, the starting point of ancient Greek hero Pheidippides’ long run to Athens, literally means “fennel-field” for the aromatic plant that grew nearby. 📷: Sotiria Simota, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Mark Tate @markstate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

crow assigned to wake us waiting for sunrise #BWFri #FlyDay

crow in the tree near the balcony of our room

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Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now! @joshuaseigal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Have a great weekend everyone! Remember: FREE POEMS on my website, for you use in the classroom and beyond: www.joshuaseigal.co.uk Enjoy! #BookSky #EduSky #KidLir

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Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I've probably put in 100 library requests over the past year, and they're almost always approved. It's an easy way to help authors (and also an easy way to support your library)

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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Word that’s making me smile today: cramp-word. It’s an old dialect term from Kent for a word that’s difficult to pronounce or understand.

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huck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

rip annie dillard

One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good for a better place later is the signal to spend it now. Something more will arise for later, something better. These things fill from behind, from beneath, like well water. Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.

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Troika Books @troikabooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We ask Attie Lime - author of ‘Poems on Toast’ – where do poems come from? Read all about the poet and the poetry on our blog! www.troikabooks.com/blog/attie-l...

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We ask Attie Lime, author of ‘Poems on Toast’ – where do poems come from? — Troika Books

Over to Attie…

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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Term that’s making me smile today: goat rodeo. It’s a situation where everything is going jaw-droppingly, disastrously wrong, and the people in charge are hopelessly incapable of fixing it. 📷: Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo of a white goat standing tall on the top branch of a tree

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Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

There is a wonderful freedom in having shot your shot. Win or lose, rejection or acceptance, you did it. You stepped up and took a chance.

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Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

WEDNESDAY’S WONDERFUL WRITERS WHO CHAMPION WRITERS: Heather Morris – First Stories IG @morr_writing Ian Eagleton – The Reading Room - @ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social Jena Benton - Simply 7 Interview @jenanbenton.bsky.social Joyce Uglow – uGROnews @jpuglow.bsky.social substack.com/@jpuglow

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Pudgy Penguin Says Thank You with a Hat Tip

ALT: Pudgy Penguin Says Thank You with a Hat Tip

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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Expression that’s making me smile today: to be two-souled. In the Georgian language, it means to be pregnant.

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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Word that’s making me think today: umbethink. It’s an old Scottish and Northern English word that means to remember and to consider. 📷: Glen Dillon, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo of the Twin Towers in Manhattan taken before the events of 9/11

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Dom Conlon @domconlon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A quick poem for a thing I’m doing next week. This is about holding my son for the first time. Or maybe anyone #poetry

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Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

my wandering mind high in the cloudshadowed air the first geese leave us

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Jess @jessdean77.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Fresh starts spanned in layers across the sky. Carrying sweet dreams within the sun’s shadows.. 🍂 📷: 9/7/26 #sensewrds (264) #septembersky

Sunset sky in the valley last Monday eve.

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Attie Lime @attielime.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A short, fun one from Poems on Toast (officially out NEXT WEEK!). Please watch until the end to enjoy my slightly smug 'mug-of-tea-cheers' - this was not a one-take video! 😅 That last line is a trickster! Also on YouTube @troikabooks.bsky.social #PoemsOnToast #Poetry #KidLit #TongueTwister #NewBook

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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Word that’s making my smile today: spartickles. It’s an old Scottish form of the word spectacles. “Has anyone seen my spartickles?” “They’re on your head.”

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Jenny Mattern @jengelmattern.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“If there’s one thing my 13 years of life have taught me, it’s that having parents who love you doesn’t erase the somebody else who brought you into the world” —Gloria Gibson, MC from Where the Light Shines In. Releasing 9.29.26. Just dropped: Audiobook sample!! ⬇️ rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...

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RBmedia | Where The Light Shines In

Listen to the audiobook Where The Light Shines In, written by Jenny Mattern, narrated by Cat Protano.

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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Terms that are making me smile today: cinnamon bun, little duck, meow sign, and moon’s ear. They’re what the @ symbol is called in Sweden, Greece, Finland, and Kazakhstan.

Image of the "at" symbol in different fonts scattered on a page

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Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

To me, the biggest upside to publisher rejections is this: you might figure out a waaaaaaaaaay better way to write the thing later. Two weeks later. Two months later. Two years later. Um, I'm living that RIGHT NOW. I've lived it lots. Sometimes you've actually dodged a bullet.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

English stained glass artist Tamsin Abbott, who is inspired by folklore and nature #WomensArt ##September

Stained glass artwork featuring a green hilly landscape with fields and a house, with a hare in the foreground and swallows flying in the sky

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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Word that’s making me smile today: heofon-candel (heaven candle). It’s an Old English term for the sun. 📷: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo of the sun rising over distant hills in Poland

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Lit Kids Magazine @litkidsmagazine.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Calling 5-13 y/o kids! 📣 Lit Kids is open to submissions for Issue 12: Fantasy through 11/7! Send writing, art, and photos infused with magic and all things fantastical to our mentors. We can't wait to see what you dream up! Keep shining! ✨ www.litkidsmagazine.com/submissions #kidlit #emag #parents

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Fairy Fantasia

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Submit to Nimblewitlit Issue 3, published by @epistemiclit.bsky.social, by September 15! The editors seek poetry, fiction, and visual art that focuses on the theme of “choices” and is suitable for readers ages 5 to 14. Submissions are free: www.clmp.org/members/open...

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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Word that’s making me smile today: gökotta. It’s a Swedish concept that means waking up early and going outside to appreciate the stillness of the morning and listen to the birds singing in the new day.

Photo of a wooden deck next to a lake in the woods early in the morning

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Attie Lime @attielime.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Apologies for the book spamming BUT Poems on Toast is out in ONE WEEK! It's been a busy weekend Chez Lime & this poem sums up what I'd like now. *Sound up* to appreciate my quietness 😉 Poems on Toast is out with @troikabooks.bsky.social on 14.9.26 - available to preorder 🧡 #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

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Traci Van Wagoner @tracivw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's #KidLitArtPostcard Day! Moving into fall w/Fall Friends. I'm Traci VW a #kidlitartist creating whimsical & playful art that feels vibrant & joyful. Open for kid's projects & games. www.tracivanwagoner.com #kidlitart #paintplay #gameart #characterart #animals #cute #whimsical #playful #fall

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Nathaniel Swift @writernatswift.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

See now I'm stumped on this one because it depends on the rest of the haiku

QUESTION 38 OF 60

poem
⚪ one syllable
⚪ two syllables

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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Word that’s making me smile today: dogling. It’s an old term for a puppy. 📷: dbking, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photo of a St. Bernard puppy playing in autumn leaves

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Brian Kirby @boringstorybook.com · 03/09/2026

Hello #kidlitartpostcard! I am Brian Kirby & I write & illustrate books for kids. Portfolio - briankirbystudio.com Agent - @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social, @bookendsliterary.bsky.social #kidlitart #art 🫧

Picture book illustration in a cartoon style of shimmering, colorful, anthropomorphic bubbles being blown from a bubble wand against a blue sky with green grass, trees and clouds in the background. BrianKirbyStudio.com info in bubble letters over the image.

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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Word that’s making me smile today: lethologica. It’s the temporary inability to retrieve a word or name from your memory vault.

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Nicola Schofield @nicolaschofield.com · 03/09/2026

September #kidlitartpostcard day! 🍁 I'd love to illustrate some more surreal, funny, sci-fi or folktale type picture books! Portfolio ➡️ NicolaSchofield.com Rep by @sallymkim.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kidlitart #illustration #folktale

Kitlitart postcard illustration by Nicola Schofield showing a boy lying on the ground with his eyes closed. A swoosh of stars and a ghostly swan sweep up from him to the top left corner.

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Graham Howie @grahamhowie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard I'm Graham. I write and illustrate picturebooks. I'm also interested in illustrating for other authors plus middle grade and board books. I love textures, shapes and colour. grahamhowie.com Agent: Isabel Atherton creativeauthors.co.uk

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Serineh Eliasian @seelillustrations.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It’s #KidLitArtPostcard day, and my little mouse has a funny story to tell! 🐭 Hi! I’m Serineh, an illustrator & author based in Armenia. I’d love to work on PB, CB, fiction & nonfiction and I also have original stories of my own to share! Feel free to get in touch if you’d like to work together! 🤩

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Rebecca Field @rebeccafieldgraphy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day and happy September! As always, I would love to illustrate picture books and other delicious projects. I make collage and mixed media illos full of light and love. Open to sukkah visits as well. Rebeccafieldgraphy.me Rebeccafieldgraphy@gmail.com

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Audrey Raine @audreyraine.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! Double checking for stowaways is probably a good move. I’m Audrey and I’m currently seeking representation and new projects. Check out more of my work at audreyraine.com. Feel free to reach out with any inquiries :) #kidlitart #kidlitpostcard #kidlitillustration

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Thalamus Plank @thalamusplank.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Happy September #KidLitArtPostcard day! 🤩 Thalamus Plank here, author/illustrator interested in picture books, GNs, non-fiction and black and white illustrations. Look forward to working with you! 🤗 Portfolio can be seen at www.thalamusplank.co.uk #kidlit #kidlitart

Man riding a unicycle with a cup of tea in one hand and a bubble wand in the other. A bird perched on his wrist is blowing bubbles through the wand.

The smaller black and white picture shows a child being helped by their PE teacher and a friend to do a hand stand.

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Jennifer Thomas @jthomasabc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Expression that’s making me smile today: Getting the partridge dizzy. It means “beating around the bush” in Spanish. 📷: Tisha Mukherjee, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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