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I just watched the recording of the masterclass webinar by @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social on narrativizing your #NonFiction #PB! So good! Thank you for hosting @scbwioregon.bsky.social It was amazing to hear her read One Day This Tree Will Fall. Just fantastic!

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

📚#Librarians are treasures in all of our lives, especially for our youngest learners and readers! Make sure you read my interview with public librarian, Elissa Dee. She is creating wonderful #STEM programming for her patrons.🥰 collazocove.com/blog

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I’m so excited to introduce you all to Elissa Dee—a fantastic children’s librarian in a public library! Her work to integrate #STEM into the public library is one to read about.🔥 She’s up on the Snack-Sized STEM™: Teacher to Teacher blog series today! www.collazocove.com/blog/snack-s...

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It’s #WorldSpaceWeek!🚀 And the #AlwaysWonder blog is featuring a fantastic new #PB #Biography, Mae Among the Stars! 🧑🏾‍🚀 How would I use it as a springboard into a #STEM lesson? Read to find out and add your ideas too! 💡#BetterTogether www.collazocove.com/blog/stem-pb...

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Shout out to NC Natural Sciences Museum! 🧫 A room filled with actual specimens you can touch! 🐊 A CT scanner you activate and can rotate the scan! 🦕 REAL paleontologists at work 🔬Kid-friendly microscopes with cool artifacts to observe EB: “I wanna stay here my whole life!”

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Did I mention how over-the-moon excited I am that these beautiful books are my prize from this year’s #KidLitChuckleChallenge? They will definitely be featured in an upcoming #AlwaysWonder #STEM PB blog post!😍 Thank you so much Abi!

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“I think carefully about the goal of the challenge, materials that are accessible to young learners, and how to group students so they can collaborate, communicate, and learn from one another.” Read about #STEM integration in @carrierobledo’s classroom! collazocove.com

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of the most fantastic #STEM focused teachers I know (and the winner of the Presidential AI Award for her amazing #Insect AI integration with 2nd graders!) is up on the #AlwaysWonder blog today!🔥 #EduSky Meet Carrie Robledo at collazocove.com/blog

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

More swag came today in preparation for the BIG #EmersynBlake announcement on November 8th—National #STEM Day!🙌🏼

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This little blue-tailed skink joined me on the patio today. Did you know unlike other lizards who lay their eggs and skedaddle, a skink mother will wrap around her eggs for up to two months before they hatch? #AlwaysWonder #STEM

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

IT’S BAAAACK! 🎉 #STEM PB #14 is up on the #AlwaysWonder blog, and it’s fantastic! Check out this beauty by Elaine M. Alexander and Mike Orodan. @candlewickpress.bsky.social #Teachers #STEMeducation #ElementarySTEM #NonFiction #Ocean www.collazocove.com/blog/stem-pb...

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Having lunch at my favorite taco joint! 🌮 Beef taco and an unsweet tea with a straw. And it only cost me $5.33 I know you’re jealous!😎 #EmersynBlake

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What an exciting day!💥🎉💥 Congratulations to everyone, especially my wonderful CPs Lisa Davis, Kelsey Mango, and @robynnhyde.bsky.social!💕❤️💕 I’ll be putting Toad’s Super Squeaky Sneakers up on my blog at collazocove.com soon!🐸👟 #KidLitChuckleChallenge

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“I love having a few ‘tricks up my sleeve’ for unexpected downtime.” Want to know what #STEM tips and ideas Jen Gossert shared with me? Head over to the Always Wonder Blog at collazocove.com/blog

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ahhhhh!! I have been learning SO many new things!🤗 My cute little Collazo Cove logo “favicon” (favorite icon) is now showing up on my website tab! Do you see it? Go to collazocove.com and check out the little CC turtle on the tab! #AuthorBranding #ItsTheSmallThings

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Have you tried the “Docking Game” with your kids? Jen Gossert tells us all about it and even sent along a video! #STEM Check it out at www.collazocove.com/blog/snack-s...

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Meet Jen Gossert! #STEM extraordinaire! 🔥She shares some great tips in this one!#STEMEducation #TeacherToTeacher collazocove.com/blog

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We took EB to a really cool indoor play place in our town. It has an indoor putt-putt golf course with the most unique challenges to position your ball!⛳️ This was my favorite! #STEM #SimpleMachines

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Was clicking the camera button as fast as I could to catch this beautiful, FAST butterfly! Happened to get two good ones mid-flight.🦋 #AlwaysWonder

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

EB: I cried at school today, LaLa. Me: You did? What happened? EB: I got to read the book you wrote about me. Me: 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 (since then!) She’s in 1st grade and just starting to read independently. My heart is overflowing!❤️ #AlwaysWonder #EmersynBlake #TimeFlies

Little girl in pigtails holding a picture book with illustration that looks like her on the cover.

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

So excited! Collazo Cove's Always Wonder Blog is up & running, SPRINTING back into the #STEM and #PictureBook scene!🥳 Kicking things off soon with a new series: Snack-Sized STEM: Teacher to Teacher, as well as refreshing my series on STEM Picture Books! www.collazocove.com/blog/new-blo...

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Wow! Look at this huge beauty! According to @inaturalist it’s a Regal Moth caterpillar.😍 #STEM #AlwaysWonder

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I was able to sneak up to their favorite perch on the pond today, and got this cool video of Josh and Helen!😍 (Sound up!) #PondLife #AlwaysWonder

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Sorry! You’ll have to zoom in. So fun when your granddaughter names the residents of our pond! L to R: Deer (yet to be named) George (gray heron) Helen (egret, we believe, in tree) Not pictured: Tim and Johnny (mallards) Josh (anhinga) #AlwaysWonder #PondLife #EmersynBlake

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This was a fun little experiment! EB chose “Lava Lamps” from her #Science kit today. (While blowing bubbles…very appropriate!🤣)🫧🫧🫧 ✅ water ✅ oil ✅ citric acid ✅ baking soda #AlwaysWonder #STEM

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My prize from Embrace Your Geekness Day came! Thank you @AuthorHMacht, @jlourencowriter, James Braithwaite, and @TundraBooks! Adorable book!🦄🤖 #KidLit

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Our resident cormorant (I think), Josh, was drying his wings today as EB and I walked the pond dam. And yes, Josh, is the perfect name for a cormorant according to #EmersynBlake! #AlwaysWonder

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Little library haul today, but good mentor texts for a couple of projects in the works…👀 #Clarity #AlwaysWonder

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Favorite pics from today’s walk in the backyard! The second one is a Zethus spinipes. Females live and hunt entirely alone and they tend to recycle abandoned insect homes rather than build new ones. Interesting! #AlwaysWonder #InsectsAreCool

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Have you wondered about anything today? If so, your brain was doing some amazing things behind the scenes! Find out more and check out some of my favorite first week #PictureBooks to lay the #STEM mindset foundation. kimcollazo.substack.com/p/always-won...

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Found this lovely little nest under one of our huge sycamore trees. I’m not a bird expert…are we thinking Hummingbird?🪹 #AlwaysWonder #STEM

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Fungi have the coolest kingdom! These three different species were 3 steps away from each other on our pond dam today. Nature’s magic!🪄 #AlwaysWonder #STEM

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Who knew?! July is #WatercolorMonth! Thanks for the heads-up, @flashlightpress.bsky.social with all your beautiful books. I have a favorite illustrator who is a MASTER at watercolor. @jilliande.bsky.social brought #EmersynBlake to life with her magical gift!

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

🥰Yesterday! NC State’s Summer Engineering Camp for 1st & 2nd grdrs chose MY BOOK for the challenge focus! I read Beasties to 60 STEMsters, & they circulated thru 3 amazing stations designed & facilitated by the tching staff! They even 3D printed a Beastie for the test step!👹

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

😍Look at sweet little Posey in my @SCBWICarolinas newsletter! Way to go @lizziebrooks.bsky.social , she’s a star!

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I love that my town’s brand new public library has to put this sign at its entrance!📚❤️

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Having so much fun judging this year's entries in the #BestofSTEM awards program. Some AMAZING #STEM companies are creating very cool, relevant, and engaging products for our students and educators!😍

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Another great short read from @WhyEdifyGuy! Love this quote from @BreneBrown.💕 www.jeremyajorgensen.com/thrive-this-...

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

🥺I feel so bad for this little hardworking bird! She built the same beautiful nest under the hood of my car again. Sorry, feathered friend, that’s just not a safe spot! And no, I’ve never seen her (assuming it’s a her…). #AlwaysWonder

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I may need to invest in a Turtle Crossing sign for my front yard! 🐢 We’ve got eggs buried everywhere!🤣🤣 #AlwaysWonder

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I may need to invest in a Turtle Crossing sign for my front yard! 🐢 We’ve got eggs buried everywhere!🤣🤣 #AlwaysWonder

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

This is a Dyer’s Polypore (also called the velvet-top fungus). It was not there two days ago when I walked the pond dam. AMAZING!🤯 It causes…butt rot…on conifers. And yes, I might have chuckled when I read that!🤣 #AlwaysWonder #PondLife #STEM

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Ever heard of a stalked jellyfish? They’re beautiful creatures! Learn all about them along with #EmersynBlake! #AlwaysWonder

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay from #EmersynBlake! Want to know more about two amazing environments—the pond and the estuary? Join Emersyn on her wonderings journeys! 🌎 #AlwaysWonder #STEM collazocove.com/books

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Floating… 😉IYKNK, and if you don’t… Here you go! open.substack.com/pub/kimcolla...

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

👀 NEW POST! Lots of great #PictureBooks, #STEM ideas, and other wonderings! 😊 #AlwaysWonder collazocove.com open.substack.com/pub/kimcolla...

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Got another 🔥 email from @Bubble_Barrier about their amazing work! 🫧🌊 Hey #Editors & #SmallPresses! I’ve written a #STEM #PB that includes them (oh, and a girl and her drone!) AND they have endorsed the story and can’t wait to have copies for their own kids!😍 Interested?

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Kim Collazo @kcollazo.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Ever get the feeling you’re being watched? 👀 Look at this beautiful sun bather—a rough greensnake.🐍 Did you know they are not constrictors. They use their tongues to swallow insect and small frogs whole! Cool! #AlwaysWonder #STEM

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