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Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @codfather.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Perfect description of what's going on.

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sarah Maclachlan is headlining festivals and the #1 navigation app is Mapquest—what decade are we in again?

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Can we as a society bring back spiral binding for pretty notebooks and journals? At some point it went out of vogue but nothing else lies flat the way it should.

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

They say money cannot buy happiness, and yet…

A handsome tabby cat in repose, scowling demonically at camera whilst wearing an Elizabethan

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Amazing marketing 👏🏼 #BookSky

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Just had the best storytime with @heidiroo.bsky.social at the El Toro Library in Orange County! Thanks so much to all who attended for bringing the Summerween vibes 🍉🎃💕

Me and Heidi Moreno showing off our book surrounded by pumpkins and giant watermelons in the library

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Hell yeah Tidal allows you to block AI music now? Take note in case you needed another reason to switch over from Spotify, with its bottom-of-the-barrel artist royalties

A setting in the Tidal music streaming app which allows users to block AI content

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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🌞 Whether you spend the season on the beach, by the pool, or in the comfort of your own home, these 45 middle grade books published in 2026 would make a great addition to your summer to-be-read list! 🌞 popgoesthereader.com/45-2026-midd... #BookSky #KidLit #MGLit

A collage of twenty-four middle grade books published in 2026. Books featured include The Sweet Spot, Monster Deep Down, RV There Yet?, Making Waves, The Mystery of the Stolen World Cup Trophy, Famous Anonymous, Anna-Jane and The Endless Summer, Auntie Q's Golden Claws Nail Salon, Found Sound, Wilderness Hacks, The Endless Game, Camp Monster, On The Road To Happy, Gumshoe, Mia In The Middle: Cupcakes and Camp, Stream, Our Fair Share, Mystery on Macaw Mountain, Mia In The Middle: Home Is Where The Cupcake Is, The Edge of Forever, Windy Creek Stables: Natalie and The Summer of Surprises and The Shark Prince.

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Relieved to know that Texas 10th graders won’t miss out on Margaret Thatcher’s “Euology for President Reagan.” God forbid they waste their time on the wealth of engaging YA currently being published www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...

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Texas Book List: See What Students Will Be Required to Read

What is essential reading? Texas has an answer: Classics, including the Bible.

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Brisket couldn’t wait to get his paws on Lauren Castillo’s School For Woodland Creatures, out this week!

An adorable tabby cat curls up with the chapter book School for Woodland Creatures, book 3 in the Our Friend Hedgehog Series by Caldecott honoree Lauren Castillo

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I’m hittin’ the road in support of a book I wrote and another I edited! I would love to see some friendly faces if you’re in the LA area, and it’s a great chance to meet two fabulous illustrators as well: @devinellekurtz.bsky.social and @heidiroo.bsky.social

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

You know what would be a dream as an editor? A travel budget to visit all my authors across the country and abroad. They are all leading such fascinating lives in such fascinating places

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

My new picture book is out now! It’s about a tiny seed whose dreams of becoming a pumpkin lead to a Summerween surprise—and the art from Heidi Moreno is just magical! Hand this one to the littlest gardeners and Halloween aficionados 🎃

The author, Kat Choppy, holding a copy of her new picture book BUT I’M A PUMPKIN!

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I was annoyed by who was left out from the NYT’s Greatest Living Songwriter list so now I’m binging notable omissions from the comment section. Jackson Browne, let’s go!

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Anyone else still haunted by the dialogue around “best” or “best regards” being rude? I’m still using it for most business emails because it feels like the least worst, practical option, but occasionally I worry everyone I know is quietly offended 🫠

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Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

You know what doesn't get its support unceremoniously pulled by a tech company? Fuckin' books, brother

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

There is nothing like a good, thorough-but-not-over-the-top copyedit to make you feel that the world is still a place of calm, sensible people doing good work

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Any time a bad thing happens today it’s like “that sucks, but at least we’re not in a nuclear war.” 🙃

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Dan Immergluck @danimmergluck.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Brutal.

A WHOLE CIVILIZATION
WILL DIE TONIGHT
My son needs lunch, and I have to put his backpack together, but a whole civilization will die tonight, so I'm wondering if they've closed their schools.
Like, a snow day, maybe, except instead of snow it's
"keep your children home so if you die, you die together" — instead of "well open back up once the plows have cleared" it's
"we don't know if we'll be here tomorrow, hold your babies tight."
It's just "talk" I'm told, which I've been told before.
"It's how the president makes his deals." But I've never heard anyone talk about other human beings this way, and I'm not certain I can look my son in the eyes if we all agree to stomach it one more time.
A civilization will die tonight, but as I zip up his backpack and kiss him off to school I think: if this is what we call leadership then I'm not entirely sure ours isn't already dead.
@michaelfdubois
Mukad A QuBoy
@michacifdubois

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Ever wonder if a career in publishing might be for you? 😂

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

My parents met protesting the Vietnam war, & prior my dad’s death from early onset Lewy body dementia, he attended peace protests every Saturday for over a decade in objection to conflicts in Afghanistan & Iraq. I hate war so fucking much—And I wish there were more people like my dad in the world.

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Somehow this ice dancing movie is EXACTLY what I needed right now. Don't even care if it's a ripoff of The Cutting Edge.

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Does anyone know if there's simple desktop app to keep a running tally of something? My hope is to press a button that makes a pleasant noise and gives me dopamine rush each time I respond to a submission, keeping track of how many I've reviewed over the year.

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Question for the hive-mind: What is the etiquette around asking whether something is AI-generated in a professional setting? Is there a way to frame the question that minimizes offense to the person being asked?

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Are we ready to talk about the 25th amendment yet? Asking for a country.

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Reposting as a reminder to myself as much as anyone else.

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Miser @misernyc.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Happy New Year, kidlit community! I spent the last few weeks reading no news and The Golden Compass out loud with my family and this is the world I want to stay in forever. Have you read anything you loved lately?

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Good night and good luck… to CBS’s integrity

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Hey @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and @notalawyer.bsky.social, maybe we need an update episode on this dude’s shameless pivot from scammy self help books to a scammy AI chatbot

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Welcome to the world, little tool book! May you find your way into the hands of readers who love to make and build! Special thanks to my dad, whose love of tinkering inspired my own, Jen Taylor who made a jackhammer look cute, & the whole team at @sourcebooks.bsky.social who made it all possible ❤️

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

My picture book is out tomorrow so we bought a table saw to celebrate! One more sleep til THE POWER TOOL ALPHABET… 🪚📚🎉

Me, posing cheekily in a pickup bed next to a big saw while holding up a copy of my book, The Power Tool Alphabet

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Kidlit community, nothing fills me with self-doubt and disappointment more than these annual best of the year lists. If you’re feeling blue, remember it’s subjective, and this year I’m seeing very few of my faves (the ones I didn’t work on) recognized. Let’s all raise a glass to the unlisted!

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Now and again, especially in Autumn, I think of Strega Nona—and how clutch it would be if someone made Tomi DiPaola branded pasta shapes

Strega Nona tending to her bubbling magic pasta pot

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

UGH why am I such a cringey Millennial and, more importantly, why is this latest Jeff Tweedy album so good 😭

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THiCC PI @profdancy.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

theconversation.com/learning-wit... I think the maddening thing here is many more critical folks who study info search, learning, etc could have (and have been) saying this. The process matters

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Learning with AI falls short compared to old-fashioned web search

Doing the mental work of connecting the dots across multiple web queries appears to help people understand the material better compared to an AI summary.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Prose like this is a good reminder that we editors are doing Important Work.

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I needed plenty of safety gear to film this unboxing video for my new picture book, THE POWER TOOL ALPHABET! Thanks to @sourcebooks.bsky.social for making this book a reality and my assistant Harper for advising on tool selection. Coming to stores December 2 🔨🪚📚

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Was getting a cat the best choice ever? Or has the toxoplasmosis fully taken over my brain? Some mysteries will never be solved.

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Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · 13/11/2025

Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

“Empathy is the oxygen of democracy.” -Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress

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Katherine Choppy Harrison @kidlitkat.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

National treasure Carla Hayden speaking at the RHCB town hall on a random Thursday, someone pinch me 🤩

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Happy book birthday to A Quick Trip to the Store by Sam Wedelich!

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