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SteelWorks Literary @steelworksliterary.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Cover reveal! Like a Mother Bear: How Jeanne Manford’s Words Changed the World for Queer Kids, written by @maryecronin.bsky.social and illustrated by J Yang. Available for pre-order now wherever books are sold. For a signed copy, pre-order from Mary’s local indie bookstore, The Brewster Bookstore.

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PB Spree @pbspree.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

So exciting to see our own @jilanne.bsky.social and @brennajeanneret.bsky.social's books on this list! #kidlit #picturebooks

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

We each have our own way of throwing light into the world. Whatever yours is, keep doing it. 💥

Light from an open door spills into the darkness

A small yellow plant grows out of a rock

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

“So light the winter fire, and watch as the flames grow higher. We'll gather up our fears and face down all the coming years, and all that they destroy... and in their face we throw our joy.” “Joy,” sung by Tracey Thorn. 🔥Let’s throw some joy in 2026!

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

It’s a strange feeling that school has started and I’m not there. Yes, I miss the shiny faces, sparkly backpacks, and new lunch boxes, and the hope and excitement of new beginnings. But I have my writing companion with me, and those little faces are with me too, as I work on my stories and poems. 💕

A dog sits on the couch with a laptop in the foreground

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Today I watched the local fire department deliver an amazing Firefighter Storytime at the library, complete with a visit to the fire truck! My book about a busy firehouse, TRUCKS, BOOTS, AND BELLS, comes out in a year and I’m hoping to plan fun events like this for little ones! ❤️🚒📚 #firefighters

3 firefighters read to a group of children and parents

A firefighter in gear speaks to a young child

A firefighter answers a young girl’s question

Families with children gather around a fire truck

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Here’s to us, lesbian moms! 💕 Pride Month🏳️‍🌈

Child’s arm with temporary tattoo that says “Mom and Mom.”

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Good morning and Happy Pride Month! 💕🏳️‍🌈

Child’s art with rainbow flag and “our flag is a sign of love” written in crayon

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

What a poetry moment today! A child showed me a page she likes from WHAT IS A FAMILY -a poetry anthology by @pomelobooks.bsky.social. She’s living in a foster home right now, and she read aloud the poem “Encouragement” by @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social. Your poem reached a child today, Rebecca. ❤️‍🩹

Selection from poem:

“You lift me up. You have no doubt.
‘You've got this. Yes, you can!’ you shout.
Because of you, and all you do,
I'm starting to believe it too.”

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Remembering my dad this morning on his birthday as I drink my Irish tea out of my new mug, celebrating the upcoming publication of my book TRUCKS, BOOTS, AND BELLS. April 29 brought us Dan Cronin, and what a good life he lived. ❤️ Holiday House Books ~fall 2026. @steelworksliterary.bsky.social

Man at beach with back to camera, wearing FDNY shirt

Mug imprinted with PW announcement of TRUCKS, BOOTS, AND BELLS: FIREHOUSE POEMS by Mary E. Cronin, illustrated by Aaron Marin. Holiday House 2026.

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

With my broken foot I’m not up for roadside protesting, so we took a few spins around the Hyannis Rotary to cheer the protesters on! 💥 #capecod

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

“There is something about this manuscript that cries out for publication. It may take you a while to 'get there' but you must.” ~poet/anthologist Lee Bennett Hopkins, re my poetry collection, TRUCKS, BOOTS, AND BELLS (Holiday House, 2026). On his birthday, I remember Lee with gratitude.

Photo of Mary E. Cronin and Lee Bennett Hopkins

PW announcement of Trucks, Boots, and Bells: Firehouse Poems by Mary E. Cronin, illustrated by Aaron Marin (Holiday House Books, 2026), Cronin represented by SteelWorks Literary.

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L. M. Davis @lmdaviswrites.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

That's one thing I'm resting on. We are a global society. They will never be able to eradicate any aspect of knowledge the way they imagine they can. I went to NZ and met a scholar who had written her master's thesis of Whoopi Goldberg's comedy. There is a Langsron Hughes society in Japan.

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jonah valdez @jonahmv.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Statement from detained student Rümeysa Öztürk dictated to her attorneys while jailed at the South Louisiana ICE facility: “Efforts to target me because of my op-ed in the Tufts Daily calling for the equal dignity and humanity of all people will not deter me” @theintercept.com

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Poetry Month is getting off to a great start! Today I am taking the day off from my usual job so I can be the Visiting Poet at Barnstable-West Barnstable Elementary School. Can't wait to dive into poetry with the second graders! Thanks to @belongingbooks.bsky.social for arranging my visit.

Child’s hand using magnetic letters to spell “poetry.”

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Children make the world a better place. Elementary schools make our world a better place. Immigrants make our country a better place. Friendship is a precious life raft that keeps us afloat. And sparkles help, too. ✨

Three girls with pink backpacks hold hands and enter an elementary school

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culinistic.bsky.social @culinistic.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

A few years ago, someone on twitter (it might have been you) said that the best thing that one can do for writers that they like is to preorder because it gives publishers confidence in the book, so I’ve done so ever since. Plus, it’s nice to get a gift I’ve forgotten about from past me.

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I could spend the day mourning my mother, who left this earth 18 years ago; instead I’ll celebrate my daughter, who uses her power for good. She sent me a box of PRH books for our K-3 school. The generations roll on, the circle is unbroken. 💖 @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @rosecrojack.bsky.social

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Preparing to be Visiting Poet at a local school, signing books and soaking in the lively energy of Cape Cod’s newest bookstore, @belongingbooks.bsky.social! I love that my poem is included in the Pomelo Books anthology WHAT IS FAMILY?

Mary E. Cronin signing copies of poetry anthology WHAT IS FAMILY?

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I'm heading home today after a peaceful and productive few days at Highlights with the clients of @steelworksliterary.bsky.social, led by agent Lori Steel. And I got to celebrate my TRUCKS, BOOTS, AND BELLS book announcement with this wonderful group of writers! ❤️🚒✨

Group of writers holding stones with various words on them

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

So proud to see this announcement of the book of my heart! TRUCKS, BOOTS, AND BELLS: FIREHOUSE POEMS was inspired by my father's long career in the FDNY, and cheered along by many writing partners, teachers, my family, and my agent Lori Steel. 🚒 @steelworksliterary.bsky.social 🚒 @fdny.bsky.social

Book announcement- TRUCKS, BOOTS, AND BELLS: FIREHOUSE POEMS, illustrated by Aaron Marin, to be published by Holiday House in fall 2026.

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Cis Lesbian Grandma @cislesbiangrandma.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

If you were a baby dyke in the 90’s, you remember this very well.😎

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Today I led a discussion in grade 3 about LGBTQ acceptance and allyship, got warned about possible ICE activity during morning bus duty, comforted a teacher worried sick about the physical safety of a little girl in a bad home situation, & conducted a 3-hr PD session. Hug a teacher this week. ❤️‍🩹

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Using my teacher voice. “All students have a constitutionally protected right to obtain a public education regardless of legal status.” - National Education Association @neatoday.bsky.social

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Watching young children become readers and writers is the best medicine! Here’s a first grader writing about her favorite character— Molly from my friend @vickijohnsonwrites.bsky.social book MOLLY’S TUXEDO. ✨💖✏️

Girl writes I like Molly because she wears her brother’s tuxedo.

She doesn’t like the dress her mom gave her. Her friends like her tuxedo.

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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Always makes me remember this @sn0vember.bsky.social poem.

Screenshot of a Poem by Sharyn November:

FEBRUARY 14

Valentine's Day is overrated.
Those once loved are often hated.
The burning passion turns to ash.
The lifetime vows translate to cash.
Chocolate, roses, and champagne And a walk down Lover's Lane Sometimes last for all one's years And other times end up in tears.
I have lived through both, and say February 15 is my day - Half-price candy is reliable and its joy is undeniable.

with a nod to Ogden Nash and Dorothy Parker

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day 💖🏳️‍🌈

You get me, I get you, either way Hers and Hers coffee cups

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Paul Soulellis @soulellis.com · 13/02/2025

the National Park Service just removed the T from LGBTQ+ at the Stonewall National Monument. Beyond shameful. You can’t tell the story of Stonewall without transgender people. This is blatant erasure at its worst. www.nps.gov/ston/index.htm

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Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)

Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The moment every author dreams about— seeing my words come to life in an illustrator’s hands. Yes, I have a children’s book in the works about firefighting!! 🔥More on that soon. In the meantime, enjoy this peek into the research process of brilliant illustrator Aaron Marin. Find him on IG!

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I received an award today ☺️✨💖

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

New — @indivisible.org is holding a protest at the Treasury Building 5pm this Tuesday to take action against Elon Musk's hostile takeover

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Starting off February on the right foot in our K-3 school. ❤️ Happy Black History Month!

Chart of Langston Hughes poem “My People.”

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Oooh, it’s 4:30 on a Friday! Only 30 minutes left before all mention of LGBTQ+ people are erased from our federal government websites. 🙄 Sorry, fearful Trumpkins. We’re not going anywhere.

Rainbow flag with “our flag is a sign of love”

Breaking:
Federal and state health officials are scrambling to comply with a 5 p.m. deadline to terminate any programs that promote "gender ideology" and scrubbing, websites of words like "transgender,"
"immigrant," L.G.B.T."

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 28/01/2025

"Spite cannot sustain you for the long haul", counterpoint: my ancestors are Irish

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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Can't promise to keep up with this morning's #YMA announcements at @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social but shall try! Tune in yourself for a front row seat 2025.alaliblearnx.org

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Never in my wildest dreams, as a 30+ year educator who works in a K-3 school, did I ever imagine I’d be strategizing with colleagues about what to do if ICE comes to our school. How depraved.

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

My office art by Niamh McArdle— what we want for all our children. ❤️

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

In late 2017 my poem, "We Know How to Do This" was published in the poetry anthology IF YOU CAN HEAR THIS: POEMS IN PROTEST OF AN AMERICAN INAUGURATION. I thought the book, and that poem, would be a relic of history, but here we are, so I am sharing it today... because we know how to do this.

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Book joy! ✨My grant application to Cape Cod 5, "A World of Languages: Picture Books for Multilingual Learners," was successful! So now we have new books in Haitian Creole, Spanish, and Portuguese, including Ana Crespo's beautiful book SAUDADE. Thank you, Cape Cod 5!

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Elliott Blackwell @elliottblackwell.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Ursula is right

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

We are laughing and playing and taking in the beauty of Puerto Rico ✨🎄❤️🇵🇷

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Connie Schultz @connieschultz.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Merry Christmas. For those who are struggling, may the day land gently. Photo: Christmas Eve 2017.

Grandpa with grandchild and Franklin the dog, walking in the snow.

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Love and loss go hand in hand, especially at the holidays. Wishing peace to all. ❤️ I’m grateful for family and good friends, and that I have my siblings to share memories with. To my friends and family who are grieving this Christmas, I wish you comfort ❤️‍🩹This pic— a long-ago Bronx Christmas 🎄

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Mary E. Cronin @maryecronin.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Each week at our school we celebrate Poetry Friday with a poem. It was a total joy today to read my poem “Wintertime Fair” to a grade 3 class and then listen as they identified rhyme scheme, alliteration, simile, and more! Then they each illustrated the poem. So fun! ✨❄️❤️ #PoetryFriday

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Daniel Rolph Author @danielrolphauthor.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

True luxury is found in the simplest moments.

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