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Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Looking for a thoughtful gift for the holidays, a birthday, or a baby shower? Bundle books that celebrate the seasons or different holidays, then add a note: “Reading is always in season!” Gift books. Grow readers. ❤️

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Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

GATHER GRATEFUL, written by me with rich and gorgeous art by Alexandra Finkeldey, has been out in the world for a whole month!! So grateful for all the love, reviews, readings…and everything yet to come. 🧡🍂🧡🍂 @candlewickpress.bsky.social

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Wendy Garland @wendygarland.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I had the joy of celebrating Gather Grateful's book birthday with @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social at @anunlikelystory.bsky.social. This is a special book about gathering. This poetic beauty is a MUST read. Grab a copy today and share it widely! #TLSky #Skybrarians #SchoolLibraries #KidLit

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Kristi Mahoney @kristimahoney.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Yesterday, we gathered to celebrate my incredibly talented friend/critique partner @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social on the launch of her beautiful new book GATHER GRATEFUL! (art: Alexandra Finkeldey). With themes of love, gratitude, and togetherness, this book is sure to become a treasured favorite!🍂

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Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Time to celebrate the fall season! 🧡🍁🧡 Out now with @candlewickpress.bsky.social www.meganlitwinbooks.com/gather-grate...

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Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Sharing GATHER GRATEFUL for the first time at the New England Independent Booksellers Association Fall Conference…the perfect setting for a book celebrating fall and community. 🍁🧡 Coming 9/16 with @candlewickpress.bsky.social #kidlit #picturebooks #independentbookstores

Image of the picture book Gather Grateful by Megan Litwin, with art by Alexandra Finkeldey

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Kristi Mahoney @kristimahoney.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

My favorite new book-pick for fall is up on #24CarrotWriting's blog --GATHER GRATEFUL by @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social and Alexandra Finkeldey 🍂

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Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Thrilled to see GATHER GRATEFUL on display at #ALA this weekend! Coming out with @candlewickpress.bsky.social on 9.16.25!

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Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

This book is read aloud/ laugh aloud PERFECTION! I now want to share it with every young family I know!

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

NEW! Join us (virtually) for @bostonglobe.com–Horn Book Awards announcement on 6/23 at noon EDT! www.hbook.com/page/boston-... #BGHB25 #BostonGlobeHornBookAwards #BlowingtheHorn #kidlit #yalit

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Happy book birthday to @valeriebolling.bsky.social's Goal Setting in the Writing Classroom: Building Student Agency, Independence, and Success! mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/goal... @stenhousepub.bsky.social @kassiaowedekind.bsky.social @stenhousepub.bsky.social

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Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Today's book by @matthewburgessj.bsky.social & Cátia Chien is best described as beautiful, weirdly touching, and utterly original. “Swish Zing Tizzle-ting POOF!” #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/05/09/r...

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Review of the Day: Fireworks by Matthew Burgess, ill. Cátia Chien

Today's book is best described as beautiful, weirdly touching, and utterly original. “Swish Zing Tizzle-ting POOF!”

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Kristi Mahoney @kristimahoney.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Thank you @storysnug.com for your great review!

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Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Hey there #EduSky! My teacher heart loves to visit schools! ❤️ Check out my carefully -designed programs (from assemblies to classroom poetry workshops) on my website.Who will I be lucky enough to meet next year? www.meganlitwinbooks.com/schoolvisits

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Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

School visits are the best! And this one was extra special as it was part of the Mass Kids Lit Fest! A festival meant to spread literacy excitement far and wide. ✨📚✨

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Amanda Smith @amanda4kidlit.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

#24CarrotWriting is thrilled to share the cover of GATHER GRATEFUL (Candlewick,2025) coming soon from @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social with art by Alexandra Finkeldey! This book is sure to warm many hearts come September! @kristimahoney.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social @annieromano.bsky.social

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Melissa Guerrette @msguerrette.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Have you checked out Classroom Corridors yet? Don’t miss the NEW monthly online resource for elementary educators from NCTE — for teachers, by teachers — like this book list I had the pleasure to curate and share! Want to know more? Ask me! #ClassroomCorridors #NCTE

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Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Thank you to the Poughkeepsie Children’s Book Festival for a super #kidlit day from start to finish!! And thanks for this very joyful moment. My favorite photo EVER!!!

An author takes a photo with the iconic Mo Willems’ book characters Elephant and Piggie.

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Kristi Mahoney @kristimahoney.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

So many incredible authors at the Poughkeepsie Children’s Book Festival this weekend! w/ @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social @jamiemichalak.bsky.social @cathcio.bsky.social

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Lisa Rogers @lisaljrogers.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Celebrate Poetry Month w/this free gather @highlightsfound.bsky.social! IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY is a gorgeous collection of poems, beautifully illustrated. One to gift & to treasure. 🌸 #PoetryMonth #poetry

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Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

How awesome is this “AUTHORS WE LOVE” section at my local #school #library?! After authors visit the school, kids are always extra excited to read their books, and so this brilliant librarian created easy access!! ❤️❤️ @rajanilarocca.bsky.social @mstewartscience.bsky.social

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Got to MEET THE MINI-MAMMALS this morning with author @mstewartscience.bsky.social at @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social - it’s a beautiful and clever new nonfiction picture book, illustrated by @brianlies.bsky.social. #kidlit #nonfiction #picturebooks #reading #science #booksky

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Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

🧡 COVER REVEAL!! 🧡 My heart is bursting over this warm and beautiful art from Alexandra Finkeldey! This book is filled with so much love and care… GATHER GRATEFUL 9.16.25 @candlewickpress.bsky.social… To preorder or learn more: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/787555...

Cover image looks through a window to show a joyful family gathered to share food - while squirrels and birds gather in groups on a tree outside.

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Jolene Gutiérrez | Kidlit Author & Teacher Librarian @writerjolene.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

What an amazing launch for our beautiful anthology, IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY: POEMS OF POSSIBILITY. So much gratitude to @charleswaters.bsky.social, Irene Latham, @thewritingbarn.bsky.social, @candlewickpress.bsky.social, Carter Hasegawa, and all of the contributing poets.

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Jamie Michalak @jamiemichalak.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Happy book birthday to Ruthie Rose’s Big Idea by @mrschureads.bsky.social & Holly Hatam! 🥳🥳🥳

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

At #nerdcampct, COUSINS IN THE TIME OF MAGIC author Emma Otheguy’s Nerd Talk inspires. @nerdcampct.bsky.social @ctcasl.bsky.social #kidlit #booksy #edusky #skybrarian

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Rachel G. Payne (she/they) @rpayne.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The Mar/Apr of @thehornbook.bsky.social is out & available online via Flipster with your #librarycard. My roundup of #boardbooks appears. There’s also an early reader roundup (yay!) and a feature about #kidlit legends Ruth Krauss and Crockett Johnson. Check it out! #boardbook

Cover of the March/April 2025 issue of Horn Book Magazine with art by Joanne Schwartz from the book Head Full of Clouds. Picture is of kid with long red hair floating in the ocean interacting with a fish.

Image of part of the page from inside the March/April issue of Horn from the board book roundup titled “The Fabric of Board Book” by Rachel G Payne

The table of contents from the March/April 2025 issue of Horn Book Magazine

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Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Nerding out over good books is what #nErDcamp is all about! 🥰 Thanks to @nerdcampct.bsky.social!

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Lisa Rogers @lisaljrogers.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

JOAN MITCHELL is here, & she's gorgeous!! 💖 🎉 💖 Thrilled to share this beautiful book about inspiration w/the world. Stacy Innerst's illustrations are stunning beyond belief! Everything we create expresses our uniqueness. What will you make today?? 💖 🎉 💖 #WomenArtists #JoanMitchell #abstractart

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Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Looking forward to sharing a session with @mstewartscience.bsky.social at the upcoming Massachusetts Reading Association conference! Join us to talk about growing all kinds of readers - and then later for casual conversation at “Authors and Appetizers”! Registration: web.cvent.com/event/53c73d...

Image shows photos of Megan Litwin and Melissa Stewart and a workshop titled GROWING READERS that they will offer at the Massachusetts Reading Association Conference on March 27th.

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Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

A great day for literacy ahead! #edusky 📚❤️

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JoEllenMcCarthy @joellenmccarthy.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Excited to know that Valerie Bolling’s work will reach teachers in a new way! 📘♥️#PDLove Congrats @valeriebolling.bsky.social!

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Cait Darfler..... is on SUBMISSION! @caitdarfler.com · 13/02/2025

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks Twinkle, Twinkly, Winter Night Megan Litwin & Nneka Myers @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social @kinopia.bsky.social I come back to this each year in the winter. So precious.

Cover for Twinkle, Twinkly, Winter Night, night sky in purples with a black girl dressed in red skating on a frozen pond.

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Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Winner of the #earlyreader book bundle chosen on Friday. Still time to sign up! #Edusky #Skybrarian #KidLit

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Jamie Michalak @jamiemichalak.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Fellow dog people ... Hazel the Handful pubs April 1st! Here's a sneak peek. @candlewickpress.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDLF...

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Julie Hedlund @juliefhedlund.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Happy #bookbirthday to @heidieys.bsky.social and Happy BIRTHDAY birthday to Jane Yolen! Here's a short excerpt from an interview where Heidi and Jane talk about this origin story that became a book. <3 #kidlit #picturebook

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Sarah S. Brannen @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Picture books are finally getting the RESPECT they deserve.

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Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

“Bring your twinkle” - love that! ✨✨✨✨✨

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Kari Allen @kariallenwrites.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

It’s still print season in New Hampshire! How about where you are? #kidlit #boardbooks

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

#PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek THE TABLE by @armyvet5.bsky.social + Wiley Blevins; illus. by Jason Griffin (Porter/Holiday): "The brief text skillfully weaves these parallel narratives, emphasizing love and tradition." www.hbook.com/story/review...

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Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Sending my winter newsletter out tomorrow…and here’s a sneak peek.You can sign up on my website. 📚❤️📚 Book or classroom visit giveaways every season! #Edusky #teacher #librarian #kidlit

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Megan Litwin @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Hello friends! Flying in for community + connection with bookmakers and teacher/librarian superheroes. I LOVE making (and sharing!) books for kids.

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