Linda Jean

9 Exemplary Novels in Verse for Middle Grade and Teen Readers These excellent middle grade and YA titles use poetry to get at the heart of kids’ experiences. Share them for National Poetry Month and beyond.

9 Exemplary Novels in Verse for Middle Grade and Teen Readers

These excellent middle grade and YA titles use poetry to get at the heart of kids’ experiences. Share them for #NationalPoetryMonth and beyond.

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Where the Deer Slip Through by Katey Howes “This is the hedge that grew and grew./ The wall of stone a bit askew./ They guard the yard./ The barn does, too.” Gracefully rh...

★ “Gracefully rhythmic” picture book WHERE THE DEER SLIP THROUGH by late creator Katey Howes and Caldecott Medalist Beth Krommes is a “lilting hymn to the way woodland life can lurk in surprising places”

Rainbow colored wind chime hanging from tree branch

Remember summer?
How we heard a rainbow sing
in the shade of trees?

#HaikuSaturday
haiku & photograph by lindajeantm.bsky.social

Beautiful poster and important message!

Photo of cloudy sky over mountains and fir trees

When rosy light creeps
over mountains and fir trees,
cloud monsters gather

#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PhotoHaiku
haiku & photo by lindajeantm.bsky.social

Andrea Davis Pinkney is one of the 2025 Carle Honors recepients. Congratulations!

I love your medley of colors and stitches! What a gorgeous book this will be when you stitch the pages together!

2025 Carle Honors Announced The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has revealed the recipients of its 2025 Carle Honors, who will be fêted at an event in New York City on September 25.

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has revealed the recipients of its 2025 Carle Honors, who will be fêted at an event this fall

Collage made with paint, paper, and marker. “I ❤️ 🍅”

Seed catalogs are starting to arrive in the mail! Dreaming of homegrown tomatoes.
#Tomatoes #SeedCatalogs #Collage #MixedMedia

For Read Across America, I'm joining a bunch of wonderful children's poets to read from the anthology IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY (ed by Irene Latham & Charles Waters).

WHEN: March 3, 2025 at 1 p.m. EST (Sign up here: courage.thewritingbarn.com/free-virtual...)

I enjoyed attending this reading today so much! It was a pleasure to hear poets reading their own poems. I'm looking forward to savoring the anthology!

8 Poetry Books for Dreamers, Animal Lovers, and Mistake-Makers From a bilingual book about Cuba to a graphic novel poetry collection, these diverse titles are sure to delight a wide range of young readers.

From a bilingual book about Cuba to a graphic novel poetry collection, these diverse titles are sure to delight a wide range of young readers.

Stream flanked by snow

Still snow-flanked, a stream
zig-zags from winter to spring—
New England weather

#HaikuSaturday #PhotoHaiku #Haiku

haiku and photo by @lindajeantm.bsky.social

Recommendation and rationale for capitalizing each word in in hashtags:

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#AccessibleHashtags

I’ve shared with the writers in the Poetry forum in 12 x 12 too—we’re all digging in!

28 Picture Books Of Inspiring Black Americans for Black History Month and All Year Celebrating history shapers like John Lewis and Mae Jemison and lesser-known individuals with comparable impact, such as playwrights August Wilson and Lorraine Hansberry, and engineer Raye Montague, t...

Celebrating history shapers like John Lewis and Mae Jemison and lesser-known individuals with comparable impact, such as playwrights August Wilson and Lorraine Hansberry, and engineer Raye Montague, these 28 titles share the lives, struggles, and triumphs of notable Black Americans.

It's #BlackHistoryMonth!

Time to cozy up with #12x12PB member #picturebooks from Black creators, Find our full Black History Month book list here: https://buff.ly/3WGnJZc

#amreading #kidlit #diversebooks

Thanks, Abbie! 26 days until spring! 💐

Thanks, Teresa! I think I made this in Sketchbook Revival 2024 😊

I’m moving in that direction too—pots instead of garden plots.

Collage of woman holding pot with giant tulip and text "miracle grow"

My restless green thumb
sticky with paste creates blooms
while miracles sleep

collage & haiku by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PictureHaiku #Collage

My TBRR (to be read and relished) pile will be getting taller! Congratulations to all the winners ❤️

Oh, I love this illustration!

Thank you, Susan. The local greenhouse is my favorite spot in winter. Are you a gardener too?

Lace-like snowflakes drift,
polka-dotted leaves remind
gardeners to dream
#HaikuSaturday

Poems as Picture Books I’m a poet and a picture book writer. I’m also a verse novelist. One of my favorite things to do is intentional study—learning from mentor texts. In 2024, each Poetry Friday post will feature one of m...

Thank you @marciefatkins.bsky.social for your oh, so helpful blog post on Poems as Picture Books. I’m looking forward to studying these mentor texts! #kidlit #kidlitpoetry www.marcieatkins.com/poems-as-pic...

The countdown is ON. The winners of the 2024 CYBILS Awards will be announced on Friday, 14 February at 9:00 AM PT|12 noon ET

Website first. Then social media.

#CYBILS2024 #BookLove #KidLit #MGLit #YALit #bookstagram #booksky

Yay! CLARA is a poetry finalist! Congratulations to #PomeloBooks #kidlitpoetry #kidlit #CYBILS2024

14 Valentine’s Day Children’s Books These refreshingly authentic and playful picture books celebrate the many kinds of love that can fill kids’ lives.

14 Valentine’s Day Children’s Books That Won’t Make You Cringe | New York Times

Cover of Clara's Kooky Compendium of Thimblethoughts and Wonderfuzz

I was tickled pink to have my poem, "Vampire-ish" included in this wonderful poetry anthology by Janet Wong and Sylvia Vardell (Pomelo Books). #kidlit #kidlitpoetry #PomeloBooks
You can read a review by Jama Rattigan here: jamarattigan.com/2024/11/15/r...