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Laura Handy

@lauradhandy.bsky.social

Writer. Picture book enthusiast. Promoter of organ donation. #SCBWI #12x12 #MightyKidLit

93 Followers  |  159 Following  |  20 Posts  |  Joined: 13.01.2025  |  1.845

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Woohoo!

10.11.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trick or Treat with Agent Ashlee MacCallum! HUGE Submission Opportunity Inside! Hi, readers, writers, and querying creators of all kinds! Today is #SeasonsOfKidLit’s last day of our 2025 Trick-or-Treat Event, and we’re closing it out in an extremelyΒ BIG way! We’re thrilled to wel...

Trick or Treat with #SeasonsOfKidLit

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18.10.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Love knows no distance in Bea's Balikbayan Box of Treasures. #BalikbayanBox #FamilyLove #FilipinoHeritage #picturebook #CulturalConnection @christinealemshah.bsky.social

18.08.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TAKE 5 with CHRISTINA SHAWN Families grow and change, but what if you aren’t ready to welcome in a new parent, puppy, or baby sister? Change can be scary. But even a full heart has room to grow. At turns hilarious and heartwa…

TAKE 5 with CHRISTINA SHAWN beckywalkerbooks.com/2025/08/11/t...

13.08.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Celebrate Summer Reading & Fun Berrie Torgan-Randall! Hi, readers, writers, and duck lovers, too! It's day two of our summer reading celebration and we have a special treat for you today. Berrie Torgan-Randall, author and illustrator of multiple books, i...

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23.06.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@ttorrible.bsky.social Happy National Poetry Month! Life’s more fun with a rhyme and a pun! - Torrible Puns: A Collection of Punny Poems

#NationalPoetryMonth #poetry #puns #jokes #humor #teachers #librarians #picturebook

02.04.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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29.03.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Time for a #KidLitCritiqueDay giveaway!

Heather Stigall is offering a critique on a fiction or informational fiction picture book. Prose or rhyme is ok (no free-verse). 850 words or under please.

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Good luck!

@heatherstigall7.bsky.social

29.03.2025 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 5
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Yay for rhyme! *fingers crossed*

29.03.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s another #KidLitCritiqueDay giveaway! Laura Bontje is offering a critique on a picture book that is in prose or rhyme and up to 1,000 words long.

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@LauraBontje

29.03.2025 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 4
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29.03.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s time for a #KidLitCritiqueDay giveaway! Amy Houts is offering a critique on a picture book that is under 800 words. It can be rhyming or prose, fiction or nonfiction.

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@amyhouts.bsky.social

29.03.2025 03:51 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2
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29.03.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Time for a #KidLitCritiqueDay giveaway! Jenna Grodzicki is offering a critique on a fiction pb under 700 words, or a nonfiction pb under 1000 words.

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@jennagrodzicki.bsky.social

29.03.2025 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3
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29.03.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Time for a #KidLitCritiqueDay giveaway! Jolene Gutierrez is offering a critique on a non rhyming picture book under 500 words.

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@writerjolene.bsky.social

29.03.2025 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 2
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Time for a #KidLitCritiqueDay giveaway! CK Malone is offering a critique on a fiction picture book with 1,500 words or less.
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29.03.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2
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29.03.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Time for a #KidLitCritiqueDay giveaway!

Jenny Lynn Pease (that’s me!) is offering a critique on a fiction or non fiction picture book that’s under 1,000 words. No rhyming please.

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@freespiritbooks.bsky.social @kidlitjenny.bsky.social

29.03.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 3
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Time for a #KidLitCritiqueDay giveaway!

Lisa Katzenberger is offering a critique on a non-rhymingΒ fiction picture book with 1,000 words or less.

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@lisakatzenberger.bsky.social

29.03.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 6

Fingers crossed! πŸ˜„

29.03.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Time for a #KidLitCritiqueDay giveaway!

Norene Paulson is offering a critique on a non-rhymingΒ fiction picture book with 800 words or less.

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Good luck!

@nrpaulson.bsky.social

29.03.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 3

Fingers crossed πŸ˜„

29.03.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Time for a #KidLitCritiqueDay giveaway!

June Smalls is offering a critique on a non-rhymingΒ picture book. Fiction or non-fiction with 1,000 words or less.

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Good luck!

@junesmalls.bsky.social

29.03.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2

Fingers crossed! πŸ˜„

29.03.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Time for a #KidLitCritiqueDay giveaway! Suhasini Gupta is offering a critique on a non-rhymingΒ picture book with 500 words or less.

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@thesusankam.bsky.social

29.03.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2

My son and I loved this book! I have one MS under 500 words! Fingers crossed πŸ˜„

29.03.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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