Kelly Starling Lyons

Happy news! Riding Magic has been named a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! Yay!

Learn more about the book: tinyurl.com/bdfby7kp

Learn more about Junior Library Guild: www.juniorlibraryguild.com

Thanks so much for your support! #JLGSelection

I'm teaching two online classes on Sunday - one for aspiring authors and one for those who want to expand the reach of their work. Limited spaces available. Please share with your network. Thanks so much for your support.

Thrilled to get a special package: My next book!

Miles Lewis: Top Chef, illustrated by @kidgalactus.bsky.social & pubbed by @penguinkids.bsky.social, debuts on 11/4.

Pre-order today: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/ML3/m...

Have to make some tea cakes to celebrate. 😉

Thanks for your support.

Thank you for spreading the word about my So You Want to Write a Children's Book class. Questions? DM or email me. Would love to bring you steps closer to your dream. Learn more about me at www.kellystarlinglyons.com.

Banned Books Display in Lush Stores - Social Justice Books On the #TeachTruth Day of Action, every Lush store in the United States installed a display about banned books, featuring the picture book Fry Bread (one of 176 books that were removed from classrooms...

Among countless banned & challenged books is "Fry Bread" by Kevin Noble Maillard.

In support of the #TeachTruth campaign & to raise awareness about the dangers of censorship, every Lush store has a display about the ban.

#LetFreedomReadDay #BannedBooksWeek

socialjusticebooks.org/banned-books...

Thrilled to be included. Thanks again!

Thanks so much for reaching out. Any inquiries about rights go through my agent Caryn Wiseman. Appreciate you thinking of my book.

Thank you! I am too. Can't wait to see the hat parade.

Thanks so much for the love and support. Proud of you too.

I'm offering two online group classes in early November:

So You Want to Write a Children's Book - Cost is $199 for the three-hour class.

Marketing Your Books on a Budget - Cost is $100 for the 90-minute class.

DM me if you have questions or would like info. Thanks so much for your support.

Join us Saturday for the Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival. Such an amazing event. Can’t wait!

Thank you to @hereweeread.bsky.social for hosting the cover reveal for Riding Magic! Love that it’s illustrated by the amazing E.B. Lewis. And fun fact, @theblackcowgirl.bsky.social’s family modeled for the book. That’s her daughter and horse on the cover. 🥰

Pre-order: tinyurl.com/47n996yx

Big thanks and love to the @pacftb.bsky.social for including me in the Literary & Cultural Heritage Map of PA project. Honored to have a bio included along with children's book luminaries like Sharon G. Flake and Walter Dean Myers.

See biographies here: pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary.../....

Tiara's Hat Parade | Orlando Family Stage

Tiara's Hat Parade is on tour!

February 7-15, Orlando Family Stage - tinyurl.com/4yyuwkxe

March 7-22, Children's Theater of Madison - tinyurl.com/4dj9tref

April 11-19, South Carolina Children's Theater - tinyurl.com/3k4ksjmb

Buy the book: tinyurl.com/yyny4wnc

Thanks for your support.

Q & A with Kelly Starling Lyons We spoke with Kelly Starling Lyons—author, diversity advocate, and one of the founding members of the Brown Bookshelf—about why she’s passionate about increasing access to diverse titles for all child...

Honored to be featured in Publishers Weekly today! Thanks so much to Patricia J. Murphy for the wonderful Q&A.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Thanks for the thoughtful review.

Thanks so much for recommending the series! Appreciate your lovely review.

Join @kwamembalia.bsky.social and me @quailridgebooks.bsky.social on Sunday at 2 p.m. for superhero fun. Get ready for stories, crafts and snacks. All we need is you. Hope to see you there.

Details here: quailridgebooks.com/event/kellys...

NC friends, Judy Allen Dodson and I are co-ambassadors for the Raleigh-Durham chapter of @authorsguild.bsky.social. Join us Sunday afternoon for a meet and greet.

RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Hope to see you soon.

Meet the Author: Kelly Starling Lyons Author of the Ty's Travels book series!

DC friends and fam, I'll be at the Parklands-Turner branch of
@dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social on Monday, July 28 from 10 a.m.-11 a.m. Join me for stories and writing tips. For all ages. Would love to see you.

Can’t wait to celebrate young superheroes with my friend, Kwame Mbalia! Join us for a superhero book party @quailridgebooks.bsky.social. You can purchase copies of our new books and backlist and get them signed.

RSVP and learn more: www.quailridgebooks.com/event/kellys...

Thanks for your support.

Thanks so much for the support!

Happy book birthday to:
Fantastic Four: A Family (Anti)Matter by @stacymcanulty.bsky.social
Ty’s Travels: Super Ty by @kelstarly.bsky.social

We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!

❤️💐 Happy Book Birthday to TY’S TRAVELS: SUPER TY (@harperkids.bsky.social) by @kelstarly.bsky.social, whom we were thrilled to have at our #kidlit Color of Children’s Literature Conference earlier this year!

Thank you for the love and support. I met my Ty's Travels editor at Kweli. So grateful. Kweli is magic.

Two book birthdays today! Very fun and special books for the earliest readers. @andreabrownlit.bsky.social @ksonnack.bsky.social @lbontigao.bsky.social @kelstarly.bsky.social

📚 Ty's Travels: Super Ty! by @kelstarly.bsky.social‬, illustrated by @ninamataart.bsky.social

Keep the Juneteenth celebration going by joining us tomorrow (6/21) for the virtual Author Read-in from noon-2 p.m. Register: readstrongamerica.org

Thanks to Shauntee Simpson, Kwame Alexander, NEA, DCPL, Freedom to Read Foundation and ALA for this wonderful opportunity. #ReadStrongAmerica

Our traveling showcase kicked off today with Don Tate visiting Norman-Sims Elementary School, a Children's Defense Fund Freedom School site in Austin, TX. Excited to connect our work with kids across the country. Want us to come to your city? DM for details. Thank you for your support. #BBSPresents

YouTube video by The Children's Book Council My Hands Tell a Story Read-Aloud with 2025 Anna Dewdney Read-Together Award Winners

As part of the Anna Dewdney Read-Together Award, illustrator Tonya Engel and I got to do a live readaloud of My Hands Tell a Story. Thanks again to @cbcbooks.bsky.social, Penguin Young Readers, Every Child a Reader, Reycraft Books, and everyone who made it possible. You can check it out here: