Loree Griffin Burns

Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is OpenOctober@Sourcebooks.com. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...

Shout out to @eliotschrefer.bsky.social for the recommendation.

The cover of the book PERMISSION: THE NEW MEMOIRIST AND THE COURAGE TO CREATE, by Elissa Altman, which is mostly white and features a birdcage with fruiting branches inside. (And also a blurb from Anne Lamott: "Marvelous, passionate, and charming."

Of all the genres I write, memoir is the one that stymies the most. Elissa Altman's PERMISSION helped me to see more clearly that part (or all?) of that struggle is a hesitancy about permission. Great read for the reluctant memoirist.

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Love this! Super excited that there is a Vox edition of One Long Line. (And I got to narrate!)

I really admire the way he uses voice. Reminiscent of THE MONA LISA VANISHES, and wildly engaging!

The cover of the book A WORLD WITHOUT SUMMER: A VOLCANO ERUPTS, A CREATURE AWAKENS, AND THE SUN GOES OUT, written by Nicholas Day, featuring art by Yas Imamura. Said cover is deep blue with several illustration insets, including an erupting volcano, Mary Shelley, and Frankenstein.

And new to my Currently Reading tab, this new MG page-turner from Nicholas Day:

Currently agonizing over what titles to include on my Storygraph Favorites tab! There's only room for five selections, and I've used four of them ...

Lulu Miller's WHY FISH DON'T EXIST
Robin Wall Kimmerer's BRAIDING SWEETGRASS
Tricia Hersey's REST IS RESISTANCE
Brian Doyle's ONE LONG RIVER OF SONG

Just finished my transition from Goodreads to @thestorygraph.com. Moving a long reading history was much easier than expected ... and it felt great to delete a little more bezos from my life.

Happy reading, Stacy!

Thank YOU, Cindy, for reading and sharing! #bookposse #kidlit #nonfiction

Meet our 2025 Anne LaBastille Residents - Now in its twelfth year, our Anne LaBastille Memorial Writers Residency will take place this September 21 to October 5 at the Lodge on Twitchell Lake near Big Moose, NY, in the heart of the Adirondack...

Grateful to @adkctr4writing.bsky.social for some time and space to focus my writing this fall ...

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Thank you, Marcia!

The cover of the book One Long Line: Marching Caterpillars and the Scientists Who Followed Them, written by Loree Griffin Burns, illustrated by Jamie Green, featuring a cone-laden pine tree branch in a pot with a single-file line of green and gold caterpillars marching down the branch, out of the pot, and into the world.

Want to get caught up on the entire series? Find the first book, One Long Line, in hardcover wherever you buy books ... and you'll be able to get the softcover version next month!

The cover of Extreme Birdwatching: Measuring Change on a Galapagos Island, by Loree Griffin Burns, illustrated by Jamie Green, features Drs. Rosemary and Peter Grant at work on Daphne Major, an uninhabited island in the Galapagos. Also seen are illustrations of the finches they studied and the couple's young daughters, who often accompanied them to the island.

COVER REVEAL! I can hardly wait to share Extreme Birdwatching--book 2 in the Discovery Chronicles series. Written by me, illustrated by Jamie Green, and published by the team at MITKids and @candlewickpress.bsky.social, it's available for pre-order today and will be published on March 3, 2026. 🔬

Frittatas - The Maine Review In the morning, I made two, seven eggs in each. My husband came into the kitchen just as I was whisking the second batch, and he told me that one of the buffy hens had gotten herself on top of the lit...

Thrilled to have an essay in the latest issue of The Maine Review. It's a love letter to a chicken that I'll remember forever.

"But the finish or start of a story is often frayed and full of holes, and nothing ever opens or closes where or when we think it does. And so the ashes stayed in the baggie and the dead spruce remained tilted." ~ Barbara Hurd
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True story. So productive. And she didn't goof off once. :-)

True confession: it only gets me out of my pajama top. Bc Kate can't see my bottom half!

Green background with a photo of Kate Messner and book cover for HISTORY SMASHERS EARTH DAY AND THE ENVIRONMENT with book tour schedule: Meet Middle Grade Author Kate Messner "Fun, fast history for kids who want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Absolutely smashing!" -CANDACE FLEMING, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR HISTORY SMASHERS EARTH DAY AND THE ENVIRONMENT THERE'S A LOT MORE TO THIS STORY. Tuesday, March Il 6:30 pm CDT Clenville Public Library In association with The Book Stall Glenville, IL Wednesday, March 12 5:00 pm CDT Anderson's Downers Crove Downers Grove, IL Friday, March 14 6:00 pm MDT The Bookies Bookstore Denver, CO Saturday, March 15 1:30 pm MDT Boise Public Library In association with Rediscovered Books, Boise, ID Monday, March 17 6:00 pm EDT Penn State Harrisburg Harrisburg, PA

Chicago, St. Louis, Denver, Boise, and Harrisburg, PA friends, I'm headed your way next week for the History Smashers Book Tour! There will be stories, trivia contests, and lots of myth smashing. Hope you'll bring the family & join us!

The Most Disgraceful Foreign Policy Spectacle in US History Donald Trump and JD Vance tried to humiliate Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday with the whole world watching.

"Trump and Vance crossed a giant moral Rubicon today. They showed the entire world the full fetid awfulness of their vision" -- my colleague @sashaabramsky.bsky.social on Trump's disgraceful behavior at the White House yesterday
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“[B]e a Dobson. Be a Bennett. Be a Lois Gibbs.”

Five questions for Amy Cherrix From the February 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.

February #NotesfromtheHornBook with #5Qs for Amy Cherrix about VIRUS HUNTERS (Harper/ @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social): "I wanted young readers to understand why all of us owe public health professionals an immense debt of gratitude." www.hbook.com/story/five-q...

I started it tonight!

From a writer I admire, a writer who gets me; thank you for making my day, Joyce!
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Joyce! The idea of you reading and liking this quirky little book completely thrills me. Thank you. 🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛

A new novel from @julieberrybooks.bsky.social? Yes, please.

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Stand Up for Science rallies will be held in DC and state capitals on March 7th. Share with friends. Sign-up here to get email updates with details: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...

Wake the Wild Creatures by Nova Ren Suma A teen recovered from an off-grid Catskills commune of female fugitives struggles to adapt to society in this evocative and empo...

★ “Insightfully rendered characters and their complex, continuously evolving relationships” ground Nova Ren Suma’s “fiercely feminist” YA offering WAKE THE WILD CREATURES