Becky Levine

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I'm hiring for an editorial assistant here at L,B!

If you're someone who is interested in literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, memoirs, and nonfiction that deals with big ideas, please apply here: jobs.jobvite.com/careers/hach...

Thanks!

TBH, I mostly sort by fiction or nonfiction. I buy a lot of book that are funny, but these are the ones that have me laughing out loud on pretty much every page!

A brown fence and gate, with lots of trees behind it. Inside the fence is an almond tree in full bloom, and its white petals are covering the ground.

No, that's not snow. It's just our almond tree deciding it's Spring!

A shelf of funny picture books (CREEPY CARROTS, MONTY AND THE MUSHROOMS, WE ARE DEFINITELY HUMAN, UNICORNS ARE THE WORST!, BOB NOT BOB, DON'T TRUST FISH, ZOMBIE IN LOVE, NORMAN DIDN'T DO IT, DANDY, ACORN WAS A LITTLE WILD, NOBODY HUGS A CACTUS, DON'T HUG DOUG, I DON'T LIKE KOALA, WE WILL ROCK OUR CLASSMATES, WE DON'T EAT OUR CLASSMATES, SWEETY) and a colorful plush giraffe.)

New rule: When you've written n+1 #picturebooks in a specific genre, you may gather all your mentor texts for that genre in one particular spot on your shelves.

Important: Make sure you pick a spot that has room for additional purchases.

Humor, anyone? #kidlit 📚👍🏻

I can't wait to get my copy of this book! #kidlit 📚👍

Yay! That gives me an excuse to do a full reread ahead of time!

This is the cover of BOOKS GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU: THE STORIED LIFE OF URSULA NORDSTROM, EDITOR OF EXTRAORDINARY CHILDREN'S BOOKS. The entire cover is in light green-blue. At the top is the Title--in bold Purple. Subtitle is in kelly green. The bottom two thirds is a drawing of Ursula, with her dog in her lap, at her typewriter, sitting upon a huge pile of books. There are "Easter Eggs," that is, visual cues to some of the books she edited, including a spider in a web in the upper right hand corner from CHARLOTTE'S WEB. Among the books, there is a purple crayon from HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, a crown from WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, a bowl of mush from GOODNIGHT MOON, a planted carrot from THE CARROT SEED and bunny ears from THE RUNAWAY BUNNY.

🎈Celebrating World Read Aloud Day!🎈 So fun today to zoom in to read a chapter from BOOKS GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU to two six grade classes at Polly Ryon Middle School in Richmond, Texas. Great questions from the kids! #WRAD #kidlitnonfiction
I told the kids they got an exclusive! Pub date is March 24.

YouTube video by Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Zaida the Afghan Hound Wins the Hound Group | Westminster Kennel Club 2026

Hounds are one of my favorite groups at the dog show. I've never been a huge fan of Afghan hounds, but Zaida is a truly beautiful dog. And she sure looks like she's having fun!

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O.M.G. I loved NIMONA, so I knew SCARLET MORNING would be good, but...WOW! The story is complicated and layered and yet seamlessly plotted. And the way Stevenson creates such different personalities for Wilmer and Viola AND still makes their bond believably unbreakable is brilliant #kidlit 📚👍🏻

Just followed the #nffest blog. Really looking forward to this month of posts!

Last day of this amazing auction. You can still bid on a copy of THE WRITING & CRITIQUE SURVIVAL GUIDE, along with a #pb critique from me. Or you can bid on over 500 other fantastic donations! #publishingforMN

Image for the Publishing for Minnesota auction. The text says, "Bid on my auction item at www. 32auctions.com/publishingforMN. Auction opens Thursday January 29th."

Today and tomorrow only, you can bid on a HUGE range of items at the Publishing for Minnesota auction. I'm donating a signed copy of my book THE WRITING & CRITIQUE GROUP SURVIVAL GUIDE and a critique of one non-rhyming picture book. www.32auctions.com/organization...

A "flyer" for Publishing for Minnesota's auction. It says, "I DONATED. Bid on my auction item at www.32auctions.com/publishingforMN. Auction opens Thursday January 29th."

I've donated a copy of my book THE WRITING & CRITIQUE GROUP SURVIVAL GUIDE, along with a critique of one non-rhyming picture book.

WRITING & CRITIQUE GROUP GUIDE + CRITIQUE Auction item 'WRITING & CRITIQUE GROUP GUIDE + CRITIQUE' hosted online at 32auctions.

I've donated a copy of my book THE WRITING & CRITIQUE GROUP SURVIVAL GUIDE, plus a critique of one non-rhyming picture book to #publishingforminnesota. Take a look, but make sure to browse around, too--there are so many fantastic things to bid on! #kidlit

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I bet they get it soon!

SUCH a wonderful book.

If you're in publishing and want to donate, donation form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Another way to provide support to Minnesotans. Thank you to all the people organizing this and making donations! #publishingforminnesota #kidlit #auction #ama #critique #books

Schumer: Democrats will block funding package if it includes homeland security money Announcement comes as anger toward DHS – which oversees ICE – intensifies after Alex Pretti fatally shot

@schumer.senate.gov You have said it. Now do it.

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I loved this book!

@schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov @liccardo.house.gov @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social

And we are fed up with getting miles-long, blah-blah-blah replies to our emails, going on and on about what we already know, instead of one simple sentence telling us what you are doing.

And you are doing what to make that happen?

Storystorm 2026 Day 22: Mel Rosenberg is Silly and Childish by Mel Rosenberg As an aspiring children’s author, I’ve worked on hundreds of ideas for stories, but so far only one has broken through. EMILY SAW A DOOR (magnificently illustrated by Orit Magia) w…

If you aren't following this year's Storystorm posts at @taralazar.bsky.social's blog, check out yesterday's post by Mel Rosenberg. My favorite bit, about worrying too much over an idea: "'What if people think I’m silly ('You should be so lucky),'". #kidlit taralazar.com/2026/01/22/s...

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I don't read thrillers (scary!), but I would read this.

So far, for me, world-building for my sci-fi chapter book has been like this:

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Luckily, I enjoy rabbit holes and have hopes that the current one will take me and my characters where they need to go.

#kidlit #chapterbook #amwriting

Two cats cuddled up together.

Scheduled for today: many hours of writing time.

Not scheduled for today: Interrupting this sweetness.

Three books: THE MISFITS A ROYAL CONUNDRUM, CITY SPIES, THE UNDERDOGS CATCH A CAT BURGLAR.

Yes, I do call this research. 💖 #kidlit 📚👍🏻

THE INVENTORS OF LEGO TOYS by Erin Hagar & Paige Garrison WHOOSH! by Chris Barton & Don Tate THE MARVELOUS THING THAT CAME FROM A SPRING by Gilbert Ford JUST LIKE RUBE GOLDBERG by Sarah Aronson & Robert Neubecker ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL ANSWERS THE CALL by Mary Ann Fraser THE GIRL WHO THOUGHT IN PICTURES by Julia Finley Mosca & Daniel Rieley HIDDEN FIGURES by Margot Lee Shetterly & Laura Freeman THE BOO-BOOS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD by Barry Wittenstein & Chris Hsu THE CRAYON MAN by Natascha Biebow & Steven Salerno

ADA TWIST'S BIG PROJECT BOOK FOR STELLAR SCIENTISTS by Andrea Beaty & David Roberts OUTDOOR MAKER LAB by Robert Winston IQBAL AND HIS INGENIOUS IDEA by Elizabeth Suneby & Rebecca Green OTIS AND WILL DISCOVER THE DEEP by Barb Rosenstock & Katherine Roy MAGIC RAMEN by Andrea Wang & Kana Urbanowicz HEDY LAMARR'S DOUBLE LIFE by Laurie Wallmark & Katy Wu FLIP!: HOW THE FRISBEE TOOK FLIGHT by Margaret Muirhead & Adam Gustavson THE BOY WHO THOUGHT OUTSIDE THE BOX by Marcie Wessels & Beatriz Castro LEWIS LATIMER: THE MAN BEHIND A BETTER LIGHT BULB by Nancy Dickmann

SAVING THE DAY by Karyn Parsons & R. Gregory Christie DOUGHNUTS: THE HOLE STORY by Julie Knutson EINSTEIN: THE FANTASTIC JOURNEY OF A MOUSE THROUGH SPACE AND TIME by Torben Kuhlmann LITTLE ROSETTA AND THE TALKING GUITAR by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow AMAZING INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD by Bill O'Neill GLITTER EVERYWHERE! by Chris Barton & Chaaya Prabhat HOW TO EXPLAIN ROBOTICS TO A GROWN-UP by Ruth Spiro & Teresa Martinez UP PERISCOPE! by Jennifer Swanson & Veronica Miller Jamison THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer & Elizabeth Zunon

Jan 17 is Kid Inventors' Day, which celebrates the creativity and ingenuity of young people all around the world. Here are picture books about and for kid inventors. Book lists in ALT text.

#kidinventorsday #KID #younginventors #inventorbooks #booksky💙📚 #books #read #january2026