Erica Lee Schlaikjer 🍉 史光芬

Come along as we stop UNDER THE STARS and chat with author @ericaleewrites.bsky.social about her newest book SKY LUCK with illustrations by Dagmar Smith and published by @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social

Full interview online www.heatherdawntorres.com/blog

#authorinterview #picturebookplaces

I tried to type “the auction is live” but it auto-corrected to “the auction is [love].”
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Thanks @hdtorresauthor.bsky.social for spotlighting SKY LUCK on your blog! 💫

Blue Dot Book Bundle: Comforting Bed-Time Reads | Blue Dot Kids Press Sky Luck (Hardcover)As friends gather to look for shooting stars, one boy discovers how to pay attention to what’s here, not what’s missing. From an Own Voices Award winner comes a magical picture boo...

Looking for a holiday gift? SKY LUCK is a comforting bed-time read, from @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social www.bluedotkidspress.com/product-page...

Sunday (a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book) Check out Sunday (a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book) - <b><i>A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book of 2025</i></b><p><b><i>A...

Congrats to my publisher @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social for getting recognized for SUNDAY, by @marcelotolentino.bsky.social , a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book of 2025! 🙌 bookshop.org/p/books/sund...

LA families! Join me Pages in Manhattan Beach for storytime this Monday! pagesabookstore.com/event/2025-1...

Love the concept of a five-word book review! 👏

Yay! Another storytime coming up! Join me at Pages in Manhattan Beach on Monday, November 10 @ 10:30am. Tell all your LA friends in the South Bay! pagesabookstore.com/event/2025-1...

Thanks for the input!

Show your commitment to amplify marginalized voices through diverse books by signing our Read in Color pledge! Whether you're a Little Free Library steward, patron, book lover, or community member, you can have a role in celebrating diversity in your community. https://lflib.org/ric-pledge

#askkidlit Is it still worth it to get an agent if you already received a publishing offer? Or is it better to just represent yourself?

Erica Lee Schlaikjer reads from & signs Sky Luck

Save the date! << Saturday, November 8 >> I'll be doing a storytime + crafts activity at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social in Pasadena. Tell your friends! vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-1...

‼️ 40% of the approx. 7000 languages around the world may disappear by the turn of this 21st century.

This is why I wrote WILD GREENS, BEAUTIFUL GIRL in English, Mandarin & Amis, an endangered indigenous language of Taiwan.

Learn more about this award from
@unesco.org: www.ibby.org/awards-activ...

Follow my creative collaborator on SKY LUCK @dagmarsmith.bsky.social for beautiful illustrations. See her forthcoming picture books here: www.dagmarsmithart.com/picture-books

‘They didn’t even read the book’: How children’s authors are being canceled over Palestine Authors tell of book bans, cancellations and harassment – ‘they’re trying to disconnect us from our stories’

😡 Ugh. A wave of #kidlit censorship: event cancellations, book bans & coordinated harassment campaigns targeting authors who have written about Palestinian life & culture, supported Palestinian rights, or who are simply Muslim.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

✨ 12x12 Celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day ✨

We celebrate stories by Indigenous creators from our #12x12PB community:

📚 CHARLOTTE’S NEW MOCCASINS
📚 MÉTIS LIKE ME
📚 WHO WAS WILMA MANKILLER?
📚 LIGHTS AT NIGHT

More: buff.ly/duZmOjf

#12x12PB #kidlit

5 Children’s Books for Indigenous Peoples Day It comes up every year: what are the "good" books for Thanksgiving and Indigenous Peoples Day? It's not simply a question of #OwnVoices but historical accuracy from multiple points of view. It's much ...

5 Children’s Books for Indigenous Peoples Day

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#ReadYourWorld #IndigenousPeoplesDay #KidLit

Get your manuscripts ready! @bethphelan.bsky.social is lookin' for fresh stories. ✨

Great opportunity for unagented #kidlit creators! 👀 Thanks @mmanlove.bsky.social !

I'm taking a road trip up to Summerland, CA for a SKY LUCK #storytime at Godmothers on Saturday, October 18! Tell all your friends in the Santa Barbara area!

Thank you so much for sharing our book 💫

cover of SKY LUCK shows a child reaching up toward a sparkling light in the sky; white clouds fill most of the cover with blue sky and stars at the top and green grass, plants, and flowers at the bottom; the book is in my hand with blue sky and white clouds at the top of the photo and purple, pink, white, and yellow flowers in the middle and bottom of the background

⭐ SKY LUCK by @ericaleewrites.bsky.social is a beautiful way to encourage appreciation for all of nature's wonders above us. Lovely language, great back matter, and gorgeous illustrations by @dagmarsmith.bsky.social. Published by @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social. ⭐

📚👍 #kidlit

Crushes of the Week: September 28-October 4, 2025 Children's picture book and comic reviews, illustrator interviews, book exchanges, and more from a design and illustration perspective.

Flattered to see SKY LUCK on this list of book crushes 🥰 www.letstalkpicturebooks.com/2025/10/crus...

Oh I'm so thrilled to hear this. Thank you @abbiewjames.bsky.social 💫

SKY LUCK, out now! Buy here: www.bluedotkidspress.com/sky-luck

Sky Luck: A Story of Abundant Thinking by Erica Lee Schlaikjer Is it possible to create your own luck? Turns out, it is. Years ago, I remember learning about a psychology study from Dr. Richard Wiseman, who wrote The Luck Factor, concluding that luck is not pu…

People who consider themselves “lucky” tend to be more open to opportunities, more resilient, and more optimistic. A lot of it has to do with noticing the unexpected things around you—being observant and seeing the world as it is, not as you want it to be.
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Thank you @12x12challenge.bsky.social for all the encouragement and support!

💫 SKY LUCK is all around you Out now! a magical story about the power of abundant thinking

Yay! 💫 SKY LUCK is out today! open.substack.com/pub/ericalee...

EDUCATORS! LIBRARIANS! Looking for a fun SEL or STEAM activity to do with your students? Check out this downloadable teacher's guide from @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social to accompany my latest picture book 💫 SKY LUCK, about counting your lucky stars. 🌟

PDF >> www.bluedotkidspress.com/_files/ugd/c...

Thank you so much! 🤩

Sky Luck cover

Oh my goodness—time flies! Just two weeks until publication!

Pre-order now via our publisher @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social for 25% off with promo code SKYLUCK25 at checkout >> www.bluedotkidspress.com/sky-luck

Artwork by the lovely @dagmarsmith.bsky.social