Jane Kurtz

Thanks oliviathelibrarian and everyone sharing Mary’s story and my new book!

Along with art and book connections, some of the joys of #pdx

My fascination with #dinosaurs started when I was a kid. Hope #pdx kids get inspired this spring via @omsiedu.bsky.social and the symphony. @catalystpress.bsky.social

Happy birthday to my new book! So grateful for book ambassadors that help get books to readers. Brave and curious women and other readers keep on keeping on! @blueslipmedia.bsky.social @marielamba.bsky.social @beachlane.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social

Way across the continent Mary Morland’s story is being celebrated at @booksofwonder.bsky.social (adorable reel) and here in #pdx I’m reading to kids—this weekend. @beachlane.bsky.social

@simonkids.bsky.social reminds us that we’re all champions. I’m happy that Mary Morland’s reading (and mine) added to #dinosaur knowledge. @morethanadodo.bsky.social

#internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience Love seeing Mary Morland in this collection!

The lights of writing retreat city and the lights of home. I used to travel to teach at @vcfa.bsky.social and this week I travelled to write with two former students. Great way to celebrate my new @beachlane.bsky.social picture book! @blueslipmedia.bsky.social

Readers and writers finding each other and connecting through stories true and imagined. I’m grateful for every chance to talk about #dinosaurs and #ethiopia and #reading and #writing @catalystpress.bsky.social

Children’s book awards: shimmers of joy in scary times. Grateful for a curiosity book I first heard about in a @usbby.bsky.social panel. Also a winning book edited by a longtime friend. Also…Winners from past years that gave me models to finally see how to write about my #ethiopia childhood. Books!

Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories Intertribal Stories

I'd be hard-pressed to name someone who's done more for Native American literature for young readers than @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social, winner of this year's Printz Award. Such an amazing choice!! bookshop.org/p/books/lege...

Our special exhibition Breaking Ground has just been extended to Monday 13 April 2026!

That gives you time to come and see the original Megalosaurus jaw fossil, the dinosaur that started it all, as well as work from the lives of William and Mary Buckland, the Victorian scientific power couple.

Inspiring Mary Morland Buckland! @rebekahmitsein.bsky.social shall we go back?

The way books can encourage and make big dreams possible…

Study the light in the bare trees. Read a book. Donate a book that will go to a MSP little free library or community organization.

New Years Eve birthday and goodbye to 2025. The year was special with my almost true story in verse published by @catalystpress.bsky.social and the ongoing connections with family and my writing buddies!

Happy birthday #janeausten My nerdy daughter @rebekahmitsein.bsky.social (who did the smackdown with a fellow @bostoncollege.bsky.social prof) pointed me to her to find the voice for my new pb biography and also went to @morethanadodo.bsky.social with me to follow my curiosity about Mary Morland.

#ReadingAfrica week. Fascinating panels with @catalystpress.bsky.social listening to funny and brave people talking about their stories and lives. Where we find ourselves, we belong. Courage to tell our stories and keep learning and listening @karenvermeulen.bsky.social @sahranoor.bsky.social

Are you ready for #ReadingAfrica next week? What do we get from opening our hearts and minds to our big world? @catalystpress.bsky.social

@morethanadodo.bsky.social @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social @britishmuseum.bsky.social Grateful for @rebekahmitsein.bsky.social who helped me follow clues and curiosity in search of Mary Morland. How sweet to have a daughter who is a scholar, a reader, a writer, a fellow traveler.

Loved the @usbby.bsky.social panel on #curiositystories (nonfiction for kids). Like @dheiligman.bsky.social and other panelists, I’m dazzled by the challenges and possibilities. Here: path for my new pb through old @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social and my daughter’s office at @bostoncollege.bsky.social

Yay for new books, writing buddies/sisters and terrific illustrators and editors! #dinosaurs #stem #nerdymoms @bsky.app @simonandschuster.bsky.social

These were only for my own thinking so not good quality alas

Wonderful news

It was lovely being on a panel with Jekap Omod at @usbby.bsky.social trading books about two beautiful places in #ethiopia Also reconnecting with IBBY president and discussing the impact of the iRead Global Reading Promoter Award in my volunteer life

@usbby.bsky.social sharing books and stories and building on the support from IBBY for our #bilingual books.

Curiosity books! I love that new idea of a label. So great to share books with my fellow panelists and conversations with fellow book lovers @usbby.bsky.social @catalystpress.bsky.social

Hung out with my daughter at Boston College. Met one of my fellow panelists for tomorrow’s @usbby.bsky.social panel and learned just a bit more about fascinating Ethiopia. Remembered IBBY in Malaysia. Thankful for my global childhood and books. @catalystpress.bsky.social

Gorgeous drive to Cambridge Public Library to listen to book creators talk about their #bostonglobehornbook award-winning books. A good way to kick off @usbby.bsky.social conference

Getting ready for @usbby.bsky.social with warm memories of #ibby in Malaysia where I received an iRead reading promoter award for global book connections that go back to childhood and ripple to my #ethiopian American grandkids