Ack, sorry Debbie! I did try to check but must have done it wrong! Appreciate all you do :)
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Ack, sorry Debbie! I did try to check but must have done it wrong! Appreciate all you do :)
Thanks for sharing our book, @judybradbury.bsky.social !
This is magical! Also, I grew up in MB so it’s always special to see a bit of home 😁
An author visit with Carrie Kruck and a group of second grade students, arms outstretched as they “find their spark” together!
Hello #EduSky #EduLib #Skybrarian #TeacherSky! 👋
I’m traveling for #schoolvisits in the Raleigh Durham area on April 24 & 25, and have time for 1 or 2 more! If you’re interested in a discounted #authorvisit for your classroom, please email me carriekruckbooks@gmail.com !
carriekruck.com/visits
Hi Debbie! I love doing school and library visits and would love to be added to your list!
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Before the seed library, it was a spice library! Puzzle exchange is such a great idea too.
Screenshot of a reel with an antique card catalog and the caption “The Seed Library isn’t the only new thing blooming at the Etna Library…”
Caption: “We also have local authorities Carrie Kruck’s newest picture book: Alfred Blooms”
The picture book Alfred Blooms by Carrie Kruck and Carmen Mok sits on the antique card catalog. The cover shows a boy with a yellow bird perched on his head, and blue and purple flowers blooming all over him.
Caption: “And don’t forget Iggy!” The book Iggy Who Breathes Fire is shown in front of the “Town Library 1905”
LIBRARIES ARE THE BEST!
Mine has seeds! And my books! Support your local library!
#kidlit #library
Thanks Jody! 🌼🌸🌺
Thank you, dear AJ!! 🌼💛🌼
The cover of Alfred Blooms by Carrie Kruck & Carmen Mok shows a boy covered in blue, yellow, and purple flowers and a cheerful yellow bird perched on his head.
A black and white pencil sketch showing a girl and a boy enjoying muffins together while butterflies fly around the flowers growing from the boy’s hair and pockets.
A colorful, whimsical illustration of a yard full of children playing on a swing and skipping rope.
A black and white pencil sketch of a boy covered in spilled wildflower seeds after a great big sneeze.
Today’s the day that Alfred Blooms! By me and @carmenmok.bsky.social, available now from @randomhousekids.bsky.social.
Visit my website to see all my Alfred Blooms events this spring, starting this Saturday at Still North Books. I would love to read with you!
carriekruck.com/events
Thank you AJ! 🌸🌼🌺
In case you want some sweet news today.
I’m volunteering at the book fair at my kid’s school, and discovered Dav Pilkey paid for the whole thing.
For the entire school.
Every kid pre-k through fifth grade (the whole school) goes home with two free books.
Bringing this back because honestly I don't know how to help the world right now, but I do know that this helped many individual kids last fall. ❤️
I bought more books so I can give them away again. Please let me know if you know a kid or class who needs a #kidlit book with this message right now. ⬇️
The thing about so-called generative artificial intelligence is, the intelligence isn't artificial. It's real. It's OURS. The techbros stole our intelligence (our data, our thoughts, our stories, our art) and used the software to regurgitate it and spackle it together into digital particleboard.
Folks, I need help—maybe one of you knows the right person to talk to.
SodaStream ought to have commercials where Patrick Stewart points and says, “Make it soda.” Does anyone know somebody on their marketing team, or
I’m waiting with 1791 other people for a fish to ring a doorbell and it’s beautiful.
SPRINGFIELD, MA - Wednesday, March 5, 2025 - On Friday, February 28, 2025, Link to Libraries brought two children's book authors, Kari Allen and Carrie Kruck, to share their work and passion for books and reading with students at Sumner Avenue Elementary in Springfield and Lambert-Lavoie Elementary in Chicopee. In addition to sharing stories about their journey to becoming authors, Allen read a book from her Maddie and Mabel early chapter book series and Carrie Kruck shared her debut picture book Iggy Who Breathes Fire.
Link to Libraries is doing amazing work in Western MA, building home libraries book by book in underserved areas, and I was so thrilled to work with them and meet these bright young sparks 🔥
www.linktolibraries.org/link-to-libr...
#kidlit #EduSky
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Think of the short and catchy hook on a movie poster :)
A notification from my clearly drunk phone claiming that last week I averaged only 16 minutes of screen time per day on this device.
😂😂😂😂 I think not 🥴
One of the really special things about Sesame Street was always these little art films that were less about teaching a specific thing than they were about instilling a sort of meditative sense of wonder at how the world works.
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I appreciate this book so much
A child’s arm covered in temporary tattoos of art from the illustrated picture book Alfred Blooms. The tattoos include a blue and yellow flower with purple leaves, and butterflies colored pink, blue and green.
A child’s arm with a temporary tattoo of cheerful yellow bird from the illustrated picture book Alfred Blooms.
A hand covered in temporary tattoos of hand-painted blue and yellow flowers with purple vines reaches for the picture book Alfred Blooms, which has the same art on the spine.
Preorder giveaway details - exclusive temporary tattoos with art by Carmen Mok available from Still North Books
My delightful child helped me model these ADORABLE tattoos of Carmen Mok’s art from our upcoming #kidlit book Alfred Blooms. I love them so!
Please consider preordering from my brilliant #IndieBookstore (they ship!) and I’ll send you some!🙏🏻
stillnorthbooks.com/ablooms-preo...
#BookSky #kidlitart
Maybe instead of 🎉celebration🎉you could think of it as a type of accounting, a balance sheet of writing progress ;)
Yes! I’ll record revisions or drafts completed, but also emails sent, critiques provided, reviews written, time spent studying a good mentor text, a good conversation with a librarian…Writing is about so much more than just a word count! Baby steps!
It definitely takes practice!
Baby steps add up! A writing friend and I started notebooks last year where we write down EVERY baby step, and report back to each other every Monday. It’s made a big difference - I’m more motivated when I can celebrate those baby steps and see how they add up over the course of a year. #kidlitchat
