#Query Critique #GiveawayAlert! Enter my giveaway to win a query critique by @laduskevich.bsky.social & read my agent spotlight interview w/ her to see what she's looking for at Literary Rambles. #amwriting #amquerying #kidlit www.literaryrambles.com/2026/03/lite...
@zombicatures.bsky.social @sarashacter.bsky.social That was an interesting presentation last night. Thanks.
Congratulations. 🎉
Congratulations.
Thrilled to have a couple of new poems up on the latest flight of the Dirigible Balloon. Thank you @northernjim.bsky.social for everything to do to build this wonderful poetry resource for children #amwriting
So funny and true.
Congrats. 🎆🎉🎉
Now uploading our #SpringFlight of excellent poetry for children written by a range of known and unknown poets from around the world ... #NationalYearOfReading
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Screenshot of the poem The Green Submarine by Ian Brownlie, from the Dirigible Balloon website. Poem text: The Green Submarine Captain Kim dived down deep into the ocean, In her green submarine called ‘The Gherkin in Motion’. Weaving past whales with the help of Mate Stu, Who steered the sub like a foot guides a shoe. The Gherkin sped on ‘til it reached the sea bed. From a map in her lap, Captain Kim calmly read: “At the Great Anchor, turn sharply north-west.” Mate Stu said “Aye aye!” and pressed on with their quest. Past anglerfish, tuna and even a shark, They gunned for a tunnel disguised by the dark. The sub reappeared in a shower of light, As before them appeared a fabled delight. The green submarine was a craft full of glee: A glittering city submerged by the sea! Their eyes bulged out wide like a great Praying Mantis. Captain Kim and Mate Stu had discovered Atlantis!
Taking another trip on the Dirigible Balloon with the (decidedly not sky-bound) Green Submarine!
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Always happy and grateful to have new poems in dirigibleballoon.org - a children's poetry resource like no other the world. Thank you, as ever, to @northernjim.bsky.social
#NationalYearOfReading2026 #Poems4kids #TEACHers #poems4kids
Congrats to you as well: Valentiny Contest 2026 -
She’s heeeeere! My DEBUT as and AUTHOR 😭 AND illustrator! So exciting and scary. @eastwestlit.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social #debutpicturebook
Congrats. 🎉
When Callie turns to philosophy for answers on her problems, she gets more questions: What is justice? What is fairness? And is it her fault when Grampy has a stroke? Join us next week when @claudiamills123.bsky.social will be here to celebrate her new children's book - RSVP: MillsBBS.eventbrite.com
Thrilled to have three poems: Independent Thinking, Lunar Eclipse and Huntington Beach, flying on The Dirigible Balloon. Thank you @northernjim.bsky.social. #poetry @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social
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A timely story.
Congrats. 🎉🎉🎉
Congrats. 🎉🎉🎉
'm delighted to have a new poem up on the wonderful Dirigible Balloon website. Today felt like the perfect day to share it with the world. My grandson gave it a big thumbs up on this glorious, sunny afternoon! Thank you to @northernjim.bsky.social
Colorful squares with the names of poems including "High Hopes" "Fishing for Stars" "Pizza Bed" and "My Mum Is"
Thrilled to have two new poems up on the wonderful Dirigible Balloon page. You can check them both out (along with a TON of other poems) at the link below:
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Flying again in the beautiful Dirigible Balloon! EIC @northernjim.bsky.social
Submissions still open!
How fabulous to have such an incredible bank of poetry for kids that’s free! Check it out dirigibleballoon.org #poetry #poetryforkids #NationalYearOfReading #teachingresources
Loving the kudos that ONE GIRL'S VOICE is receiving and thrilled to see this perfect book for elementary students sit next to books by @bandersonwriter.bsky.social & so many others on the list of 2026 NCSS Social Studies Notable Trade Books #teachers #socialstudies #librarians
An opportunity @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social
Laura, Congrats on the first #Substack post. #SCBWI
Today I will mostly be painting the ceiling in the bathroom, drinking coffee, cleaning the walls of the piano room, drinking coffee and starting the process of creating a longlist of poems on the Dirigible Balloon for the third anthology (and drinking far too much coffee).
JH 🙂🎈
Congratulations Stan. 🎉🎉🎉
Lovely. 🎆
Enjoyed the branching exercise. Thank you.
Here’s the link to the post I wrote for today’s Storystorm 2026 – an inspirational PB challenge for the month of January: taralazar.com/2026/01/19/s... . Thanks, @taralazar.bsky.social for the opportunity!
I wrote a blog post for #Storystorm. Check it out! taralazar.com/2026/01/23/s...
