Abbie James

I just watched this recording yesterday. Fabulous! 👏

It’s time for the 2026 Lititz Kid-Lit Festival! March 14 9am-4pm Linden Hall School

Tickets are on sale now!

It's time for our 14th (yes, 14!) Lititz Kid-Lit Festival!

Join us at Linden Hall on Saturday, March 14th, and get ready for a day of author talks, workshops for young readers and educators, story times, and book signings.

Tickets are available now at aaronsbooks.com/2026-lititz-kid-lit-festival 🎉

cover of A YEAR WITHOUT HOME shows a girl wearing purple facing the right while her parents and four siblings walk to the left; plants in the foreground and to the sides; house on a hill in the background; full moon in purple and pink sky; book is lying on a rug with many shades of blue and white

Set in Laos and Thailand, 1975, A YEAR WITHOUT HOME by @vtbidania.bsky.social is an important novel in verse about one reason people become refugees and the hardships they face, detailing the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Beautiful cover art by @christinaillos.bsky.social.
#kidlit #MGLit #empathy 📚👍

The special effects and lighting in that show were incredible!

I love his artwork!

Pretty!

I've never tried coffee grounds, but I think I will this year, too!

A calendar grid for February, with little drawings for each day of something significant for that day. Cats, dogs, places, people, food- moments, events, mundane and otherwise.

February. Big and small stuff all going on at once, as always.

This is beautiful!

Love this!

photo taken looking down on three light purple crocus flowers blooming in the sun with several unopened buds to the right with brown leaves surrounding

we made it 💚 #bloomscrolling

😔

Yeah, super frustrating.

Kids' willpower is no match for fast food and screens. Try this instead For decades, parents were told to help children build willpower like a muscle, to resist things like junk food and too much time on their screens. But new research suggests a better strategy.

"The more successful people didn't have better willpower... Instead, [they] set up their lives so they didn't need to use willpower frequently. They exposed themselves to fewer temptations." Love some helpful research to start the week. 🙌 #edusky #kidlit

Pretty! Love the soundtrack too!

So pretty!

Thank you, Teresa! 😊

Thank you, Laura! 💚 It looked like a perfect little dish for a doggie to stop and take a drink.

Thank you, Linda Jean!

Lovely view and thoughts!

Take care, Susan! 💚

Wow, awesome!

Thanks, Amy! 💚😊

Thank you, Rebecca!

Thank you, Beth! 😊🌳

tree trunk in the top right with roots extending out on all sides; in lower left, the root has grown in a circle, and there is a pool of water in the center reflecting gray sky and branches; leaves and sticks surround; moss on trunk and roots; gravel lane and blurry young trees in the background

an outstretched hand
offering to share its drink
humanitree
#HaikuSaturday 💚 #trees 💚 #rolemodels 💚 #humanity

Lovely! My amaryllis did not bloom this year, so I'll enjoy pictures of everyone else's. 😊

three off-white common puffball mushrooms (I think) with the smallest on the left, middle-sized in the middle, and largest on the right; sticks, moss, and brown leaves to sides; photo taken in autumn

I am Goldilocks
each day seeking just right
grateful to bears

#FungiFriday 💚 #senryu 💚 #ruleofthree

picture of Yayoi Kusama's art (a six-meter-tall pumpkin with lines of black dots going vertically) beside an actual (small) pumpkin with black dots; another pumpkin with dots and two orange paper-strip pumpkins in the background

Love your fabulous artwork! I hosted a Yayoi Kusama program at the library a while ago, and the kids enjoyed it. This book that you illustrated would be perfect as an intro the next time! #librarysky

Yes! I loved WOODS AND WORDS and can't wait to read GOLDFINCHES. I love Melissa Sweet's art. 😍 And the other I didn't know about, so I must add it to my list!