Chiara Colombi

Books will be available at the museum gift shop, and of course, mission patch stickers and activity sheets will be on deck for all! So thrilled to take the stage with Scott again—here’s hoping you and your young space explorers can join our crew to make this a truly stellar conjunction! ✨

The event takes off on Sat, March 14, at the Washington, DC, Air and Space location. Scott and I will share our book in the Futures in Space Gallery at 10:30am, 11:30am, and 1pm, and Scott will also lead us all in a draw-along to create our own space craft following each story time.

Event announcement for a Rocket Beams, Lunar Dreams story time event with author Chiara Colombi and illustrator Scott Magoon at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, on Saturday, March 14 from 10a to 2p.

True story: the first liquid-fueled rocket was launched 100 years ago on March 16, 1926. 😲 The Nat'l Air + Space Museum is celebrating 100 years of rocket science with a Soar Together Family Day, and @scottymagoon.bsky.social + I will be there to share ROCKET BEAMS, LUNAR DREAMS! Join us!

This means so much to me to hear! Thank you for sharing the Rocket love! 🚀🌖

Trust me, you're gonna want to climb into this book. Congratulations to my incredibly talented CP and dear friend, @juliamoss.bsky.social!!

No bike ride has ever been as inviting as this one! Can't wait for readers to climb in!

Thank you, Andrea! I really appreciate it! ☺️

Thank you so much for boosting Rocket Ship, Carren!! 😊❤️🚀

Oh this is awesome! Thank you so much for including Rocket Ship, Jennifer! ❤️🚀

I completely hear you on all of the above! And so happy you tuned in and found it to be helpful. 💜

Btw, I just moved back to Europe and the proliferation of privacy settings I'm now offered across the internet is amazing. Truly a tangible difference that puts people over tech companies. 🌟

Thank you, Viviane! I really appreciate it! 😊

This means so much to me to hear. Thank you!

Thank you so much, Abby! Very happy to hear that it resonated. 🙂

🤩 Thank you, Carmela, for this perfect gif response!! Love it! 🖖🏻

Thank you so much, Susan! All this great feedback is making me want to do more webinars! 😁 It was an awesome experience all around.

Thank you so much, Patricia! I truly appreciate your kind words. 😊

Thank you so much, Michelle!

Awesome! Looking forward to hearing what you think!

So grateful for all the positive feedback + messages I've received in response to my 12x12 webinar on #kidlit and #AI. It's a gnarly topic that needs a lot of untangling so we can all stay informed + equipped to advocate for our work. Check out the replay and let me know if you have any questions!

I'm so happy to hear this, thank you, Lynn! It truly means a lot to me to know that the presentation was helpful. 😊

Will gladly let you know—that'd be lovely!

Thank you so much, Carol! I really appreciate it. ☺️

Thank you, @12x12challenge.bsky.social, for creating such an incredible space within the #kidlit community for critical conversations and meaningful connections. I'm so grateful to have had the opportunity to give back to a community that has helped me in so many ways!

NH friends, don't miss this chance to celebrate libraries and space all at once with ROCKET SHIP's illustrator @scottymagoon.bsky.social! 🤩

For anyone who has ever suffered from "I'm-not-a-math-person" issues (🙋🏻‍♀️) or knows a kid who does, this book is for you!

I can't wait for you to discover the heart + humor of my brilliant CP's debut picture book: DEAR MATH, WE'RE NOT FRIENDS. Congratulations, @linahaldar.bsky.social! ❤️🧮

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Ahhhhh!!! The world finally knows!! I cannot wait to hold this book in my hands. Congratulations, dear friend!!! ✨💜🧮

They should make a drink for writers called Someone Who Believes In My Stories, so when a writer gets a rejection and their friend says, "Can I get you something? A cocktail? Wine? Beer?" the writer can reply "Someone Who Believes In My Stories" and actually get what they want. On the rocks.

Pro tip: be sure to zoom in on my face in pic 3 to see my imitation of Lander’s tight-lipped stare just before blast off... 😵‍💫

Authors Chiara Colombi and Rie Neal, both white women, sit on the window sill in front of Linden Tree, smiling at each other over the picture book Rocket Beams, Lunar Dreams. Bookshelves of local authors are behind them, and in the foreground is a table with lunar activity sheets on top of a galaxy-themed tablecloth.

Authors Chiara Colombi and Rie Neal hold up each other’s space-themed children’s books inside Linden Tree Books. They are smiling at the camera. Rie holds the 2 Rocket Ship picture books, and Chiara holds 3 of Rie’s Astrid the Astronaut chapter book series.

Dear friend and fellow space author @rienealwriter.bsky.social joined me to help launch Rocket’s second mission, ROCKET BEAMS, LUNAR DREAMS, by Scott Magoon and me with Linden’s community of readers. Thank you, Linden Tree, Rie, and all who joined us!

A photo from the launch event for Rocket Beams, Lunar Dreams at Linden Tree Books. The event is taking place on the sidewalk in front of the bookstore, where there is outdoor furniture and a big window opening onto the store. The author, a while woman with long brown hair, holds up the book to an audience of young kids and grownups. Along the top of the photo is a banner of stars and moons, and the words “Rocket Beams, Lunar Dreams” with a heart-shaped graphic linking the book’s title to the store’s name on the front of the store.

Sitting in Linden Tree’s window, author Chiara Colombi reads from and holds up a spread from ROCKET BEAMS, LUNAR DREAMS, showing the rocket’s flight trajectory to the Moon.

Another photo from the reading, with the audience in the foreground. The author is imitating the nervous face of the Lunar Lander in the story.

Author Chiara Colombi presents the lunar phases to the audience outside of Linden Tree Books.

Rocket's launch event at @lindentree.bsky.social this weekend was a veritable planet parade of special crewmates, between the young space enthusiasts gathered for story time, Linden Tree’s stellar staff, and the conjunction of two #kidlit #space authors beaming in the glow of each other’s books!