Chelsea📚Lin🌴Wallace

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This was an experience I’ll never forget! I’m so grateful to @thehornbook.bsky.social for awarding ODE TO A BAD DAY this honor. ❤️

An experienced and an honor I’ll never forget!!! Thank you!!!

Ode to a Bad Day: Chelsea Lin Wallace's 2024 BGHB Picture Book Honor Speech From the January/February 2025 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

From January/February #HBMag @bostonglobe.com–Horn Book #BGHB #PictureBook honoree @chelseaauthor.bsky.social's speech for ODE TO A BAD DAY www.hbook.com/story/ode-to... #BGHB24 #kidlit @chroniclebooks.bsky.social

THE BEST!!!

Special thanks to the book teams I was lucky to collaborate with:
THE BOO-BOOS OF BLUEBELL ELEMENTARY by @chelseaauthor.bsky.social and Alison Farrell, pub by @chroniclebooks.bsky.social

KABOOM: A VOLCANO ERUPTS by Jessica Kulekjian and @zoesees.bsky.social, pub by @kidscanpress.bsky.social

Who will I see at #ncte24?

Our second Starter Pack is just as great as the first one. Still space here, so if you're a member and want to be added, comment here with your handle. bsky.app/starter-pack...

Kidlit Community on Bluesky Social (Responses)

It's been fun seeing familiar faces pop up here this week!

If you're just arriving & are an author, illustrator, educator, or librarian, here's a list of like-minded folks to follow: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

And here's how to add yourself to the list: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Okay now that have hopefully ALL left that other place and there’s critical mass of kids book creators, readers, agents and editors here — WHAT WILL IT TAKE to make the big publishers follow suit?

I’M JUST AN AGENT
STANDING IN FRONT OF THE BOOK PUBLICITY DEPARTMENTS
BEGGING

Well, that was fast! Our first 12 x 12 Starter Pack is full. If you are a member of 12 x 12 and:

1. Are not in the first Starter Pack - PLEASE CHECK! (bsky.app/starter-pack...), AND,

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Thank you!!!

DARE TO BE DARING by @chelseaauthor.bsky.social received a star from Kirkus!

🌟 “addressing our fears has never been this fun." 🌟

Read the full review here

Learn more about the book here

@jenrofe.bsky.social

This week–
THE PRESIDENT OF THE JUNGLE by André Rodrigues, Larissa Ribeiro, Paula Desgualdo, and illustrated by Pedro Markun
THE BOO BOOS OF BLUEBELL ELEMENTARY written by
@chelseaauthor.bsky.social and illustrated by Alison Farrell

Monica!!!! This is the BEST!!! Thank you!! I’m sure she read it daringly ❤️❤️💪

I have a super sore throat so 9 read to me tonight.

#picturebooks @chelseaauthor.bsky.social and Lian Cho

Thank you!!!

Thank you so much!!!

DARE TO BE DARING was selected as one of Amazon’s Best Books of the Year! 🏆 @liantomato.bsky.social @jenrofe.bsky.social

To new Bluesky users: This place has the BEST curation & moderation tools of any social media platform I've been on (& I've been around for a while 🦕). *Strongly* recommend TAKING A FEW MINUTES to learn.

I've summarized the essentials in my Unofficial Guide: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl...

I’m thrilled you love it! It was a blast to write.

Thank you so much, Mark!!!

How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: Ame Dykman, Jennifer Harney Clever Hans: Kerri Kokias, Mike Lowery Just One Flake: Travis Jonker @100scopenotes I Want 100 Dogs: Stacy McAnulty, Claire Keane The Duck Never Blinks: Alex Latimer The Boo-Boos of Bluebell Elementary: Chelsea Lin Wallace, Alison Farrell

#LibraryHaul part 2!

Super fun #picturebooks by:

Ame Dykman & Jennifer Harney
Kerri Kokias & Mike Lowery
Travis Jonker
@stacymcanulty.bsky.social & Claire Keane
Alex Latimer
@chelseaauthor.bsky.social & Alison Farrell

#Kidlit #childrensbooks
📚👍 #📚👍

Thank you so so much, AJ!!! This is so thoughtful. We appreciate you! 😊

I love that this picture book gives children permission to feel their feelings! The creative rhymes, childlike art style, and universal and hilarious moments in ODE TO A BAD DAY by @chelseaauthor.bsky.social and Hyewon Yum will resonate deeply with ALL readers! Highly recommend!

That is epic!

We are thrilled to see BLUEBELL as a pick for best book release this month by Book Riot!!

Marci!!!! You made my DAY!!! 💓💓💓💓