“Seven Ways Through a Wood” by @jennreese.bsky.social
and @devinellekurtz.bsky.social
is pure enchantment. Reese’s playful, prose invites you to choose your path, ride a griffin, stow away on a moss giant or take your own path.
Kurtz’s glowing art brings it to glorious life.
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Heartbroken by this decision. SFWA is supposed to support writers, not allow plagiarism and theft of our work to be rewarded.
I'm so disappointed in @sfwa.org for this. I understand that by requiring disclosure of partial LLM-created works, as their announcement states, means SFWA's letting "nominators and the voters" make the final decision. BUT YOU'RE STILL ALLOWING SUCH WORKS ON THE NEBULA AWARDS FINAL BALLOT! 1/
A screenshot of Amazon's list of Top 20 Children's Books of 2025: Ages 6 to 8 shows the cover of Jenn Reese and Devin Elle Kurtz's Seven Ways Through the Woods as well as the covers of Adam Stower's Murray the Bun, Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown's Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales: Troubling Tonsils, Deborah Underwood and Jorge Lacera's Fairy Tale Fixers, and Mika Song's Night Chef.
Ahhh I'm so excited to see @jennreese.bsky.social and @devinellekurtz.bsky.social 's picturebook Seven Ways Through the Woods on Amazon's list of Top 20 Books of 2025 for kids aged 6-8! I adore this beautiful (in every way) book and want EVERYONE to get it. 😍
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Next,let's talk about Every Bird a Prince by @jennreese.bsky.social!Talk about books I wish I had growing up!Not only is it a fun fantasy adventure with talking birds,the main character's struggles of fitting in while being an aroace kid in middleschool.Highly recommend!
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A picture book stands on grass with an oak tree behind it. On the cover is a dark-haired girl smiling as she turns to walk into a forest, with a griffin glimpsed flying through the trees. The title is SEVEN WAYS THROUGH THE WOODS, by Jenn Reese, art by Devin Elle Kurtz
I read a picture book for kids and it got me in the feels. Recommended for readers of any age who want the reminder that staying on a straight path is not the only way to navigate a deep, dark forest. SEVEN WAYS THROUGH THE WOODS, by Jenn Reese and Devin Elle Kurtz 🌿
Oh, I'm so so happy to hear this!! Thank you for reading and spreading the word!! (And yeah, I wish I'd had a book with ace rep as a kid, too.)
Yippee!!! Our book is out in the world as of today!
I wrote this in a period of extreme burnout during the pandemic, and it brought me so much joy. @devinellekurtz.bsky.social made it more magical that I could ever have imagined.
Thank you so much, Steph!!!!
Ember the little red dragon from the book “the bakery dragon” sitting in front of a bakery window on cobblestone. He is covered in blue stickers that say “Barnes and Noble Children and YA Book Awards”
Can hardly believe it but my book “The Bakery Dragon” won the 2025 Barnes & Noble Children’s & YA Book Award 🥺
Congratulations!!!!
Picture of Martha Wells, Jenn Reese, and Martha's new book, QUEEN DEMON.
I'll be chatting with the wonderful @marthawells.com at Powell's Cedar Hills on October 16th. Get yer tickets now!
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Amazing!!!
Two abstract sculptural forms: A semicircle with a hole and clay rope, and a rectangle in black with carved lines and a hole.
Sculpture of a very chonky horse boi
Pottery works in progress. Having fun listening to the clay this term.
Bar exam?? Gosh, we need to catch up!
Queer writer friends: how do you keep anti-queer reviews of your books/stories from upsetting you? My resilience has been failing me lately.
Aw, thank you all!!! I miss you folks bunches. <3
So pretty!!!!
SEVEN WAYS THROUGH THE WOODS (Sept 9) just got a 🌟STAR 🌟 from Kirkus!! @devinellekurtz.bsky.social has created the most glowing, magical forest imaginable. Thank you, @marthamihalick.bsky.social for making this book exceed my wildest expectations.
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Puzzleheart in Dutch!! This is my first novel translation and I'm thrilled.
A collage of book covers on a dark blue background. To the left on an illustrated post-it note are the words: Celebrate Pride Month. Below the post-it note is the logo for MacKids School & Library. There are 8 books covers. The titles from left to right on top are: Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa; Ollie in Between by Jess Callans; And They Were Roommates by Page Powars; Right Beside You by Tucker Shaw The titles from left to right on bottom are: Love, Misha by Askel Aden; Randy Rainbow and the Marvelously Magical Pink Glasses by Randy Rainbow, illustrated by Jaimie MacGibbon; The Flicker by H.E. Edgmon; Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known by George M. Johnson, illustrated by Charly Palmer
Looking to add to your Pride Month TBR? Tap the link to access our resource center with titles by amazing authors like @cswild.bsky.social, @jennreese.bsky.social, @randyrainbow.bsky.social, @pagepowars.bsky.social & more! bit.ly/3H3O7aI
Barn Owl — gansai tambi and faber-castel polychromos.
This banner shows the cover of the #kidlit science fiction anthology STARSTUFF and the very first line of the very first story, which reads as follows: "There's an asteroid headed straight for Earth, on a head-on collision course, and yet my parents still decided to get a divorce." - Jenn Reese
The very first story in STARSTUFF is "To-Do List for the Apocalypse" by @jennreese.bsky.social.
A digital painting of a huge giant made of moss. She looks like an elderly woman with a walking stick, but is purely green, and has a cloak that looks like patches of different moss species. She walks through a lush forest full of rainbow birds, in front of a blue sky with white clouds.
Moss Giant 🍀
Thank you!!
I think also patience, which I apparently have none of! (But I do have "take an actual class" on my art wishlist.)
A pen and ink watercolor sketch of an orange kitty. His eyes are SO HUGE AND BLACK and his expression is very sweet.
I cannot figure out how watercolors work, still, but I am pleased with last night's quick portrait of Finley when he was drugged out after dental work. I did this from a photo while at a restaurant waiting for a friend.
Pen: TWSBI Eco (F) with Platinum Carbon Black Ink
Paint: Art Toolkit
Here we see a big, expansive wide image of rolling hills in a forest clearing. A rainbow procession of children leaps through a bright green field on the right. Above them, rainbow dragon-like serpents weave through evergreen trees. A mossy giant with a cape of patchwork grasses towers above the treeline and walks with a walking stick. A woodland pixie sits on a treebranch in a foreground tree which bisects the painting. A red flower releases sparkling, golden pollen on the left. The sky is blue, and golden afternoon light pours diagonally from the left.
This 40-page, fully illustrated picture book comes out September 9th of this year and is available for pre-order now (& pre-orders REALLY help books)! Published by @harperkids.bsky.social
Pre-order here: www.harpercollins.com/products/sev...
I've been a fan of Devin's art for years and when she agreed to illustrate my debut picture book, I honestly couldn't believe it. And wow, did she deliver! The book is more gorgeous than I ever imagined. Please pre-order and see for yourself!
