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Erin Dealey--> Kidlit Author*Playwright

@erindealey

Following my #Librarian #Teacher #kidlit friends & hoping to figure out this learning curve. Repped by Deborah Warren @eastwestlit -- Blogger of author & illus. #BookBirthdays -- Playwright at Uproar Theatrics erindealey.com -- Happily MARRIED btw--

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“Unboxing & holding our book will never cease to be a highlight for me, no matter how many books I illustrate.” @lucianaillustra.bsky.social
the amazing Illus of
SQUIRREL DRAWS BIG FEELINGS @erindealey.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social
Yayyy! It’s here!

07.03.2026 15:01 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you for this interview, Lauren! Happy Monday, friends.

02.03.2026 16:46 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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❤️ #ReadAcrossAmerica #WorldBookDay with kids TK to 8th—CA to MD & VA @eastwestlit.bsky.social
DEAR EARTH Illus. @lupencita.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social
JUST FLOWERS @k8cosgrove.bsky.social
Sleeping Bear
SQUIRREL DRAWS BIG FEELINGS @lucianaillustra.bsky.social
@beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

06.03.2026 15:32 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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❤️ #ReadAcrossAmerica WEEK #WorldBookDay with kids from TK to 8th—California to Maryland & Virginia!
DEAR EARTH @lupencita.bsky.social
@harperkids.bsky.social
JUST FLOWERS @k8cosgrove.bsky.social Sleeping Bear
SQUIRREL DRAWS BIG FEELINGS @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

06.03.2026 15:19 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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YA Author Stacey Lee on Writing American Stacey Lee’s historical fiction novels center the stories of young Asian American women who have often been missing from the American history narrative, including Under a Painted Sky (2015), The Downs...

YA Author Stacey Lee on Writing the Stories of America | Teaching America at 250
www.slj.com/story/newsfe...

05.03.2026 22:41 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

It’s #SocialEmotionalLearningDay
Thank you for this interview about #SEL & our new #kidlit book! @laurenkerstein.bsky.social
@lucianaillustra.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

02.03.2026 16:34 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

“I kept always two books in my pocket: one to read, one to write in.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

27.02.2026 15:06 👍 1314 🔁 143 💬 28 📌 8
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Good News from East to West! Find out more about books, events, and good news from East West Literary Agency's talent.

Feb news:
mailchi.mp/eastwestlite... Book Bdays: @patricianewman.bsky.social @dowphumiruk.bsky.social @kbiddle.bsky.social @staciawrites.bsky.social @meganefreeman.bsky.social Deals:@almafullerton.bsky.social @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social Kudos @kirkreedstrom.bsky.social @erindealey.bsky.social

27.02.2026 17:15 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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It's a PAWsitively Happy #BookBirthday to PROMISE PETS + 5 Qs with NYT Bestselling author Stacia Deutsch - Erin Dealey, Children's Author We're celebrating the Book Birthday of Promise Pets: The Adopt-A-Pup Plan with Questions for #1 NYT Bestselling author Stacia Deutsch.

Happy Book Birthday @staciawrites.bsky.social PROMISE PETS: The Adopt-A-Pup Plan , illus. Heather Burns, Macmillan / Build-a-Bear / OddDot erindealey.com/book-birthda... #kidlit

24.02.2026 14:35 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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LitLinks: How to explore #Fibonacci numbers with flowers | Literacy activities, Poetry activities, Fun math The Fibonacci number sequence is found everywhere in nature—even flowers. Give these fun math + poetry activities a try.

Love this Pinterest click from www.pinterest.com/pin/33509602... #LitLinks Thanks @patricianewman.bsky.social JUST FLOWERS Illus @k8cosgrove.bsky.social Sleeping Bear @eastwestlit.bsky.social #kidlit #Fibonacci #LibrarianSky

24.02.2026 05:18 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you, Debbie. 🙏🏼 @lucianaillustra.bsky.social
is so amazing to work with! 🌟📚🌟

20.02.2026 19:14 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oops—typo! #KidlitMegaFeed @debbieohi.com

20.02.2026 19:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

SQUIRREL DRAWS BIG FEELINGS book trailer--created by @lucianaillustra.bsky.social 🌟📚🌟

Our #picturebook celebrates the #art in everyone, and yes, we all have BIG feelings these days... #KidlitMefaFeed #LibrarianSky #TLSky #chalkart @eastwestlit.bsky.social

We ❤️ preorders.

20.02.2026 19:06 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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EW Illustrator Highlight: We heART you! A sample of the work EWLA's talented illustrators.

We heARTyou! mailchi.mp/eastwestlite...
Ledda, ZBAsterplume @shihopate.bsky.social Arndt Stock,Kalaitzidis @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social Dittmann @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @kirkreedstrom.bsky.social
@dowphumiruk.bsky.social @k8cosgrove.bsky.social
@kellycrull.bsky.social Hilb, Wood, Toledano

18.02.2026 16:48 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1

My pleasure! Happy Dancing in the rain here in California!

17.02.2026 17:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
2025 Stars and Accolades
2025 Stars and Accolades YouTube video by East West Literary Agency

ICYMI — Our @eastwestlit.bsky.social
2025 accolades & stars
Congrats to ALL 🌟📚🌟📚🌟📚🌟📚🌟
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17.02.2026 03:20 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Yayyy! Congrats @dowphumiruk.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

17.02.2026 16:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Congrats! 🌟📚🌟

17.02.2026 16:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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“For me, literacy means freedom. For the individual and for society.”
“So read the books they're banning, that's where the good stuff is! If they don't want you to read it, there's a reason why.”
Born on this day in 1957 LeVar Burton
#Booksky

16.02.2026 14:45 👍 23 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Image is of author Judy Blume.
Text reads: "It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers."

Image is of author Judy Blume. Text reads: "It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers."

Happy birthday Judy Blume ❤
#Booksky

12.02.2026 12:45 👍 36 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
Otherwise Known as Judy the Great:

Otherwise Known as Judy the Great:

Happy birthday, Judy Blume!

13.02.2026 00:20 👍 21 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Three women at a conference booth smiling at the camera. The two women on either side hold copies of the picture book “I’M BUSY,” featuring a pink flamingo and a child on the cover; the woman in the center sits behind a table with pens and a water bottle. Booth displays and attendees are visible in the background. Text at the bottom reads: “Photo courtesy Tracey Biel (IG: @traceybielphoto).”

Three women at a conference booth smiling at the camera. The two women on either side hold copies of the picture book “I’M BUSY,” featuring a pink flamingo and a child on the cover; the woman in the center sits behind a table with pens and a water bottle. Booth displays and attendees are visible in the background. Text at the bottom reads: “Photo courtesy Tracey Biel (IG: @traceybielphoto).”

11 days until I'M BUSY by @michaelianblack.bsky.social & me launches on Feb. 24th! Photo: Tracey Biel.

Thanks to S&S Canada @simonschusterca.bsky.social for this photo from #OLASC; such a joy chatting with librarians. Librarians are my heroes.
#LibrarySky #CanKidLit #KidLit #ImBusy

13.02.2026 17:18 👍 25 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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Is it April yet? SQUIRREL DRAWS BIG FEELINGS @eastwestlit.bsky.social
@beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
@lucianaillustra.bsky.social #KidlitMegaFeed #ArtSky #LibrarianSky

We ❤️ PreOrders: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/squirrel-d...

Merci beaucoup @pbpros.bsky.social
@katelynaronson.bsky.social 🌟📚🌟

13.02.2026 18:16 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Congratulations Antoinette Portis @eastwestlit.bsky.social

11.02.2026 15:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Picture Books About Chinese Holidays by Benson Shum Benson Shum’s books offer stories that resonate with families in the Chinese diaspora, capturing the joy, pride, and meaning behind Lunar New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival traditions.

Happy Lunar New Year everyone! #lunarnewyear
www.mamababymandarin.com/picture-book...

11.02.2026 05:18 👍 709 🔁 125 💬 7 📌 2
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Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Not a Box by Antoinette Portis

LOOK who’s on @fuse8.bsky.social the Fuse8 podcast! @fuse8nkate.bsky.social
NOT A BOX by Antoinette Portis
afuse8production.slj.com/2026/02/09/f...

11.02.2026 14:57 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Happy #BookBirthday @patricianewman.bsky.social BEATRICE AND THE NIGHTINGALE/Peachtree / Illus. @isabellefollath.bsky.social #KidlitMegaFeed

10.02.2026 14:56 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

"Beatrice’s idea to broadcast a nightingale singing with her cello in 1924 broadened the experience of millions of people around the world. The broadcast was the first time listeners heard birdsong over the airwaves."- @patricianewman.bsky.social

10.02.2026 16:16 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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Happy #BookBirthday to Beatrice and the Nightingale + Six Qs with Sibert Honor author Patricia Newman - Erin Dealey, Children's Author We celebrate the #BookBirthday of Beatrice and the Nightingale + Six Qs with Sibert Honor author Patricia Newman

Happy #BookBirthday @patricianewman.bsky.social BEATRICE AND THE NIGHTINGALE PeachtreeBooks Illus. Isabelle Follath #biography #picturebook #music erindealey.com/book-birthda... @pbpros.bsky.social @scbwi.bsky.social

10.02.2026 14:53 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2
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What do I do when I’m not writing #kidlit books? Writing plays for high school #theater groups to perform. 🌟🎭🌟Thank you to the Lenaea Theater Festival & UproarTheatrics. This weekend I was honored to have two of my one acts presented. So much #gratitude 🙏🏼 www.uproartheatrics.com/authors/erin...

08.02.2026 22:47 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0