My most recent was for an ELA teacher bestie whose 7th-graders were about to begin Kansas History in Social Studies. I have a historical fiction book about Quantrill's Raid. I did a power point of cool facts, the school was nice to buy a bunch of the book, and we raffled them off. #kidlitchat

As a recovering classroom teacher, I love leaving my laptop for a classroom full of happy faces. Planning: I always think that I can recycle presentations and PowerPoints, but I always redo them #KidLitChat #AuthorVisits

Good evening, #kidlitchat

I did sort of a school visit yesterday, with a guest presentation in a writing class at one of the local universities. Not exactly the same thing, but I like when I get the chance to do that.

I've mostly done visits with local classes, and since I was a teacher in both of the big districts in my city, it's been through word of mouth with teacher friends. I would never charge my friends for that. #kidlitchat

TOPIC: Let's talk school visits - getting 'em, planning 'em, doing 'em - and other presentations, too, from book fairs to anywhere else. What do you charge for? What do you do swag for? How do you tune a presentation? And what else?! #kidlitchat

TOPIC: Let's talk school visits - getting 'em, planning 'em, doing 'em - and other presentations, too, from book fairs to anywhere else. What do you charge for? What do you do swag for? How do you tune a presentation? And what else?! #kidlitchat

TOPIC: Let's talk school visits - getting 'em, planning 'em, doing 'em - and other presentations, too, from book fairs to anywhere else. What do you charge for? What do you do swag for? How do you tune a presentation? And what else?! #kidlitchat

Heads-up: #kidlitchat is a BYOS event. You have 20 minutes to grab your #snacks ! See you there ##writingcommunity #booksky #teachers #librarians

Writers: do you miss having colleagues? Join us tonight for #kidlitchat #writers ##kidlit #educators

#kidlitchat is almost here! Today at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific, we #kidlit folk shall gather here on Bluesky and chat, as the prophecy foretells. Or cuz we want to. I don’t know for sure. But I do know I hope you join us! See you soon….

For those wondering how I was able to embed links in the first two posts of this thread: I used deck.blue.

I also use @deck.blue for participating in chats like #KidLitChat. The developer has been working on this app since 2023, & continues to update it.

A little under a week left to preorder a signed copy of Grace Lin's new picture book The Little Stone Buddha! Annnndddddd, your preorder will also come with a snazzy lenticular sticker. #BookSky #KidLitChat

Absolutely this! #kidlitchat

The same passion for the subject KidLit and kidLitArt, lots of enthusiasm and excitement.
#kidlitchat

Late again, #kidlitchat! Sorry, always getting kids yo bed at that time. I like encouragement. I want criticism, but in the form of questions. I want someone who sees the project's potential and excited to see it grow.

That's great. I think I cast everyone as either Kathyn Hahn, Melissa McCarthy, James Spader or Marc Maron. #kidlitchat