Heather Ray

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Children's Book Writer. Expert at finding wonder. My child says I'm too curious. Sports fan.

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#kidlit friends, I'm writing a blog post about how to stay positive while querying or out on submission. I'd love to hear if you have any tips to maintain a positive mindset that work for you!

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There are still awe-inspiring moments to be had.

This is not how I expected the Wimbledon men’s final to go! Let’s go, Carlos! #wimbledon

There are still awe-inspiring moments to be had.

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If you need a break from...everything...there are so many bears on the bear cam right now: www.youtube.com/live/d1YoGAx...

Brooks Falls - Katmai National Park, Alaska 2024 powered by EXPLORE.orgwww.youtube.com **Chat rolls are on 7am - 5 pm PT from Monday through Sunday.Brooks Falls is on solar power and will be live whenever we have enough sun. Brooks Falls in Ala...

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This month I'm a guest blogger on The SCBWI Blog. Today I wrote about establishing a strong author-agent relationship, sharing some advice from my agent Wendi Gu and author Gabi Snyder. What other tips do you have? #kidlit scbwi.blogspot.com/2024/07/esta...

Establishing a Strong Author-Agent Relationshipscbwi.blogspot.com The milestone of signing with an agent is an important one in a writer’s career and should be celebrated! But after some champagne and ice c...

As my kids have grown out of the little-kid-awed-by-everything stage, it’s become trickier to do something that genuinely surprises them. This week I took them on a covert side quest to feed ostriches. Mom’s still got it!

I love finding book friends in the wild! Hi @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social! You were at the Sea Center in Santa Barbara, CA!

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Kids Love Nonfiction! They may be away from school, but they still need access to all kinds of books. #kidlit #edusky

Rose Lavelle!!!!! #nwsl

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Captured M16 aka the Eagle Nebula, processed in the classic SHO palette. Hubble might have made it famous, but here's my humble take. CS! 🤩 #Tasmania #astrophotography #space #nebula #galaxy #darksky

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This week my latest #kidlit book came out, and I was interviewed by Psychology Today about its inspiration. I hope I CAN DO IT EVEN IF I'M SCARED, illustrated by Hannah George, helps kids learn to find their brave selves in the face of fear and self-doubt. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/well...

Bringing CBT to Young Readerswww.psychologytoday.com Lisa Katzenberger’s picture book, I CAN DO IT EVEN IF I’M SCARED, offers children a valuable example of the popular cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) technique, “Act As If.”

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Why stick with a bald eagle when you can go with a patriotic marbled shrimp? Check out the stars and stripes on that tail! These shrimp have a wild variety of color and patterns, this one was pretty unique. Off Ulua beach a few years ago. (Saron marmoratus) 📷🌿🐙

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This is the explicit goal of an astonishing amount of paid (and paid for!) propaganda out there. If you're feeling voting doesn't matter, maybe consider why it is so many people are spending so much money, time, effort and ad space trying to convince you not to.

“If a [political] party knows you’re not going to vote for them, the best thing they can do is convince you not to vote at all." — Stage_Door_Johnny (on instagram)

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Somebody asked me how to write a chapter book series proposal so I made up a fake example and it cracked me up — but now I’m like… wait is this so bad that it has crossed over into GOOD? 😂 #stilllaughing www.tumblr.com/literaticat/...

Ask the Agent:www.tumblr.com Hi Jenn! I'm curious, what goes into a chapter book proposal for editors? How much do you need? I know they all pretty much need to be series. I assume you'd need the first book in the series, do you…

This is a fascinating look at the way information is received, processed, and responded to by audiences across platforms.

There was an even bigger difference in the comments received. All on Threads and all but one here were positive, constructive, or neutral (one person was just being a jerk, not a troll). Only 18% on X were positive or neutral. The rest were negative, many highly so.

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Do you know a kid who likes laughing and bugs? Preorder my new picture book, THERE ARE NO ANTS IN THIS BOOK, out July 17, with art by the brilliant Anna Pirolli! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710556...

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there's a toddler in a cape running around pointing at people and saying "you're a frog now" and when he did it to me I ribbited at him and he ran away giggling and then his dad came up and whispered that I was only the second person who played along?? come on people, you gotta play along!!

PSA: Do not go to Costco unless you have to. Learn from my mistakes. Save yourselves. The holiday crowds have descended already. Ahhhhhhhh!

Awesome morning on the estuary.

I love watching the families as their loved ones become Olympians! There's so much pride and love in their expressions.

I read this review and immediately added The Noisy Puddle to my TBR list.

You wanna see the picture book science title that reads aloud to large groups like a dream? Then you better not miss The Noisy Puddle by Linda Booth Sweeney & Miki Sato. Roughly speaking? A visual delight. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/06/23/r...

Review of the Day: The Noisy Puddle by Linda Booth Sweeney, ill. Miki Satoafuse8production.slj.com Engaging, rhyming, keeping its text and subject matter appropriate for lower grades, this pops visually on the page, and contains ample backmatter to support everything it says. It is, in short, a boo...

Hoping a mindless walk in big circles will help me solve my B Story problem.

This is such a good sports night! USMNT, US Track and Field Trials Week 2, AND US Gymnastics Trials! YAY!

I’m on a college campus today that has a preschool. The teachers just rolled by pushing giant covered strollers in a caravan. Guess what they stopped to see? The construction site, of course!

I ordered a pack of native wildflower seeds from Theodore Payne Foundation in hopes of getting a bit of a pollinator container garden going on my patio. It's working!

Nature is creepy cool!

Watching Quincy Wilson run this week has been such a joy. I was talking with my own high schooler about how cool it must be to be at the Olympic Trials wearing your high school kit and being coached by your high school coach. I hope he makes the 4x400m relay!

My absolute favorite thing in sports right now is 16 year old Quincy Wilson running a 44.66 second 400m at the U.S. Olympic trials. This is so insanely fast that it broke Usain Bolt's under 18 WR. 400 meters is one lap around the track, pretty much a full sprint. Oh I love it!

Happy Book Birthday to the wonderful @lisakatzenberger.bsky.social! Croc & Gator swim into the world today!

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Chicago #kidlit folks, I'm having a two-book launch party tomorrow night WITH COOKIES at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville. I would love to see you there to celebrate the release of I Can Do It Even If I'm Scared and Croc & Gator. www.eventcombo.com/e/Author-Eve...

Author Event with Lisa Katzenberger/Croc & Gator: Swamp Ranger School AND I Can Do It Even If I'm Scaredwww.eventcombo.com Join Anderson’s Bookshop for a book signing event with author Lisa Katzenberger , to celebrate the release of Croc & Gator: Swamp Ranger School and I Can...