
Christine Van Zandt. MILKWEED FOR MONARCHS (2024).
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Book coach and freelance editor @WFSediting. Small-biz owner. Author, A BRIEF HISTORY OF UNDERPANTS (@QuartoKids, 2021). Represented by @LizaRoyceAgency.
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This #GutenbergPress replica (invented in the 1440s) was at #2024PrintersFair, "A Celebration of Letterpress, Book Arts & Paper," printersfair.com. Could have spent days here. Now I want to go to the @Gutenbergmuseum. Print Museum. #printingpress #letterpress #bookarts


Glad to be part of #12x12PB again this year! This supportive community encourages me to write a new PB each month, revise one, + SO MUCH MORE. If you're serious about PB writing, this is the place to be: 12x12challenge.com/?mc_cid=08c516……. #amwriting #kidslit #picturebook 12 x 12 Challenge



Exciting news! I wrote a blog post for NF Fest about #nonfiction hooks, check it out: nffest.com/2025/02/crafti… Thanks Sara Levine, Jess Keating, Melissa Stewart & Kari Lavelle. #STEM #kidlit #amwriting #amreading #science #WritingCommunity #writing





Thanks! 🌭Frank de Wienerdog shares funny + fascinating facts about hot dogs. Did you know the average American eats 70 hot dogs a year?! Illustrated by #StevenSalerno, published by Odd Dot Macmillan Children's School & Library 📚. Liza Royce Associates #newbooks #nonfiction #picturebooks #dachshunds #hotdogs

Thank you, Beaming Books ! Grateful to National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) & Children's Book Council Truly an honor to be in this wonderful company. I hope Rainbow Allies, a true story of kind kids, inspires kids everywhere to be kind and inclusive. #IzzyEvans #allyship #allyshipmatters #allyshipinaction #kidlit


Hot diggity dog! 🌭Frank de Wienerdog will entertain kids w/ fun facts about the history of this favorite food. Art by #StevenSalerno, pubbed Odd Dot, Macmillan Children's School & Library 📚. Repped by Liza Royce Associates. @SteamTeamBooks 21 for the Books #humor #nonfiction #picturebooks #newbooks #dachshund


TUE, 4-5pm, 🦋 storytime and presentation: the monarch population is critically low due to lack of milkweed, the only plant their caterpillars can eat. FREE craft/refreshments. #milkweedformonarchs by Beaming Books #libraryevents #butterflies #milkweed visit.lacountylibrary.org/event/12859978

💫COVER REVEAL💫 Book #4 in the CATastrophe Tale series coming 12/2/25! 🎉🐈 I’m supurr excited! #jennharney Astra Books for Young Readers #math #stem #steamteambooks #stembooksforkids #stembooks #cats #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #picturebooks #kittens #school #homeschool


This National Kindergarten Day put SCARECITED ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL by Alliah L. BIG TUNE OUT NOW! Agostini & Lala Watkins on your radar! Out 6/3, this picture book is about a young girl who is feeling mixed emotions about her first day of school. bit.ly/4loxndW



Excited to share that MILKWEED FOR MONARCHS has been shortlisted for this prestigious award by TheNatureGeneration. Beaming Books Liza Royce Associates 21 for the Books @steamteambooks #stembooks #kidsbooks #awards #picturebooks #monarchs #butterflies #metamorphosis #teachers #librarians


Grateful for two new glowing reviews! Thank you Kirkus Reviews and SchoolLibraryJournal! DONUT/ROSQUILLA is out now, and THE ELEVATOR ON 74th STREET is available for pre-order.


"Know the market and look at what is recently selling." Sherry Fellores shows it's possible to see a #nonfiction biography. Check out my blog post & giveaway: tinyurl.com/muax4w4m #BlissfullyBookish #LLInspire #kidlit #amwriting #amreading #amediting #writingcommunity #books


Q. What's that shiny silver object above my work area? A. In my interview with Melissa A. King, the Cre8tive Librarian: All-A-Flutter with Christine Van Zandt melissalewismcdonald.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/all… #milkweedformonarchs by Beaming Books

Thank you for sharing! #caterpillars #lifecycle 21 for the Books #monarchs #metamorphosis #migration #butterflies