Elayne "Funny Feelings" Crain (@elaynecrain) 's Twitter Profile
Elayne "Funny Feelings" Crain

@elaynecrain

Writer of childish things. Rep'd: @mccarthylit. THERE'S SOMETHING ODD ABOUT THE BABYSITTER (2025, @FeiwelFriends). #scbwi #12x12pb #inkedvoices #storyteller

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I'm revising a picture book manuscript, and I just realized what I love about rhyme is that I get to write the melody first and then the lyrics, just like some of my songwriting idols. #dreamjob #songlover

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Today's #ChewyReviewy is "Round and Round the Year We Go" by Carter Higgins. As bright and airy and buzzy as a classroom! Online review on Amazon & Goodreads! #kidlit #bookrecs #pb #heart #humor #readaloud goodreads.com/book/show/2016…

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "Round and Round the Year We Go" by Carter Higgins.
As bright and airy and buzzy as a classroom! 
Online review on Amazon & Goodreads!
#kidlit #bookrecs #pb #heart #humor #readaloud
goodreads.com/book/show/2016…
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Today's #ChewyReviewy is "Touch the Sky" by Stephanie Lucianovic 🦋 and @chris_d_park. Kid-centered, funny and beautiful! Online review on Amazon & Goodreads! #kidlit #bookrecs #pb #heart #humor goodreads.com/book/show/6300…

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "Touch the Sky" by <a href="/grubreport/">Stephanie Lucianovic 🦋</a> and @chris_d_park. 
Kid-centered, funny and beautiful!
Online review on Amazon &amp; Goodreads!
#kidlit #bookrecs #pb #heart #humor
goodreads.com/book/show/6300…
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Today's #ChewyReviewy is "Scorch, Hedgehog of Doom" by Cate Berry and Margherita Grasso. Lighthearted, layered laughs. Online review on Amazon & Goodreads! #kidlit #bookrecs #pb #humor #heart goodreads.com/book/show/1590…

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "Scorch, Hedgehog of Doom" by Cate Berry and Margherita Grasso.
Lighthearted, layered laughs.
Online review on Amazon &amp; Goodreads!
#kidlit #bookrecs #pb #humor #heart
goodreads.com/book/show/1590…
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Today's #ChewyReviewy is "The Rescuer of Tiny Creatures" by Curtis Manley and Lucy Ruth Cummins. Charming, kid-relatable book about environmental stewardship with (bonus!) a little Charlotte's 🕸️. Online review on Amazon & Goodreads! #kidlit #bookrecs #pb #heart goodreads.com/book/show/5401…

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "The Rescuer of Tiny Creatures" by Curtis Manley and <a href="/lucyruth/">Lucy Ruth Cummins</a>.
Charming, kid-relatable book about environmental stewardship with (bonus!) a little Charlotte's 🕸️.
Online review on Amazon &amp; Goodreads!
#kidlit #bookrecs #pb #heart
goodreads.com/book/show/5401…
SCBWI Western Washington (@scbwiwwa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Novels in verse are incredibly popular with young readers. Award-winning author Padma Venkatraman #TheBridgeHome #BornBehindBars , whose poems have appeared in POETRY magazine, several anthologies and been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, will present tips to help make your work shine. scbwi.org/events/better-…

Novels in verse are incredibly popular with young readers. Award-winning author <a href="/padmatv/">Padma Venkatraman #TheBridgeHome #BornBehindBars</a> , whose poems have appeared in POETRY magazine, several anthologies and been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, will present tips to help make your work shine. 
scbwi.org/events/better-…
Elayne "Funny Feelings" Crain (@elaynecrain) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "How to Pee Your Pants* (*the right way)" by Rachel Michelle Wilson. No matter if you are the pee'r, or the pee'r's peer, "be the friend you wish you had." Online review on Amazon & Goodreads! #kidlit #bookrecs #pb #heart #humor goodreads.com/book/show/2009…

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "How to Pee Your Pants* (*the right way)" by Rachel Michelle Wilson.
No matter if you are the pee'r, or the pee'r's peer, "be the friend you wish you had." 
Online review on Amazon &amp; Goodreads!
#kidlit #bookrecs #pb #heart #humor
goodreads.com/book/show/2009…
🫖Jena Benton🧜🏻‍♀️ (@jenanbenton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Do you remember when you thought all babysitters were weird? Well these ones are definitely odd! #picturebook #Interview #kidlit #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2025/05/26/sim…

Andi Chitty (@andichitty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join us this Wednesday evening, at 8pm EST, as Ryann Jones and I talk with Elayne "Funny Feelings" Crain about her and John Ledda's new book, THERE'S SOMETHING ODD ABOUT THE BABYSITTER. Join us! Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Join us this Wednesday evening, at 8pm EST, as <a href="/RyannJones117/">Ryann Jones</a>  and I talk with <a href="/elaynecrain/">Elayne "Funny Feelings" Crain</a>  about her and John Ledda's new book, THERE'S SOMETHING ODD ABOUT THE BABYSITTER.

Join us!

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
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THERE’S SOMETHING ODD ABOUT THE BABYSITTER by Elayne "Funny Feelings" Crain w/ art by John Ledda Freddie: 🦝Has never liked any of his many many babysitters over the years 🦝Is suspicious of the newest babysitter 🦝Team ls up with them to turn the evening around! 🔗: us.macmillan.com/books/97812503…

THERE’S SOMETHING ODD ABOUT THE BABYSITTER by <a href="/elaynecrain/">Elayne "Funny Feelings" Crain</a> w/ art by John Ledda

Freddie:
🦝Has never liked any of his many many babysitters over the years
🦝Is suspicious of the newest babysitter
🦝Team ls up with them to turn the evening around!

🔗: us.macmillan.com/books/97812503…
Andi Chitty (@andichitty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just a few days left to enter the GIVEAWAY! Leave a comment on Susanna's Tuesday Debut post with me by Friday, 3pm est! The randomly selected winner will choose btwn: 1. a copy of "Bananas in the Bath" 2. a pb manuscript critique 3. a 30-min Zoom AMA! susannahill.com/2025/06/17/tue…