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Second day on the job went GREAT! Millie is a great addition to the family.

When I turned 40 in 2021, I was ready to start writing Louder Than Hunger, a fictionalized account of my experiences and emotions living in residential treatment facilities. I was ready to address the pain of my past in the hope that it would help others. booklistonline.com/Writers-Reader…

Hi, Trapper! This poem by Sharon Creech is in my pocket today. Which poem is in your pocket?

. Lauren Castillo 🦔🏳️‍🌈📚 Spotted at Winchester Book Gallery:

Thank you for this lovely display, Winchester Book Gallery! Katherine Applegate (kaaauthor.bsky.social) Lauren Castillo 🦔🏳️‍🌈📚 Lauren Castillo 🦔🏳️‍🌈📚

Thanks to the Claude Moore Foundation, 500 4th graders in Virginia received a copy of This Is a Story today! Thank you! Lauren Castillo 🦔🏳️‍🌈📚

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the soundscapes Novel Effect 📚🎶 created for This Is a Story! Wow! Lauren Castillo 🦔🏳️‍🌈📚 noveleffect.com

#PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek JUST LIKE MILLIE by Lauren Castillo 🦔🏳️‍🌈📚 (Candlewick Press): "Castillo’s ink, watercolor, + soft pastel illus show the girl’s budding courage: at first she’s always glued to Mom, but w/ every encounter her face + posture relax more" hbook.com/story/review-o…

Thank you, Story Monsters! Lauren Castillo 🦔🏳️‍🌈📚 Veronica Miller Jamison 🎨 Illustrator 👩🏽‍🎨 Colby Sharp

A big thank-you to Texas Book Festival's Reading Rock Stars program for buying and giving away copies of This Is a Story! Thank you, @Magrill_LMC, Magrill Primary School, and Aldine ISD Libraries!

I spent two wonderful days with @Loveofxena in Charlevoix, Michigan! Thanks for the memories, Margie!

I'm overjoyed and grateful This Is a Story, illustrated by Lauren Castillo 🦔🏳️‍🌈📚 and written by me, was included in the Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year 2024 Edition (for books published in 2023)! Thank you, Bank Street College! educate.bankstreet.edu/ccl/27/

FREE BOOK FRIDAY #FBF!📚🎉 🐶 JUST LIKE MILLIE by Caldecott Honor Winner Lauren Castillo 🦔🏳️‍🌈📚 for #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth! 1. FOLLOW 2. RETWEET 3. Tag in a friend (or more!) (x/p IG) Candlewick Press

All the feels for this book about a shy little girl reluctant to greet new people, until she meets Millie. Observant readers will notice the storytime book is one by John Schu Dogs are just THE VERY best! ❤️🐶 5⭐️ Lauren Castillo 🦔🏳️‍🌈📚 Dallas ISD Libraries #bookaday #ApprovedbyLennie

. Lauren Castillo 🦔🏳️‍🌈📚 This seahorse made me think of Greta, the book-loving star of This Is a Story!

Our people in THE People! 👀 John Schu recommends books spotlighting mental health. Create your own Schu shelf of these books threaded below. ⬇️ ❤️ 🧠 people.com/john-schu-ment…

I accepted (via Zoom) the CLEL BELL Award for This Is a Story this morning! A big thank-you to CLEL! clel.org/clel-bell-awar…

Thank you ⁦John Schu⁩ for gifting and personally signing THIS IS A SCHOOL for each of my students! They LOVE their new books! Our hearts are filled with reading joy! ⁦Lauren Castillo 🦔🏳️‍🌈📚⁩

This Is a Story turns two today!