Kristi Mahoney 📚 ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS
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Picture book author, ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS 🦙, OWLS MAKE TERRIBLE TEACHERS (🦉Spring '26) @GnomeRoadPub | rep'd by @Elisahouot | 12x12 |
Outside Boston
Joined January 2016
COVER REVEAL for ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS!! 🦙📚 I'm thrilled to share this FANTASTIC cover by the super-talented illustrator team of @chantelleburgen for our upcoming picture book. Coming 9/3/24 from @GnomeRoadPub (special thanks to @bonniekelso for this animation)
We're in a cover reveal kind of mood this week! Take a peek at ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS by @kristi_mahoney & illustrators @chantelleburgen! This one will have you laughing (& learning) from beginning to end. Coming Sept. 2024! #kidlit #picturebooks #libraries #librarians
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So excited for you Jackie & @dshenry1! 🙌
We have TWO new PBSoar member books we're celebrating this year! Pre-order your copies today!🎉 💛TOGETHER WE REMEMBER by Jackie Morera (illustrated by Violeta Encarnación) Coming in MAY! 📚MAZEL TOV, BABY! by @dshenry1 (illustrated by Varda Livney) Coming in SEPTEMBER!
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RT @PB_Soar24: It was a very busy year for our members 🎉 Our debuts may have launched, but our stories have just begun! Come SOAR with us!…
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@Margielogues @KCareyWrites Thank you so much, Margie! Our library books were shelf buddies again this week so you were in my thoughts 😉
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Thank you so much, @Margielogues!
A little tyke I know is going to be happy to receive these #picturebooks by @kristi_mahoney and @KCareyWrites! So pleased to support local #kidlit authors from #NewEngland #scbwi. #Boston #librarylife
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LOVE this story by my CP, @morrwriting! Congrats to all!
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Congrats on this super cute cover reveal @dshenry1 and Varda Livney! 🎉
🥳Thrilled to share the cover of my 2nd📚! MAZEL TOV, BABY! Rhyming & sweet, interactive & fun. A must have for little ones. Celebrate all wins big & small! 🥰🎉 @SourcebooksKids @vardaart PREORDER #kidlit #kidsbooks #boardbook
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This is an incredible blog post on goals ⬇️🙌
I was STRUGGLING to set my 2025 goals. Then I learned about Planned Happenstance and everything changed! Find out how on the latest #24CarrotWriting blog. @Amanda4KidLit @kristi_mahoney @AnnieCRomano @Soaring20sPB @scbwi @writersloftma #GoalSetting
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Thank you, @KCareyWrites for including ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS as this month's recommended picture book! (Along with some other fabulous titles) w/ @chantelleburgen & @GnomeRoadPub This newsletter is FANTASTIC! 🙌
Introducing… (Please rap your fingers on a hard surface for a drum roll) PONDSIDE PAGES. Each month, PONDSIDE PAGES will recommend Books to Read & Share from PBs, to MG, YA and Adult books.
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If you're looking for book recommendations from picture book to MG to YA and Adult novels every month, check out this newsletter from @KCareyWrites, an author who I happen to know reads 300+ books a year and also has great taste!
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Congrats to all these incredible titles featured and to my friends @marianariosrmz1 and @melissa_trempe! 🙌
The 2025 Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Awards Judging Committee announced the longlists and commended titles. To view and purchase these books at a discounted price: Commended Picture Books and Graphic Novels A Voice of Hope @PhilomelBooks, @penguinrandom Written by @Nadia_Salomon, Illustrated by London Ladd Abuelita's Gift: A Día de Muertos Story @AAKnopf, PRH Written by @marianariosrmz1, Illustrated by Sara Palacios Caged @KokilaBooks, PRH Written by @kaokaliayang, Illustrated by Khou Vue Gloriana Presente: A First Day of School Story Christy Ottaviano Books, @LittleBrownYR Written by @AReynosoMorris, Illustrated by Doris M. Rodríguez-Graber Ladybug Launch: Inspired by a True Story of Chinitas in Space Margaret K. McElderry, @simonschuster Written by Natalia Ojeda and @melissa_trempe, Illustrated by Manuela Montoya Mercedes Sosa: Voice of the People Children's Book Press @LEEandLOW Written and illustrated by Aixa Pérez-Prado Mixed-Up Mooncakes @QuillTreeBooks @HarperCollins Written by @EFLyons And @MatulaChristina, Illustrated by @subisnacks Not Yet: The Story of an Unstoppable Skater Orchard Books, @Scholastic Written by Zahra Lari and Hadley Davis, Illustrated by Sara Alfageeh Safe Passage Tu Books, Lee & Low Books Written by G. Neri, Illustrated by David Brame Seeker of Truth: Kailash Satyarthi’s Fight to End Child Labor Little Bee Books Written by @VenkatSrividhya, Illustrated by @yetanotherbydan ____________________________ PADIBA details: The winners and finalists will be announced in late April. The submissions window for the 2026 awards will be July 1 - August 31, 2025 For more information: ____________________________ #PADIBA #PADIBA2025 #ReadYourWorld @MCChildsBookDay #BookTwitter #TeacherTwitter #LibraryTwitter
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Congrats to all of these fantastic authors and illustrators on these amazing books--including my friends @HernandezSteena and @meghanacreates 🎉
The 2025 Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Awards Judging Committee announced the longlists and commended titles. To view and purchase these books at a discounted price: LONGLIST: Picture Books and Graphic Novels A Kurta to Remember (@SleepingBearBks) Written by Gauri Dalvi Pandya, Illustrated by Avani Dwivedi A Little Bit of Everything (Sleeping Bear Press) Written by @meghanacreates, Illustrated by Michelle Carlos Joyful Song: A Naming Story (@LevineQuerido) Written by @lesleanewman, Illustrated by Susan Gal Love of the Half-Eaten Peach (@ReycraftBooks) Written by Lee Wind, Illustrated by Jieting Chen Lupita’s Brown Ballet Slippers (@BeamingBooksMN) Written by @HernandezSteena, Illustrated by Melissa Castillo Next Level: A Hymn in Gratitude for Neurodiversity (@tilburyhouse) Written by Samara Cole Doyon, Illustrated by @kaylanijuanita Sister Friend (@ABRAMSbooks @abramskids) Written by @jtbigelow, Illustrated by Shahrzad Maydani Snow Steps (Worthy Kids) Written by @KLatchanaKenney, Illustrated by Irina Avgustinovich This is My Shabbat (@GreenBeanBks) Written by Chris Barash, Illustrated by Aviel Basil Wild Greens, Beautiful Girl (Sleeping Bear Press) Written by @ericaleewrites, Illustrated by Chinyee Chiu ____________________________ PADIBA details: The winners and finalists will be announced in late April. The submissions window for the 2026 awards will be July 1 - August 31, 2025 For more information: ____________________________ #PADIBA #PADIBA2025 #ReadYourWorld @MCChildsBookDay #BookTwitter #TeacherTwitter #LibraryTwitter
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RT @AnnieCRomano: Writers, I'll be at the Boston Writing Workshop on March 29th taking pitches. If you're planning on attending, check out…
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RT @KCareyWrites: Do you love Beatrix Potter? I found my own Beatrix Potter full of fabulous writerly advice delivered in a warm tea Englis…
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@christinlitwork @morrwriting @Laurabower79 @ByRekhaSalin @chantelleburgen Thanks so much @christinlitwork!
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Check out @WarriorFamily_1 and their wonderful cause of gifting books to kids at local hospitals 🙌
Thank you @kristi_mahoney for stopping by to see Anthony (shy in picture:) and donating children’s books to our cause! Check out Kristi’s book Alpacas Make Terrible Librarians. We’ll be delivering the books to Lowell General Hospital’s Specialty Care Unit in February!
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Lovely holiday post by #24Carrot Writing! 🥕
A writer's holiday wish from #24CarrotWriting! May all our #writer friends have a holiday filled with peace and inspiration. @KCareyWrites @Amanda4KidLit @kristi_mahoney #kidlit
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