Joyce Uglow | STUCK! The Story of La Brea Tar Pits is here!
flower gardener, poet #PB writer inspired by nature & ocean life 🌳🌸🌞🌙💦 #RA #SCBWI #12x12 #CtC | Storied Ink on Substack substack.com/@jpuglow
https://joyceuglowauthor.com repped by Liza Voges at Eden Street
- “We can’t heal the world today but we can begin with a voice of compassion, a heart of love, an act of kindness.” MARY DAVIS #PB #bethechange #care
- “Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” Mary Oliver #PB #NationalParks #poetry #nature
- 🎉Congratulations, Elizabeth!
- Congratulations, @AlyssaSatinCapucilli on books 33 and 34 in the Biscuit My First I Can Read series, illustrated by @PatSchories, to @ErikaDiPasquale @HarperChildren's, by @lizavoges at Eden Street for the author, and by Edward Necarsulmer IV at Dunow, Carlson & Lerner for the illustrator (world)
- Smilodon and I had the pleasure of meeting Cashton students and staff today. Who knew fossils could bring so much fun? #schoolvisitfun
- Thanks for the warm welcome, Wonderland Bookshop on Indie Bookstore Day! 😍 STUCK! & I are having a blast meeting kids on our #pb book tour. Available at @thelabreatarpits, lots of #independentbookstores, and @bushelandpeckbooks. You just MUST see the amazing @valerya.milov's artwork.
- www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/celebra... Fly to your nearest independent bookstore today and preorder this beautiful book.
- I’m excited to launch my “STUCK Extravaganza Poetry & Book Tasting” at schools I’ll be visiting in the next handful of days. Stay tuned for #poems written by kids inspired by these beautiful books!
- Home and Heart Together
- Listen in! @kathygroth.bsky.social and @infowoman.bsky.social chat about what goes into making school visits fun and writing winning conference proposals. open.substack.com/pub/ugronews...
- It’s our anniversary! 41 sweet years with the❤️of my life! #family #weddingcake “Life is always a rich and steady time when you are waiting for something to happen or to hatch.” E. B. WHITE
- If you're in the south eastern Wisconsin area, come join me on Friday, April 18 for a book talk complete with slime activities. :) Get into the book and then mired in the muck with slime... 😆 #STUCKbooktalks
- Growing Empathy Through Stories, Stones, & Sticks - Part 1 open.substack.com/pub/lindsaym... Subscribe to Lindsay Moretti's new SubStack.
- The #STUCKbumblebee poetry challenge enriched me, broadened my thinking, & expanded my give-it-a-try-mind. Thanks #kidlitpoets #PB 1 more 1-word prompt tomorrow from @booksbycindy.bsky.social Read more here. open.substack.com/pub/jpuglow/... Also, check out @cherylajohnson.bsky.social's website!
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- I read this today. Brilliant!
- Métis Like Me, is available now! “This is a book for everyone” —SLJ “A joyful story that encourages empathy and affirms identity” —Kirkus Reviews ⭐️School Library Journal ⭐️Kirkus Reviews 📘 Blue Ribbon Selection for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library #indigenous #kidlit #picturebooks
- Wow! Thank you, Cheryl. It’s an honor to be in such excellent company! I left a fantastic PB recommendation for you on your website.
- FAVE FOUR If you'd like to see other kidlit recommendations, pop on over to cherylajohnsonwrites.weebly.com. #kidlit #kidlitbookstack #kitlitrecommendations @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social @jpuglow.bsky.social @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social @devonholzwarth.bsky.social
- #STUCKBumblebee #diamante #troop @booksbycindy.bsky.social #Poetry is the best words in the best order. LINES by Joyce P. Uglow (in diamond shape 😀) lines lengthy demanding queue-up wait-here stay-quiet recess-time lunch-time gym-time home-time trooping dreaming hoping patiently ready kids
- #STUCKbumblebee #kenning open.substack.com/pub/jpuglow book-loving curiosity-enhancing inquiry-exploring fossil-finding skull-smiling nature-soothing ocean-loving knowledge-building opportunity-giving impact-expanding vocabulary-enriching passion-producing career-thinking wonder-sparking
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- #StuckBumblebee Challenge I chose to use the #goldenshovel form for #unparalleled. Check it out at open.substack.com/pub/jpuglow/...
- I ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Rhinos in Nebraska by @alisonpstevens.bsky.social Get your copy today.
- “Stand for something. Always have class, and be humble." John Madden #StuckBumblebee Challenge #onewordprompt #stuck #nationalpoetrymonth super stickiness effect magical attention grabbers see it hear it feel it repeat it elicit interest pull us push us remind us teach us learn it STUCK!
- Left Behind to Tell Us Stories Tiny insect fossils Ice Age ecosystem mingled together forever ancient environment providing insights predicting a future of change #cinquain #fossil #Stuckbumblebee challenge
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- Heartfelt! Put this in the hands of readers!
- You do not want April 22 to arrive without book mail! 🎈Preorder so that you can enjoy And Then Came You by @christinashawn.bsky.social Read, enjoy, and share a positive review. 🎉Then go straight to your library and request they put this beautiful book 📕 in the hands of readers.
- You do not want to miss this beautiful book.
- #kidlitbooknews Check out the excellent April 2025 releases www.steamteambooks.com @steamteambooks.bsky.social
- Unstuck! Golden sloth and yesterday’s camel waited in stacks century after century jumbled and tumbled by Earth finally unearthed uncovered… unstuck! #STUCKbumblebee @booksbycindy.bsky.social It's a game! It's on paper! It's the poetry maker! #skinnypoem open.substack.com/pub/jpuglow/...
- substack.com/@jpuglow/not... Support your local #library and #independentbookshops. Read new #picturebooks. Pick up a new #poetry collection. Read what’s new. Listen. Think. Write #STUCKbumblebee
- I love seeing and trying out poetry forms new to me. Thanks, Rose!
- #STUCKBumblebee Challenge #Poem #Illustrate #PB Join @booksbycindy.bsky.social and me in celebrating #NationalPoetryMonth Check out my Hide and Seek #hidden in the images. See more at open.substack.com/pub/jpuglow/...
- YOWZERS! You don't want to miss these new #PB Check out these April releases from members of @steamteambooks.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/jpuglow/...
- #StuckBumblebee Challenge Cinquain: 2 syllables 1st line, 4 in 2nd, 6 in 3rd, 8 in 4th, and 2 in the 5th=22 syllables. #preserve captured ice age warming, drying animals, plants changing seeps preserved the ecosystem tar pits Join @booksbycindy.bsky.social & media. Pen a #poem. Draw Create Enjoy