Kathy Jo Watson

Writer - special needs mom - forever a journalist @SCBWIOKAR #365PictureBooks Auth of MY CITY IS A FORT. Featured in #BoyMomsBook

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@LitAgentKatieM Dueling narrators describe the best & worst camping trip ever, from traveling like pirates with a broken GPS to lunch at a bait shop thanks to a campsite-wrecking bear. *Campingland* meets
*Days Like This* in ARE WE THERE YET? where wildly different stories are both true. #PB #HA

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Day 116 #365PictureBooks

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by Matthew Cordell

Old meets new as a boy & a cricket go on a tiny nighttime adventure in this classic-feeling tale. But the book’s traditional feel was created by a multi-colored, multi-scented clicky pen! So fun!
#kidlit

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Day 115 #365PictureBooks
DINOSAUR DAYS
Courtney Pippin-Mathur & Pauline Gregory

Everything is better with dinosaurs! Spunky Izzy Rae leads the stomping & chomping in this story filled with color & energy. Fun example of letting kids be kids.
#kidlit

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@mickeyblackpens I love it when that happens! It’s like solving a puzzle.

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@homemakinghunny I ❤️ packing! Moved many, many times as a kid so I am really good at it. 🤓

[Kathy Jo Watson @KatPopWat2]

Mine almost died by being forced to eat soup. Tragic.

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Ways I have tried to poison my children, according to my children:
• Bread with the crust still on
• Sun-dried tomatoes
• A little bit of rosemary
• Anything involving lentils
• Not enough ice cream
• Tea

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@JLockettAuthor1 @starwars Agreed! We had a great time. Have to see Star Wars movies in the theater!

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@HippyMomPhD Beautiful!! What a blessing!
Was that at Crystal Bridgez?

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@vickyweberbooks My husband and I used to watch Kim Possible after the kids went to bed.

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Day 114 #365PictureBooks
THROUGH THE TELESCOPE
Charles R. Smith, Jr & Evening Monteiro

Poetic, informative story inside early life of astronaut Mae Jemison. Looks to the stars with dreamy wonder & scientific curiosity to spark young space fans. (+ astro vocab!)
#kidlit

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@aslan_magic Yes! There was a great The Yarn podcast interview with Philip Stead on April 26th where he talks about it. So fun! Can’t wait to start it myself.

[Kathy Jo Watson @KatPopWat2]

I spy a Funnel Weaver waiting patiently for its dinner.

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@BrittanyPomales Woot woot! Bring on Funny Writer Summer!
Working on a sibling story with a big dose of imagination…and dragons!

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Finally cracked the code on a revision this afternoon! Feels a bit like magic when that happens.
#WritingCommmunity #kidlit

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@JennyTwrites Hey, Marty!

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Day 113 #365PictureBooks
PIG TOWN PARTY
Lian Cho

Best party ever! When a cutie gets a surprise invitation to Pig Town, she has a ball with the costumes, dancing & the best strawberry cupcakes! But she can’t help wondering why she was on the guest list.
#kidlit

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Day 112 #365PictureBooks
MONSTER HANDS
Karen Kane & Jonas McMillan, Dion MBD

Friends are the best…especially when you need help with a monster under your bed. Using sign language to talk from their windows, two kids play with shadows and tackle the night.
#kidlit

[Kathy Jo Watson @KatPopWat2]

@gmk_julie I’m going to have to settle for something crocheted. But I promise to make it patriotic!

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@KT_Carlisle Ha! Currently doing that, Yoda!

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This morning's special: compliments and encouragement, with a side of Cookie Monster and Ted McGinley.