Melissa Coffey: FRIDGE-OPOLIS

Children’s author & speaker | FRIDGE-OPOLIS (‘22) | ONE SPARK (‘26) | @SCBWI | Rep’d by Sam Farkas JGLM | @writersleague 2022 Discovery Prize winner

[Melissa Coffey: FRIDGE-OPOLIS @CoffeyCreative]

Coming September 1!

[Melissa Coffey: FRIDGE-OPOLIS @CoffeyCreative]

@scbwi friends! Join us in person at BookPeople in Austin or online via Teams for this free #kidlit workshop!

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#everydayisearthday 🌏♻️💚

[Lindsay Leslie @LLeslie]

A little cover reveal for you today…

GUS HEARTS THE BUS
Illustrated by @geetaladi
July 1, 2025
@SleepingBearBks

Everyone of us knows a Gus, whether you are Gus, have a Gus, or are acquainted with a Gus. This story is all about passions & pursuing them with abandon!

[little bee books @littlebeebooks]

For #FoodWastePreventionWeek you’re invited to a towering city of food…Fridge-opolis! #Fridgeopolis by @CoffeyCreative and illus. by @JoshCleland is a fun lesson in conservation, and what happens when we let the contents of our fridge go wild. Available now.🍎

#BeeaReader🐝

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#Austinites: Please join me for some #kidlit fun and a panel presentation at @AustinPublicLib’s Gab Fest downtown on April 26! #library #iheartlibraries #authorevent

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@kcollazo @ryangvancleave @WilbursBF_Char Thank you!

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Happy 💖 Day! Ecstatic to announce my next #picturebook: ONE SPARK! Thanks to the team at Bushel & Peck Books, @ryangvancleave, Marie Muravski, @WilbursBF_Char and my CPs!

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Hey, #kidlit friends, who else will be there? @scbwi #WritingCommmunity

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@GibeaultWrites @RazLatif @owlkids @DWAA_US Huge congrats my friend!!!

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Huge thanks to Erin Perrino, Kara Johnson and Riojas Elementary School in @pfisd for the warm welcome at my #authorvisit yesterday! Loved sharing FRIDGE-OPOLIS and talking about #foodwaste, #composting, & #recycling with 200+ Kinder/1st grade Patriots! @littlebeebooks

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@GibeaultWrites @KingLibraries @sullivandraws @SleepingBearBks So cool!!!

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Honestly. Is there really anything better as a #kidlit #author than seeing a child dress up in #Halloween #costume as a main character from your #picturebook?!

Thank you to this little Dr. Baking Soda from #FRIDGEOPOLIS & to her family for sharing this adorable pic! 🎃👻🌎♻️💚📚

[Stephanie Gibeault @GibeaultWrites]

Coming this weekend! The powerhouse team of @CoffeyCreative, @KariALavelle, and @LLeslie will be teaching a course for the @writersloftma about marketing and promotion. To register, go to https://t.co/zs61D49BRw

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@GibeaultWrites @KariALavelle @LLeslie @writersloftma ❤️ thank you!

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#Kidlit friends, there's power and potential in teaming up! If you're looking to boost your #marketing and #promotional game, please join
@LLeslie, @KariALavelle and me @writersloftma
for this #workshop! To register: https://t.co/0ObHFlHmQu

[Melissa Coffey: FRIDGE-OPOLIS @CoffeyCreative]

Hey, #kidlit friends: still time to register for this @HighlightsFound #research #workshop with @GibeaultWrites, @writerjolene and Anita Yasuda! These #authors know their stuff! #WritingCommunity

[Stephanie Gibeault @GibeaultWrites]

Hey #kidlit #writingcommunity, join me, Anita Yasuda, and @writerjolene for our Research Techniques course with the @HighlightsFound. We'll cover databases, organization, obscure archives, academic articles, and how to know when a fact is a fact.
https://t.co/Heec9ENpjc

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@GibeaultWrites @ChaptersAjax @owlkids @SleepingBearBks @MITKidsPress @NatGeoBooks Adorable!

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@HJerath The trail of socks! 🧦 🧦🧦�� Usually leading right up to (but not INTO) the hamper in our house.

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Tell me you have a #tween or #teen at home without telling me. I’ll go first.

#teenagers #teens #tweens #lifewithteen #nomorebrownies

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@ljrwritenow @GibeaultWrites Yogurt. Ice cream. Always dairy. 🫣😵‍💫