Rebecca Gardyn Levington
Rhyming PB Author & Poet. WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW; BRAINSTORM!; AFIKOMAN WHERE'D YOU GO?; LITTLE DREIDEL LEARNS TO SPIN, WRITE HERE WRITE NOW, I WILL ALWAYS BE…,FINDING FORGIVENESS (8/5/25), SOME DAYS I’M THE WIND (9/9/25) + more!
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- I am thrilled to share that FINDING FORGIVENESS, written by me & illustrated by @dianamayoillo.bsky.social has received the prestigious Sydney Taylor Book Award Notable honor from the @jewishlibraries.bsky.social ! I am over the moon!🎉❤️🥰
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- LET'S CELEBRATE HANUKKAH! 🎉Please save the date for FRIDAY DEC 12 at 11:30am ET when I'll be reading LITTLE DREIDEL on @scholastic.bsky.social StoryVoice! The 30-min virtual program is FREE! Sign up at storyvoice.scholastic.com! Hope to see you there!
- Most of my poetry is for young kids, but here's one for YA and teens from Paper Lanterns: "THE SOUND OF YOUR SILENCE" featured in their Autumn 2025 issue. Please to enjoy...
- Thank you @barefootbooks.bsky.social and @reachoutandread.bsky.social for inviting me to share WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW and SOME DAYS I'M THE WIND with a group of amazing kids in NYC! ❤️ Thanks also to Literacy In Community and @nypl.bsky.social for coming out to support the event as well. 🎉
- NEW YORKERS! Please join me THIS THURSDAY 10/30 for a storytime event w/ @barefootbooks.bsky.social and @reachoutandread.bsky.social! 🎉 🥰 Hope to see you there!
- It's a COVER REVEAL! Please help me celebrate my next #picturebook, I WISH THAT YOU KNEW, illustrated by the fabulous @alyssarussell.bsky.social ! Coming 8/25/26 from Little Bee Books!🥰 @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
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- NEW POETRY ALERT! Love seeing the beautiful art from Ana Mara Méndez Salgado accompanying my little poem, "LIMITLESS," published in the Sept 2025 issue of Countdown Magazine. 🥰
- NEW POETRY ALERT! This one comes to you from the current (Sept/Oct 2025) issue of Spider Magazine with awesome art from David Slonim! ❤️(Fun fact, the original version of this poem was written in under 36 hours as part of the 2021 MadnessPoetry tournament with the prompt word "union"!)
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- It's crazy, but I'm actually celebrating a 2nd book birthday today!!! DINOSAUR SURPRISE! ill by Teresa Bellon comes out today from Highlights! 🎉 This is my very first board book & it has flaps, cut-outs & a mirror!!! TY to the Highlights team & again to my amazing agent @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
- Today's the day! Happy book birthday to SOME DAYS I'M THE WIND, written by me and illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova ! 🥳 Thank you to everyone at @barefootbooks.bsky.social and to my wonderful agent, @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social for being my biggest champion in all ways on all days!🥰
- Thank you @ala-booklist.bsky.social for the STARRED REVIEW of SOME DAYS I'M THE WIND! 🥰 This book comes out next week 9/9! @barefootbooks.bsky.social @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @emmahparkin.bsky.social @mirdinara.bsky.social
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- Kidlit Love is one of my favorite children's book podcasts and I'm so honored to have been asked to be a guest on today's episode! Check it out at tinyurl.com/4x9j9huf or search for "Kidlit Love" wheveever you listen!🥰
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- Grateful to celebrate the Book Bday of FINDING FORGIVENESS at @highlightsfound.bsky.social ! 🎉 A signed copy of the book may or may not have made its way onto the bookshelf in Cabin #20 🥰. TY Highlights for another incredible stay full of creativity, connection & cookies! (MMM...)
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- FINDING FORGIVENESS is out in the world TODAY! 🎉 A book about sisterhood, making amends & forgiving ourselves, all set against the backdrop of Rosh Hashanah & Tashlich. TY @fsgbooks.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social, @dianamayoillo.bsky.social & @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social.🥳
- Today is National Sisters Day! (Who knew?!) Thankful for my own sis who I don't get to see as often as I'd like (love you, D!)❤️ And just a reminder that FINDING FORGIVENESS comes out THIS TUESDAY 8/5! 🎉 @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @fsgbooks.bsky.social @dianamayoillo.bsky.social
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- Had a WONDERful time at @booksofwonder.bsky.social this weekend, reading I WILL ALWAYS BE... to some WONDERfully attentive little readers! ❤️ It is always such a treat to be able to share my books with kids. 🥰 @harperkids.bsky.social @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @rahele.bsky.social
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- Thank you @slj.com for featuring FINDING FORGIVENESS in your amazing round-up! 🎉 This one comes out 8/5! (Please pre-order!) Link to the article: www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/13-boo... @fsgbooks.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @dianamayoillo.bsky.social @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
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- NYC people! Pls come say "hi!" THIS SAT 7/26 @ 11:30am at @booksofwonder.bsky.social I'll be reading my #picturebook I WILL ALWAYS BE... & doing my part to encourage kids (& adults!) to follow their passions, no matter what ANYONE has to say about it (including own nagging doubts). See you there! 🥰
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- WOW! TY @slj.com for this incredible review of FINDING FORGIVENESS by me & @dianamayoillo.bsky.social ❤️ I am so thrilled that you love this book, as it is one that comes from a very personal place. It releases August 5th, but is available for preorder now. 🎉Full review at: tinyurl.com/yvcu4hb5 🥰
- Who's headed to ALA this weekend?!🥰 Please come visit me on Sat. 6/28! I'll be signing copies of WRITE HERE, WRITE NOW at the @capstonepub.bsky.social Booth #505 at 11am, then I'll be signing WHATEVER COMES TOMORROW at the @barefootbooks.bsky.social Booth #714 at 1pm AND 3:30pm! See you all soon!
- I'll be signing copies of WRITE HERE, WRITE NOW at #ALAAC25! 🥳 If you'll be in Philly, come say "Hi!" at the @capstonepub.bsky.social Booth #505 on Sat. 6/28 @ 11am and snag your copy! @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
- WhooHoo! I'm thrilled to share that Kirkus Reviews gave SOME DAYS I'M THE WIND a wonderful review! 🎉 This one releases on 9/9/25 w @barefootbooks.bsky.social & I can't wait to share it with you all soon! 🥳 Read the whole review here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
- What a thrill to have 2 poems featured in @littlethoughtspress.com May issue: "An Ekphrasis Adventure"! It's packed w/ fun stories & poetry for kids under 10 (but really, it's for anyone!) Download a FREE PDF (or pay what you like), here: littlethoughtspress.gumroad.com/l/ltpmag10
- I just realized that while I shared this poem in my newsletter this month, I completely forgot to share on socials! Oops! 😜 This one's from the Apr 25 issue of Countdown/The School Magazine w/a FANTASTIC (as always) illustration by @christophernielsen.bsky.social! 🎉 #kidlit #kidlitart #poetry
- Please help me celebrate the announcement of WHEN LESS IS MORE! 🎉 TY @kalaniotbooks.bsky.social & Niyati Froind for illusrtrating! And to @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social for always cheering me on and for helping me find a home for this one!❤️
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- TY @twowritingteachers.bsky.social for hosting me on the Author Spotlight Series where I share about surviving Imposter Syndrome with the help of my 7-year-old son. 🥰 There's also a GIVEAWAY of both I WILL ALWAYS BE... & WRITE HERE, WRITE NOW. 🎉 twowritingteachers.org/2025/05/13/r...
