Lisa Stringfellow
Author. KINGDOM OF DUST (8/20/24), A COMB OF WISHES, HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books. Educator integrating literacy, equity, & social justice. Rep @lindsaydauld
- KINGDOM OF DUST is a Massachusetts Book Award Honor Book! 🎉 Thank you so much to the Mass Center for the Book for this amazing honor! Congratulations also to Robin Wasley and Desmond Hall for their awards. I'm thrilled to be in their company.
- Thrilled and honored to see KINGDOM OF DUST included on NYPL's Vibrant Voices Titles for Kids list for 2025-2026! Thank you to the librarians and staff of the library for sharing my book with your patrons! www.nypl.org/books-more/r... @harperkids.bsky.social
- So frustrating that there seems to be a million ways for creators to be taken advantage of. If your publisher didn't register your copyright or it falls outside of the dates when Anthropic officially began their shenanigans, you might be out of luck. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
- -----DEADLINE EXTENDED SEPT 17------ Ready to take your Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror novel to the next level? Check out the fall Whole Novel Workshop @highlightsfound.bsky.social ✨ WHEN: October 8 - December 10, 2024
- WHAT MAKES THIS WORKSHOP SPECIAL? 📚 Complete manuscript review by an established author 🎯 In-depth feedback letter and 1:1 Zoom session w/ y our faculty member 🏠 Fully online format for maximum flexibility www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/who...
- Join me tomorrow at @hummingbirdbookstore for the Children’s Local Author Bookfair! Hummingbird Books Saturday, August 23 12-2pm 55 Boylston St Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 #hummingbirdbooks #middlegrade #youngadult #picturebook #bookfair
- It’s KINGDOM OF DUST’s first birthday! I’m proud of this little book and glad readers are still finding it. @harperkids.bsky.social #middlegrade www.lisastringfellow.com/kingdom-of-d...
- ⭐️ Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection ⭐️ Children’s Africana Book Award Honor Book ⭐️ Mythopoeic Society Children’s Fantasy Award Finalist ⭐️ Massachusetts Book Award Longlist Title
- If you’ve read KoD, please consider giving it a rating or review on A*azon and Goodreads. I try to avoid shopping on A*, but reviews there really help visibility. Thank you in advance! www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Dust...
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- Thank you, Amitha!
- I’ve often shared that THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA are among my favorite books, so am thrilled to share that KINGDOM OF DUST has been named a finalist for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s Literature! So honored to be recognized along with others I admire ☺️ www.mythsoc.org/news/news-20...
- Juneteenth Joy in Hyde Park, MA is going on now! Grateful to be able to distribute more free BIPOC children’s books today. New Mission High School 655 Metropolitan Ave Boston, MA 02136 10 am - 3 pm
- Join me tonight for a conversation with author Allie Millington, bestselling author of Olivetti! The Silver Unicorn Bookstore 12 Spruce Street Acton, MA 01720 7:00 - 8:00 PM silverunicornbooks.com/events
- @pressley.house.gov @warren.senate.gov @edmarkey.bsky.social Medicaid and SNAP are lifelines for families in Massachusetts. People with disabilities rely on these programs to get food, health care, and services to live a healthy life. Please #ProtectMedicaid and SNAP and save lives!
- KINGDOM OF DUST is a 2025 Children’s Africana Book Award honoree! I had no idea! I’m thrilled that the committee felt my West African-inspired fantasy honored and respected Nigerian culture. 🙏🏾📚 cfas.howard.edu/outreach/cab... #CABAbooks @harperkids.bsky.social #QuillTreeBooks
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- Thank you, Gbemi! ❤️
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- Thank you! ☺️🙏🏾
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- Thank you, Diane ❤️
- Join me and others in protecting the #FreedomtoRead. Free reading event! Friday, May 9 from 10 AM to 3 PM ET Listen and take action in your community to protect kids' access to books. Register: Morning: crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1 Afternoon: crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso @authorsabb.bsky.social
- Residents of Clarksdale need about 1,500 more signatures to reach their goal of bringing a screening of Sinners to their town actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
- I'm so honored that KINGDOM OF DUST was selected to the 2025 Mass Book Awards middle grade and young adult longlist! Thank you to the Massachusetts Center for the Book ❤️📚 www.massbook.org/mass-book-aw...
- Today’s the last day of April! Get those #PoemsForAction entered! 📣📣📣
- Happy National Poetry Month! Teachers, share the joy of poetry with your students by inviting them to submit a poem for the 2025 #DiverseVerse POEMS FOR ACTION call. Details and lesson ideas on the @diverseverse.bsky.social blog. #PoemsForAction
- Join me at @odysseybks.bsky.social on Saturday, May 10 at 3 PM as part of #MassKidsLitFest2025!
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- Congratulations!
- Marginalized creators! Polish up those manuscripts, #DVPit returns October 2025 on bluesky with over 40 participating agents and editors! #booksky #writersky
- Great to see it back!
- It's a TOTAL coincidence that Amazon scheduled their three day book sale to coincide with #IndependentBookstoreDay, right? www.bookweb.org/independent-...
- Support your local independent book stores. Here are some of my favorites in the Boston area. ⭐ Frugal Bookstore ⭐ Silver Unicorn Bookstore ⭐ Whitelam Books ⭐ Newtonville Books ⭐ The Blue Bunny Books and Toys
- And ⭐ Brookline Booksmith!
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- Happy National Poetry Month! Teachers, share the joy of poetry with your students by inviting them to submit a poem for the 2025 #DiverseVerse POEMS FOR ACTION call. Details and lesson ideas on the @diverseverse.bsky.social blog. #PoemsForAction
- A wonderful example of a poem for action is "Rock the Boat" by Elizabeth Acevedo. In 2021, some of my students recorded a choral reading that you can share with your classes. drive.google.com/file/d/1sE-U... @diverseverse.bsky.social #PoemsForAction
- Happy International Mermaid Day! If you love mermaids, my middle grade fantasy A COMB OF WISHES has mermaids, monsters, and #BlackGirlMagic! Thanks artist Michael Machira Mwangi for this beautiful commissioned piece of Ophidia the mermaid. #middlegradebooks www.harpercollins.com/products/a-c...
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- So great to see you!
- Can't wait to share the theme for 2025! Check back on April 1st. #diverseverse
- I just sent a letter demanding AI companies remove my works from their training data. Use the Authors Guild's letter template to send your own: actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...
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- Yes, both of my books are listed.
- My biggest fear has been realized…my books are in the recently unsealed database Meta used to train its AI software. I’m SO angry! These companies are raking in $$$ on tools and hardworking artists have been paid $0. Don’t talk to me about the benefits of AI anymore 😡 www.yahoo.com/news/unbelie...
- "Tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recognizable plan unfold — a playbook we’re all too familiar with....It’s a playbook we watched Musk perfect at Twitter, and now we’re seeing it deployed on a national scale." www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w...
- Celebrate Women’s History Month with picture books by #BlackCreatives
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- Sending you hugs ❤️ Been through a little of that journey with my children. Love to you all.
- Congratulations to Frugal Bookstore in Boston for being named one of the country's "Best, Most Community-Oriented Black-owned Bookstores" www.afar.com/magazine/bla... #booksky #BlackHistoryMonth
- Join me at the 5th Annual #nErDcampCT! 3/1/25 Winthrop STEM Elementary Magnet School New London, CT Registration closes 2/25 casl.wildapricot.org/https/casl.w... @nerdcampct.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #nerdcamp @msthombookitis.bsky.social @jluss.bsky.social
- Take 2! Our rescheduled Meet the Authors event with me and Phoebe Sinclair is happening THIS Saturday, 2/15/25, at 2 pm! Ask us questions about writing, books, or storytelling or more! This event is part of Newton Community Pride’s Black History Month celebration.
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- It so hard with the shifting ground of social media. I would definitely sign up for their weekly newsletter. I look forward to it every weekend.
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- Ah! Thanks so much for sharing, Mia!🙏🏾
