Mother of FIVE. Amazed by Jesus. Oakwoodite. Extreme Kobe-fan. I Live and Dream in STORY. Rep'd by Hannah Mann @ Writers House
Michigan, USA
Joined January 2017
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Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
michiganreading.org/event-58… #MRA25 @readandwritekzoo @wileyblevins @mrschureads @kellyiswrite #literacy #continuingeducation
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
Feel the beat with #TheBandInOurBasement! Don’t miss this new rhyming picture book from author @kellyiswrite and illustrator @JeninMoham. Grab a copy for your little ones today! #BookBirthday bit.ly/4fFKdR3
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
🎉🙌🏿Happy #BookBirthday🙌🏿🎉
📖THE BAND IN OUR BASEMENT by Kelly J. Baptist @kellyiswrite, Jenin Mohammed @JeninMoham, Abrams BYR @abramskids
Congrats!!!
#ChildrensBooks
#OurStoriesMatter
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
These four 5th graders are getting their read on for the Bluestem Battle of the Books! @bluestemaward #204reads @KendallPatriots @kellyiswrite
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
#Bluestem2025 nominee Isaiah Dunn is My Hero by @kellyiswrite is an amazing #mslit novel. It's heartbreaking and uplifting at the same time and you will fall in love with these characters and not be able to put it down! #mediacenter #bookrecommendations @bluestemaward #librarian
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
★ Kelly J. Baptist (@kellyiswrite) and illustrator Jenin Mohammed’s (@JeninMoham) “jazzy jam session” of a picture book THE BAND IN OUR BASEMENT “emphasizes the excitement of a special moment after lights-out” buff.ly/3BblGEB
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
The next book on our list for Middle School 2024-25 Virginia Reader's Choice is Eb & Flow by @kellyiswrite .
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
Superheroes don't always have special powers or fancy suits -- sometimes they look like a young boy with otherworldly courage and armed with an inspiring journal left behind by his father: tinyurl.com/ydrvsnym @kellyiswrite #nationalsuperheroday #mglit #childrensbooks
ALT Middle grade novel titled "Isaiah Dunn is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist. The cover features an illustration of a young black boy flexing his arm, holding a pencil, and wearing a cape.
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
🕺"The Electric Slide and Kai" written by @kellyiswrite and illustrated by Darnell Johnson
Author Kelly J. Baptist has published six books for children and young adults. She is the winner of the 2017 Lee and Low New Voices Honor Award
Learn More: kellyiswrite.com/
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
The BookSmitten podcast is going to Iowa! We'll be podding from the SCBWI Midwest conference. Children's book writers and creators - can't wait to see you there. @SCBWIMichigan @SCBWIWisconsin @booksmittenpod @kellyiswrite @scbwi
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
“Mom, it’s a snow day…do I HAVE to read”
Me: 📖👓📚but you can choose the book.
Him: @kellyiswrite book plz ❤️
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
Thank you @kellyiswrite for sharing your books at Literacy Night last evening and then today with two amazing assemblies!
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
🎞️ ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
▪︎ “Iveliz Explains it All” by Andrea Beatriz Arango
▪︎ “More to the Story” by @henakhanbooks
▪︎ “Isaiah Dunn is My Hero” by @kellyiswrite
▪︎ “Room to Dream” by @kellyyanghk
▪︎ “Brown Girl Dreaming” by @JackieWoodson
ALT Category: Original Screenplay, A.K.A. kids who write. Titles: "Iveliz Explains it All," "More to the Story," "Isaiah Dunn is My Hero," "Room to Dream," and "Brown Girl Dreaming."
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
Ready, Set, Dough! by Kelly J. Baptiste. A spunky sixth-grader devises over-the-top ideas to win the laptop of her dreams by selling cookie dough in her school fundraiser. Will she win? #butlermidweekmorris #readysetdough @kellyiswrite @penguinrandom
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
School Year Read # 60 #msfoleyiscurrentlyreading #audiobooklove #bookstagram #librarylife #read #weneeddiversebooks @kellyiswrite – at Vail, CO
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
Introducing our Author Mentors for the 2024 Black Creatives' Revision Workshop!
Huge thank you to @Nia_Davenport, @zeldalockhart,@ninaFoxx, @shaunarobs, @julianw_writes, @deefalaye, Kim Johnson, @pamharriswrites, @kellyiswrite, & @barbarabinns ❤️
ALT Graphic showing the mentoring authors for the 2024 Black Creatives Revision Workshop. From left to right starting at the top row, the authors are as follows: Barbara Binns, Julian Winters, Kelly J. Baptist, Zelda Lockhart, Shauna Robinson, Nina Foxx, N.E. Davenport, Deborah Falaye, Pamela N. Harris, and Kim C. Johnson.
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
We're excited to announce that Isaiah Dunn is my Hero, by @kellyiswrite is one of our 2025 IL Bluestem Award nominated books! #BluestemAward
@AISLEd_org
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
Does it get more fun than this?! We learned the electric slide after reading The Electric Slide and Kai by @kellyiswrite! On the 💯 day of 🏫. #OwnVoices #WeNeedDiverseBooks @HISDLibraryServ @pto_memorial
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
Congratulations to @kellyiswrite "Eb and Flow" is nominated for an NAACP Image Award in Youth/Teen literature. Way to go! First novel in verse. I loved this book. naacpimageawards.net/nominee…
Kelly J. Baptist retweeted
So incredibly honored & grateful to the committee for selecting Saints. Mia mia! 🙏🏾
Books that have won & been finalists for the Pura Belpré have been of the most influential books in my life.
I'm so very grateful to the committee & can't wait to pay this forward 🩶
We are beyond thrilled for @AriTison!! SAINTS OF THE HOUSEHOLD has WON the Pura Belpré Award for Young Adult Literature!! 🎉🎊🎉
@reformanational #ALAyma #LibLearnX24
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