All a-Twitter 2016

love tweetHappy (almost) Valentine’s Day! What might characters of children’s and YA lit tweet to their valentines? We’ve got some ideas! See if you can guess who’s tweeting to whom — and feel free to add your own sweet kidlit tweets in the comments.

@CuriousCJ: @LstStopMktSt You're first stop in my heart

@LookaRainbow: @FrazzledMama I’ll wait for you

@ToysStayIn: @ZenElephant Still waiting!

@MousePal1: @MousePal2 2 good 2 be 4gotten

@Unimaginary: @CaldWinner15 BEEkle mine!

@3Sisters: @InAlabama Crazy for you

@HarryColebourn: @PoohBear So glad I found you

@ShabbosGoy: @JDate I’ve got shiksappeal!

@Asteroid: @RainbowBite You rock! And roll!

@DtGordon: @OfficerBuffy Happy Valentine's Day to my partner in crime(fighting)!

@Ling: We’re not exactly the same, @Ting, but I hope we’ll be together in all weather anyway

@DotBunny: @WolfieBunny, wait to hand out your valentines until I’m with you! It’s dangerous out there, but I got your back

@Elephant: @Piggie, you’re my dream pig

@JustTheFactsJackson: @Crenshaw, you’re everything I’ve imagined

@MrFancyPants: I can’t get you out of my head, @Skunk. Or my nose

@StanleyDog: @PinkPoodle It’s early in the evening & I sit here & I tweet / of all-too-distant puppy love / of someone really sweet

@ALAYMA16: We couldn’t be Wilder over you, @JerryPinkney

@Vampossible: @ChosenOne I'm so glad #snowbaz is canon! <3

Read character-to-character love notes from last year and 2014. For more Valentine's Day–related fun, see

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Katie Bircher

Here are the answers! @CuriousCJ: @LstStopMktSt You’re first stop in my heart CJ to the soup kitchen, Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña; illus. by Christian Robinson @LookaRainbow: @FrazzledMama I’ll wait for you child to mother, Wait by Antoinette Portis @ToysStayIn: @ZenElephant Still waiting! owl, pig, bear, puppy, and rabbit toys to the elephant, Waiting by Kevin Henkes @MousePal1: @MousePal2 2 good 2 be 4gotten plain mouse to spotted mouse, Two Mice by Sergio Ruzzier @Unimaginary: @CaldWinner15 BEEkle mine! Beekle to author Dan Santat, The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat @3Sisters: @InAlabama Crazy for you Sisters Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern to relatives Big Ma and Ma Charles, Gone Crazy in Alabama by Rita Williams-Garcia @HarryColebourn: @PoohBear So glad I found you veterinarian Harry Colebourn to Winnie the bear, Finding Winnie: The True Story of the
World’s Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick; illus. by Sophie Blackall @ShabbosGoy: @JDate I’ve got shiksappeal! Joan to dating site JDate.com, The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz @Asteroid: @RainbowBite You rock! And roll! Astrid to roller derby mentor Rainbow Bite, Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson @DtGordon: @OfficerBuffy Happy Valentine’s Day to my partner in crime(fighting)! Detective Gordon to Policewoman Buffy, Detective Gordon series by Ulf Nilsson; illus. by Gitte Spee @Ling: We’re not exactly the same, @Ting, but I hope we’ll be together in all weather anyway Ling to identical twin Ting, Ling & Ting series by Grace Lin (specifically Ling & Ting: Together in All Weather) @DotBunny: @WolfieBunny, wait to hand out your valentines until I’m with you! It’s dangerous out there, but I got your back Big sis Dot to little bro Wolfie, Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman, illus. by Zachariah OHora @Elephant: @Piggie, you’re my dream pig Gerald to Piggie, Elephant & Piggie series by Mo Willems (specifically I Will Take a Nap!) @JustTheFactsJackson: @Crenshaw, you’re everything I’ve imagined Jackson to imaginary friend Crenshaw, Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate @MrFancyPants: I can’t get you out of my head, @Skunk. Or my nose sharp-dressed narrator to skunk, The Skunk by Mac Barnett, illus. by Patrick McDonnell @StanleyDog: @PinkPoodle It’s early in the evening & I sit here & I tweet / of all-too-distant puppy love / of someone really sweet Stanley the beagle to moon poodle, It’s Only Stanley by Jon Agee @ALAYMA16: We couldn’t be Wilder over you, @JerryPinkney 2016 ALA Laura Ingalls Wilder Award committee to winner Jerry Pinkney @Vampossible: @ChosenOne I’m so glad #snowbaz is canon! <3 Baz Pitch to boyfriend Simon Snow, Carry On: The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow by Rainbow Rowell

Posted : Feb 16, 2016 07:12


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