Christine Layton

I'm honored to share that ✨LIGHT SPEAKS✨ is a finalist for this year's Colorado Book Awards in the Children's Literature category!!! We are in great company! 🥰 #ColoradoBookAwards2024 #childrensliterature #childrensliteratureauthors #youthliterature #kidlit #kidbooks

Hi my friends, I'm spending more time writing books (yay!), so I'm paring down social media to one place: Instagram. Here's to more writing, less scrolling. 💜

🌈✨🌻Presenting at my first writing conference this summer! Thank you, #WritingCommunity, #scbwi, and #booklovers for getting me to this awesome benchmark! I love this community!

I am so thankful for the awesome support! #Giveaways for the win!

@nursepooh1 @LucianaIllustra @Legit_Kid_Lit Aw fabulous!!! I'm so glad you like the book 🥰

@layton_author @LucianaIllustra @Legit_Kid_Lit this PB is beautiful and informative. Thank you so much. My teachers are going to love it.

🤗 I’m so excited for this coming week’s #storytime at @thebookiesbookstore in #denver. Kids will hear ✨LIGHT SPEAKS✨ and dance the firefly dance! So cute! Plus some freebies and giveaways! Can’t wait to see you there, my friends! 😸

Q. How do you do a book tour? A. Go to the friendliest, most fun, amazing bookstores near you! 🥰So excited and honored to do #storytime in #Denver at @SecondStarBooks. Hope to see you there! #WritingCommunity #kids #picturebooks #storytime @GreenPb2023 @SteamTeamBooks

@boonewrites Thank you, @boonewrites. You're the best! I appreciate you 🥰

Author @layton_author uses poetry to celebrate light in her new picture book LIGHT SPEAKS. Don't miss this interview with her. #kidlit #picturebook #STEM boonewrites.com/post/six-quest…

@ErinDealey @LucianaIllustra @GreenPb2023 @EastWestLit @tilburyhouse Thank you, @ErinDealey. Happy #summer! 🌈🌻🌞

Beautiful, @LucianaIllustra! What a perfect post for #SummerSolstice I absolutely LOVE this book, LIGHT SPEAKS by you and @layton_author. @GreenPb2023 @EastWestLit @tilburyhouse

@JStremer @JrLibraryGuild @gordyjwright @smorgridge @HolidayHouseBks Congratulations!!!

Never could I have imagined my debut having this beautiful gold sticker on the cover. Thank you @JrLibraryGuild for including GREAT CARRIER REEF as a JLG Gold Standard Selection! @gordyjwright @smorgridge @HolidayHouseBks #JLGSelection #kidlit #nf #pb #kidlitSTEM #oceans #Reefs

Oh my gosh! Thank you, @mstewartscience. You're a ✨shining light!✨

Free #science, #art, and #reading activities for my #elmentary and #middle #teacher friends. No prep, end of year fun- yes! 👇 #prettyPhoto" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">patriciamnewman.com/litlinks-how-t…

@gina_soldano Aw yes!! It was so much fun talking with you, Gina. I owe you a flashlight pen for nighttime writing!😝

Want more author interviews! I've got you covered! Check out my latest Author Spotlight, sharing part of my conversation with Christine Marie Layton the author of Light Speaks! Link below! ginasoldano.com/author-spotlig… #writerscommunity #authors #authorscommunity #kidlit #SCBWI

Thank you @gina_soldano for the opportunity to share my advice for beginning #picturebook #writers 👇 ginasoldano.com/category/autho…

Teachers & nature lovers, make #EarthDay Earth WEEK! Join 8 #kidlit creators launching 9 nature #picturebooks! Trivia, stories behind the books, Q&A, & #giveaways! Virtual event Tues, Apr 25 at 6:30 CT. 👇 redballoonbookshop.com/event/celebrat… @RedBalloonBooks @TilburyHouse @SCBWIRockyMtn

WOOHOO! Thank you so much 🥰

@heathertbl @EastWestLit Aw, yes!

Days 84-87/100 of my #the100dayproject. Some days I feel inspired and some days it is a slog. But I think I will have something to work with by the end. Hope you all have a good day! #kidlitart

@LucianaIllustra @Jessicawhippl17 @PainterNik @tilburyhouse Aw, yes!

@lorimortensen @PatriciaNewman @ErinDealey @scbwi @SCBWINorthCal Fabulous!

@ashayhen @LucianaIllustra @CutDrawGlue @BeamingBooksMN @NaomiJKrueger Fabulous!

To celebrate the paperback edition of SUPERHEROES DON'T BABYSIT coming out in just 3 months, I'm resharing these wonderful blurbs from equally wonderful #kidlit creators! Always grateful for how the #kidlit community shows up! @CutDrawGlue @BeamingBooksMN @NaomiJKrueger