Leigh Lewis

Shiver Me Timbers... National Geographic is publishing my true tales of female pirates! Huge thanks to my incredible agent @ehardingnyc, and the fearless @ArianeSzuTu for shining a light on these killer women! #PirateQueens #Poetry #MG #ChingShih #AnneBonny #SayyidaalHurra

@KileyAWrites Awesome job, Kiley!

@KileyAWrites @SaritaJeanine @LauersLibrary Yay! Sarah Lauer, please DM me your address and whom I should sign the nameplate to and I’ll get a little Pirate Queens swag bag in the mail pronto! Thanks again, Kiley! You’re the best. ❤️🏴‍☠️👑 BTW, my pirate name is Lash LaLew

@KileyAWrites @SaritaJeanine @KileyAWrites, you're the best! If you send me the info of the winner, I'll send them a signed bookplate and some other pirate goodies!

Hello, #mgbookchat- FANTASTIC topic tonight! I’m the author of Pirate Queens, a NF mg about six incredible women who dared to rule the high seas.

In Westerville/Columbus area and looking for something fun to do w your kids/grandkids? Tomorrow night Mon, 7/11 at 6:30, I’ll tell true tales of pirates, including how they navigated pre-gps. Make a compass! It’s free and fun! #ohiokidlit artscouncilofwesterville.com/calendar/2022/…

@melissa_trempe @ehardingnyc @ArianeSzuTu Thank you, @melissa_trempe! How lucky am I to have such critique partners/friends who toot my horn even when I'm not there to hear it?!? @KileyOrchard

@leighwriting @ehardingnyc @ArianeSzuTu Congratulations! I believe I met your wonderful critique partners at Big Sur Cape Cod and they were advertising your wonderful pirate tales!

Shiver Me Timbers... National Geographic is publishing my true tales of female pirates! Huge thanks to my incredible agent @ehardingnyc, and the fearless @ArianeSzuTu for shining a light on these killer women! #PirateQueens #Poetry #MG #ChingShih #AnneBonny #SayyidaalHurra

@rebeccaefbarone @Nancyroepimm @RebeccaSiegel14 I did read it and love it! It’s on the bookshelf in my office as we speak. Another incredible story of women in history who should have been celebrated all along.

@leighwriting @Nancyroepimm Have you read TO FLY AMONG THE STARS by @RebeccaSiegel14 ? Another story about women pioneers in aviation that should be told more often!

A5. I’m a sucker for women in space or aviation books, and I loved @Nancyroepimm’s book on Jerrie Mock, fits woman to fly solo around the world. Why isn’t she a household name?!?#MGBookChat

@Nancyroepimm Very cool!

@leighwriting Thanks for recommending my book, The Jerrie Mock Story, @leighwriting. Jerrie had quite a story to tell and in September she will be enshrined in The National Aviation Hall of Fame. Way overdue, but I’m thrilled this brave trailblazer is finally getting the recognition!

@snockowitz @22Debuts @renarossner How exciting, Stacy! I can’t wait to read it!

The awesome reviews are starting to come in for THE PRINCE OF STEEL PIER!🤩 Thank you, YA Books Central! yabookscentral.com/the-prince-of-… #mglit #kidlit @22Debuts #22debuts @renarossner

@RosanneParry @GotmTeaches My kids LOVED these books.

A1: It feels like NF is finally getting proper credit and interesting formats to pull in a breadth of readers. For instance, Passport by Sophia Glock. Graphic memoirs? Yes, please!!! #MGBookChat

@doucette515 100%! And the knowledgeable staff who works at museums!

@RosanneParry @greystonebooks It IS cool! I’ll definitely check this out.

@RosanneParry Agreed! It also seems like back matter often contains the bits that get talked about by kids to other kids

Q3: one of the most amazing resources for kids (and adults) lucky enough to live in a city/country that has it, is the Human Library. Talk with real people about their life experiences. Amazing cool and interesting. humanlibrary.org/the-human-libr… #MGBookChat

@GotmTeaches Me, too! Me, too!

@leighwriting I have loved the graphic novel + novel in verse memoirs I've read recently and the reality is, they are usually more engaging than a typical NF style memoir. #MGBookChat

A2: Nonfiction broadens kids’ worlds. It takes them out of a bubble and shines a light on little known places, things and people. It can make them want to reach for more. #MGBookChat

@SawyersShari Yay, yay, yay for all the librarians and teachers out there!

Hi #MGBookChat! I’m Shari, a K-5 librarian in Texas, in my last week of school before SUMMER! ☀️

Hi, everyone! I’m Leigh, author of Pirate Queens, the true tales of six female swashbucklers, released by @NGKids on 1/11/22. How thrilling that we are talking #NF! #mgbookchat #22debuts amazon.com/Pirate-Queens-…