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Amy Cherrix Author @acherrix

I write books for young readers: GOOD NIGHT, LITTLE BOOKSTORE, ANIMAL ARCHITECTS, IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON, and more. 🚀😷 IG: amycherrix

Joined January 2009
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Thanks so much for sharing, @jess_a_roux, and for helping keep Asheville's wild bears, WILD! #bearwise
Jess Freeman@Jess_a_Roux
9 Dec 2024
Curious about animals living in urban environments? Check out @acherrix's Backyard Bears: Conservation, Habitat Changes, & the Rise of Urban Wildlife For fans of: - Bear-y fascination non-fiction - North Carolina & Blue Ridge Mountains - Adorable bears - Conservation #amreading
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Friends, I started a YouTube channel. Cozy author vlogs, writing tips, and content for kid lit creators of all disciplines. Hope to see you there! youtu.be/MW17sTu3klw

COZY DAY IN MY LIFE AS A CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHOR

🍄 Welcome to a slow, extra cozy day in my life as a traditionally p...

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Delighted to finally share that I'm working on my first non-fiction picture book about dinosaurs (and other prehistoric animals). THE UNITED STATES OF DINOSAURS roars onto shelves with @odddotbooks in Fall 2026!🦖🦕🦣🐅
PWKidsBookshelf is now on Bluesky
@PWKidsBookshelf
8 Aug 2024
New projects coming from @taylortyng, @acherrix, @authorgabrielag more bit.ly/3YSvUUr
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Virus Hunters is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. Thank you @JrLibraryGuild for this esteemed honor! Virus Hunters publishes on 9/10/24 and is available now for pre-order, wherever books are sold. #Virushunters #middlegradenonfiction #science
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Excited to listen to what @PaulaYoo has to say on the #ReadersHeart podcast!
Paula Yoo 유보라@PaulaYoo
8 Jul 2024
Thank you @jenniferlagarde for today’s #TheReadersHeart podcast recording! Stay tuned for our air date! #TeamRedSpecs 👓😎🎙️📚❤️
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PWKidsBookshelf is now on Bluesky
@PWKidsBookshelf
13 Jun 2024
★ Amy Cherrix’s (@acherrix) “highly educational” middle grade nonfiction work VIRUS HUNTERS: HOW SCIENCE PROTECTS PEOPLE WHEN OUTBREAKS AND PANDEMICS STRIKE “reads like a gripping and timely whodunit” buff.ly/3yStES7
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Don't miss @PaulaYoo at #ALAac24!
Paula Yoo 유보라@PaulaYoo
11 Jun 2024
June 29, 2024: RISING FROM THE ASHES 1992 #LAUprising #Saigu 🔥 FROM A WHISPER TO A RALLYING CRY #VincentChin ✊📚Join Yoo @ALA_Booklist #ALAac24 #YA #nonfiction panel & signings! 9 Starred Reviews for my books!⭐️⭐️KIRKUS⭐️⭐️PW⭐️⭐️HORNBOOK⭐️BCCB⭐️BOOKLIST⭐️SLJ 2x #JLGGoldStandard
Poster featuring book author photo of Paula Yoo and cover of her new book entitled RISING FROM THE ASHES plus date & info on her panels and book signings at the ALA Conference in San Diego

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Paula Yoo 유보라@PaulaYoo
10 Jun 2024
VIRUS HUNTERS 🔬📚Congrats @acherrix @PublishersWkly ⭐️review of her new @HarperCollins #nonfiction #MG book! Yoo read it: this is the first of many stars. Exhaustive & impeccable research w/live interviews. New insights. Propulsive, powerful, engaging writing for young readers!
Amy Cherrix Author@acherrix
10 Jun 2024
Thank you, @PublishersWkly! Honored by this praise!
Against a black background, is the cover of the book, Virus Hunters: How Science Protects People When Outbreaks and Pandemics Strike.

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Thank you, @PublishersWkly! Honored by this praise!
Against a black background, is the cover of the book, Virus Hunters: How Science Protects People When Outbreaks and Pandemics Strike.

ALT Against a black background, is the cover of the book, Virus Hunters: How Science Protects People When Outbreaks and Pandemics Strike.

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Forum Books the bound The Accidental Bookshop@ForumBooks
8 Jun 2024
Read this to the books at closing time … night books x @acherrix @EBGoodale 1 week til #IndependentBookshopWeek 🫶
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Walker Picture Books@walkerpicbooks
28 Feb 2024
Thank you to all the bookshops out there 🙏 GOOD NIGHT LITTLE BOOKSHOP is an ode to all that you do, and for all the joy you bring to booklovers. “This gorgeous bedtime story celebrates diversity, independent bookshops and reading." @KidsBooksIrel @acherrix @EBGoodale
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Jill Bennett@JillBennett18
20 Jun 2023
A lovely bedtime rhyme with a difference #GoodnightLittleBookshop @acherrix @EBGoodale @BigPictureBooks is reviewed now on #RedReadingHub blog wp.me/p11DI5-b7Y
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Mission accomplished. Future bookseller achievement unlocked!
Sarah Tyson@BooksUpNorth
18 Jun 2023
Goodnight Little Bookshop by @acherrix @EBGoodale "I’m going to have a bookshop when I grow up then I can read all the books and make towers and play games but I won’t sleep there!" Ibrahim, aged 3 booksupnorth.com/kids-book-r… @BIGPictureBooks @bookshop_org_UK #IndieBookshopWeek
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Mass Center for the Book@MassBook
14 Jun 2023
#goodnightlittlebookstore @Candlewick by @acherrix & illus. by @EBGoodale is a #massachusettsbookawards MUST READ in #picturebooks! An homage to the #indiebookstore. See ow.ly/6rRj50OI7CU #bookstagram#CenterForTheBook @MassLibAssoc @mblclibraries @NEIBAbooks @sharonshaloo
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Louise M. Aamodt@LouiseMAamodt
15 May 2023
I don’t read much fictional #KidLit, but here are four I especially enjoyed: @viviennechxng @acherrix #PictureBooks #AmReading
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Kirsten W. Larson --NOT ACTIVE HERE@KirstenWLarson
20 Apr 2023
What makes a killer nonfiction concept? It's all in the logline. Let's pick them apart using Blake Snyder's SAVE THE CAT. A post w/ ex. from THE FIRE OF STARS and ANIMAL ARCHITECTS by @acherrix. @kroystudio @chroniclekids kirsten-w-larson.com/2023/04…

Killer concepts: the logline test - Kirsten W. Larson

I've been thinking a lot lately about what makes a nonfiction idea (or any book idea) "book worthy." What makes an idea jump out from the lists of possibilities in my writer's notebook and demand to...

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So honored! Thank you Mass Center for the Book!
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Erin Dealey ☮️ 🌎 also on Insta & 🦋@ErinDealey
2 Mar 2023
2 more wonderful #rhyming #PictureBooks for #ReadAcrossAmericaDay #ReadAcrossAmerica2023 #InseadOfSeuss 1 ZANY ZOO @LoriDegman & Colin Jack @SimonKIDS GOODNIGHT LITTLE BOOKSTORE @acherrix & E.B.Goodale @Candlewick Cheers to all the Indies out there! @faceinbooks @CalibaBooks
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Honored to be included in this round up. Thank you!
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Also, hello Terrence!
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LIBRES Books@BooksLibres
17 Jan 2023
Great addition to the existing series by @acherrix Eye of the Storm: Nasa, Drones, and the Race to Cr... libresbooksmi.blogspot.com/2… Reviewed by @DebraGantz1 @HarperCollinsCh
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