Summer is here and it's the perfect time to kick back, relax, and dive into all the fabulous kid-lit poetry, stories & artwork that Little Thoughts Press has featured over the years!
Join us for our Summer Reading Spectacular!
Peruse past issues of the magazine (available for purchase in print, or to download for free) to complete one of our Summer Reading Bingo cards & you'll win stickers, bookmarks & a special poem written by one of our fantastic former contributors!
Participation is free* & all participants will receive a discount code** to take 50% off copies of any of our past issues (while supplies last) & will be entered in a drawing to win a free copy of our upcoming issue GO WILD!, which will be published later this year.
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We our immensely grateful to all of our readers and supporters!
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Jay Brazeau
Jay Brazeau is a Canadian poet who resides in Ottawa but lives on the outer edge of imagination—a world where cats dig houndstooth jackets, chickens sell eggs and a pigeon’s pockets are packed with popcorn. His poems have appeared in numerous print and online magazines, anthologies and in the public art project, What You’d Never Expect a Bear to Wear (and Other Ironic Outfits). You can follow him on Instagram @theotherjaybrazeau.
Participating Poets
Carole Bromley
Carole Bromley lives in York, UK and has lots of poems in magazines in the UK and the US, as well as a collection for children, Blast Off! from Smith Doorstop Books. You will also find her poems in anthologies such as Gods and Monsters, from MacMillan, and A Whale of a Time, from Nosy Crow.
Brian U. Garrison
When Brian U. Garrison is not writing limericks, you can find him in Portland, Oregon, wishing he were writing limericks. When he is writing limericks, don’t bother him, okay? Sheesh. More online at www.bugthewriter.com.
Brenna Jeanneret
Brenna Jeanneret is a neurodiverse kid-lit creator and kid at heart. Her debut picture book, The Law of Birthdays, was published in May 2024 with Cardinal Rule Press. She is the co-host of the kid-lit podcast You May Contribute A Verse and is a member of SCBWI. When she's not writing, you can find her rock climbing or road-tripping with her husband and son in their VW van.
You can request The Law of Birthdays from your library or order it here.
And you find all the episodes of Brenna's kid-lit podcast, You May Contribute A Verse, here.
Helen Kemp Zax
Helen Kemp Zax loves to write poetry, especially rhyming poems. Abrams Appleseed will publish two of her To-Do List rhyming, metered picture books in 2025. She is co-winner of the 2021 YorkMix International Children’s Poetry Prize, 2018 MG Katherine Paterson Prize winner, and 2019 Finalist. Her poetry appears in anthologies including the Oxford University Press anthology The Sea’s Song, and in magazines including Cricket, High Five, The Caterpillar, and The Dirigible Balloon. Helen lives in Washington, DC with her husband and her Aussiedoodle, Huckleberry Finn.
Hazel Knox
Hazel Knox is a children’s author, poet and occupational therapist. She was a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Awardee in 2021. Her debut chapter book, The Night Pixie, is out in September 2024 with HB Publishing House. Find out more at hazelknox.com.
Bri Lawyer
Bri Lawyer is a former third-grade teacher with her Master's Degree in education. She has poems published in The Dirigible Balloon, The Toy, and Little Thoughts Press magazines. She has won numerous writing contests in the writing community. Watching her children giggle during story time unleashed her passion for writing humorous picture books. When she's not writing, she can be found on a volleyball court, reading, playing board games, getting lost driving somewhere she’s driven a million times, dreaming about where to vacation next, or spending time with her husband and two littles.
Lauri Meyers
Lauri C. Meyers writes in a little nook under the eaves of her New Jersey home. Her poems have been published in Little Thoughts Press, Highlights Hive Five, Paperbound, The Dirigible Balloon, and others. She finds her inspiration spending time with her two teenagers, frisky shih tzu, and backyard menagerie. You can find her at www.laurimeyers.com or @laurimeyers.
Deborah Reidy
Deb is a former elementary teacher from Indiana, USA. In the classroom, she enjoyed sharing the wonders of poetry with her students as she helped them write their own poems. Today, she has the good fortune to be a poet herself. Her work has been published in Cricket and Highlights, The Dirigible Balloon, The Toy, Little Thoughts Press, and the poetry anthologies What is Hope? and Hop to It. Deb is also the author of two educational resource books.
Lisa Roullard
Lisa Roullard resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she enjoys a view of the Wasatch Mountains on her neighborhood walks. Her poems for children can be found in The Dirigible Balloon, Little Thoughts Press, The Toy, and Parakeet.
Jonathan Sellars
Jonathan is a poet and author who lives in London. His poems have been published in magazines around the world and he has a published picture book called Polly Plum: Brave Adventurer. Some of his poems and the details of his life growing up on Saturn can be found on his website at www.jonathansellars.co.uk.
Jennifer Thomas
Jennifer is a Canadian poet. Her children’s poetry has been published in Little Thoughts Press, The Dirigible Balloon, Tyger Tyger, Paddler Press and The Toy. Jennifer comes up with her best ideas for poems while she’s walking her dog, and as a result her dog gets lots of walks. This makes her dog very happy. Visit her online at www.jenniferthomaswords.com.
