All a-Twitter 2019

Happy 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.

@PianoHazel: @ArchitectJames: You’re everything to me.

Reply from @Aphrodite: Aww, humans!


@HesAKeeper: @LighthouseLady Hello love!

@Victor: @Elizabeth My heart belongs to you.

Reply from @Elizabeth: You can keep your heart — and any other body parts you might have lying around.


@BigBlue: @LittlePink Up, down, over, under, round and round — I'd march anywhere with you.

@NanSparrow: @Char Your friendship keeps me warm.

@ThePrince: @TheDressmaker Any way you dress it up, I <3 you.

@Mom: @LittleStar I love you to the moon(cake) and back!

@Yumi: @Grandma I really want to see you!

@Pekoe: @Olive Here's a stick to say I'm glad we're friends.

@LittleGrayDonkey: @Louie & @Nora Eeee-urp! Awe-honk! (That means, "Thanks for everything!")

@IAmMia: @GraceInSpace My love for you is infinite.

@Bowtied_Bunny: @Lop-eared_Cutie Forget @TheStinkBug. #LoveIsLove

@Merci: @Lolo One thing hasn’t changed: you’ll always be my Valentine.

 

Read character-to-character love notes from previous years. For more Valentine's Day–related fun, see
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Katie Bircher

Here are the answers! Thanks to Elissa, Shoshana, and Cindy for playing Cupid! @PianoHazel: @ArchitectJames: You’re everything to me.

Reply from @Aphrodite: Aww, humans!

Hazel, James, and Aphrodite, Lovely War by Julie Berry @HesAKeeper: @LighthouseLady Hello love! lighthouse keeper to his wife, Hello Lighthouse! by Sophie Blackall @Victor: @Elizabeth My heart belongs to you.

Reply from @Elizabeth: You can keep your heart — and any other body parts you might have lying around.

Victor and Elizabeth, The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White @BigBlue: @LittlePink Up, down, over, under, round and round — I’d march anywhere with you. biggest elephant to littlest elephant, A Parade of Elephants by Kevin Henkes @NanSparrow: @Char Your friendship keeps me warm. Nan Sparrow to Charlie, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier @ThePrince: @TheDressmaker Any way you dress it up, I <3 you. Sebastian to Frances, The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang @Mom: @LittleStar I love you to the moon(cake) and back! Mama to Little Star, A Big Mooncake for Little Star by Grace Lin @Yumi: @Grandma I really want to see you! Yumi to Grandma, I Really Want to See You, Grandma by Taro Gomi @Pekoe: @Olive Here’s a stick to say I’m glad we’re friends. Pekoe to Olive, Olive & Pekoe: In Four Short Walks by Jacky Davis; illus. by Giselle Potter @LittleGrayDonkey: @Louie & @Nora Eeee-urp! Awe-honk! (That means, “Thanks for everything!”) Winslow to Louie and Nora, Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech @IAmMia: @GraceInSpace My love for you is infinite. Mia to Grace, On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden @Bowtied_Bunny: @Lop-eared_Cutie Forget @TheStinkBug. #LoveIsLove Marlon Bundo to Wesley, A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Marlon Bundo with Jill Twiss, illus. by EG Keller @Merci: @Lolo One thing hasn’t changed: you’ll always be my Valentine. Merci to Lolo, Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina And while we picked our #HBsweettweet characters/books based on cute relationship dynamics rather than cover art, we are definitely into this pink-lavender-gold aesthetic! sweet tweet covers

Posted : Feb 14, 2019 07:27


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