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Kirsti Call

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Kirsti Call is the co-host of the Picture Book Look Podcast and hosts the COACHING FOR CREATIVES podcast. She’s a critique ninja for 12×12, a blogger for Writers’ Rumpus, and she’s judged the CYBILS award for fiction picture books since 2015. She’s the author of MOOTILDA’S BAD MOOD (Little Bee), COW SAYS MEOW (HMH) and COLD TURKEY (Little Brown), THE BIG SCREAM and SMARTY ANTS (Capstone, August 2023). Kirstine has an MSW from Boston College and is represented by Charlotte Wenger at Prospect Agency.

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	Cold Turkey by Corey Rosen Schwartz (Goodreads Author), Kirsti Call (Goodreads Author), Chad Otis (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.73 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mootilda's Bad Mood by Corey Rosen Schwartz and Kirsti Call, Kirsti Call (Goodreads Author), Claudia Ranucci (Illustrations) 4.13 avg rating — 290 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cow Says Meow: A Peep-and-See Book by Kirsti Call (Goodreads Author), Brandon James Scott (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 186 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Scream by Kirsti Call (Goodreads Author), Denis Angelov (Illustrations) 3.99 avg rating — 92 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Smarty Ants by Corey Rosen Schwartz (Goodreads Author), Kirsti Call (Goodreads Author), Erin Taylor (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 42 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Raindrop Who Couldn't Fall 4.79 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2013 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“What lies ahead of you & what lies behind you is nothing compared to what lies within you.”
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message 1: by Holly

Apr 01, 2008 05:35PM

Hey Kirsti,

How are you? Hopefully all is well for you and your family. We are all doing great! Are you still in YWs? Anything new and exciting? I look forward to seeing what books you recommend. If I remember right you like to read? Take care.

Holly

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