Abbie James

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#Kidlit Writer: PB, MG, YA. #SCBWI. Poetry. Youth Services at a Public Library. Licensed Behavior Specialist. Wife & Mom. Gardener/Hiker/Birder. Environmentalist. No AI. She/her abbiewernerjames.com

photo of dark brown paperstone table with with zucchini, cucumber, yellow squash, and five orange cherry tomatoes in front; small vase with purple coneflowers, black-eyed Susans, mint, and few small blue flowers that I forget the name of behind the produce; log wood wall and window looking out into trees behind table

cover of HOLLOWAY shows a woman looking through the first O in the title; the title is split so that HOL are on top, LOW is in the middle, and AY is at the bottom, all large in bright white; there are pink highlights and trees and the Eiffel Tower in the background; photo taken of book in my hand in front of turquoise, pink, and green pillows and blanket

three yellow lilies; darker yellow black-eyed Susans in the back right; yellow and orange coreopsis in the back left

cover of THE WEEDY GARDEN shows a child riding away on a bike in the center with a yellow path underneath and lots of green plants and colorful flowers on either side

tree trunk with white rectangle shaped mark painted on it to indicate the path of the Appalachian Trail; the tree trunk has hundreds of off-white mushrooms growing on it surrounding the white mark; green leaves in background; rocks on trail to lower left

faded mauve-colored red raspberry slime mold on the end of a piece of wood

photo of end of piece of dark brown wood has about a dozen bright red blobs in a circular pattern; there is a slug in the upper left; there is moss in the upper right; there are dried roots in the middle right; there are two tiny snails middle right

cover of THE LEGEND OF THE LAST LIBRARY shows two mechanical dogs in the foreground and shelves with books in the background; title is on a large book in the middle; main character is above book; three teens and a dog are below the book

photo of the end of a log; the lower left end has mushrooms in a curved shape; another log and sticks in the background; a few leaves in lower left

upper left: blue chicory flowers; upper right: pink zinnia with spider; lower left: light yellow zinnia; lower middle: fleabane, burgundy lilies, and black-eyed Susans; lower right: black-eyed Susans looking up with blue sky in background

a wooden window looking out at the tree trunk; to the left, railing, a lantern hanging from the roof, and green trees in the distance; photo taken at Longwood Gardens in one of their treehouses

cover of THE SECOND LIFE OF SNAP shows a robot holding up a girl; they are surrounded by scrap/trash; the sky is full of green clouds; photo is of book in my hand in front of wooden shelf, white wall, green stool, and green and brown rug

cover of HOW TO SURVIVE THE END OF THE WORLD has a grid of nine rectangles, each with a cartoon-style illustration in bold colors depicting different dystopian-looking scenes or threats; photo taken with book in my hand with window and blurry green to the right

water lilies in a pond; the water is almost black; about 25 lily pad leaves are both lime green and green with purple blotches; one pink flower blooms towards the center; photo taken at Longwood Gardens

two green bald cypress spherical seed cones with green needles and small branches around them

area of white flowers with yellow centers up close in focus and blurry in the distance

many small yellow jade gem lettuce flowers with green stalks below and some seed heads; two pollinating insects

cover of FRUITCAKE is mostly purple and shows a middle school aged boy wearing a yellow shirt with four middle schoolers behind him; book is in my hand with teal, yellow, and green pillows behind it

mound of dirt in foreground at base of potato plant; green plants behind dirt mound; blurry trees and sky in background

landscape with green grass in the foreground; tan field extending to a tree line; trees are silhouettes; orange and yellow towards the center where sun is setting; pink, purple, and blue clouds in top half

five magenta bee balm flowers with a bee coming in for a landing on one flower center left

photo looking up at about 12 sunflower heads blooming from about 3 stalks; blue sky in the background; sun shining behind some blooms and across some leaves; this photo taken in August several years ago

photo taken at base of catalpa tree looking up at trunk and green leaves; sun shining lower left; light blue sky upper right

cover of KESTREL TAKES FLIGHT shows a girl with outstretched arms standing on a grassy hill, and the shadow behind her looks like bird wings; there is a dog beside her; they are both facing a large valley with mountains and blue sky in the distance; photo taken of book in my hand with a field, trees, and blue sky with purple clouds in the distance

cover of COMING OUT PERFECT shows a teen boy in front right with hands on hips and another teen boy in the back left straightening his tie; other teens in shades of blue stand behind them; photo is of book in my hand in front of light green wall

light orange jewelweed flower with tiny reddish spots inside; leaves surround; blurry woods and sunlight in background

black raspberry clusters ripe and not ripe with leaves surrounding and blue sky in background

cover of MABEL MULLIGAN shows a girl sitting on the limb of a tree writing in a notebook with two stuffed animals beside her; cover background is light green; photo is of book in my hand with trees in the background

two open yellow evening primrose flowers with several unopened on the stalk; blurry green grass below

cover of THE CHISMOSAS ONLY BOOK CLUB is purple with four female teens each with books and things they like around them; photo is of book in my hand with sunny boat railing, ocean, and blue sky in the background

landscape photo of beach; top half: blue sky; middle: darker blue ocean; diagonal line where white waves meet tan sand in lower right

cover of GOLDFINCHES shows one yellow goldfinch close up and one in the distance; many plants and flowers bloom in the lower left; the cover background is bright pink; book is in my hand in front of light blue wall

trunk of black walnut tree in the middle of the photo with various other trees and blue sky behind it; in the foreground, sun shining on area of mostly smartweed

cover of ROCK AND ROLL shows a gray rock on the left and a brown dinner roll on the right; both have arms, eyes and a mouth; photo is taken of the book in my hand in front of a light blue wall

landscape photo of beach; sand on foreground, then white waves, then gray ocean across the middle, then light blue sky, then darker blue sky with white clouds across the top; one Laughing Gull in lower left; mostly submerged jetty at left

a light orange carrot I picked that grew from seed last spring and overwintered in my garden; carrot has lots of thin hairy roots and some thicker ragged roots; top is green; photo taken of carrot lying on top of a cement and rock wall with blurry leaves below

cover of BOOKS GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU shows a woman sitting on top of a pile of colorful books at a typewriter with a dog on her lap; letters float through the air; there are illustrations of items from books Ursula Nordstrom edited on the cover as well, such as a spider in a web in the upper right and a giant carrot in the lower right; photo taken of book in my hand in front of light blue wall

young sassafras tree photo taken from above with sun shining on leaves; leaves are mostly the three-lobed variety; blurry brown ground below; when clearing away invasive bush honeysuckle and bittersweet vines, I found at least ten baby sassafras trees underneath. I know there are a couple of varieties not native to North America. Hoping these are they natives.

a bright pink peony with yellow in the center; photo taken in the sun; green leaves from other plants behind it

cover of PUFFINS shows one puffin up close in the lower right with lots and lots of puffins in the background on rocks and water; title is large and in bright orange puffy letters; photo is of book in my hand in front of light blue wall

porthole window looking out from inside the Cape May Lighthouse; window is circular; surrounding wall is white; blurry view from window is divided into four sections: light blue sky with white clouds at the top, darker blue ocean below that, a strip of tan beach, then green dune plants at the bottom

cover of CHERNOBYL, LIFE, AND OTHER DISASTERS shows the top half a girl's head in the bottom front with a window looking out at the city behind her on the left and the book title on an artist's easel on the right; photo taken with book in my hand in front of light green carved wood and white wall

about 15 spleenwort fern fronds (asplenium platyneuron, I think) with brown leaf matter below them and other plants in the background in area where sun is peeking through trees

cover of THE OCEAN'S HEART shows zooplankton of various forms with a dark background of deep ocean; photo taken with book in my hand in front of light blue wall

cover of FOUND SOUND shows the title in large yellow bold font surrounded by white sound waves with aerial view of a town in shades of green with stores and roads and an ice cream truck; photo is taken with book in my hand in front of white wall and plant

photo taken in my garden in June two years ago of a bumblebee coming in for a landing on magenta-colored bee balm (not sure the variety); about five flowers; green leaves surrounding

a large carpenter bee on a cluster of black raspberry flowers; two other clusters below; green leaves in the sunshine surround; a couple goldenrod stalks in the upper right

bottom of tree trunk around large boulder; roots in front; moss growing on left side of tree trunk; ferns and fallen tree to the right; forest in background; photo taken at Cook Forest State Park

photo taken of one of the first red strawberries I picked this year; berry between my thumb and pointer finger, looking up at blue sky; a few clouds and tops of green trees blurry in the background

photo of three light pink fleabane flowers with yellow centers in sunshine; many fleabane and green leaves blurry in the background; there is some kind of hoverfly (I think?) on one flower and the tiniest bit of spiderweb at the upper right on some flowers that have not yet opened

photo of screen with nine of Gideon Sterer's book covers on it; Gideon stands beside the screen talking near podium; backs of several women's heads in audience to the lower right of photo

photo of my small pond with small solar fountain creating ripples; grass on banks and trees on all sides; blue sky with a few white clouds at the top and reflected in the pond

photo taken at base of trunk looking up at black walnut tree; blue sky above

red bud tree flower growing out of the trunk; textured bark covering most of photo; blue sky and blurry trees and grass in the background

a young tree trunk with about six vertical lines of woodpecker holes and about seven horizontal lines of woodpecker holes; these lines are not quite lined up in a perfect grid, but they're kind of close!; blurry trees, leaves, and blue sky in the background

photo taken looking up at several 30ish-yr-old maple trees with morning sun shining across the upper leaves and the lower leaves still in shadow; light blue sky through a few openings between leaves

cover of A KID LIKE ME shows a boy sitting at a picnic table; orange backpack on the ground to the left; his left shoe is falling apart; mobile home in the background; sky is blue at the top and fades to yellow and then into the green grass at the bottom; photo is taken with book in my hand in front of light blue wall

shagbark hickory tree branch with several pink bud scales and new leaves in the sunshine with blurry large tree trunk and woods and patches of blue sky in the background

cover of WILDERNESS HACKS shows two people in a raft on a winding river; the title is made out of tree trunks lining the river; tree tops are mostly various shades of green; author's name is on a blue sign; photo is taken with book in my hand over a wooden surface with a marigold plant in a pot to the right

photo looking up at branch of young shagbark hickory tree with pink bud scales peeling back from where young leaves grow out; bud scales resemble a flower (they really do!) but are modified leaves that protect new leaves and then drop (so neat!); other trees and leaves blurry in the background; gray sky