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Little Thoughts Press
May 28, 2025
Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure is here!
Purchase a print copy or download a PDF of the issue for free/a price of your choosing.
cover art by Rachael Taylor
Ten issues of Little Thoughts Press! I can’t believe it. It has been such a joy to see this magazine grow over the last three-and-a-half years. I am so thankful to all of our contributors, readers, subscribers, and especially to Rachael Taylor for her incredible cover art, and Carrie Karnes-Fannin for her editorial support. This issue will be Carrie’s last with Little Thoughts Press as she moves on to focus on her own writing projects and family life. I’m wishing Carrie endless success in her writing career—she deserves it!
As we head toward the 4th anniversary of our first issue, I am hoping to grow the Little Thoughts Press team. Are you interested in seeing behind the scenes of the submissions process, reading lots of wonderful kid-lit writing, and helping to support fellow kid-lit creatives? Consider joining us as a Submissions Reader! Are you an artist or illustrator looking to grow your portfolio, explore different themes, and help highlight kid-lit poets and storytellers? Consider joining our illustrator crew to help provide 3-5 spot illustrations per issue!
Both Submissions Readers and Illustrators will receive a small payment per issue as well as a free copy of each issue they work on. We ask for a commitment of at least two issues (starting this fall with Issue 12). If you’re interested in joining our team, you can learn more and submit a form for consideration here.
Are you a teacher or know a teacher who could use some help funding classroom projects, book lists or supplies?
We at Little Thoughts Press would like to further our mission to support literacy and education by dedicating a portion of our sales from our issues directly to classroom funding. Moving forward, for each issue, we will randomly select a teacher to support and donate $1 from every sale of the issue to help fund that teacher's classroom. If you are a teacher, or you would like to recommend a teacher to add to our list, please complete this form. We ask that the teacher have a Donor’s Choose, GoFundMe or similar donation request site that we can send our donation through.
Submissions are open for Issue 11: Stirring Words!
With guest editor, Jennifer Thomas
Join us for an exploration into the wonderful world of words!
Share with us the words that stir you—the words that inspire your dreams, put a lump in your throat, or make you snort with laughter. If you happen to know your dog's or your lamp's or your toenail's favorite word, why not stir it into a story? Does your family use a beautiful word or expression from another language that doesn't have an equivalent in English? Help it bloom in a poem.
Bring us stories that stem from intriguing idioms, poems showcasing surprising definitions and humorous homophones. We are looking for writing that celebrates the way words sing and soar and that introduces out-of-the-ordinary words to today's generation of young readers. Bring us electrifying and affecting words, words with multiple meanings, words that leave you marveling at the majesty of language.
Stir up some ideas from the list of words and expressions below, or choose your own sparkling, spectacular, silly, stirring words.
We are also looking for artwork that brings the world of words to life. Please include a note with your artwork submission that explains the word or expression you are depicting and offers a definition of your chosen word when appropriate.
Jennifer Thomas is a Canadian poet and professional medical editor. Her children’s poetry has been published in Little Thoughts Press, The Dirigible Balloon, Tyger Tyger, Paddler Press, and The Toy, and she was a semi-finalist in the 2024 Madness! Poetry children's poetry tournament. She has been interviewed by Little Thoughts Press and has been a guest poet on Brian Moses's blog. She's a card-carrying word nerd — the kind of person who enjoys reading centuries-old dictionaries in her spare time. Visit her at jenniferthomaswords.com.
Need some inspiration? Jennifer has generously provided a list of words and expressions to help spark your imagination for this issue. You can find them all at the bottom of our theme description on our website.
And for artistic inspiration, here are a few words that came to mind for Jennifer when she revisited artwork from a few of our past issues.
from Issue 6: Fantastical Fall
noctilucent: glowing at night
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from Issue 3: Hit the Road
beamish: shining with optimism
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from Issue 9: Go Wild!
panache: flamboyant confidence
Book Recommendations
Looking to add to your summer reading list? Here are some recent favorites in our house.
My 8-year-old absolutely devoured A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga.
My toddler asks for repeat readings of Honk! Splat! Vroom! by Barry Gott.
And I can’t get enough of the illustrations in Brendan Wenzel’s Two Together and Inside Cat.
Find links to all of our past issues, available in print or to download for free, here. If you missed our interviews with Go Wild! contributors Christiana Doucette and Sarah Atherton, be sure to check those out now, as well as some bonus Go Wild! features from young artists.
Thank you for reading and supporting Little Thoughts Press!
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