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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · 6d

Hi Sona,
Are you still looking for authors for this? If so I’d love to learn more! Thx!

Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · 6d

Fantastic!! Can’t wait to read

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6d

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction begins Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction is to begin Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.

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Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social · 20d

Trying to catch an agent's eye? Land a publishing deal? Connect more deeply with your readers? Mastering the use of symbolism can help level up your writing! #kidlit

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Middle Grade Authorcade @mgauthorcade.bsky.social · 9d

Who's ready for an opportunity so good it's 👻scary? 👻
#teachersky and #librarians!
What: FREE virtual class visit with 3 middle grade authors!!
How: Follow & repost to enter
When: Ends Wed 10/8
Where: US/CAN
🎃Good luck!🎃

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21d

Pritzker: "One of the reasons Trump wants to send troops into cities is bc he wants to be able to take control of the 2026 elections...if they've got troops in cities, & it becomes a kind of norm for people, then it won't be abnormal for them when they're going to vote having troops at ballot boxes"

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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · 27d

I’m a big jammer and keep meaning to learn how to make marmalade. LMK if you have any recipes or marmaladian insights

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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · Sep 4

Librarians at Pleasure Ridge Park High said it appears more students are reading books this year, even during down time.

JCPS officials say more library books being checked out after cellphone ban

Librarians at Pleasure Ridge Park High School said more students are reading books, even during down time.

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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Skull by Jon Klassen- somewhere btw PB and chapter book

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Middle Grade Authorcade @mgauthorcade.bsky.social · Aug 19

Happy release day to WHERE ONLY STORMS GROW! This historical novel set in the 1930s dust-bowl era is perfect for fans of the I Survived series and would make a great addition to any home or classroom library. Congratulations, @alyssacolman.bsky.social!

Author Alyssa Colman, a woman with blue eyes and blond hair, holds a copy of her middle grade novel Where Only Storms Grow. The book cover features two children from the 1930s bracing against a dust storm, with green trees in the background.

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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · Aug 22

15 MG Books!!! And they could allll be yours!
Enter by August 24 to get your chance(s) at this amazing #mglit library for your classroom or library full of book by #mgauthorcade authors

Middle Grade Authorcade @mgauthorcade.bsky.social · Aug 21

Reminder: Celebrate back-to-school with Middle Grade Authorcade! You could win 15 fabulous books for your school or classroom library, including 2 just hitting shelves this month!
Ends Aug. 24, US only. Enter here:
app.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display...

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Melissa Roske @melissaroske.bsky.social · Aug 18

Don't miss my interview with MG author @melissadassori.bsky.social on today's @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social blog! Melissa's latest #middlegrade novel, GRETA EVER AFTER releases tomorrow, August 19, from @littlebrownyr.bsky.social. #kidlit fromthemixedupfiles.com/interview-wi...

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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · Aug 17

Did we say GIVEAWAY??!
Yes, we did
And we also said 15 BOOKS! One from each @mgauthorcade.bsky.social author!
Run, don’t walk to sign up for our newsletter- link 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

#mgfiction #kidlit #mggiveaway

Middle Grade Authorcade @mgauthorcade.bsky.social · Aug 17

15 BOOK GIVEAWAY for teacher & librarian friends!
Celebrate back-to-school with Middle Grade Authorcade! You could win 15 books for your library, including 2 out this month! Enter here: app.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display... by subscribing to our newsletter. Boost for extra entries!
US only. Ends 8/24

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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · Aug 13

Greta Ever After is a fantastic book made even richer by the illos!
What a great way to reach readers❤️

Amanda MacGregor @amandamacgregor.bsky.social · Aug 13

Illustrated Middle Grade: A Conversation with Jenny Kimura and Melissa Dassori About Enlivening Novels with Art

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Illustrated Middle Grade: A Conversation with Jenny Kimura and Melissa Dassori About Enlivening Novels with Art

As a writer, it’s been fascinating to watch the publishing team and artists add a visual layer to these books. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how and why they do it.

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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · Aug 5

I just saw that on the email! Congratulations!!!

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Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 @lizzielizliz.bsky.social · Jul 28

Want to hear the speech that Isaiah Martin gave that shook republicans enough to arrest him?

Texas Republicans are pushing to redraw the state’s maps after pressure from the Trump administration.

Speaking the truth is powerful!!

Republicans can’t handle the TRUTH!!

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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · Jul 27

When I wrote THE VERDIGRIS PAWN I was thinking the part where people are made to surrender their children into service for the rich was pure fantasy

Alas…

Raw Story @rawstory.com · Jul 27

Fox News host Charlie Hurt argued that President Donald Trump's administration should bring back child labor to replace undocumented immigrants.

'Allow children to do it': Fox News host calls to replace immigrants with child labor

Fox News host Charlie Hurt argued that President Donald Trump's administration should bring back child labor to replace undocumented immigrants.Following a visit to a blueberry farm over the weekend, Hurt argued with Fox News hosts Rachel Campos-Duffy and Charlie Kirk about whether or not the govern...

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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · Jul 23

File this under 2 Birds

I saw someone suggest on another platform that Stephen Colbert shld move to PBS- you can get Passport streaming service for as little as $5/month
Get the Daily Show to move too and PBS’s funding hole might just get plugged

What do you think @colbertlateshow.bsky.social ?

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · Jul 19

My eight-year-old fell asleep on the subway today despite the incessant murders and assaults that Sean Duffy experiences.

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · Jul 18

A story about Stephen Colbert I’ve never shared before. Years ago I was hospitalized for a month. One of toughest things I ever had to
do. Confined, monitored, my health a mystery with no solution, cycling through roommates & their families who needed miracles, or would go off to surgery & vanish…

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · Jul 18

Stephen Colbert doesn’t need CBS anyway. Wherever he ends up, people are going to watch him even harder now. All CBS did was solidify the fact that they’ll be know until the end of time as just another spineless corporation that couldn’t do the right thing.

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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · Jul 18

I mean, she’s right! 😂
Hello Development folks!
#movierights

Christiana Doucette @doucette515.bsky.social · Jul 16

#KidLitChat @alysawishingrad.bsky.social's Verdigris Pawn, or her Between Monsters and Marvels would be so good. Really pertinent themes. Verdigris Pawn I can see live action, and Between Monsters & Marvels created similar to The Wild Robot (but maybe a series?)

kidlitchat @kidlitchat.bsky.social · Jul 16

TOPIC: What are some recent #kidlit books you think should get the full on movie treatment (from #picturebooks to #ya)? Which recent book-to-film adaptations have you loved? Do you 'cast' your work when you're creating it? And... heck... let's have some popcorn and have us a #kidlitchat!

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Alysa Wishingrad @alysawishingrad.bsky.social · Jul 18

Oh my gosh, Christiana! From your lips to an EPs ears! ❤️❤️❤️

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