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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 9d

Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹

This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨

Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌
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No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko

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Lori Tecler @loritecler.bsky.social · 8d

The Deltas are back for a new challenge in Lindsay Currie's THE HOUSE WITH NO KEYS, testing their individual strengths & their friendship. Tension & high stakes of the escape room setting paired w/the enduring friendship of the Deltas makes this sequel another winner. #MGLit
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Cover of THE HOUSE WITH NO KEYS by Lindsay Currie

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12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 18d

🍁✨ Happy first day of fall! ✨🍁

It’s the perfect season to curl up with a picture book. 📚💛

12 x 12 has gathered a list of fall favorites from our members—full of autumn magic, family traditions, and cozy reads. 🍂

Explore here: buff.ly/tRB1MQ8

#kidlit #12x12PB

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 18d

This Sunday, me and my pal @valeriebolling.bsky.social will be reading our *brand new* picture books at Barrett Bookstore in Darien, CT! This is an all ages event - readers and writers of all ages are welcome! See you Sunday afternoon!⁠
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#booksky #kidlit #skybrarian #edusky

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 19d

Come one, come all! This Saturday from 10am-4pm, join me and nearly 200 other children's book creators in Chappaqua, NY for the Chappaqua Children's Book Festival! One of the best days of the entire year!⁠
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Festival art by @coilyandcute.bsky.social
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#kidlit #booktok #authorlife #booksfestival

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Lori Tecler @loritecler.bsky.social · 26d

I tried this with my school’s 4th graders this year. So fun!

Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social · 27d

SLLN Podcast Ep 55: @amybrownlee93.bsky.social on having students map the library - fun & functional orientation!

Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here: sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/55-active-le...

#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarian #TLSkyChat

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 26d

Check out this #KidLit book trailer that my pal @kevinarts.bsky.social created w/ @procreate.com Dreams! I preordered TIME SURFERS from Mabel's Fables, can't wait to get my copy! Launches Sept. 30 from @harpercollins.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social.

#LibrarySky #ProcreateDreams #CanKidLit

Kevin Sylvester @kevinarts.bsky.social · 26d

I’ve been playing with Procreate Dreams and put together a little trailer for my new book Time Surfers (out on the 30th from @harpercollins.bsky.social

www.harpercollins.ca/978144347506...

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Vivian Kirkfield @viviankirkfield.bsky.social · 26d

Time to celebrate! The birth of a new book! UNIQUE LIKE YOU @allisonrozo.bsky.social @roza555.bsky.social Angie Alape @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #Authorinterview #giveaway #SEL #bilingual This is one not to miss! viviankirkfield.com/2025/09/16/b...

Book Birthday: UNIQUE LIKE YOU Plus Giveaway

From idea to published book…what a process! It takes passion, practice, preparation, patience, and perseverance! And that’s why our Book Birthday posts are so very special because we are celebratin…

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Carrie Finison @carriefinison.bsky.social · 27d

The first review of our upcoming picture book Plenty of Pancakes is in, and it’s a lovely one! I had a great time writing the sequel to Dozens of Doughnuts – thank you to Kirkus Reviews for this vote of confidence! Read more: kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/carrie-finison/plenty-of-pancakes/

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Patrick D. Joyce @patrickdjoyce.com · 27d

Save the date! On November 15, come see me at the Granby Children's Book Festival in Connecticut. I'll be one of 30 authors signing and selling books and connecting with readers. Last year the festival had about 1,000 attendees!
#kidlit #mgbooks #yabooks

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KidLit Collective @kidlitcollective.bsky.social · Sep 7

It’s a Grand day! Happy #GrandparentsDay! Celebrate with our beautiful books that feature grandparents: @ajirving.bsky.social’s DANCE LIKE A LEAF, @candacespizzirri.bsky.social’s FISHING WITH GRANDPA AND SKYE, Rashmi Bismark’s FINDING OM, & @writerjolene.bsky.social’s THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT!

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · Sep 7

Congrats to Ellie Peterson aka @elliepeterson.bsky.social & Izzy Robe on winning the SCBWI #scbwiDrawThis July/August art challenge!

Find out more about Sept prompt at @scbwi.bsky.social www.scbwi.org/awards-and-g...
#KidLitArt #KidLit

SCBWI winners of the #SCBWIDrawThis art challenge in July/August. Prompt was the word "mismatched" and winners were Ellie Peterson and Izzy Robe.

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Pat Zietlow Miller (she/her) @patzmiller.bsky.social · Sep 7

My picture book, ONE CAN BE, shares @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social joy. So, authors fro@m all 50 states are adding a copy to nearby LFLs. Here,
@darcypattison.bsky.social adds a book in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Two states down, 48 to go! Follow ONE CAN BE
across America. #megakidlit #onecanbe

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eastwestlit.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hoooray!!!! Congrats @joebot.bsky.social

Joey Spiotto @joebot.bsky.social · Aug 26

Author copies of my new book “Max, a Little Axolotl” just came in and I LOVE how it turned out! Can’t wait for kids to get their hands on the book.#kidlit #axolotls #graphicnovels

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Erin Bedell @erindaydreams.bsky.social · Aug 26

I've been looking forward to reading this novel in verse for some time now! #bookposse @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social 📚👍

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · Aug 26

New addition to the WHODONUT book launch in two weeks! Donuts and other custom desserts will be provided by Baker & Culinary Adventurer Petite Sakura Boston!
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See you at @portersqbooks.bsky.social Cambridge Edition two weeks from tonight!⁠
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#kidlit #booksky #cupcakes #donuts #indiebookstores

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · Aug 23

Signing bookplates for WHODONUT preorders - only two weeks left to get yours!

#shopsmall #shoplocal #shopindie #indiebookshops #kidlit

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Little Free Library @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social · Aug 23

Wow! This one fits a lot of books 📚

In 2024, we gave away 12,500 books to Little Free Library stewards and fans! Be sure to sign up for our email newsletter to see all of our open book opportunities each month: lflib.org/newsletter

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Deborah Kalb @deborahkalb.bsky.social · Aug 20

Q&A with Rajani LaRocca about her new children's picture book, FALL IS FOR BEGINNINGS.
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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · Aug 12

Teacher friends! If you're reading THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES with your kids this school year, don't miss this upcoming virtual author visit! Learn more & sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Cream colored background with blue and orange text, which reads: THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES: SEPTEMBER 15, 1-1:40PM EST. REGISTRATION: $15. BEST FOR GRADES 4-8. BIT.LY/THETROUBLEWITHHEROES

Book cover image has THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES in yellow text against a blue sky and shows a middle school boy standing on a mountaintop with a Bernese mountain dog gazing up at him.

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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · Aug 15

Hey teachers, librarians, and PTOs! If you'd like to bring in a picture book author this year, please reach out! I offer free 20 minute virtual visits and I also travel -- though travel is limited, so reach out sooner for that. 🙂 I also have classroom web resources!

#Edusky
#SchoolVisits
#KidLit

Graphic that reads: Praise for picture books by author Katie Slivensky. This Wolf Was Different, illustrated by Hannah Salyer, Best Children's Books of the Year 2025 Edition Bank Street College, New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2024. I, ROCK: A Geology Tale, illustrated by Steph Stilwell, Starred Review from School Library Journal: A must-purchase for nonfiction collections as rockhounds will delight in finding out how rocks are born.

Graphic also includes the cover of both picture books.

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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · Aug 15

I may have used the wrong hashtag! Let's try #schoolvisit! 😎

Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · Aug 15

Hey teachers, librarians, and PTOs! If you'd like to bring in a picture book author this year, please reach out! I offer free 20 minute virtual visits and I also travel -- though travel is limited, so reach out sooner for that. 🙂 I also have classroom web resources!

#Edusky
#SchoolVisits
#KidLit

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Julie Scheina @juliescheina.com · Jul 30

Congratulations to Jo Beckett-King on her MG debut, THE HOUSE OF FOUND OBJECTS! Perfect for readers who love mysteries, Paris, prickly friendships, and
solving puzzles hand-in-hand with characters. Kirkus says, “Codebreakers and mystery fans will want to read this fun adventure,
tout de suite.”

Copy of THE HOUSE OF FOUND OBJECTS standing on wooden desk with a stuffy of Totoro, a plant, and a window in the background.

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Shannon McClintock Miller @shannonmmiller.bsky.social · Jul 30

2 Days Until ISTE Digital Explorers! 📚

Today, we celebrate Jack's Playground Plan.

You can explore the @bookcreator.com Reading Companion filled with engaging lessons and projects to bring Jack's Playground Plan to life.💚

Find it here... buff.ly/7QtPQsf

#TLSky #EduSky #STEM #tlchat

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