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Bruce Coville

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Children's book author - MY TEACHER IS AN ALIEN; JEREMY THATCHER, DRAGON HATCHER; the UNICORN CHRONICLES, etc. Publisher of FULL CAST AUDIO. In real life husband, father, grandfather. Broken hearted optimist as of 11/5/24

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Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · 7d

#Kidlit #picturebook Here is a happy announcement about a Nyxie-inspired picture book that I sold a while ago. The artist has a great sense of humor and I can't wait to see what she does with this!

Notice that it was acquired by the amazing Lawrence Schimel

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Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · 10d

Roving gangs of heavily armed masked thugs randomly abducting Mexicans should be the plot of a Zane Gray novel, not a reality of America in the 21st century.

Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · 19d

Just watched KPop Demon Hunters. (Hey, my work requires me to keep up with in pop culture!) Also, grandchild Nyxie has been talking about it. Enjoyed it far more than I anticipated: animation fabulous and often quite funny, characters intriguing, songs terrific, and the story engaging. Great fun!

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Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · 19d

#Kimmel #Disney #Hilarious
The Dutch have a hilariously accurate response to the Disney act of cowardice. Enjoy!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vRX...

Jimmy Kimmel’s show has been cancelled | The New Disney | LUBACH

YouTube video by LUBACH

www.youtube.com

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Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · 20d

#Halloween #kidzbooks
Every year I pen a Halloween story starter for a writing contest run by the Syracuse newspaper. Here's this year's!

Contest entry is limited to central NY, but parents and teachers anywhere should feel free to use this just for fun!

www.thisiscny.com/living/2025/...

Bruce Coville Halloween Writing Contest 2025: Norbert Spaghetti Pants and the Cauldron of Doom

Children’s writer Bruce Coville of Syracuse has once again written the beginning of a Halloween story - and he needs an ending.

www.thisiscny.com

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Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Sep 9

Today's thing I don't understand: How come Kristi Noem still has a job after her ICE agents killed a $4.5 billion project in Georgia and cost the state 8,500 jobs?

Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Sep 9

At this point you have to be willfully blind to believe that DJT is not a pedophile - not just in his tastes but in his past actions.

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Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Sep 9

Adorable!

Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Sep 5

I realized the other day that if you are a cat family, there are actually very few times that you have kittens in the house. When it is time to get new kittens, I think it's important to look for ones that like books . . . #books #cats

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Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Sep 5

I second pretty much everything Christopher Moore has just said here.

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Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Aug 12

For the 3 summers the great AVI has curated a Summer Blog Series, inviting a baker's dozen of kidlit authors to do a guest blog. This year's topic was "What’s your favorite strategy for encouraging young people to read?" Here's my contribution:

#Avi #kidlit #humor

avi-writer.com/blog/2025/08...

2025 Summer Blog Series: Bruce Coville - Avi

Whatever your aspirations for a book or story are, it will not have any effect if you can’t get kids to read it! To make that happen, you need to start where the readers are, not where you want them t...

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Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Aug 11

Yesterday Benjamin Netanyahu's terrorist forces assassinated 5 Al Jazeera reporters. For reference: There were 63 reporters killed during the Viet Nam War. 67 reporters killed in all of WW II. There have been ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX reporters killed in the Gaza conflict. Netanyahu is a monster.

Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Aug 11

I was in Egypt during the 2011 revolution and unable to leave for some days. During that fraught time, I watched a lot of news primarily from CNN and Al Jazeera. And I could look out my window. I tell you with great certainty, Al Jazeera's reporting was more accurate. It is a serious news force.

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Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Aug 9

You have my sympathy!

Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Aug 8

Good grief! I'm still kickin' . . . slowed down some, but still above ground!

Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Aug 8

Not at all! I think it is perfectly reasonable desire.

Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Aug 8

Just saw my first Cybertruck on the road. Good lord, what a dorky looking contraption!

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Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Jul 31

#booksky #kidsbooks

Here I am, shooting my mouth off again. This time it's for Station KOMO in Seattle.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bveg...

35 years of My Teacher is an Alien-ARC Seattle

YouTube video by Darrin Tegman

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Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Jul 27

It was. I was seeing it in IMAX and was totally wrapped up in the story then - Black Screen!

Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Jul 27

Well, the first half of THE FANTASTIC FOUR is really good. I don't really know about the second half, because that was when the projector broke and we all got refunds . . .

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Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Jul 24

1) The reason Trump bizarrely kept claiming election fraud for a straight four years was to make the idea so toxic that democrats would not challenge the next election when he rigged it.

2) (unrelated) Israel under Netanyahu has become a rogue state and is committing a genocide in Gaza.

Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Jul 24

Two things that I used to believe that I don't anymore:

1) The assassination attempt in Butler was real
2) Donald Trump won the 2024 election.

Next: two things I now believe:

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Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Jul 22

His shadow . . .

Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Jul 22

Watching this happening next door this afternoon, I came to the conclusion that this is number one on my current "Jobs I Don't Want!" list . . .

Bruce Coville @brucecoville.bsky.social · Jul 15

I've never heart it phrased this way, but it is quite perfect.

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