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How did we get to this point in history? You'll find some answers in these two new young adult books about how history has been told to get us here. @clintsmithiii.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/10/09/r...

Rewriting the history books

White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War and Rewrote History by Ann Bausum (Roaring Brook Press, 368 pages, grades 9 and up). Beginning with a list of the 20 lies covered in this book from “Sla…

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Two new graphic novels explore a year in the life of a middle schooler @jessixabagley.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/10/06/a...

A year in the life of a middle schooler

Dear Jackie by Jessixa Bagley, illustrated by Aaron Bagley (Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 288 pages, grades 4-7). Jackie and Milo are best friends, born on the same day and growing up…

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What the past can teach us about climate change and the current political situation @yasimamura.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social @cylev.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/10/03/l...

Learning from the past

A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, a Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out by Nicholas Day, illustrated by Yas Imamura (Random House, 304 pages, grades 5-8). As he did in The Mona Lisa Vani…

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kidsbookaday.bsky.social @kidsbookaday.bsky.social · 10d

All kinds of interesting takes on fairy tales @johnpicacio.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @melissadassori.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/10/01/f...

Fairy tales

The Invisible Parade by Leigh Bardugo, illustrated by John Picacio (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 60 pages, grades 3-6). There’s a party planned for the evening, but Cala doesn&#8217…

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kidsbookaday.bsky.social @kidsbookaday.bsky.social · 10d

A picture book mystery that turns out to be a sweet friendship story, and a new chapter book by Katherine Applegate perfect for elementary book clubs. @kaaauthor.bsky.social @alexggriffiths.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/29/a...

Animal friendships

Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate, illustrated by Charles Santoso (Feiwel and Friends, 272 pages, grades 3-7). Zephrynia is a cat who likes to “rescue” (some would say steal) items tha…

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kidsbookaday.bsky.social @kidsbookaday.bsky.social · 13d

Discover Interlink Publishing and their children's and YA books about Palestine. @hannahmoushabeck.bsky.social @interlinkbooks.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/28/i...

Interlink Publishing and books about Palestine

Last weekend, I headed into Northampton, Massachusetts for the Read and Resist Fest at Interlink Publishing. Described as a “social justice and literary festival dedicated to collective liberation,…

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kidsbookaday.bsky.social @kidsbookaday.bsky.social · 15d

You'll see double--or quadruple--in these two fun middle grade novels that celebrate Taylor Swift, the Parent Trap, and the power of friendship and family. @jencalonita kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/23/t...

Two (or more) of a kind

The Taylors by Jen Calonita (Scholastic, 224 pages, grades 3-6). Taylor, a.k.a. Teffy, is nervous about starting fifth grade, which is at the middle school. She’s surprised and delighted to discove…

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kidsbookaday.bsky.social @kidsbookaday.bsky.social · 15d

What could be more timely than these two inspiring books that tell the stories of women creating and saving art, bringing light to a dark world. @vanlieshoutstudio.bsky.social @erinmcguire.bsky.social @01firstsecond.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/25/c...

Courageous women of World War II

The Spy in the Museum: How Rose Valland Saved Art from the Nazis by Erin McGuire (Beach Lane Books, 40 pages, grades 2-5). Rose Valland loved art. As curator of Paris’s Jeu de Paume Museum, s…

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kidsbookaday.bsky.social @kidsbookaday.bsky.social · 22d

Christmas fact and Christmas fiction! @adamrex.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/19/c...

Christmas fact and Christmas fiction

The Giving Flower: The Story of the Poinsettia by Alda P. Dobbs, illustrated by Emily Mendoza (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 40 pages, grades K-3, published simultaneously in Spanish as La flor generosa…

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kidsbookaday.bsky.social @kidsbookaday.bsky.social · 26d

Some creepy fun from two well-known authors. @erinentrada.bsky.social @peterbrownstudio.com kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/15/a...

A ghostly vacation and a creepy operation

The Last Resort by Erin Entrada Kelly (Scholastic Press, 240 pages, grades 4-7). When Lila’s Grandpa Clem dies, leaving an old inn to her father, the whole family has to leave their home in P…

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kidsbookaday.bsky.social @kidsbookaday.bsky.social · 28d

Two series starters for early chapter book readers! @karalareau.bsky.social @toondoon1010.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/13/e...

Early chapter books

Sweet Magic (Witchycakes #1) by Kara LaReau, illustrated by Ariane Moreira (Random House Books for Young Readers, 80 pages, grades 1-4). Young witch Blue is still working on their magical powers, b…

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kidsbookaday.bsky.social @kidsbookaday.bsky.social · Sep 9

Two picture books show how family and community can help kids through tough times. @nancyrosep.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/09/s...

Surviving tough times

The Library in the Woods by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie (Carolrhoda Books, 32 pages, grades 1-5). When a hailstorm destroys their crops, Junior and his family are fo…

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kidsbookaday.bsky.social @kidsbookaday.bsky.social · Sep 7

The miracle of sunflowers as seen through the eyes of a kindergartner and poems that have all kinds of things writing letters to each other! @joycesidman.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/07/s...

Science and nature

Sunflower Seeds by Ellen Heck (Levine Querido, 48 pages, ages 4-8). A boy tells of his adventures growing sunflowers, starting when his kindergarten teacher reads a book about them near the end of …

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kidsbookaday.bsky.social @kidsbookaday.bsky.social · Sep 5

I'm always happy to find books featuring younger elementary protagonists, like the third- and fourth-graders in these new titles. @shannonhale.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/09/05/e...