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Mindy Nichols Wendell

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Children’s Author (Historical Fiction) | LIGHT AND AIR (2024) and CALIFORNIA OR DUST (Coming in 2026), both from Holiday House Books | Rep’d by Michelle Hauck at Storm Literary https://linktr.ee/mindynicholswendell

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · Sep 10

Happy 75th birthday to Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby's big-kid neighbor | NPR

Happy 75th birthday to Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby's big-kid neighbor

Beverly Cleary's fictional third grader with an adopted dog named Ribsy made his debut in 1950. Cleary was praised for writing simple, humorous stories that kids wanted to read.

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Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social · Sep 5

Oh no! I’m so sorry. What a sad day. 😞

Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thank you! 💛

Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social · Jul 29

Today’s the day! Many thanks to Holiday House Books and @dreamscape-media.bsky.social for this beautiful audiobook of LIGHT AND AIR. And a big thank you to Eleanor McCormick for her lovely narration! 🎧📚

Click here to order:
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Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social · Jun 22

Yes!

Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social · Jun 18

This is going to take some thought! ❤️💙📚

School Library Journal @slj.com · Jun 18

What titles stand out as the greatest in literature for children and young adults? That’s the question School Library Journal has posed to readers.

SLJ Opens Poll, Asking Readers to Name the Best Books of the Past 25 Years

What titles stand out as the greatest in literature for children and young adults? That’s the question School Library Journal has posed to readers.

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Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social · Jun 18

Congratulations, Ry!

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Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social · Jun 13

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Michelle Hauck @michelle4laughs.bsky.social · Jun 12

Just saw a very sweet cover sketch for @mnwendell.bsky.social next MG book and that has made my day a lot better. I needed a dose of wholesome and kind.

Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social · Jun 13

Thank you, Michelle! It made my whole day so much brighter! 🤍

Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social · Jun 6

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Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social · May 21

Cheers, Norm. 💛

Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social · May 21

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Melissa Taylor @imaginationsoup.bsky.social · May 21

This summer, ask your readers to take a middle grade reading road trip around the USA! Discover the best middle grade books set in each state of the United States of America, from A for Alaska to W for Wyoming. imaginationsoup.net/50-states-mi... #kidlit #middlegrade

50 States Reading Road Trip (Middle Grade Books Set in the USA)

Take a middle grade reading road trip around the USA! Discover the best middle grade books set in each state of the United States of...

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Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social · May 21

Love this! Thank you for including LIGHT AND AIR on the road trip! 💛🤍🩵

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Nikki Grimes @poetnikki.bsky.social · Apr 15

It's here! It's here! Happy Book Birthday to me. Wow. So much gratitude to illustrator Cathy Ann Johnson who brought this story to life, and then some!

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Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social · Apr 15

Congratulations, Nikki! This sounds so good! 🩵😌

Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social · Apr 8

Congratulations, Shuba, and welcome to Storm! 💛

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Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social · Apr 7

Support your local library—this week and every week! 📚
#NationalLibraryWeek #RightToReadDay

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pihcanada.org @pihcanada.org · Mar 24

Follow @partnersinhealth.bsky.social’s #WorldTBDay webinar with us here 🧵

“We are in a perfect storm that will put us in a similar emergency to the times of the COVID-19 pandemic. 17 countries have reported severe disruptions to TB care acc to @who.int” @madhupai.bsky.social

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · Mar 24

Happy World TB Day. Grateful for all the work global TB Fighters pour into preventing this curable and preventable scourge. Together, we can end TB.

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Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social · Mar 24

Books for World TB Day

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Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social · Mar 24

World Tuberculosis Day 2025

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Victoria Janssen @victoriajanssen.bsky.social · Mar 21

Meta's Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild: authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...

Meta's Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild

Today, The Atlantic published a search tool that allows authors to check if their works are in LibGen, an illegal pirate site AI companies copied for their AI systems. This is a similar tool to the on...

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Mar 20

Search the LibGen database here, and peer inside a pirated library of millions of books and research papers used by Meta and others:

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

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Mindy Nichols Wendell @mnwendell.bsky.social · Mar 18

EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS by John Green is out today!

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“Tuberculosis anywhere is a threat to people everywhere.”

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · Mar 15

President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders.

Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

ALA response to White House assault on IMLS
To dismiss the mission of an agency that advances opportunity and learning is to dismiss the aspirations and everyday needs of millions of Americans. And those who will feel that loss most keenly live in rural communities. 
As seedbeds of literacy and innovation, our nation’s 125,000 public, school, academic and special libraries deserve more, not less support. Libraries translate 0.003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people every year. Show Up for Our Libraries, ALA American Library Association, #ForOurLibraries

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