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comicphilosophy.bsky.social
Heavily cited in 2025: @kierongillen.bsky.social @jedmackay.bsky.social @kellythompson.bsky.social @ryannorth.ca @kellysue.bsky.social @brianmbendis.bsky.social @manruss.bsky.social @dereklandy.bsky.social @jason-aaron.bsky.social @al-ewing.bsky.social @danslott.bsky.social @jmdematteis.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Congratulations to @alisongoldberg.bsky.social & Selina Alko on winning a place on the #SydneyTaylor #Notables list this week for THE REMEMBERING CANDLE published by @barefootbooks.bsky.social! jewishlibraries.org/wp-content/u...
January 29, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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“Oscar Wilde was always such a memorable fairytale creator. They’re so incredibly different from his plays” @littleislandbooks.bsky.social OSCAR WILDE’S STORIES FOR CHILDREN in a beautiful gift-ready edition! afuse8production.slj.com/2025/06/27/m...
January 29, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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readyourworld.bsky.social
Save the Date! Our IG live with illustrator @londonladd.bsky.social is Friday, 1/30/26, 12 pm ET! London Ladd is an award-winning illustrator whose work has been featured in HarperCollins, The New York Times, Scientific American, & more.

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#ReadYourWorld #kidlit
January 24, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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childsplayusa.bsky.social
Happy #ReadYourWorld Day!

Books with us all in, so every child can see themselves and each other on the pages they read.

Kende! Kende! Kende! by Kirsten Cappy #YayaGentille illustrated by @rahanabanana.bsky.social
More via our bio #kidlit @pubspotlight.bsky.social @imyourneighbor.bsky.social #RYWD
January 29, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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A fine review in @shelf-awareness.bsky.social for ZAMZAM FOR EVERYONE from @barefootbooks.bsky.social says “In the spirited, joyful #picturebook ... a girl, in Makkah with her family for Hajj, dedicates herself to sharing" www.shelf-awareness.com/sar3-issue.h...
January 29, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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LUCKY DOG COMES HOME from @pajamapress.bsky.social provides a “story of a soldier who served his country and returned to become a beloved neighborhood fixture” ysbookreviews.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/l...
Lucky Dog Comes Home by John Spray, illustrated by Scot Ritchie
Lucky Dog Comes Home by John Spray, illustrated by Scot Ritchie. Pajama Press, 2025. 9781772783414 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3 Format: Hardcover picture book   W…
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January 29, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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usbby.bsky.social
2/2 The #shortlist for this year's #HansChristianAndersenAward has been announced by #IBBY! Illustrators: Beatrice Alemagna (Italy), Linda Bondestam (Finland), Cai Gao (China), Gundega Muzikante (Latvia), Walid Taher (Egypt), María Wernicke (Argentina) www.ibby.org/awards-activ...
January 29, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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simplyrain.bsky.social
STOP USING THE TERM "CLEAN BOOKS"

STOP IT!

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January 29, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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TALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN “Bright, graphic art balances nicely with information in short vignettes. Brief overviews of naming practices, deities, numbering and more offer a good overview of ancient life” from @nosycrowus.bsky.social ysbookreviews.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/t...
Talk Like an Egyptian: A Hieroglyph Book with 125 Stencils by Tegen Evans, illustrated by Nina Chakrabarti
Talk Like an Egyptian: A Hieroglyph Book with 125 Stencils by Tegen Evans, illustrated by Nina Chakrabarti. The British Museum/Nosy Crow, 2026, c2024. 9798887772394 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent o…
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January 29, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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"This interactive board book is an excellent sick day activity" LITTLE DINO BOO-BOOS! www.readbrightly.com/kids-books-s...
January 29, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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cilip.bsky.social
Call for volunteers to join the National Committee for IFLA World Library & Information Congress in London 2027!

Would you like to help organise the the sector's biggest global event & can spare 1-3 days per month? Check out our website: https://ow.ly/Wbhp50Y4Xic
Deadline to apply: Midnight 13 Feb
Graphic inviting applications to join the IFLA WLIC 2027 National Committee with roles like marketing, programme, and social events.
January 29, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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becalzada.bsky.social
The book banning of Indigenous stories in libraries has impacts on readers| Removal of their stories continues the erasure of histories and contributions of Native Nations and their citizens

Thank you @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social for writing this Op-Ed

www.cherokeephoenix.org/opinion/opin...
OPINION: Banning books erases Native voices and experiences
Book banning is not new. A small minority seeking to decide and limit what the majority can access and read has existed for millennia.
www.cherokeephoenix.org
October 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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...and then check out CLACK, CLACK! SMACK from #Overdrive #Hoopla or in such formats as #disc and #Yoto
January 29, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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One in a delightfully photo-illustrated series from @rubytuesdaybooks.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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cynleitichsmith.bsky.social
About my Michael L. Printz Award Call for LEGENDAY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN (Heartdrum): www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... @epicreads.bsky.social @curtisbrownltd.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social #BookSky
Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Printz Win: ‘Genuinely Gobsmacked’
Smith describes her delight and surprise at winning the Printz Medal for 'Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories,' a compendium written by 17 Indigenous authors, which she edited.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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comicslibrarian.bsky.social
Some colleagues pointed out today what a shame it is that more indie comics aren’t included on library awards lists, likely due to the fact they aren’t as widely available.

One of the Comics Library Commons’ goals will be to fix that.

📚 #PubLibs #comicsky
A series of drawings of The Little Bear in various poses... Carting comics, reading comics, acting out comics genres, etc, around the Comics Library Commons logo. By Ryan Estrada and Joe Dallacqua
January 29, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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Chanté Timothy introduces Supa Nova, book 1 in her briliant comic book series👩‍🔬

State schools can buy Supa Nova at 40% off with free book club resources: bookclubsinschools.org

Thank you @heychante.bsky.social, @nosycrow.bsky.social & @petersbooks.bsky.social

#GoAllIn #NationalYearOfReading
January 29, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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From @nosycrowus.bsky.social THE BEAR AND THE HARE AND THE FAIR provides a “stylish, rhyming offering …. celebrating the role of compromise in any long-term friendship” ysbookreviews.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/t...
The Bear and the Hare and the Fair by Em Lynas, illustrated by Matt Hunt
The Bear and the Hare and the Fair by Em Lynas, illustrated by Matt Hunt. Nosy Crow, 2025. 9798887772103 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format:  Hardcover picture book W…
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January 28, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Also from @nstapress-nstakids.bsky.social “EXEMPLARY EVIDENCE details what information was collected and how the scientists recorded it - whether it was drawings, tables and charts, diagrams...to track trends, make and confirm hypotheses” glassofwineglassofmilk.blogspot.com/2026/01/wild...
Wild Wonderings, Notable Notebooks, and Exemplary Evidence Book Reviews
Book reviews of children's literature, juvenile and YA books, and adult literature from a mom and son.
glassofwineglassofmilk.blogspot.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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NOTABLE NOTEBOOKS from @nstapress-nstakids.bsky.social “explains the use and importance of scientific notebooks. The flexibility of a notebook has served diverse scientists throughout history [their] notebook use...the focus” glassofwineglassofmilk.blogspot.com/2026/01/wild...
Wild Wonderings, Notable Notebooks, and Exemplary Evidence Book Reviews
Book reviews of children's literature, juvenile and YA books, and adult literature from a mom and son.
glassofwineglassofmilk.blogspot.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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marinasofia.bsky.social
Yay, so happy about this! Watch this space and prepare by reading the Romanian authors we've published at @corylusbooks.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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January 28, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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How do YOU discover books to read? Pls take a few minutes to answer this anon, multiple-choice informal survey: reading-2026.paperform.co

I'll post results on my blog in Feb. 🩷📚 (173 have responded so far! Pls help spread the word? Thanks!)
#BookSky #EduSky #KidLit
A (Very) Informal Reading Poll (Jan/2026)
Do you read more or less books than you did five years ago? How did you discover these books?
reading-2026.paperform.co
January 28, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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A lovely list from @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social
of DINOSAUR BOOKS for the young w/ "topic books featuring dinosaur-related fact books, storybooks, poems and picture books...and including LEILONG'S TOO LONG! from
@geckopress.bsky.social schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/dinos...
January 28, 2026 at 11:56 AM