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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 2h

Widening the Circle: Native Authors Center Community buff.ly/1dF1F0b

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This year’s Frankfurt Kids Conference will address the importance of engaging young readers in times of global unrest buff.ly/ZA8dE7N

Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 3h

Libraries Look to Fill the Gap Left by Baker & Taylor buff.ly/e4vWRB4

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Franceschelli to Step Back from Chronicle’s Handprint Books buff.ly/zR3jCfF

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PRH Throws a Banned Books Week Party in the Nation’s Capital buff.ly/ofNgVAp

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 5h

Teachers and Students Share Anti-Censorship Strategies in New Book buff.ly/1VUfQ6A

Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 5h

Announcing new deals for @ftlukens @emeraldalexandrea.bsky.social @lorienlawrence.bsky.social @jmorerabooks.bsky.social + more buff.ly/cHFLuDT

In Brief: October 9, 2025

Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 16h

Recently an author celebrated a young readers adaptation, a launch event turned into game night, an exhibition honoring a children’s author closed + more in this week’s In Brief

Recently an author celebrated a young readers adaptation, a launch event turned into game night, an exhibition honoring a children’s author closed, an author made her debut, collaborators took part…

New Kids’ and YA Books: Week of October 13, 2025

Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 16h

Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about an unexpected friendship between predator and prey, a National Book Award finalist, a YA dystopian novel set in a climate-ravaged Miami, and more

Among the books hitting shelves next week are a picture book about an unexpected friendship between predator and prey, a National Book Award finalist, a YA dystopian novel set in a climate-ravaged…

Four Questions for Jennifer L. Holm

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 17h

PW spoke with Jennifer Holm about the genesis of her new middle grade book ‘Outside,’ the range of her fiction offerings, and collaborating with her brother

Jennifer L. Holm, whose books for young readers have nearly 10 million copies in print, made an auspicious publishing debut in 1999 with the historical novel 'Our Only May Amelia.'

Creating a 'Hullabaloo' for Middle Grade Readers

Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 17h

Cartoonist and author Josh Smeaton and HarperAlley editor Josh Sippie are launching ‘Hullabaloo,’ a monthly comics magazine for kids slated to debut in January

Cartoonist and author Josh Smeaton and HarperAlley editor Josh Sippie are launching 'Hullabaloo,' a monthly comic magazine for kids ages 8–13, which aims to deliver fun stories that hook kids on…

Reading as an Act of Resistance: MPIBA Breakfast Speakers Emphasize Accessibility to Books

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 17h

The Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association gathered in Denver earlier this week for its annual FallCon, and the children’s author breakfast featured no fewer than seven speakers

The Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association's annual FallCon kicked off with the Children’s Authors and Illustrators Keynote Breakfast. This year’s presentations touched on themes of…

Widening the Circle: Native Authors Center Community

Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 18h

Children’s librarian Stacy Wells and debut author Christine Hartman Derr reflect on the growth of the We Need Diverse Books Native Children’s and YA Writing Intensive and its impact

Authors Stacy Wells and Christine Hartman Derr reflect on the growth of the We Need Diverse Books Native Children’s and YA Writing Intensive and its impact.

Libraries Look to Fill the Gap Left by Baker & Taylor

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 18h

With the impending closure of Baker & Taylor, the country’s largest library wholesaler, librarians are searching for new options as Ingram, Bookazine, and even Amazon make a play to court customers left in the lurch

With the closure of country’s largest library wholesaler now underway, librarians are searching for new options as Ingram, Bookazine, and even Amazon make their play to court B&T customers left in…

This year’s Frankfurt Kids Conference will address the importance of engaging young readers in times of global unrest.

Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 18h

Frankfurt Book Fair 2025: Children’s Books in a Fragile World

Teachers and Students Share Anti-Censorship Strategies in New Book

Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 18h

A team of authors have assembled their practical advice for right to read advocacy with ‘Ban This! How One School Fought Two Book Bans and Won (and How You Can Too),’ which compiles arguments and approaches used by activists

'Ban This! How One School Fought Two Book Bans and Won (and How You Can Too),' published by Zest Books, compiles arguments and approaches used by freedom to read activists at Central York High School…

What Happened After ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue’ by George M. Johnson Got Banned

Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 19h

We take a look at the fight to keep George M. Johnson’s bestselling memoir-manifesto ‘All Boys Aren’t Blue,’ the most challenged book of 2024, on the shelves

An inside look at the fight to keep the author’s bestselling memoir-manifesto on the shelves.

By setting its substantial industry weight behind anti-censorship advocacy, Penguin Random House has become a leading force against book bans. To kick off BBW, PRH sent its bright orange Banned…

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 19h

PRH Throws a Banned Books Week Party in the Nation’s Capital

Franceschelli to Step Back from Chronicle’s Handprint Books

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 19h

New book deals on the way from @bitchinville.bsky.social @jimcampbellart.bsky.social @1010lilfoot.bsky.social @devyndouvier.bsky.social + more buff.ly/cHFLuDT

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 19h

Christopher Franceschelli has announced his plan to step back from Handprint Books, the Brooklyn-based children’s publishing outfit he formed in 2000, which became an imprint of Chronicle Books in 2008

Christopher Franceschelli has announced his plan to step back from Handprint Books, the children’s publishing outfit he formed in 2000, which became an imprint of Chronicle Books in 2008.