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Rajani LaRocca @rajanilarocca.bsky.social · Sep 6

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kidsbookaday.bsky.social @kidsbookaday.bsky.social · Aug 18

Back to school! Here are two new picture books to help ease the transition. @rajanilarocca.bsky.social @abhialwar.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/08/18/b...

Back to school

I’m back to school this morning, so here are two more books to kick off the new year! If you’re looking for more ideas, check out my back-to-school book list. Fall Is for Beginnings by …

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Deborah Kalb @deborahkalb.bsky.social · Aug 20

Q&A with Rajani LaRocca about her new children's picture book, FALL IS FOR BEGINNINGS.
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Boynton Library @boyntonlibrary.bsky.social · Aug 27

Summer Read # 6 #msfoleyiscurrentlyreading #audiobooklove #bookstagram #librarylife #read #weneeddiversebooks @rajanilarocca.bsky.social

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LBYR School & Library @lbschool.bsky.social · Sep 4

@rajanilarocca.bsky.social and Huy Voun Lee's SOME OF US is the recommended picture book for September in @neatoday.bsky.social's Read Across America! Bring this brilliant celebration of immigration and citizenship into your classroom with the activities and discussion prompts linked below. 🎇

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Rajani LaRocca @rajanilarocca.bsky.social · Aug 7

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Kweli Journal @kwelijournal.bsky.social · Aug 5

❤️💐 Happy Book Birthday to FALL IS FOR BEGINNINGS by longtime Kweli fam @rajanilarocca.bsky.social and @abhialwar.bsky.social! 🍁

Triada US Lit Agency @triadaus.bsky.social · Aug 5

Happy publication day to FALL IS FOR BEGINNINGS by @rajanilarocca.bsky.social! #TeamTriada #BookSky
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The cover for Fall is For Beginnings by Rajani LaRocca, illustrated by Abhi Alwar, which features a cartoonishly illustrated scene of a brick school with a banner that reads "Welcome Students." A bunch of children are running around outside the school; most prominently featured are two brown-skinned children with black hair who are running side-by-side and holding hands, and a white child with red hair who is jumping into a pile of leaves.

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salemlitfest.bsky.social @salemlitfest.bsky.social · Aug 7

Congratulations to Lit Fest alum @rajanilarocca.bsky.social on the publication of FALL IS FOR BEGINNINGS, a back-to-school picture book that celebrates friendship and finding your place.

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Triada US Lit Agency @triadaus.bsky.social · Aug 5

Happy publication day to FALL IS FOR BEGINNINGS by @rajanilarocca.bsky.social! #TeamTriada #BookSky
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JenSwanBooks STEM Author @jenswanbooks.bsky.social · Aug 3

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Matthew C Winner @matthewcwinner.bsky.social · Jul 31

Listen Back: @rajanilarocca.bsky.social shares MIDSUMMER’S MAYHEM. Mimi, the main character in Rajani’s middle grade debut, enters a baking competition at her town’s newest sweet spot, but things aren’t quite as they appear. www.matthewcwinner.com/post/listen-... #kidlit #mglit #podcast

Listen Back: Rajani LaRocca shares Midsummer's Mayhem

Rajani LaRocca shares MIDSUMMER’S MAYHEM. Mimi, the main character in Rajani’s middle grade debut, enters a baking competition at her town’s newest sweet spot, but things aren’t quite as they appear.

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Boynton Library @boyntonlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 29

Summer Read # 3 #msfoleyiscurrentlyreading #audiobooklove #bookstagram #librarylife #read #weneeddiversebooks @rajanilarocca.bsky.social

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Tasha Hilderman | Writer @tashahilderman.bsky.social · Jul 16

Who’s speaking at #picturebookpalooza ? I’m glad you asked! @kateallenfox.bsky.social @benjamingottwald.bsky.social @isabellakung.bsky.social @rajanilarocca.bsky.social Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris and @stacymcanulty.bsky.social to name a few! 🎉 It’s FREE, see my previous post to register 🥳

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LBYR School & Library @lbschool.bsky.social · Jul 17

Today's the day! Register now for @slj.com's free virtual Picture Book Palooza, featuring creators you love:⁣
📚 Leigh Bardugo and @johnpicacio.bsky.social
📚 Toni Yuly
📚 Christian Cooper
📚 @rajanilarocca.bsky.social
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Schedule and registration: www.slj.com/event/slj-pi...

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Jarch @itsokihaveabook.bsky.social · Jul 17

Looking forward to hearing @fuse8.bsky.social and Drew Beckmeyer talk at 12:55. And I'm moderating the Strangers in a New Land panel at 3:50, talking to @rajanilarocca.bsky.social, Elizabeth Brown, and Jenan Matari! #PictureBookPalooza

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12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · Jul 4

Happy Independence Day from the 12 x 12 community!

Here’s to stories that inspire reflection, spark imagination, and celebrate every voice. Check out our favorites from 12 x 12 members!

@nchurnin.bsky.social
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Linda Weste @lindaweste.bsky.social · Jul 10

"Verse novels combine the best elements of poetry and narrative ..." – @rajanilarocca.bsky.social contrib. to DiVERSE Conversations with YA & Chns #VerseNovelists Read #diverse #poetry @doucette515.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social

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LBYR School & Library @lbschool.bsky.social · Jul 11

Join these LBYR authors:
Leigh Bardugo and @johnpicacio.bsky.social - THE INVISIBLE PARADE
Toni Yuly - GO, SLOTH, GO!
Christian Cooper - THE URBAN OWLS
@rajanilarocca.bsky.social - SOME OF US
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SLJ Picture Book Palooza

Join us July 17th for our fifth annual SLJ Picture Book Palooza, an all-day, free virtual celebration of authors and artists from around the world, who bring picture books to life with their extraordi...

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KidLit TV @kidlittv.bsky.social · Jun 28

📣📚HEADS UP! What does it mean to become a US citizen? How does the process work? Find out in @rajanilarocca.bsky.social’s timely, new, non-fiction picture book, SOME OF US, illus by Huy Voun Lee. Just in time for 4th of July, celebrate all the people who enrich our country by joining our democracy!

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · Jun 17

House Policy Bill Would Add $3.4 Trillion to Debt, Swamping Economic Gains .. but the rich make out like bandits www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/u...

House Policy Bill Would Add $3.4 Trillion to Debt, Swamping Economic Gains

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Angela Antonelli @skybrary.bsky.social · Jun 12

Summer is for Cousins, by Rajani LaRocca and Abhi Alwar is a GREAT book for the last day of school (and summer reading fun, in general). I read it with my K-2 classes, and they were all so eager to share their own stories. @rajanilarocca.bsky.social #kidlit #librarians #nescbwi

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Rajani LaRocca @rajanilarocca.bsky.social · Jun 12

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · Jun 9

The #IgnyteAwards finalists for the Outstanding Middle Grade category is for works intended for the middle grade audience. Congratulations to the following titles and their authors.

Finalists for Outstanding Middle Grade
AMARI AND THE DESPICABLE WONDERS – B. B. Alston (Storytide)

BENNY RAMÍREZ AND THE NEARLY DEPARTED – Jose Pable Iriarte (Knopf BYR)

SONA AND THE GOLDEN BEASTS – Rajani Larocca (Quill Tree Books)

THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE – Eden Royce (Walden Pond Press)

THE LAST RHEE WITCH - Jenna Lee-Yun (Disney Hyperion)

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · Jun 9

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