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Jeanne Becijos
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MG middle grade fiction writer and ESL/Reading teacher background;
Author of CHRISTOPHER HAWKINS AND HIS DARING ESCAPES, ESL workbooks and plays; major fan of movies, the theater, and book clubs. #SCBWI
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popgoesthereader.bsky.social
Looking to get an early start on your holiday shopping for the middle grade reader on your list? This post exploring 46 new MG books being published in November 2025 on Pop! Goes The Reader's Patreon might be a great place to start!
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A compilation of ten middle grade books being published in November 2025. Books featured include The Princess Swap: Rapunzel and The Sea Witch (or, The Little Mermaid and the Tower), Agent Cupcake, A To Z Animal Mysteries: Find That Ferret!, The Firefly Crown, The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall: The Valley of Lies, The Treasure of Ocean Parkway, Sparrow, Always, Mixing Magics, Besties Set Sail, and Windy Creek Stables: Harper and The Horse Show Sabotage.
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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lindaweste.bsky.social
Heads up #VerseNovel enthusiasts. I recently enjoyed reading and recommend #VerseNovels SPARK by @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social‬ & LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK by @cordeliajensen.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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baronchrisbaron.bsky.social
A third star for SPARK! Thank you SLJ!
September 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
jeannebecijos.bsky.social
Happy Book Birthday!!!!!!
deborahkalb.bsky.social Deborah Kalb @deborahkalb.bsky.social · Aug 19
Q&A with Cordelia Jensen about her new middle grade novel in verse, LILAC AND THE SWITCHBACK.
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August 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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debbieohi.com
If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting. - @lianabrooks.bsky.social

#WriterSky #BookSky #KidLit
Handwritten quote on a white sheet with an illustrated face at the bottom and pink hearts around the text. The quote reads: "If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting." — Liana Brooks Illustration and lettering by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. A paintbrush lies across the page on a wooden surface.
August 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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So many parents, librarians, authors, and publishers worked to make this happen. Thank you to all of you who refused to back down and who are fighting for intellectual freedom.

“Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.” – Laurie Halse Anderson

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August 14, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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writerjolene.bsky.social
We're back to school and here's my first book review of the school year. I can't WAIT to share this one with my students! @stephaniegibeault.bsky.social is such a powerful nonfiction writer, and this true story brings so much heart as well. My review is here:

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August 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
jeannebecijos.bsky.social
Great combo of writer/artist!!
lisayee.bsky.social Lisa Yee . . . is confused about social media @lisayee.bsky.social · Aug 15
COVER REVEAL!!!
It's happening! The Misfits #3 A Sea Monster Conundrum - out in January!!! OOF!!!!

You can read about the book here ... www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/773545...

@dansantat.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social #KidLit #Misfits #seaMonsters #Ghosts #books #reading #middlegrade
August 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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This amazing graphic novel just published last week! #bookposse is passing around this copy! @hottsnewreads.bsky.social is our first reader! Thank you so much
@amarshahism.bsky.social
for sharing with us!!🏀
August 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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yabooknerd.bsky.social
Just a few middle grade mystery recommendations for this week's Top Ten Tuesday.

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Top Ten Tuesday: Book Recommendations: Middle Grade Mysteries
This week's topic is book recommendations. I'm picking middle grade mysteries/thrillers.      Have you read any of these?
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August 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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mgwg.bsky.social
Novels-in-Verse: The Power of Poetic Narrative
Sept 15, 7 p.m. CT
Free: middlegradewritersgroup.eventbrite.com

Panelists: Meg Eden Kuyatt, Doan Phuong Nguyen, Shifa Saltagi Safadi, Padma Venkatraman

Authors discuss the creation of novels-in-verse using examples from their work.
#novels-in-verse
July 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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latinxkidlitbf.bsky.social
📣⚡️Schedule has dropped !!📣
Calling all educators, librarians and Latinx kid-lit fans to check out our full schedule of events. Plan ahead! The schedule is packed with learning opportunities and talks from your favorite industry professionals.
2025 Festival Schedule — Latinx Kidlit Book Festival
LKBF Latinx Storytellers Conference - September 13-14, 2024
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August 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Happy birthday, @lbontigao.bsky.social!
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August 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
jeannebecijos.bsky.social
The San Diego Book Festival is always a delight! ComiCon is over, so time to visit San Diego for this event.
August 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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A fun event!
debbieohi.com Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · Aug 13
WOW, I've just started go thru all the handouts & vid replays of sessions from #scbwisummer25 - what a treasure trove of info about craft & biz of #KidLit. Includes the Illustrators Intensive, FUNNY DRAWERS: The Serious Art Of Visual Humor; I was a speaker along with Cece Bell & Zachariah OHora.
Online panel screenshot featuring four illustrators who are all laughing or smiling: Zachariah OHora, Cece Bell, Debbie Ridpath Ohi, and Pat Cummings. Text indicates screenshots are fro the Illustrators Intensive Q&A moderated by Pat Cummings, at an event hosted by the SCBWI Society Of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
August 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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I'm in this bundle with a bunch of great-looking books covering a bunch of different genres! Check 'em out! 📚

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A promo for several books in an itch.io sale
August 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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chroniclebooks.bsky.social
✨NEW✨ journals are here!

Our full journal collection: chroniclebooks.com/collections/journals-notebooks
August 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
jeannebecijos.bsky.social
Have a great #bookbirthday! What a fun photo.
bevtwomey.bsky.social Bev Twomey @bevtwomey.bsky.social · Aug 12
What the Sea Brings is HERE! It’s my #bookbirthday!

You can now buy (and read!!) my cozy fantasy with colorful nuns, kids with huge hearts, and a dash of mermaids.

Available now where all books are sold 🥳

books2read.com/whattheseabrings
A copy of the book, What the Sea Brings, sits in the sand in front of some beach brush
August 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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✨ Now Available!
The wait is over—What the Sea Brings by Beverly Twomey is here!
A lyrical, mysterious coastal tale full of heart, hope, and haunting truths.
Grab your copy today! www.snowywingspublis...

#WhatTheSeaBrings #NewRelease #SnowyWingsPub #SnowyWingsBooks #SnowyWingsAuthor #BeverlyTwomey
Launch graphic for What the Sea Brings by Beverly Twomey, showing book and eBook covers with a message that it’s now available.
August 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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latinxkidlitbf.bsky.social
📚✨ Teaching Latinx History Year-Round ✨📚
Join us Sept. 2, 7–8 PM ET, for a $20 Educator PD event on how to amplify Latinx history beyond heritage month.
Register: latinxkidlitbookfestival.org/events/2025/...
August 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Start summer off, right! Here are some diverse selections. Enjoy!📚
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@jlbaileybooks.bsky.social
@karenkrossing.bsky.social
@mbleatherdale
@oksanna.bsky.social
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@franbwrites
@jtorrescomics
August 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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pragmaticmom.bsky.social
Newly Updated!

WWII Books for Kids on Japanese American Experience

www.pragmaticmom.com/2012/12/pear... via @PragmaticMom

#ReadYourWorld #KidLit #PearlHarbor #HistoricalFiction #WWII #JapaneseAmerican
WWII Books for Kids on Japanese American Experience
From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima: A Personal Journey explored through children's books on WWII Japanese American Internment.
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August 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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doucette515.bsky.social
#KidLitChat @cordeliajensen.bsky.social’s Lilac and the Switchback comes out August 2025. But you want this verse novel on your TBR.

I loved her trail image system, and a family navigate a really difficult pregnancy with older children connect so much with me (my mom’s last loss was when I was 12)
Lilac and the Switchback CORDELIA JENSEN A girl wearing a backpack looks out at the mountains. Her blond hair windswept.
December 18, 2024 at 2:23 AM
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katemessner.com
Teachers & librarians! I've put together some low-cost virtual author visits for you & your kids this fall, starting with THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES (grades 4-8) and OVER & UNDER THE CORAL REEF (K-5) on 9/15.

Details: katemessner.com/low-cost-vir... (Please tag friends who might be interested, too!)
Cream colored graphic with blue text THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES and Orange text: SEPTEMBER 15, 1-1:40PM, REGISTRATION $15, BEST FOR GRADES 4-8. bit.ly/thetroublewithheroes Book cover THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES shows a boy on a mountain summit with a Bernese mountain dog looking up at him. Cream colored graphic with blue text OVER & UNDER: READING & WRITING SCIENCE PICTURE BOOKS and Orange text: SEPTEMBER 15, 2-2:40PM, REGISTRATION $15, BEST FOR GRADES K-5. bit.ly/4lcaq2d Book cover OVER AND UNDER THE CORAL REEF shows a snorkeler in clear blue water, drifting over a colorful coral reef.
August 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Hey, MG readers! Don't miss these 92 exciting new middle grade books being published in August 2025!

Join us on Patreon for $5 and get immediate access to 200+ exclusive posts and rewards! Right now you can save 15% on an annual membership!
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A compilation of ten middle grade books being published in August 2025. Books featured include The Lost Women of Science, The Freedom Seeker, Oddity Woods, Zed Moonstein Makes A Friend, Cruise Life: Ship Shape, Totally Popular, Ride or Die, The Dark Times of Nimble Nottingham, Grin and Phantom Academy.
August 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM