So excited for this to launch! Grace and I have been in the planning phase for quite some time. Tune in TOMORROW for our first episode! #TheBookishState

Still glowing from meeting @pablocartaya.bsky.social at a @ctcasl.bsky.social event organized by @msthombookitis.bsky.social! Pablo’s kind words reminded me why I do this work. Left with A Hero’s Guide to Summer Vacation + a renewed sense of purpose. #EduSky #Skybrarians #MiddleGradeMagic 📚✨

Spent my morning working on orders for #joyfulmaking! My hand zippered pouches make great gifts for a variety of occasions! Looking for the perfect thank you gift for teachers, librarians, and educators? Coin purse size $5 and is perfect for a gift card or just by itself. 😊🤩 DM for more info.

RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one. Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.

“Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Modern tyranny is terror management …The sudden disaster that requires the end of checks & balances, … the suspension of freedom of expression, the right to a fair trial, & so on, is the oldest trick in the Hitlerian book. Do not fall for it.”

📚Our New Voices Award writing contest is open for submissions! ✨Lee & Low is looking for unpublished authors of color or Indigenous/Native writers hoping to break into the publishing industry for the first time with their picture book manuscript. 💻Learn more: www.leeandlow.com/blog/new-voi...

So excited for my #bookmail!! “What Happened Then” by @erindowning.bsky.social will be at the top of a very large spring break #TBR list! 🎉🎉👏🏻💓🌺 #TLSkyChat #scholastic #bookposse #joyfulreading

Hey, check out this article in People Magazine! people.com/authors-who-... I think three or four of these author-librarians (@heykellyjensen.bsky.social, @alexlondon.bsky.social, @tessadare.bsky.social) might even be in this starter pack: go.bsky.app/9ZCeiFw #Skybrarians #TLSky #EduSky #BookSky

📣 Calling all teacher librarians & people who love them! Join us TONIGHT at 8pmET/5pmPT for #TLSkyChat! Let’s connect, share & grow together! This week's topic AND questions are posted at tlskychat.com! 🌟💬📚 #Edusky #kidlit #TLSky

Looking forward to my conversation with these amazing authors! Starts at 2pm EST TODAY! Register here: www.schoollibraryjournal.com/event/new-st... @slj.com @katemessner.com #ReneeWatson #LeaStecher @ctcasl.bsky.social @nerdcampct.bsky.social

The most amazing #bookmail! I am already halfway through book 2! Highly recommend this series by @dhonielle.bsky.social!! so many metaphors and parallels to what is happening in today’s world. And it definitely has #Magical Vibes. #joyfulreading #joyfulteacherlibrarian @henryholtbooks.bsky.social

NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.

Secretary of Defense Hegseth says he doesn’t know if Russia invaded Ukraine. This you?

ccira.blog/2025/03/18/r... @clehmann.bsky.social @charliehacking.bsky.social @candersonwriting.bsky.social @caroljago.bsky.social @msthombookitis.bsky.social @ctcasl.bsky.social #EduSky

So excited to see a *NEW* book by #CTAuthor @sarahdarerlittman.bsky.social & Cindy L. Otis. #Influenced sounds like a VERY timely and important book for #readers of ALL ages! @ctcasl.bsky.social @nerdcampct.bsky.social #ctcaslreads #medialiteracy

What a FUN afternoon! I spent some time with @debbimichiko.bsky.social & @authorgracelin.bsky.social in Mystic at #BankSquareBooks celebrating #TheLastAcademy #booklaunch! Saw @armyvet5.bsky.social too:) #bookjoy #joyfulteacherlibrarian #ctcaslreads @ctcasl.bsky.social @nerdcampct.bsky.social

This is exciting news-- @georgejreije.bsky.social has a new duology coming out! #mglit @ctcasl.bsky.social @nerdcampct.bsky.social

Feel like this book is more relevant than ever right now. We are getting a reminder of what the world was like before vaccines.

It was an absolutely magical day!!!

I do love a good mystery! Excited to read this one that’s making the #bookposse rounds. #mglit @kristintubb.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social #FowlPlay

Olive Blackwood Takes Action! Thank you @bysonjathomas.bsky.social for sharing this new #mglit title with #bookposse. Looking forward to getting to know Olive! 📚📚📚

There are so many different types of backmatter Learn more in my post about why backmatter matters (including examples). @steamteambooks.bsky.social #bookposse #teachers #librarians #educators #homeschoolers #edusky #WomenInSTEM #scicomm #STEM #STEAM #edtechchat www.nffest.com/2025/02/why-...

💕Another charming #MGLit from the author of Song For A a Whale lynnekelly.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitchat #booksky #bookposse #middlegrade #booktok @etraintalks.bsky.social

Exciting #graphicnovel first in Black Lives series! by Tonya Bolden, Illustrated by David Wilkerson #STEM #BlackSTEM #womenSTEM #BlackSky #kidlit #mglit #booksky #bookposse #booktok mgauthorcade.bsky.social #librarians #kidlit

📚SAVE THE BOOK CLUB! TImely #MGLit from @danaalisonlevy.bsky.social #kidlit #middlegrade #mglit #booksky #bookposse #librarians @etraintalks.bsky.social @mgauthorcade.bsky.social @mrschureads.bsky.social

💕💕Loved this enchanting story in verse - a tale in the arctic world that's wonderful to listen to - #middlegrade #mglit #kidlit @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social #booksky #bookposse @etraintalks.bsky.social @mrschureads.bsky.social 💕💕

A tender story of friendship and grief #MGLit #kidlit #middlegrade #booksky #bookposse #booktok #diversebooksky #blackbooksky

Bookmail arrived and is next up on the front porch! Looking forward to seeing what summer has in store for Ben! @finneganbegin.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social #AntheneumBooks #BookPosse

Happy Book Birthday to Bea Mullins Takes A Shot by @emilydeibert.bsky.social 🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈 @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social #bookposse

This magical book is on its way to you @apensfan.bsky.social @cmcornwell.bsky.social #delacortepress #bookposse

More great bookmail today! This one from @natalieloyd #bookposse

Sooooo excited to see this in my mail!! If you work with middle grade kids you know that many of them love spooky books! This publishes 9/30!! Thank you for sharing with #bookposse @allymalinenko.bsky.social

This middle grade mystery is headed to the next #bookposse member! #mglit @kristintubb.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social

Thank you @jewellparkerrhodes.bsky.social for this copy of Will’s Race for Home! I can’t wait to share it with my students! #bookposse

Happy Book Birthday to Tear This Down by @barbaradee.bsky.social 🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈 @simonkids.bsky.social #bookposse

Up Next!! Can’t wait to travel to Greece with Kat! It’s not what she wanted to be doing for her whole summer before being a high school freshman! Thanks for sharing with #bookposse

Loved this one! authorsstudio.com/tear-this-do... #bookposse TY @barbaradee.bsky.social ❤️

Hey! Look what I get to start reading on its book birthday! So happy for me. And for @emilydeibert.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social #bookposse

Yesterday in the library, a new student shared that he only got to read part of Alone before moving, and had a few pages left. All of our library copies are always out. So I entrusted him with my well loved personal copy, which he took good care of! #bookjoy @meganefreeman.bsky.social #bookposse

I’m loving this fantasy novel in verse so far. Tomorrow should bring some good airplane ✈️ reading as well! #bookposse @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

Looking forward to sharing and learning with Connecticut educators on Saturday! Click the registration link and join us! @nerdcampct.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #bookjoy #nerdcamp @msthombookitis.bsky.social @jluss.bsky.social

Can’t wait to see @andrewchacket.bsky.social at #nErDcampCT happening Saturday, March 1st! @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #nerdcamp @msthombookitis.bsky.social

Can’t wait to see @kylelukoff.bsky.social at #nErDcampCT happening Saturday, March 1st! @aaslala.bsky.social #bookjoy #nerdcamp @msthombookitis.bsky.social More info at nerdcampct.org! 😍📚

Can’t wait to see @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social at #nErDcampCT happening Saturday, March 1st! @aaslala.bsky.social #nerdcamp @msthombookitis.bsky.social More info at nerdcampct.org! 😍📚

Can’t wait to see @shawnpeterswrites.bsky.social at #nErDcampCT happening Saturday, March 1st! @aaslala.bsky.social #nerdcamp @msthombookitis.bsky.social More info at nerdcampct.org! 😍📚

Can’t wait to see Rhonda Roumani at #nErDcampCT happening Saturday, March 1st! @aaslala.bsky.social #nerdcamp @msthombookitis.bsky.social More info at nerdcampct.org! 😍📚

Can’t wait to see Lisa Stringfellow at #nErDcampCT happening Saturday, March 1st! @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #nerdcamp @msthombookitis.bsky.social More info at nerdcampct.org! 😍📚

Can’t wait to see @alysawishingrad.bsky.social at #nErDcampCT happening Saturday, March 1st! @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #nerdcamp @msthombookitis.bsky.social More info at nerdcampct.org! 😍📚

Can’t wait to see @jzulferr.bsky.social at #nErDcampCT happening Saturday, March 1st! One of the @aaslala.bsky.social #bookjoy @msthombookitis.bsky.social More info at nerdcampct.org! 😍📚

I'm very happy to be a part of the 5th Annual #nErDcampCT on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Literacy nerds, join us! 📚 Register at: www.nerdcampct.org by 2/25/25. @nerdcampct.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #bookjoy #nerdcamp @msthombookitis.bsky.social @jluss.bsky.social