Just finished reading @erindowning.bsky.social’s newest MG book, What Happened Then. Wow! What a ride! This is Erin’s first mystery and she really nailed it! Looking for a good read that keeps you turning the pages, check it out in September.

2025 Middle Grade That I Could NOT PUT DOWN youtu.be/G4kvMEiu4-I

I wanted to read b/c of my connection to ALS. I loved the whole story. Fractured family, mystery, adventure, loneliness, healing - this will be a huge hit with readers. Thanks @erindowning.bsky.social , @scholastic.bsky.social for sharing with #bookposse. Heading to @beth1campbell.bsky.social

My turn! I’m looking forward to spending my morning with Avery at Crooked Lake - I have heard great things about this story!! Many thanks to @erindowning.bsky.social and @scholastic.bsky.social for sharing with #bookposse!

@destinylawyer you will LOVE this book! Told by Avery, Jax and “Then”, this book is about finding your place, family secrets, tough relationships and the love that binds it all together!! Buying a copy for my classroom!! Thank you @erindowning.bsky.social @scholastic #BookPosse

Added a little something to my forearm today. I’m obsessed.

Yesterday was my last in-person school visit of the year! They did so much amazing prep to get excited about our time together. Check out these classroom doors at Becker Intermediate!

NEW SERIES COVER REVEAL!! I am so excited to share these ADORABLE covers for the first books in my next younger middle-grade series, which launches in January 2026 (cover art by: Johanna Tarkela). More info: www.erinsoderberg.com/just-like-ho...

Getting ready to start this read tonight! I've heard amazing things. Thanks to #erinsoderbergdowning and Scholastic for sharing with #bookposse!

INTO THE RAPIDS launches into the world today! I'm so excited for you to leap into the rapids of life with Addy! I can't wait to meet readers tomorrow at Anderson’s in IL (tickets required), on 5/15 at Schuler Books in MI, & on 5/23 at the Flying Pig in VT. I hope to see some of you along the way!

Wow!!! A whopper of a family story! Fantastic setting, estranged family, hidden diary entries & cousins Avery & Jax trying to figure out what happened! Thank you @erindowning.bsky.social for sharing this with #bookposse I LOVED it-but more importantly, kids will love it!! 💚💚

How does Dan Gemeinhart do it, book after book after book?? This is another absolute page-turning high-stakes adventure that is bursting with incredible characters! Once again, he had me crying on one page, then howling with laughter the next. This one would make such a fun class read-aloud!

I finished wiping my 😭 after finishing this 📕 . @erindowning.bsky.social @scholastic.bsky.social Spending a summer with estranged family members sounds awful, until it isn’t Jax and Avery search for answers to what happened that last summer. @cindyschwind1.bsky.social #bookposse you are next!

JUST KEEP WALKING is on Minnesota’s State award list for next year!!!! The Maud Hart Lovelace committee picked some amazing books for next year - and now you have some ideas of what to buy for independent bookstore day (+ here’s a link to more of my faves: bookshop.org/lists/some-o...)!

SCATTERGOOD is absolutely marvelous - set in rural Iowa during WWII, in and around the real Scattergood hostel for refugees. Peggy is a magnificent and REAL character, and this story was just perfect - warm, sad, funny, excellent setting. Historical fiction at its very best. @hmbouwman.bsky.social

BOOK RECOMMENDATION! A spare novel in verse that packs a big punch, story- and character-wise. An intriguing premise, about a girl who’s destined to be a 4th generation fire-spotter, having grown up - living with and learning from her Mom and Grandma - at the top of a fire tower deep in the woods.

BOOK RECOMMENDATION! A beautifully-written, edge-of-your-seat verse novel about a town trying to rebuild and move forward after devastating fires destroy everything - absolutely essential for helping kids understand wildfires and our human impact on the natural world. @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social

This just arrived and there is already a long list of #bookposse readers! We love @erindowning.bsky.social @scholastic.bsky.social !

Hiking makes me sooooo happy! Really joyful spending a few days in Colorado!

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

Happy School Library Month! (Day 9) "School librarians are more essential now than ever." — @erindowning.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2024/11/what...

A balloon arch, state-specific food trucks researched and created by 3rd and 4th graders, and a cheering red-carpet welcome made today’s school visit extra special!!

Apparently WHAT HAPPENED THEN is now available on Netgalley!!! Physical ARCs are heading out from my publisher very soon, but in the meantime, it’s there to request!! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

My husband decided it was time for our teenagers to get up. He took a page from Walter Peach’s book (in The Great Peach Experiment). 😂🎺

Got to check out a super cool bookstore last night - Book Vault in Oskaloosa, IA! And we had a really strong turnout for my event - school events before a night book party always mean kids will show up wanting to know more - and I love seeing them a second time!!

I am in the middle of Iowa, doing a few days of school visits in veeeeery small communities. It’s so pretty and peaceful, and the town I’m sleeping in is the portrait of small-town America.

Got to visit my buddies at @dragonflybooks.bsky.social for a couple days of school visits (now I’m elsewhere in IA). LOVE the way they have their chapter book series displayed!

This is Hank, the emotional support dog at today’s Iowa school visit. I wish my schools had a buddy like Hank when I was a kid!

Here’s what I loved most about Mardi Gras in New Orleans: I have never been any place where absolutely everyone shines brightly in their own way and are so encouraged to embrace their unique self - and EVERY single person around celebrates and cheers them on. So much body positivity and self-love!

Good morning.

Teachers and librarians! Look what I scored :-) Absolutely loving this one by @erindowning.bsky.social And, more importantly, I think kids will love it. Highly recommended! 🥰

As of today, JUST KEEP WALKING is now also available as an audiobook! This has been a personal mission of mine, to get this released in this format, as it makes the book so much more accessible to all readers!! Check out a sample: rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...

Over the past few weeks I learned that JUST KEEP WALKING has been named to two state lists for next year! Thanks so much, Iowa and Oklahoma!! ❤️🥾🏕️

Drinking coffee out of a mug I made myself is making my morning so happy!!

Just got an advance copy of @erindowning.bsky.social's latest novel in the mail & can't wait to dig in!

Gah!! ARCs are here!!! Thank you to two of my fave authors (and humans), @annbraden.bsky.social and @jarrett-lerner.bsky.social for your thoughtful words about this book!!! Read an excerpt here: www.erinsoderberg.com/what-happene...

Today’s school visit in Iowa was so incredible! The kids were very creative and engaged, I got to play gym class, I found out I’m on next year’s Iowa state list, AND a generous community member donated money to buy a book for all 320 kids at the school!

Thank you @erindowning.bsky.social for reading to my third graders and inspiring them to write! They learned so much from you and they’re all DYING to meet the Peach family! 😍🍑

Today I got to visit Story, the bookstore puppy at @dogearedbooksames.bsky.social! Got some amazing store merch and a couple books I’m super excited about, including @hmbouwman.bsky.social’s latest!

This week kicks off 2 months of almost daily school author visits! Love this season!! (Photo credit: Maeve, grade 3, who asked for a feature. ❤️)

Today I spent 6 hours in the sunny table at my public library, diving deep into history, because I’ve maxed out my library check-outs and could only bring 6 of these interlibrary requests home….

This right here is the start of a new novel. Research for these three threads continues, but it’s officially time to get the story in order….

Oh, how I loved this book by @barbaradee.bsky.social. Freya is extraordinary - I love that she’s unapologetically loud, asks questions, and owns her actions and mistakes. A great story that demonstrates how change can happen - and how to make your voice heard in ways that make a difference.

This is one of my top can’t-wait-to-read books for 2025!!!! ❤️

This one story captures everything I love to read about in one place: perfect, swoony romance, extremely clever and funny dialogue, amazing family dynamics, fab friends - all in a MIDDLE GRADE package. Oh, my ❤️.

This is INSANE! My book was the #1 bestseller OVERALL at Fitger’s Books in Duluth, MN this year. A middle grade novel beats out all the adult titles!!! ❤️

"John Schu, you should have asked me if What Happened Then has a dog in it. OF COURSE it does—and his name is Bruce." — @erindowning.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2024/11/what...

My next book has a fun how-to-draw activity (courtesy of @jarrett-lerner.bsky.social!) in the back matter. Today I tested it and am so pleased with the results!! www.erinsoderberg.com/what-happene...

Who has played the game Telestrations? Is this not the best-ever clue by my son? The word is in the comments.