Need some great new middle grade speculative fiction? Check out my reviews on my two new favorites! imtanner.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-... @struan-murray.bsky.social @cybilsawards.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social

Celebrate Indigenous storytelling this #IndigenousPeoplesDay — and every day! — with these new and upcoming releases from Heartdrum! Here’s every Heartdrum title that’s been published in 2025 — as well as a look ahead at forthcoming 2026 Heartdrum titles that you can pre-order today!

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards and Endies End Paper Awards! Anyone can nominate a book. Head here to get started: 100scopenotes.com/2025/10/01/n...

It's October, and our team is on the hunt for books that go bump in the night. Fortunately, @anndavilacardinal.bsky.social's newest YA horror novel, You've Awoken Her, more than delivers. Check out this glowing review from @roesolo.bsky.social: momreadit.com/2025/07/25/c...

We don’t have much to add to this week’s chat, but we’re loving this behind-the-scenes look at a (difficult!) part of the writing process. #kidlitchat

What an honor! Thank you @cybilsawards.bsky.social for including SAME PAGE in this important resource alongside these other wonderful reads. @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social

Cathy's book, THE LITTLE RED CHAIR, was a @cybilsawards.bsky.social finalist and is a beautiful look at a family chair loved for generations. She also has a nonfiction book PEW: THE STINKY AND LEGEN-DAIRY GIFT about a 1,400-pound cheese wheel given to President Andrew Jackson.

My friend @cathyso.bsky.social put ONE CAN BE in a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social in Salem, NH. It has a tall box for adult books, and a short box for kid books. Cathy was in my first critique group. She was a school librarian and also hosted my first author visit. #megakidlit #nh #booksky

We don’t have a uniform, but… 👀

I’m so excited to see Torrible Puns included in this list of amazing poetry books!

It's one of our favorite days of the month. If you haven't yet, scroll through #kidlitartpostcard and be in awe of the amazing skill (and future books?) on display.

On this Random Acts of Poetry Day, here's a little poem for your feed.

bookriot.com/new-host-of-... YAY, #ReadingRainbow is back AND with @mychal3ts.bsky.social as host!!! #ReadingRainbow #KidLit #Books #Librarian #Readers

September is coming to an end, so it's time for the latest Cybils Scribbles over on our Substack. In this edition: 📚 Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month 📚 A World Beach Day book list 📚 A look at how the Cybils is different this year 📚 & more! Check it out: cybilsawards.substack.com/p/september-...

Somehow I managed to miss this sad announcement. I loved working with @cybilsawards.bsky.social. www.cybils.com/2025/06/were...

The Cybils awards are taking a hiatus this year. If you are looking for kidlit, middle grade and YA recs, please check out amazing winners from past years. Every time one of us celebrates a good book on any platform or offline, we are supporting literacy and empathy. Books help.

With the @cybilsawards.bsky.social taking a break this year, I share ways we can champion new release titles. Today, children’s books need powerful platforms and passionate voices, even if they don’t make it to the library shelves. #kidlit #LetKidsRead kidlitgrove.substack.com/p/celebratin...

Also a big shout out to @cybilsawards.bsky.social Being a panelist helped inspire me with my own writing. I also meet some great people in the children writing community! #kidlitchat

Every librarian should read this incredible post called "Librarians Are Dangerous" by @bradmontague.bsky.social today. It truly made my heart sing today. Thank you, Brad! ❤️ (And thank you to Julie W. for sharing it with me this morning.) bradmontague.substack.com/p/librarians... #TLSky #Skybrarian

Today is RIGHT TO READ DAY. Support access to books. Support access to information. Support libraries. Fight for Freedom. The book I'm currently reading is @kylelukoff.bsky.social classic, TOO BRIGHT TO SEE. What are you reading this week?

Happy National Library Week! Shout out to all of the awesome libraries and librarians out there helping readers of all ages and providing positive support and resources for their communities. Team PUNK TACO appreciates you all.

We need a list of volunteers who can be “on deck” for when the need arises to make phone calls, send emails, and/or provide in-person testimony in Austin- related to the freedom to read in TX. Please complete this form if you’re willing to volunteer in this way. www.txftrp.org/89th_leg_tes...

Children’s author Mac Barnett wants the U.S. to appreciate picture books | SF Chronicle

Schedule for reading in the coming week. I'd love to make a chain of little schedules that we can share around and check back so we can always celebrate reading for the @trreadathon.bsky.social live together. If you have a schedule this week PLEASE comment it ♡ we will know who to raid, too! 💙📚🌈

You're team not doing well in the tourney? 🏀 Need break from #MarchMadness? Enter: Scribbles from the CYBILS Morning RSS * Two great articles @ AI * 30 (!) #MGLit books adults will love * 7 book-to-screen adaptations coming this year * How to turn the page on book bans cybilsawards.substac...

Middle Grade readers want properly scary horror, and some of us are itching to write it. But will anyone actually publish it?

The school library can be a safe haven for disenfranchised and disengaged students, which, in turn, can help keep them in school: Tackling Chronic Absenteeism, Districts Turn to School Libraries. #TLSky #EduSky

Happy book birthday to Melissa!! Let us never forget #kidslovenonfiction [and adults, too.]

There are so many amazing children's books published that don't get the recognition they deserve. How To Be More Hedgehog by Anne-Marie Conway is definitely one. Every child that I've been able to get to read it says it's one of their favourite books. Which others have slipped through the net?

A perfect question to ponder over a cuppa this morning ...

🗓️ Today's the day! 📘 Cindy Mackey is kicking off our #StuckBumblebeeChallenge for #poets and #illustrators today. 🎊 Check it out over @booksbycindy.bsky.social We're celebrating the #poetry and #artwork 🎨 in #picturebooks. Yes! #poetrymonth begins now. (Poetry everyday)❣️ And here we go!

“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers #bookquote #authorquote

Writers of Bluesky! I'm on the lookout for some fresh new voices for middle grade readers. I love contemporary realistic stories but am happy to be swept away with something with fantasy elements too. All submission details are on our website www.skylark-literary.com/submission-guidelines 📚💕#MSWL

“Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly.” ― Langston Hughes #bookquote #authorquote

Somehow I missed tagging you, Amanda! This skeet has gotten a lot of traction!! Thank you for hosting Samantha Van Leer @amandamacgregor.bsky.social

I know nothing about this book, but I agree, so I bought it on the spot.

Time to "March 4th" with some bookish fun. In this edition of the Mornning RSS ... * The cure for picture book fizzle * How to write while "deeply distracted" * How to show up for your library (consumer edition) * Read alikes for the I Survived series ... and more! cybilsawards.substac...?

“Sorry, but we don’t do aliens.” This was what my agent heard when she sent my first draft to potential publishers. “Exactly! Where [are] the middle-grade sci-fi books!?" Why Middle Grade Needs More Sci-Fi, a guest post at Teen Librarrian Toolbox teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/03/04/a...

Now with Actual Crowdfunder Link! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/pathwayslb... #KidLitUK

Quick repost about our bedtime library, its made a huge difference to how our youngest children see books and reading. There is a link to a list of fab books at the end. smithsmm.wordpress.com/2020/01/11/t...

I'm going to point prospective writers to this @MixedUpFiles article on the importance of AGENTS! fromthemixedupfiles.com/how-to-find-...

It's always good to catch up with @tanitawrites.bsky.social and @aquafortis.bsky.social at their FINDING WONDERLAND BLOG. Today, a @cybilsawards.bsky.social winner, Archer's Hearts Still Beating! writingya.com?p=10685

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it. —Julia Child #bookquote #authorquote

When I was a @cybilsawards.bsky.social panelist i read many nominated books like @kipwilsonwrites.bsky.social and others that I loved. I read MG/YA/non-fiction/graphic novels. Picked up new favorite authors. #kidlitchat

Showcasing social activism for #MMGM with @barbaradee.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social TEAR THIS DOWN and Levy's @kidsbloomsbury.bsky.social A DANGEROUS IDEA. msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2025/02/mmgm...

I loved being part of the Cybils Awards' judging panel this year and loved reading so many amazing books for children. The worst thing about it all? Having to pick a few books when ALL of them were winners 📚 Congratulations to 2024 the award winners!b @cybilsawards.bsky.social

It's review day!! WE NEED EVERYONE by @northendmc.bsky.social (text), @tiffbartel.com (illustrator) Highwater Press, 2024 #CYBILS2024 Elementary Nonfiction Submission 1/4

Reading was a big thing, yes. Books were a big thing. But the things that stick out were the newspapers. —James Earl Jones #bookquote #authorquote

Literary merit is a wonderful thing, but I also think it’s really important to take into account popularity. By combining the two together, kids are getting amazingly written books that they’ll enjoy in 13 different categories ...