This is Harley. He loves reading and sunny days. He recommends this book, and you can win a copy here: yabookscentral.com/author-chat-... #kidlit #giveaways #teachergiveaways

We have a Book Birthday today!!🎈🎈 @finneganbegin.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social #bookposse

What a treat to talk with @boonewrites.bsky.social on the book birthday of SPELLING IT OUT! Check it out: www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...

Just one week til This sweet book is out. So excited to share with you. #kidlit #mglit

Hey #kidlit: do you have your Goodnight Moon stamps yet?

New review for SPELLING IT OUT up at PW. Of all the books I’ve written, this one is my husband’s favorite. I think it’s because he is introspective and stays true to himself. It’s available May, 13.

Just two weeks until my latest #mglit drops! But you can already get a #free #activityguide for this and my other books over at my @simonkids author page. www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Marg...

How cow! You can win a full set of my #MiddleGrade books from @teachingbooks.bsky.social. That’s five books! Submit an entry here: forum.teachingbooks.net/2025/04/cont... And good luck!!!!

Thank you so much for reading! #bookposse is the best.

What inspires more #delight than a video of a dog? A video of a dog opening a box full of books. In this case, the box is full of my author copies of SPELLING IT OUT, which drops May 13, 2025. If you like, spelling, and nerds, and funny kids, full of heart, you’re gonna like this book.

Happy news! Barnes & Noble premium and reward members can now receive up to 25% off of pre-orders. But act soon. This deal ends end of day on Friday 4/25.

#delight is going to your fav bookstore and seeing your new paperback face out.

Less than a month to go before this puppy drops! I can hardly believe that it is almost May! So excited for you to meet Ben and Asha.

Do you know what is not a #delight? Grading 8 million papers. But strawberry shortcake? Now that is a delight!

Some places in Southern California have peacocks. My neighborhood does not, but guess what I saw walking? #Delight

#bookposse always sound like they’re having fun.

So thrilled to have been interviewed by the amazing Ronna @ronnawriter.bsky.social

Inspired by THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS by Ross Gay, I’m posting some of the delights I encounter in my daily life. Today, I’m delighted by the scent of orange blossoms. . #delight inspires #hope. What delights you today?

One of my fave middle-grade authors is L.A. local, @finneganbegin.bsky.social Her new mg novel, Spelling it Out, will be published on May 13, but today I’m celebrating the paperback release of last year’s hit, Sunny Parker is Here to Stay. ✅ out our Q+A. wp.me/p3X25n-bcY #middlegradebooks #kidlit

Happy news! My book SUNNY PARKER IS HERE TO STAY is now out in paperback. Learn all about my process and the book in this interview over at GOOD reads with Ronna. www.goodreadswithronna.com/2025/04/15/a...

You know LA real estate is out of control when the base of a tree is home. #walking #pasadenaca

@hottsnewreads.bsky.social #bookposse this one is heading to you! You’ll love Ben and his goal to win the Nat’l Spelling Bee, but also feel for him as his Nan’s forgetfulness becomes an issue. So many students will relate! @finneganbegin.bsky.social #AthenuemBooks @simonkids.bsky.social

Happy news indeed! My fifth book just got picked up as a JLG selection. That’s five for five. Happy reading!

Happy to announce that SPELLING IT OUT is now a JLG selection.

Next up! I’ve loved everything by @finneganbegin.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social #bookposse. Can’t wait to read about Ben, the champion speller!

I think I will be using the word clodpoll from now on! Thank you @finneganbegin.bsky.social for sharing this gem with #BookPosse. So much more than spelling, it’s about finding yourself and your people. @jenniferhalbur.bsky.social on its way to you! #AntheneumBooks @simonandschuster.bsky.social

Made these nifty personalized autograph stickers with Canva. Just sharing an idea with my #kidlit community. 😀

Join me in supporting the American Library Association. Reading builds empathy and introduces us to worlds beyond our imagination. Our libraries belong to all of us. #readfreely #freedomofexpression #authorsagainstbookbans give.ala.org/campaign/653...

Actually, you would not be dead if you were in my novel right now. I am too much of a softy to kill people off in my books. How about you?

Can you read the writing in the concrete? It says I best I don’t love Jeannette. There’s a story there. What do you think it is?

Are you a @netgalley.bsky.social reviewer? Do you love? #MiddleGradeFiction? Then go ahead and request. SPELLING IT OUT, my new book from @simonkids.bsky.social it comes out this May📕🥳.

Happy almost Valentine's Day! I hope everyone has the day they voted for, I'll just be here painting flowers and screaming inside to deal with it!

Phew! First review from the notoriously picky Kirkus is in!

Hey #kidlit creators, I challenge you! Make a #valentine theme post for your book! Let’s see what you come up with.

You should be so lucky! @alexborbolla.bsky.social is incredible.

Okay @bluesky #kidlit, what #mgfiction are you loving these days. Nothing to heartbreaking or gut wrenching. I’m look for a delightful lark of a read. Suggestions?

NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS won the Morris! SHARK TEETH won a Schneider Honor! TIME AND TIME AGAIN won a Stonewall Honor! And I couldn’t be prouder of these books and all they represent 🩵

Congratulations to all the #ALA book winners! So wonderful to see so many worthy books celebrated! Including THREE edited by own former editor, the amazing @alexborbolla.bsky.social at Bloomsbury. Alex! You are a superstar! I’m so happy for you, your team and your authors.

Boosting! This is a killer team!

Hi there. I’m wondering what other folks are doing about Meta. Are you taking a wait and see approach or are you leaving the platform now. If you’re a #kidlit creative, I especially love to hear what you’re thinking.

Do what great #middlegrade books are you reading these days, folks. I just finished NOT NOTHING by Gayle Forman. Really excellent! A beautiful story of how we are more than our worst mistakes.

Today’s Walt. A wee distraction from it all. #dogs

Today’s Walt. It will help you relax.

Happy to share my fifth book with Atheneum Books for Young Readers coming this May! #kidlit #middlegrade #middlegradelit #childrensbooks

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #20books #kidlit #mglit #mgbookchat #nonfiction Day 5. (No one said the days need to be consecutive)

The bad news is that I have a cold. The good news is that it is not Covid, and the semester is almost, almost, almost, almost, almost over. Soon, I will be able to milk this for all it’s worth.

Just playing around with Canva and BlueSky. Seems to limit the number of images I can upload at once and to crop video. Anyone else have that experience, or am I missing something?

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #20books #kidlit #mglit #mgbookchat #nonfiction Day 4

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #20books #kidlit #mglit #mgbookchat #nonfiction Day 3

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky #20books #kidlit #mglit #mgbookchat #nonfiction Day 2!