Happy book birthday, @laurelsnyder.bsky.social!! I'm so excited for this amazing book to be in the world!

A new picture book from @laurelsnyder.bsky.social! Congratulations to Laurel and illus. Leanne Hatch on the release of THE BOOK OF CANDLES: EIGHT POEMS FOR HANUKKAH. Young readers should have access to books that reflect and expand their worldview. Happy book birthday and welcome to the world!

Congratulations to Meg Medina, the Newbery Medal winning author and former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Her beautiful new middle grade novel, GRACIELA IN THE ABYSS, is the @npr.org Book of the Day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6O5...

Such an exciting day! Congratulations to @kylelukoff.bsky.social. His novel, A WORLD WORTH SAVING, is one of the ten titles nominated for the 2025 National Book Awards Longlist for Young People's Literature. Congratulations to all the authors on the list. Way to go, Kyle!

Brandy Colbert has a new book out today! Congratulations on the release of the middle grade novel LET'S GET TOGETHER. And while you're checking out titles by Brandy, be sure to share her brilliant BLACK BIRDS IN THE SKY, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award-winning non-fiction book for teen readers.

It was a wonderful day at the National Book Festival. So great seeing @raulthethird.bsky.social, Hena Khan, @katemessner.com, @ellenoh.bsky.social, Jorge Cham, Tiffany Jackson and so many other book creators.

Congratulations to @barbaraoconnor.bsky.social ! DREAM, her companion novel to the middle grade classic WISH debuts this week on The New York Times Bestseller List!

Are you familiar with @traceybaptiste.bsky.social's MOKO MAGIC middle grade mystery series? Well, book two, MUSEUM MAYHEM, came out this week. If the young people in your life enjoyed THE JUMBIES series from Tracey, they're going to love these books, too!

Happy book birthday and welcome to the world! This week, a new non-fiction, STEM picture book from @stacymcanulty.bsky.social (and illustrated by Stevie Lewis) arrives, OUR SOLAR SYSTEM! A STELLAR NEIGHBORHOOD. Congratulations, Stacy!

THE LAST RESORT is here! National Book Award winning and Newbery Medal winning author @erinentrada.bsky.social has a new middle grade series… and the first book arrives today. Ghosts will rise from the pages! Happy book birthday and welcome to the world!

Today we are 8. 8 years ago today, we launched The Author Village. Now more than ever, schools, libraries, conferences, and organizations should commit to hosting author visits and inclusive educational programming for young people. We believe in the power of story. We know books save lives.

Middle Grade Bestsellers! Way to go, @lisayee.bsky.social and @dansantat.bsky.social — THE MISFITS is a New York Times bestseller for 26 weeks! Way to go, Tiffany D. Jackson — BLOOD IN THE WATER is a New York Times bestseller for 8 weeks!

Congratulations to author @katemessner.com, illustrator Christopher Silas Neal, and everyone at Chronicle Books on the release of OVER AND UNDER THE CORAL REEF, the eighth book in their award-winning nature picture book series. Happy book birthday and welcome to the world!

Congratulations to National Book Award winning and two-time Newbery Medal winning author @erinentrada.bsky.social on the release of the fourth book in her delightful illustrated middle grade MARISOL RAINEY series. Happy Book Birthday and Welcome to the World, YOUR TURN MARISOL RAINEY

@andreaywang.bsky.social Wang (Newbery Honor, WATERCRESS) has a new non-fiction picture book out this week, WORTHY: THE BRAVE AND CAPABLE LIFE OF JOSEPH PIERCE. Congratulations to Andrea, illustrator Youa Vang, and the entire team at Levine Querido. Happy Book Birthday and Welcome to the World!

DREAM is here! Congratulations to @barbaraoconnor.bsky.social on the release of her new middle novel, the companion to the classic WISH. Happy book birthday and welcome to the world!

Happy Book Birthday and Welcome to the World! G IS FOR GRATITUDE is here. Congratulations to Samantha Berger and Ann Shen on the release of your new picture book!

Happy book birthday, @katemessner.com! The picture book biography, FIRST ASCENT: THE EPIC YOSEMITE ROCK CLIMBING RIVALRY OF RO AND WARREN HARDING, illustrated by Stevie Lewis, is now available. Share this one with the young people in your life who love the outdoors and adventure! Congrats, Kate!

Some excellent news to kickoff our week! Newbery Honor winning and New York Times bestselling author for young people @adamgidwitz.bsky.social is now part of The Author Village! Adam’s currently scheduling both in-person and virtual appearances for the 2025-26 school year! Welcome, Adam Gidwitz!

Some excellent news to kickoff our week! Newbery Honor winning and New York Times bestselling author for young people @adamgidwitz.bsky.social is now part of The Author Village! Adam’s currently scheduling both in-person and virtual appearances for the 2025-26 school year! Welcome, Adam Gidwitz!

Not one... not two... THREE Eisner Awards for Lunar New Year Love Story! Congratulations to Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham! Their extraordinary and groundbreaking graphic novel won Eisner Awards for Best Graphic Album–New, Best Publication for Teens, and Best Writer. Amazing!

Congratulations to Vera Brosgol! Her graphic novel, PLAIN JANE AND THE MERMAID, is the winner of the 2025 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids! Way to go, @verabrosgol.bsky.social!!

This week, @dansantat.bsky.social, the National Book Award winner (A First Time for Everything) and the Caldecott Medal winner (Beekle) has a new book out this week. Happy book birthday and welcome to the world, ALL THE HULK FEELS, a Mighty Marvel comics picture book! Congrats, Dan!

Picture Book Pairings: What was Old MacDonald like before he had his farm? What happened to Humpty Dumpty after he fell off the wall? Share these two brilliant books with young people: THE MAN WHO DIDN'T LIKE ANIMALS by Deborah Underwood and LeUyen Pham AFTER THE FALL by @dansantat.bsky.social

Do you know young people who enjoy Jeff Kinney's "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series and Kazu Kibushi's "Amulet" books? Then introduce them to Jorge Cham's "Oliver's Great Big Universe" illustrated series. Super fun, hilarious, and STEM-focused.

Celebrating one more book birthday! Congratulations to @traceybaptiste.bsky.social and Dapo Adeola on the release of their new picture book, SUPER GOAT GIRL! Happy book birthday and welcome to the world! Congrats, Tracey!

A new picture book from John Parra, the three-time Pura Belpré Honor winner. "This Moment is Special: A Día de Muertos Story (Day of the Dead)" has already received starred reviews from School Library Journal and @publisherswkly.bsky.social. Happy book birthday and welcome to the world!

This week, we're celebrating the release of the picture book, THE DAY THE BOOKS DISAPPEARED. Congrats to authors, Joanna Ho and Caroline Kusin Pritchard and to National Book Award-winning illustrator, @dansantat.bsky.social.

The Supreme Court ruling in Mahmoud v Taylor is going to have a devastating impact on public schools, teachers, and most importantly, young people. @tasslyn.bsky.social and Jonathan Friedman have written an important post about the decision and its underlying cruelty. www.slj.com/story/The-Ug...

Congratulations to Tiffany D. Jackson!! Her middle grade debut, BLOOD IN THE WATER is a New York Times and an Indie Bestseller.

Summer Reading! Request one of these new upper middle grade titles from your local public library or purchase a copy from a local independent bookseller: Return to Sender by @verabrosgol.bsky.social Graciela in the Abyss by Meg Medina The Trouble With Heroes by @katemessner.com

We are celebrating a book birthday! Congratulations to the 2025 recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award Tiffany D. Jackson on the release of her middle grade debut, BLOOD IN THE WATER. Happy publication day and welcome to the world!

We are celebrating a book birthday! Congratulations to Newbery Medalist and former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Meg Medina on the release of her new instant classic, GRACIELA IN THE ABYSS. Happy publication day and welcome to the world!

Another wonderful initiative from @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social. Please consider supporting and letting others know about this important program.

This is wonderfully exciting! Both Meg Medina (GRACIELA IN THE ABYSS) and Tiffany D. Jackson (BLOOD IN THE WATER) have middle grade novels arriving this summer. Both received extraordinary reviews in this weekend's The New York Times Book Review. Congratulations!! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/b...

Congratulations to Newbery Medal-winning author @taekeller.bsky.social and illustrator Rachel Wada on the release of their new picture book, WE CARRY THE SUN. Happy book birthday and welcome to the world!

Librarians, Educators, Administrators: Are you familiar with @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social? If you're looking for a curriculum-aligned, affordable, and engaging way to bring virtual author visits to your students, I highly recommend checking them out. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Librarians, Educators, Administrators: Are you familiar with @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social? If you're looking for a curriculum-aligned, affordable, and engaging way to bring virtual author visits to your students, I highly recommend checking them out. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Congratulations, @katemessner.com! If you're a @npr.org person and are looking for a nice listen, check out Kate's All Things Considered interview with Arts Desk Reporter Andrew Limbong. They discuss her extraordinary new middle grade novel, THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES. www.npr.org/2025/05/21/n...

Congratulations to @verabrosgol.bsky.social and @tonyweaverjr.bsky.social! Vera Brosgol's PLAIN JANE AND THE MERMAID and Tony Weaver, Jr.'s WEIRDO (illustrated by Jes & Cin Wibowo) have been nominated for Eisner Awards in the category of Best Publication for Kids. Huzzah!!

Time to share some super exciting news... Author, educator, influencer, and change maker @tonyweaverjr.bsky.social has joined The Author Village. We're absolutely elated that the author of the celebrated graphic novel WEIRDO and the Founder of Weird Enough Productions is now part of our group!

Wow!! Check out this beautiful READ poster and bookmark created by the 2025 Pura Belpre Award winning illustrator Marcelo Verdad of THE DREAM CATCHER for the American Library Association Congratulations, Marcelo!

Wow!! This week, THREE of our authors have books on the Middle Grade Hardcover New York Times Bestseller List. Congratulations to @verabrosgol.bsky.social for RETURN TO SENDER, @pablocartaya.bsky.social for A HERO’S GUIDE TO SUMMER VACATION, and @katemessner.com for THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES.

This week, New York Times bestselling author @samiraahmed.bsky.social’s next young adult novel arrives, THE SINGULAR LIFE OF ARIA PATEL. Now more than ever, we need to be making sure young people know about books like these and have access to books like these. Happy book birthday week, Samira!

So happy for @katemessner.com! Her new middle grade novel, THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES, is an instant National Indie bestseller, a @usatoday.com bestseller, and a New York Times bestseller, debuting at number three on The New York Times list. Congratulations, Kate!!

We're celebrating another book birthday this week! Congratulations to @pablocartaya.bsky.social on the release of A HERO'S GUIDE TO SUMMER VACATION. His new middle grade novel has already received starred reviews from @ala-booklist.bsky.social and @publisherswkly.bsky.social! Welcome to the world!

15 years ago, ONE CRAZY SUMMER, the historical fiction novel by Rita Williams-Garcia won a Newbery Honor and the Coretta Scott King Award. This week, the graphic novel version of the middle grade classic arrives. The brilliant art is by @coilyandcute.bsky.social, creator of the CURLFRIENDS.

Last year, @erinentrada.bsky.social won the National Book Award for THE FIRST STATE OF BEING. This year, this week -- on May 6th -- Erin's middle grade non-fiction debut arrives. AT LAST SHE STOOD: is another must-read from the two-time Newbery Medal-winner. Congrats, Erin Entrada Kelly!

The Trouble With Heroes by @katemessner.com What a wonderful review by Matt De La Pena in The New York Times of one of the most buzzed about middle grade novels of the year. Congrats, Kate! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/b...

That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America If you want a better understanding of what Amanda Jones and librarians everywhere are facing as they fight book bans, take a few moments to read this review from the Los Angeles Review of Books. lareviewofbooks.org/article/how-...