Cue happy dance! A new book is coming and I’m bursting with excitement! Get ready for the unexpected, my friends. ALMOST TRUE is a contemporary middle grade novel w/ a twist. It's shorter & fast paced. And I can't wait to share it. 😊 @randomhousekids.bsky.social #AlmostTrue #newbook #kidlit

Announcing new deals for @planetx.bsky.social @dashkaslater.bsky.social @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social + more

Hey, Massachusetts! Help tell our legislators they should pass An Act Regarding Free Expression to protect libraries, schools, and authors from book bans by sending them a postcard! Instructions on how to do this and where to get postcards here: www.massfreedomtoread.org/act @massaabb.bsky.social

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

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

I will be there with @danaalisonlevy.bsky.social @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social @massaabb.bsky.social to tell you about An Act Regarding Free Expression, currently under consideration in the MA legislature, and tools to contact your reps portersquarebooks.com/event/2025-0...

At next week's event you'll also hear from @danaalisonlevy.bsky.social @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social and Mass Freedom To Read (www.massfreedomtoread.org). If you've ever felt helpless about book bans due to living in a blue state, come to this event!

Let's come together! How can we support teachers & librarians? How can we support readers? How can we support each other? In SAME PAGE, Bess discovers to fight a book ban at her school, she must 1st learn how to be an ally & a friend @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social

For those who need an #Uplift: bsky.app/profile/debb... Hand-curated by yours truly, updated daily via @blueskyfeedcreator.com. Criteria unapologetically subjective, tho esp: bookish • quirky • word nerds • art that shows human process • vintage tech • obscure interest deep-dives • alt-text

Honored! SAME PAGE was in the @nytimes.com Recommended for Kids Starting Middle School www.nytimes.com/2024/08/28/b... Thank you, rockstar librarian Jennifer Hubert Swan. Want to check out SAME PAGE? 😉 www.rhcbooks.com/books/727437... @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social

35 years of loving you 35 years of being loved by you Love our beautiful family Love being GG and Gta Love you, James Swartz Blessed. Grateful. Happy Today Tomorrow Always Xoxo 📷 @jillianrollinsphotography 👗@camillawithlove

Cue happy dance! HIDDEN TRUTHS is in another printing!! Honored. 🫶 This book took 22 years! Now, it's in another printing! 🙏 And up for 3 state awards. Thank you, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Missouri!! 💜💜💜 Dreams do come true!🥹 @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social

Love this!! Needed this! Huge thanks @debbieohi.com

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Today we and our coalition partners from #MassFreedomToRead are heading to the State House in Boston to testify in support of An Act Regarding Free Expression at 1 pm. Tune in virtually here: malegislature.gov/Events/Heari...

Today a crew from @massaabb.bsky.social will be in Boston at the Statehouse, in support of bills H.3594 and S.2328, both titled An Act Regarding Free Expression. This is about the freedom to create, read, and share freely. We cannot do everything, but must try to do SOMETHING.

Thanks to @publisherswkly.bsky.social for highlighting #MassFreedomToRead! Members of our coalition will be at the State House in Boston on July 22 to deliver testimony supporting the freedom to read. Stay tuned!

Thank you @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social! Loved this one from the start. Thankful my parents never limited my reading choices. Every child has the right to see themselves represented in what they are reading. Headed home to @candicegodfrey.bsky.social. @randomhousekids.bsky.social #BookPosse

Happening today! Join us!🥰 Details👇

Save the Date! Our IG live with @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social is Thursday, 6/26/25, 2 pm ET! Elly Swartz is an award-winning middle grade author. She meets with thousands of students each year to empower their own personal narrative. www.instagram.com/readyourworl... #ReadYourWorld #kidlit

Karen B. McCoy - Debut Release Day! The Etiquette of Voles is out in the world! mailchi.mp/105302357065... Plus a Bookbub giveaway www.bookbub.com/books/the-et..., upcoming appearances, & archived interviews w/ @kaaauthor.bsky.social @choldenko.bsky.social @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social and others!

Honored! HIDDEN TRUTHS was nominated for the Garden State Teen Book Awards, Grds 6-8! Thank you, NJLA! I wrote the 1st draft in 2001. It came out in 2023! 22 years it took to find its voice, its heart, & its way into reader's hands. 🥹 @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social

Honored! HIDDEN TRUTHS was nominated for the Garden State Teen Book Awards, Grds 6-8! Thank you, NJLA! I wrote the 1st draft in 2001. It came out in 2023! 22 years it took to find its voice, its heart, & its way into reader's hands. 🥹 @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social

Hey, @apensfan.bsky.social, you are going to love this book by @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social It is an amazing read. Much thanks to @randomhousekids.bsky.social for sharing with #bookposse.

Join us! May 27 at 7pmet IG LIVE I'll be talking with rockstars @lizawiemer.bsky.social & @chanastiefel.bsky.social in celebration of #Jewish American Heritage Month I can't wait! So #JAHM with us! @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social #kidlit

You know what I love? When I do a school visit and the school reaches out the next day to book for next school year.🥰 Love my job! @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social #kidlit #school #bookclubs

Commemorating National Foster Care Month on today's @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social, w/ a carefully curated selection of MG books, including two of my favorites: EXTRAORDINARY BIRDS by Sandy Stark-McGinnis & GIVE AND TAKE by @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social #kidlit fromthemixedupfiles.com/may-is-natio...

I am so glad that this new #mglit novel by @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social is out in the world! So well done. Headed your way, @jenguyorjowett.bsky.social! #bookposse @randomhousekids.bsky.social #booksky

What an honor! Thank you @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social for this wonderful review of SAME PAGE! It's so meaningful when a reader connects w/ the 💙 of your story. Full review www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/same-page @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social #kidlit #freadom

Make Way for the Boston Marathon. 💛💙

Thank you for including Louder Than Hunger as a Teacher Favorites Selection, CBC! www.cbcbooks.org/wp-content/u...

This is why I write! And why kids need ALL the books! I visited Elizabeth Blye's amazing rockstar readers. They made me this poster about what my books mean to them. Oh. My. Heart. 🥹 Thank you, friends! @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social 💛💛💛💛

Huge thanks @mrsbookdragon.bsky.social and Brittany for this great conversation! Loved it! Friends, be sure to subscribe to their wonderful podcast! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... #kidlit #Freadom @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social

Happy School Library Month! (Day 8) "School librarians are a gift. A necessity. And the heart of every school." — @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2024/06/same...

Sitting down with this new #mglit novel by @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social How will Bess navigate book challenges in her community? #bookposse @randomhousekids.bsky.social @booksky 👍🏻📚

Falmouth turned out in big numbers for the #HandsOff rally! Ban hate. Read books. We are better together! #Freadom #SamePage #kidlit #hope

Headed to the #HandsOff rally! Ban Hate. Read Books. #SamePage #kidlit #Freadom

Have you read any of these or are they on your TBR pile? 📚 These are my March reads. I hope this list leads you to your next great read! Book info in the comments. #kidlitart #bookrecs #graphicnovel #ocd #biography #library #mentalhealth

I loved every moment of the SAME PAGE Tween & Me Book Club at Ten Trees Books. The house was packed with rockstar readers and their grown-ups. We talked. Laughed. It was a perfect night. Grateful!🥰 @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social #freadom #kidlit #bookclubs

Wow! Loved my time at MRA conference 💛 And loved presenting w/ rockstars @karalareau.bsky.social & @marcellapixley.bsky.social ❤️ Big thx to the conf comm for all the hard work that went into creating such a special 2 days💜 @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social #kidlit

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If you ever need helping staying up-to-date on all the latest book releases, I share two posts on Patreon with 80+ middle grade and 250+ adult fiction and non-fiction book releases every single month. Just sayin' 😉 www.patreon.com/c/popgoesthe...

Magical school visit with Liz Blye and the rockstar 6th, 7th, and 8th graders at Anne M. Corner Middle School We celebrated being imperfect & beautiful, bravery, SAME PAGE, friendships & the right to read. Grateful @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social #kidlit #Freadom

Let’s celebrate @donorschoose.bsky.social turning 25 by donating to my #donorschoose campaign for stations at my districtwide #comiccon event! Anything helps! bit.ly/donorschoosecomiccon #library #tlsky #skybrarian #skybrarians #comics #manga #graphicnovels #librarian #schoollibrarians #librarians

Happy book birthday to @katemessner.com's History Smashers: Earth Day and the Environment!

Do you love book clubs? Me, too! Do you think school librarians are the best? Me, too! In honor of School Library Month, I'm starting a book club! Let’s Talk! A book club with Elly Swartz ~ Navigating big, small, and sometimes confusing feelings How it works 👇 @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social

@becalzada.bsky.social - Wanted to share this special opportunity with you and your Book Warrior School Librarians. Grateful for all of your strength, courage, commitment to kids and books. Thank you all for being incredible champions!

Do you love book clubs? Me, too! Do you think school librarians are the best? Me, too! In honor of School Library Month, I'm starting a book club! Let’s Talk! A book club with Elly Swartz ~ Navigating big, small, and sometimes confusing feelings How it works 👇 @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social

Cue happy dance! HIDDEN TRUTHS and DEAR STUDENT are in another printing! To my readers, thank you! There are many wonderful books on the shelf, honored that you have chosen mine to read. 💛 www.rhcbooks.com/authors/2241... #kidlit @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social

"Confidently, she shares her idea with her trusted teachers and friends so she can implement it. You’ll wonder throughout the story what her idea is. Will you guess?" — @imaginationsoup.bsky.social imaginationsoup.net/picture-book...