I don’t think being “the most famous reindeer of all” is as impressive as they think it is

Sometimes writing is slap words on the page and reaching your word count goals. Sometimes it's looking out through your window while sipping tea and asking yourself "man, how do I get out of this one?" #writersky

A tricky word problem: If Betsy is down to writing two sentences a day, averaging ten words per sentence (being generous), how long will it take her to finish the ms she's working on? State your answer in eons.

Attention frantic shoppers: Books are substantial, easy to wrap, and in this case under $10 each! Get all four for the price of four! Available here or at your favorite indie: bookshop.org/beta-search?.... Happy holidays! ❄️

Join me at @beaconhillbooksandcafe on Tues. Dec. 16 at 4pm for story hour, Hanukkah crafts, and book signing! It's a delightful bookstore with an enchanting children's section. #booksigning #booksigningevent #hanukkah #hanukkahgiftforkids #hanukkah2025 @kidlitcollective.bsky.social

Congratulations, @heatherlangbooks.bsky.social and Jamie Harper on your latest STEAM book for young readers! #STEAM @candlewickpress.bsky.social nancycastaldonaturespeak.blogspot.com/2025/12/cong...

Attention frantic shoppers: Books are substantial, easy to wrap, and in this case under $10 each! Get all four for the price of four! Available here or at your favorite indie: bookshop.org/beta-search?.... Happy holidays! ❄️

It's the perfect time to buy Jewish Books for kids for Hanukkah during Jewish Book Month!

An accurate rendering of me signing a Significant Document about which I will be blathering nonstop soon and for the foreseeable future. (Illustration by Arthur Rackham from "Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen.") Yes, my feet were a little bit cold.

Parents, the secret inside guide to what your children are texting! #texting #librarians #teachers #parents #library #books #mgteachers #libraries #booksky #booktalk #reading

😻 Alt: vegetables in baskets at the market, the basket labeled "FRESH CATNIP 2.00" has a black or gray and white cat snuggled inside, fuzzy belly up, eyes closed.

Remember as you gear up for family gatherings this week, if anyone asks “are you still doing that writing thing?” you ARE entitled to challenge them to single combat.

Hey Library Kids & Book Lovers, This Knit Vest Pattern Is For You - It's A Borrowing Card! 👉 tidd.ly/4fIdLOv - designed by Jennifer Peacock of Pretty Grandpa and would make a perfect gift for the Gen-Xer on your list! #knitting #GenX #librarylove #handmade #etsy #affiliate #giftidea 📚❤️🧶

The perfect autumn Sunday 🍁

I beg you to read this thread but only if you promise to read all the alt texts

Vital note to self for the MG work in progress. This is the kind of insight that makes or breaks a story…

From the NYT Style section. This makes book piles legitimate decor choices, right?

“I like to be chic,” he said. “I go to school like this.” -this kid is a character from a YA novel!

Or are the baguettes normal size and the people Borrowers?

I'm really looking forward to my first bookstore event for LOLLY, at the Tidepool Bookshop in Worcester November 16 at 2 pm. It's a lovely store - if you're in the area please stop in! @randomhousekids.bsky.social

I didn't even *want* to lean on the barrier until I saw this cool guy doing it

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Massachusetts friends! Please join us at the Newton Children’s Book Festival - a FREE event on Sunday, 11/16, 11am-3pm at the New Art Center. Meet 60+ children’s book authors and illustrators. Signed books for holiday giving, bookmark craft, & lots of fun. Learn more: newtonchildrensbookfest.com/

"Tiny Library of Babel" by Adam Douglas Thompson, from this week's New Yorker.

LOLLY ON THE ICE comes out in 10 days! Trivia contest starts today: whoever gets the most questions right gets a copy of the book signed by me and all the skater guests at my bookstore events. If a tie, I will draw the winner. I'm going to try to make these hard to google... we'll see.

Congratulations to 🐝a Reader, aka @reyeh.bsky.social! You have won this fabulous prize! 🏆DM me with your address, and these two classic works of mildly scary literature will be on their way to you. Thanks to all who reposted!

My wonderful local bookstore put out its list of favorite November releases, and two of my wonderful friends are on it, and I am so grateful for my wonderful #kidlit community! @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social @heatherlangbooks.bsky.social @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social

Next-level publisher enthusiasm! ⛸️⭐️ Fabulous!

Boo :)

Teachers and librarians! Repost this repost or repost the first post or post the repost 😵‍💫 (and also follow me) to win two spooky middle grades for your collection! #kidlit #MGLit

On the topic of moving, would any teachers/librarians or book club organizers be interested in class sets of EELGRASS BOG or BITTERFLY BAY? I have many spare hardcovers of both, and I'd love them to go to a loving home. I'd just ask for some help with shipping costs :) Boosts appreciated!

Ghost book, ghost book! I have a ghost book coming out in April! I still have some ARCs floating about, so if you'd like one, ping me!

The eye of Hurricane Max is now directly over the center of his box.

"It has emerged that a very similar heist was outlined in one of the 52 volumes of a popular children’s book series beginning in the 1960s that stars Fantômette, a girl crime-fighter aged about 12 who is often described as France’s first female superhero."

This is how you blurb

Teachers and librarians! Repost this repost or repost the first post or post the repost 😵‍💫 (and also follow me) to win two spooky middle grades for your collection! #kidlit #MGLit

#Teachers #Librarians: As Halloween creeps up on us, I am giving away copies of my scary #MGLit books! Repost this and follow me to be entered to win. (US only.) I'll announce the winner 10/31! Share them with kids or read them yourself as you feast on leftover candy...📖🍬

#Teachers #Librarians: As Halloween creeps up on us, I am giving away copies of my scary #MGLit books! Repost this and follow me to be entered to win. (US only.) I'll announce the winner 10/31! Share them with kids or read them yourself as you feast on leftover candy...📖🍬

GUYS THEY INVENTED NOTEPADS WE'RE SAVED

Seventh grader Andrew Thimples opens strong by reminding Mrs. Alger about the assigned reading. www.pointsincase.com/articles/pla...

children's publishing is so unserious

Educators! I'm now booking virtual and in-person school visits for spring 2026! Let's get your students excited about reading! #kidlit

Lately I’ve been noticing increasingly specific reserved-parking signs. I didn’t qualify for either space.

Only thing that's missing is the #coffee or #tea for my friends across the pond <3 #cafe #reading #lounging #books #followme

autumn is here! time for ghosts and ghouls! and your semi-regular reminder that I have two creepy, magical little middle grade books perfect for when there's a fresh chill in the air <3

20 years in bookselling and i didn’t know those numbers meant anything specific