Join us on Dec 5th for this webinar with @sylvialiu.bsky.social on unlocking creativity and pushing through creative blocks. Sylvia will be sharing exercises and lots of tips for accessing our creative mojo! app.inkedvoices.com/event/webina...

#OnThisDayinHistory April 14, 1935 - Black Sunday. A massive storm crossed six states carrying 300,000 tons of topsoil--more soil than was excavated to create the Panama Canal. That project took 7 years. The storm lasted a single afternoon.

I wrapped my WRAD visits for the day so I think it's time to give my Senate reps a call...

WHERE ONLY STORMS GROW is in the @barnesandnoble.com preorder sale! Code PREORDER25 for 25% off through 2/7! I Survived x The War that Saved My Life: Twins try to keep their family alive during the Dust Bowl www.barnesandnoble.com/w/where-only... @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @fiercereads.bsky.social

✨ 2nd Blurb Reveal! ✨ Only 8 weeks until THE UNDERWILD: RIVER OF SPIRITS is on shelves! Get ready to explore the Underworld on March 25, 2025 (Aladdin books @simonkids.bsky.social ) ✨ Cover illustration by Danlin Zhang ✨ Blurb is from @alyssacolman.bsky.social, one of the loveliest people I know ✨

Educators! The #MGAuthorcade quarterly newsletter is always packed with fun news and writing prompts...sign up now to receive our free holiday gift guide (and follow @mgauthorcade.bsky.social for our class visit giveaways)! #kidlit

Lots of reasons to subscribe to the MG Authorcade newsletter, but here’s another! Our GIFT GUIDE is out next week, so make sure to sign up! Book recommendations for all kinds of readers, easy shopping links, and inspiration for accompanying gift for young readers. #mglit www.authorcade.com/signup

Also a brutal year for most writers who aren’t big names or celebs. If you can’t afford a book, take one out of a library, leave a review, share a post, leave sacrificial offerings to the publishing gods etc

I’m starting to see requests for WRAD coming in! I’d love to visit with your school in February 2025!

Teachers & librarians! Want to Zoom with an author for World Read Aloud Day? Here's all the information about how WRAD Zoom visits work, plus a list of over 300 author & illustrator volunteers! katemessner.com/zoom-with-an...

I’m excited to share that ARCs for my new novel, WHERE ONLY STORMS GROW, are now available to request on NetGalley and Edelweiss! Yay! It’s I SURVIVED meets THE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE set during the 1930’s American Dust Bowl. I hope readers enjoy it!

COVER REVEAL! My new #mglit #historicalfiction novel is the I SURVIVED series meets THE WAR THAT SAVED MY LIFE set in the Dust Bowl. Coming 8/19/25 from @fsgbooks.bsky.social. I can’t wait to share it with you! #schoollibrarian

I just this minute learned that I’m allowed to share something cover shaped next week, so maybe I joined BlueSky at the right time… #mglit

I’m not sure that more social media is the answer to happiness, but here I am. Hello BlueSky book community!