A book cover showing a nighttime scene with the words This Way to Happy illuminated on billboards.
Happy HAPPY day! Thrilled that THIS WAY TO HAPPY by the incomparable @alisongreenmyers.bsky.social
is out in the world today!
Come for the amazing amusement park setting, stay for the compelling characters and finely drawn family dynamics. 💜🎢💜🍎💜🎡💜
#mglit #booksky @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Congrats to everyone behind these beauties on #newbooktuesday! Special shout out to authors @alisongreenmyers.bsky.social, @emmykastner.bsky.social, & #RobHarrell who have visited the shop. www.covertocoverchildrensbooks.com/new-picks
Thank you, Jen 💜
Book covers of ten middle grade books being published from July to September 2025. Books featured include Defanged, Ride or Die, Grin, Aarzu All Around, Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave, Bubblegum Shoes: The Case of the Contraband Closet, The Haunting of Bellington Cottage, Zed Moonstein Makes A Friend, This Way To Happy and Millie of the Manor
🌟 Pop! Goes The Reader's 42 Most-Anticipated Middle Grade Books: July-September 2025 🌟
popgoesthereader.com/42-most-anti... #BookSky #MGLit #KidLit
This week, @raystoeve.bsky.social wrote about their incredible project, the YA/MG Trans and Nonbinary Masterlist. Get to know the trends and insights about trans/nonbinary youth literature over the last several years and learn some of Ray's favs: bookriot.com/trans-and-no...
So sweet. 💜🦅💜
This Friday, May 9th! Free, online Read-In celebrating Children’s Lit! Register for morning at: bit.ly/Read-In-am afternoon at: bit.ly/Read-In-pm (You can do both - no limits!)
Poster for Freedom Read-in lists authors in post. May 9, 2025 10 - 3 ET 1 pm Veera Hiranandani 1:15 Samantha Clark 1:30 Juana Martinez-Neal 1:45 Alison Green Myers 2:00 Lisa Stringfellow 2:15 Dana Alison Levy 2:30 Carol Boston Weatherford 2:45 Margarita Engle
The Freedom Read-in afternoon lineup includes @samanthamclark.com @veerawrites.bsky.social @juanamartinezn.bsky.social @alisongreenmyers.bsky.social @engagereaders.bsky.social @danaalisonlevy.bsky.social @margaritaengle.bsky.social and Carol Boston Weatherford
Support Freedom to Read Efforts Across the US Freedom Read-In 20 Acclaimed Authors - 5 Hours Free, Live, Online Event May 9 2025 10-3 ET Authors Against Book Bans
FREEDOM READ-IN MORNING 10:00AM-12:45PM ET 10:00: Padma Venkatraman & Jeanette Bradley Introductions & Tribute to Floyd Cooper 10:15: Federico Erebia, Pedro & Daniel 10:30: Suma Subramaniam, Namaste Is A Greeting 10:45: Rajani LaRocca, Your One and Only Heart 11:00: Tara Dairman, The Girl from Earth's End 11:15: Debbi Michiko Florence, Jasmine Toguchi Flamingo Keeper 11:30: Sarah Brannen, Uncle Bobby's Wedding 11:45: Martha Freeman, The Trouble with Babies 12:00: Robin Stevenson, Pride Puppy & A Hug on the Wind 12:15: Lesa Cline-Ransome, Before She Was Harriet 12:30: Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Love in the Library FREE, LIVE, ONLINE EVENT SUPPORT FREEDOM TO READ EFFORTS ACROSS THE U.S. Authors Against Book Bans MAY 9, 2025 - 10-3
FREEDOM READ-IN AFTERNOON 1:00PM-3:00PM ET 1:00: Veera Hiranandani, The Night Diary 1:15: Samantha Clark, Arrow 1:30: Juana Martinez-Neal, Alma and How She Got Her Name 1:45: Alison Green Myers, A Bird Will Soar 2:00: Lisa Stringfellow, Kingdom of Dust 2:15: Dana Alison Levy, Not Another Banned Book 2:30: Carol Boston Weatherford, Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre 2:45: Margarita Engle, Drum Dream Girl FREE, LIVE, ONLINE EVENT SUPPORT FREEDOM TO READ EFFORTS ACROSS THE U.S. Authors Against Book Bans MAY 9, 2025
CALLING ALL #kidlit #edusky #schoolvisit #booksky #kidlitsky #skybrarian peeps!
Please join this incredible lineup of authors in our first ever FREEDOM READ-IN on MAY 9!
📕Free
📙All day (10-3 EST)
📘Virtual
📗All ages
Morning: crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1
Afternoon: crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso
Lecturer talking about mental health and Survival of the Hopeful to writers and illustrators. Image has people in chairs facing presenter. A slide at the front of the room reads, “Survival of the Hopeful” and “You Are Here”.
Thank you @scbwiepa.bsky.social and @highlightsfound.bsky.social 📍Spending time with you and gathering stories was a joy. Thank you for being company on this journey. We are here! 💜
It was a really uplifting experience being together. 💜
💸🧠 #ndkidlitauction LIVE:
Bid: Full #Manuscript #Feedback Letter & Zoom w/ @alisongreenmyers.bsky.social
champ.ly/laBGGDTt
#diversebooks #childrensbook #autism #autismacceptance #neurodiversity #writingcommunity #writinghelp #mentalhealth #booksky #charity #nonprofit #fundraiser #makeadifference
Congratulations to all!!
I don’t know what I am doing, but I am here. (An autobiography.) 💜
