BookBreak
@bookbreak4schools.bsky.social
We make hearing from inspiring authors a part of the school day by bringing 2-3 bestselling children’s authors to schools each month via live stream.
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Happy New Year! Is one of your resolutions to inspire your students to read more? Let BookBreak help with that! We have 6 amazing authors coming up in January, plus the start to this year's Author in Residence program. Who are you most excited for?
January 1, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Happy New Year! Is one of your resolutions to inspire your students to read more? Let BookBreak help with that! We have 6 amazing authors coming up in January, plus the start to this year's Author in Residence program. Who are you most excited for?
Wrapping up 2025 with gratitude for the 2,000+ schools inspiring readers through BookBreak! ❄️
Every student deserves to meet the authors behind the books they love, and that’s what we’re all about. ✨
Here’s to another year of stories, inspiration, and a love of reading! 🎉
Every student deserves to meet the authors behind the books they love, and that’s what we’re all about. ✨
Here’s to another year of stories, inspiration, and a love of reading! 🎉
December 31, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Wrapping up 2025 with gratitude for the 2,000+ schools inspiring readers through BookBreak! ❄️
Every student deserves to meet the authors behind the books they love, and that’s what we’re all about. ✨
Here’s to another year of stories, inspiration, and a love of reading! 🎉
Every student deserves to meet the authors behind the books they love, and that’s what we’re all about. ✨
Here’s to another year of stories, inspiration, and a love of reading! 🎉
Are you looking for a fun way to keep your students reading over break? Download our free bingo cards! There are versions for elementary, middle, and high school. You don't even need a BookBreak subscription to play along. Enjoy!
bookbreakimprovesliteracy.com/WinterBingo
#TLSky #EduSky
bookbreakimprovesliteracy.com/WinterBingo
#TLSky #EduSky
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Are you looking for a fun way to keep your students reading over break? Download our free bingo cards! There are versions for elementary, middle, and high school. You don't even need a BookBreak subscription to play along. Enjoy!
bookbreakimprovesliteracy.com/WinterBingo
#TLSky #EduSky
bookbreakimprovesliteracy.com/WinterBingo
#TLSky #EduSky
Happy Birthday to Taylor Swift!!
In celebration, we are making our short video interviews with @jencalonita.bsky.social and @elizabetheulberg.bsky.social featuring their books about The Taylors available again to all!
See them and other new book videos here: bookbreakimprovesliteracy.com/m/WYRI
In celebration, we are making our short video interviews with @jencalonita.bsky.social and @elizabetheulberg.bsky.social featuring their books about The Taylors available again to all!
See them and other new book videos here: bookbreakimprovesliteracy.com/m/WYRI
December 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Happy Birthday to Taylor Swift!!
In celebration, we are making our short video interviews with @jencalonita.bsky.social and @elizabetheulberg.bsky.social featuring their books about The Taylors available again to all!
See them and other new book videos here: bookbreakimprovesliteracy.com/m/WYRI
In celebration, we are making our short video interviews with @jencalonita.bsky.social and @elizabetheulberg.bsky.social featuring their books about The Taylors available again to all!
See them and other new book videos here: bookbreakimprovesliteracy.com/m/WYRI
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We have lots of Gordon Korman fans in 5th grade so they were excited to watch this week’s @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social virtual visit to hear about RESTART & his career as an author. They gasped when they heard Ariana Grande was in the movie version of SWINDLE. #MGLit #SchoolLibrary
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
We have lots of Gordon Korman fans in 5th grade so they were excited to watch this week’s @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social virtual visit to hear about RESTART & his career as an author. They gasped when they heard Ariana Grande was in the movie version of SWINDLE. #MGLit #SchoolLibrary
We were thrilled to welcome Jason Chin @authorjasonchin.bsky.social back to BookBreak today! He talked about science and research and art and taught us all to draw an amazing eye! We had so many thoughtful student questions submitted as well. What was your favorite part?
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
We were thrilled to welcome Jason Chin @authorjasonchin.bsky.social back to BookBreak today! He talked about science and research and art and taught us all to draw an amazing eye! We had so many thoughtful student questions submitted as well. What was your favorite part?
We had such a great time talking with Gordon Korman today! He shared fascinating information about Restart, as well as how he published his very first book as a teenager and what's coming in his newest release. What was your favorite part?
December 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
We had such a great time talking with Gordon Korman today! He shared fascinating information about Restart, as well as how he published his very first book as a teenager and what's coming in his newest release. What was your favorite part?
Here they are! Our last two talks of 2025! They are sure to be fantastic. The talks with @authorjasonchin.bsky.social & Gordon Korman will be available to both Elementary and Middle School subscribers. Jason will include a draw along as well. Are you registered yet?
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Here they are! Our last two talks of 2025! They are sure to be fantastic. The talks with @authorjasonchin.bsky.social & Gordon Korman will be available to both Elementary and Middle School subscribers. Jason will include a draw along as well. Are you registered yet?
We loved talking with Stacey Lee @staceyleeauthor.bsky.social today as she took us on captivating deep dive of her research process and explained how she chose whose stories to tell. What was your favorite part?
December 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
We loved talking with Stacey Lee @staceyleeauthor.bsky.social today as she took us on captivating deep dive of her research process and explained how she chose whose stories to tell. What was your favorite part?
Nell Cross Beckerman @nellcrossbeckerman.bsky.social was erupting with fascinating facts today, including her favorite! 🌋 Did you know at this very second 20 volcanoes could be erupting across the world? We had a such a blast talking with her. What was your favorite part?
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Nell Cross Beckerman @nellcrossbeckerman.bsky.social was erupting with fascinating facts today, including her favorite! 🌋 Did you know at this very second 20 volcanoes could be erupting across the world? We had a such a blast talking with her. What was your favorite part?
BookBreak Subscribers! Did you download the December Activity Guide yet? You can find it in your December newsletter or download it here: bookbreakimprovesliteracy.com/DecActivities
Not a subscriber? The video links won't work for you, but you might find our Books to Share lists useful.
Not a subscriber? The video links won't work for you, but you might find our Books to Share lists useful.
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
BookBreak Subscribers! Did you download the December Activity Guide yet? You can find it in your December newsletter or download it here: bookbreakimprovesliteracy.com/DecActivities
Not a subscriber? The video links won't work for you, but you might find our Books to Share lists useful.
Not a subscriber? The video links won't work for you, but you might find our Books to Share lists useful.
Happy book birthday to:
🎂 Gabby Torres Is the Best Winner Ever by Angela Dominguez
🐈 CATerwaul! by Ann Marie Stephens @amstephens.bsky.social
We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!
🎂 Gabby Torres Is the Best Winner Ever by Angela Dominguez
🐈 CATerwaul! by Ann Marie Stephens @amstephens.bsky.social
We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Happy book birthday to:
🎂 Gabby Torres Is the Best Winner Ever by Angela Dominguez
🐈 CATerwaul! by Ann Marie Stephens @amstephens.bsky.social
We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!
🎂 Gabby Torres Is the Best Winner Ever by Angela Dominguez
🐈 CATerwaul! by Ann Marie Stephens @amstephens.bsky.social
We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!
Happy December! Four more great author talks to take you into Winter Break:
@nellcrossbeckerman.bsky.social - Elementary
@authorjasonchin.bsky.social - Elementary & Middle
Gordon Korman - Middle & Elementary
@staceyleeauthor.bsky.social - Middle & High School
Which ones will you be watching?
@nellcrossbeckerman.bsky.social - Elementary
@authorjasonchin.bsky.social - Elementary & Middle
Gordon Korman - Middle & Elementary
@staceyleeauthor.bsky.social - Middle & High School
Which ones will you be watching?
December 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Happy December! Four more great author talks to take you into Winter Break:
@nellcrossbeckerman.bsky.social - Elementary
@authorjasonchin.bsky.social - Elementary & Middle
Gordon Korman - Middle & Elementary
@staceyleeauthor.bsky.social - Middle & High School
Which ones will you be watching?
@nellcrossbeckerman.bsky.social - Elementary
@authorjasonchin.bsky.social - Elementary & Middle
Gordon Korman - Middle & Elementary
@staceyleeauthor.bsky.social - Middle & High School
Which ones will you be watching?
We are looking forward to talking with two great authors this week! @nellcrossbeckerman.bsky.social will be sharing about volcanoes with our elementary school subscribers and @staceyleeauthor.bsky.social will be talking about researching historical fiction with middle and high school.
November 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
We are looking forward to talking with two great authors this week! @nellcrossbeckerman.bsky.social will be sharing about volcanoes with our elementary school subscribers and @staceyleeauthor.bsky.social will be talking about researching historical fiction with middle and high school.
Today and every day we are thankful for the school librarians, teachers, administrators, authors, illustrators, publishers, agents, and everyone who helped make BookBreak a success! We hope you have a restful holiday.
November 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Today and every day we are thankful for the school librarians, teachers, administrators, authors, illustrators, publishers, agents, and everyone who helped make BookBreak a success! We hope you have a restful holiday.
What an amazing talk with Jennifer Nielsen today! She shared the fascinating story of the origin of A Night Divided as well as some inspirational words of encouragement. We got a sneak peek at her next book too! What was your favorite part?
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
What an amazing talk with Jennifer Nielsen today! She shared the fascinating story of the origin of A Night Divided as well as some inspirational words of encouragement. We got a sneak peek at her next book too! What was your favorite part?
We are so excited to talk with Jennifer Nielsen about her incredible historical fiction! This middle school talk is available to elementary schools as well. Are you off the whole week? No worries! The recording will be waiting for you when you return.
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
We are so excited to talk with Jennifer Nielsen about her incredible historical fiction! This middle school talk is available to elementary schools as well. Are you off the whole week? No worries! The recording will be waiting for you when you return.
Congratulations to Dr. Christiana Succar for a fantastic poster presentation at NCTE in Denver this afternoon! She will be presenting a session Sunday morning as well.
#ncteconference2025 #NCTE
#ncteconference2025 #NCTE
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Christiana Succar for a fantastic poster presentation at NCTE in Denver this afternoon! She will be presenting a session Sunday morning as well.
#ncteconference2025 #NCTE
#ncteconference2025 #NCTE
We had a great time talking with Zetta Elliott yesterday. Did you know that she does, in fact, have dragons in her bag?
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We had a great time talking with Zetta Elliott yesterday. Did you know that she does, in fact, have dragons in her bag?
We are so excited to go on a magical mission with Zetta Elliott this week! We are looking forward to talking about adventure, magic, and baby dragons! Will we see you there?
November 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
We are so excited to go on a magical mission with Zetta Elliott this week! We are looking forward to talking about adventure, magic, and baby dragons! Will we see you there?
We had a great conversation with Angeline Boulley today! She shared about the real people who inspired her story as well as some super interesting research she did while writing and more. Have you watched it yet?
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
We had a great conversation with Angeline Boulley today! She shared about the real people who inspired her story as well as some super interesting research she did while writing and more. Have you watched it yet?
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2nd graders enjoyed today's @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social virtual author visit with Saadia Faruqi. They had so much playing along with the Yasmin book cover game & they were so excited that they checked out pretty much all of the library's Yasmin books after the visit! #kidlit #SchoolLibrary #TLSky
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
2nd graders enjoyed today's @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social virtual author visit with Saadia Faruqi. They had so much playing along with the Yasmin book cover game & they were so excited that they checked out pretty much all of the library's Yasmin books after the visit! #kidlit #SchoolLibrary #TLSky
We loved talking to Saadia Faruqi today! She told us Yasmin's origin story, taught us some words in Urdu, played a fun guessing game, and shared about her other series! What was your favorite part?
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
We loved talking to Saadia Faruqi today! She told us Yasmin's origin story, taught us some words in Urdu, played a fun guessing game, and shared about her other series! What was your favorite part?
Happy book birthday to:
📚 Vida: The Mice, the Cat, and the Alebrije by Duncan Tonatiuh
📚 A Matter of Murder by @tirzahprice.bsky.social
We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!
📚 Vida: The Mice, the Cat, and the Alebrije by Duncan Tonatiuh
📚 A Matter of Murder by @tirzahprice.bsky.social
We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Happy book birthday to:
📚 Vida: The Mice, the Cat, and the Alebrije by Duncan Tonatiuh
📚 A Matter of Murder by @tirzahprice.bsky.social
We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!
📚 Vida: The Mice, the Cat, and the Alebrije by Duncan Tonatiuh
📚 A Matter of Murder by @tirzahprice.bsky.social
We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!
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Looking forward to tomorrow’s @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social visit with Saadia Faruqi! Her Yasmin & Marya Khan books are loved by our school’s readers. #kidlit #SchoolLibrary #TLSky #EduSky
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Looking forward to tomorrow’s @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social visit with Saadia Faruqi! Her Yasmin & Marya Khan books are loved by our school’s readers. #kidlit #SchoolLibrary #TLSky #EduSky