Jamie Michalak
@jamiemichalak.bsky.social
Author of the Frank and Bean series, Dakota Crumb, Joe and Sparky series, Come On In! & more. Hazel the Handful coming Spr25! 🐶
www.jamiemichalakbooks.com
www.jamiemichalakbooks.com
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Double KidLit book stack!
This week, I had a special shelf at the library for all my picture book holds:
Stack 1: Incredible new releases that I can't wait to read 📚
Stack 2: Gearing up for spooky season with some new Halloween titles 👻
This week, I had a special shelf at the library for all my picture book holds:
Stack 1: Incredible new releases that I can't wait to read 📚
Stack 2: Gearing up for spooky season with some new Halloween titles 👻
September 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Double KidLit book stack!
This week, I had a special shelf at the library for all my picture book holds:
Stack 1: Incredible new releases that I can't wait to read 📚
Stack 2: Gearing up for spooky season with some new Halloween titles 👻
This week, I had a special shelf at the library for all my picture book holds:
Stack 1: Incredible new releases that I can't wait to read 📚
Stack 2: Gearing up for spooky season with some new Halloween titles 👻
Tomorrow! Now with a special guest--the tiny diva behind Hazel the Handful. :)
September 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Tomorrow! Now with a special guest--the tiny diva behind Hazel the Handful. :)
This Saturday in Mystic, CT! Come join Gaia Cornwall and me at Bank Square Books. 🎉
September 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This Saturday in Mystic, CT! Come join Gaia Cornwall and me at Bank Square Books. 🎉
Lots of fun HAZEL THE HANDFUL events coming up with my talented friends #GaiaCornwall & @pamvau.bsky.social! Come hang out with us for storytimes, signings, activities, and treats. @anunlikelystory.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Lots of fun HAZEL THE HANDFUL events coming up with my talented friends #GaiaCornwall & @pamvau.bsky.social! Come hang out with us for storytimes, signings, activities, and treats. @anunlikelystory.bsky.social
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What Margaret Mead failed to note: (1) change making is hard work, (2) no one person (or small group) can do this work alone very long, & (3) the effectiveness of your small group lies in connecting with a larger coalition of people who have done this work before and know what they are doing ⚓️🩷📚
June 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
What Margaret Mead failed to note: (1) change making is hard work, (2) no one person (or small group) can do this work alone very long, & (3) the effectiveness of your small group lies in connecting with a larger coalition of people who have done this work before and know what they are doing ⚓️🩷📚
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Rhode Island #FreedomToRead has been passed by both chambers of the General Assembly and is on its way to the Governor’s desk for signing! Just in case you aren’t spending your Friday night glued to Capitol TV, here’s the moment:
June 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Rhode Island #FreedomToRead has been passed by both chambers of the General Assembly and is on its way to the Governor’s desk for signing! Just in case you aren’t spending your Friday night glued to Capitol TV, here’s the moment:
From "Frank and Bean: The Musical" at the @wbur.org Festival in Beantown! The kids relished every minute. 🌭🥳 Thank you to WBUR and franks to AJ Freeman, Kristin Bair, and the incredibly talented cast for bringing this picnic food buddy comedy to life! (Note the Dunkin’.)
June 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
From "Frank and Bean: The Musical" at the @wbur.org Festival in Beantown! The kids relished every minute. 🌭🥳 Thank you to WBUR and franks to AJ Freeman, Kristin Bair, and the incredibly talented cast for bringing this picnic food buddy comedy to life! (Note the Dunkin’.)
Tomorrow at Book Love Bookshop in Plymouth, MA! It's been fun bringing this little sidekick to event. She's quite the ham.
May 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Tomorrow at Book Love Bookshop in Plymouth, MA! It's been fun bringing this little sidekick to event. She's quite the ham.
Thank you to @thebaymag.bsky.social for the lovely article about the Hazel the Handful book launch at @barringtonbooks! 💕🐶💕 With some RI recs for any of you who love toast & books: (Arc)hive Books & Snackery, Blue Kangaroo & Bywater Bakeshop.
May 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Thank you to @thebaymag.bsky.social for the lovely article about the Hazel the Handful book launch at @barringtonbooks! 💕🐶💕 With some RI recs for any of you who love toast & books: (Arc)hive Books & Snackery, Blue Kangaroo & Bywater Bakeshop.
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Firing of librarians who promote freedom to read is a censorship tactic. Thank you Jon Scieszka,
Katherine Paterson, Kate DiCamillo, Gene Luen Yang, Jacqueline Woodson, Jason Reynolds & Meg Medina for making this statement in support of Dr Carla Hayden
Katherine Paterson, Kate DiCamillo, Gene Luen Yang, Jacqueline Woodson, Jason Reynolds & Meg Medina for making this statement in support of Dr Carla Hayden
May 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Firing of librarians who promote freedom to read is a censorship tactic. Thank you Jon Scieszka,
Katherine Paterson, Kate DiCamillo, Gene Luen Yang, Jacqueline Woodson, Jason Reynolds & Meg Medina for making this statement in support of Dr Carla Hayden
Katherine Paterson, Kate DiCamillo, Gene Luen Yang, Jacqueline Woodson, Jason Reynolds & Meg Medina for making this statement in support of Dr Carla Hayden
This SATURDAY, 10 AM, at @booklove_pinehills in Plymouth, MA—with special guest, Pep the dog! Come hang out with us for a cozy Hazel the Handful storytime & scavenger hunt!
May 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This SATURDAY, 10 AM, at @booklove_pinehills in Plymouth, MA—with special guest, Pep the dog! Come hang out with us for a cozy Hazel the Handful storytime & scavenger hunt!
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This Saturday, May 24, 10-2: stop by the Warwick Central Library and write a postcard in support of RI #FreedomToRead
May 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This Saturday, May 24, 10-2: stop by the Warwick Central Library and write a postcard in support of RI #FreedomToRead
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Library of Congress staff just showed what resistance looks like. After Trump abruptly fired Dr. Carla Hayden, the respected Librarian of Congress, he tried to install Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer and current Deputy Attorney General, as acting librarian. Staff weren’t having it.
May 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Library of Congress staff just showed what resistance looks like. After Trump abruptly fired Dr. Carla Hayden, the respected Librarian of Congress, he tried to install Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer and current Deputy Attorney General, as acting librarian. Staff weren’t having it.
Happy book birthday, @senickel.bsky.social & #aimeesicero!
Happy Book Birthday to Seven, A Most Remarkable Pigeon!
@Candlewick #pigeon #hero #childrensbooks #kidlit #bookbirthday sandranickel.com/books/seven/
@Candlewick #pigeon #hero #childrensbooks #kidlit #bookbirthday sandranickel.com/books/seven/
May 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Happy book birthday, @senickel.bsky.social & #aimeesicero!
Save the date!
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!)
May 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Save the date!
Thank you @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social for the special Hazel the Handful event! And thanks to the guest of honor, Brookline's own Pep the dog, who treated her fans to paw-tographs and participated in the Q & A.
May 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Thank you @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social for the special Hazel the Handful event! And thanks to the guest of honor, Brookline's own Pep the dog, who treated her fans to paw-tographs and participated in the Q & A.
May 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Today at Willett Free Library I will be discussing how we can make our state a #SafeHarbor for writers, illustrators and all book creators and curators! Hope to see some of you there today at 4 pm. @aabbri.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Today at Willett Free Library I will be discussing how we can make our state a #SafeHarbor for writers, illustrators and all book creators and curators! Hope to see some of you there today at 4 pm. @aabbri.bsky.social
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Hazel may well be a handful, but this book is fun, funny and gorgeous! Way to go @jamiemichalak.bsky.social and @mattmyers.bsky.social!
May 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hazel may well be a handful, but this book is fun, funny and gorgeous! Way to go @jamiemichalak.bsky.social and @mattmyers.bsky.social!
My dog, staring at me like she wants a divorce.
April 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
My dog, staring at me like she wants a divorce.
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In honor of #GreatPoetryReadingDay I share the poem Safe Spaces from
#SafeHarbor (#NancyPaulsenBooks @penguinschoollib.bsky.social ) . Happy #PoetryMonth2025 and Let’s #PassRIFreedomToReadIn2025! @aabbri.bsky.social #FreedomToRead @meghankallman.bsky.social @dawneuer.bsky.social
#SafeHarbor (#NancyPaulsenBooks @penguinschoollib.bsky.social ) . Happy #PoetryMonth2025 and Let’s #PassRIFreedomToReadIn2025! @aabbri.bsky.social #FreedomToRead @meghankallman.bsky.social @dawneuer.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In honor of #GreatPoetryReadingDay I share the poem Safe Spaces from
#SafeHarbor (#NancyPaulsenBooks @penguinschoollib.bsky.social ) . Happy #PoetryMonth2025 and Let’s #PassRIFreedomToReadIn2025! @aabbri.bsky.social #FreedomToRead @meghankallman.bsky.social @dawneuer.bsky.social
#SafeHarbor (#NancyPaulsenBooks @penguinschoollib.bsky.social ) . Happy #PoetryMonth2025 and Let’s #PassRIFreedomToReadIn2025! @aabbri.bsky.social #FreedomToRead @meghankallman.bsky.social @dawneuer.bsky.social
Only a few more Hazel events left and this is a special one. Check out our celebrity guest! 🤩 Swing by @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social to hear the story behind the story & meet this little nugget.
April 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Only a few more Hazel events left and this is a special one. Check out our celebrity guest! 🤩 Swing by @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social to hear the story behind the story & meet this little nugget.
So that was fun. For real, doe. #IndependentBookstoreDay @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social @phaeacrede.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
So that was fun. For real, doe. #IndependentBookstoreDay @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social @phaeacrede.bsky.social