Joslin Boals
@joslinb47.bsky.social
Lover of books, Taylor Swift, and cats☆♡☾
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Hello Blue Raiders! 💙🐴We are now on Blue Sky. You can be expecting posts related to things like hours, writing groups, and writing resources coming soon!
April 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Hello Blue Raiders! 💙🐴We are now on Blue Sky. You can be expecting posts related to things like hours, writing groups, and writing resources coming soon!
Here’s your reminder to support your local bookstores and authors! They need all the love they can get, especially in this political climate.
Donate to Help Preserve Our Queer Bookstore Haven, organized by Novelette Booksellers
UPDATE: Wow. Words cannot express how grateful we are to everyone. We me… Novelette Booksellers needs your support for Help Preserve Our Queer Bookstore Haven
gofund.me
January 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Here’s your reminder to support your local bookstores and authors! They need all the love they can get, especially in this political climate.
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A whole PLETHORA of cool books are coming out this year from small publishers far and wide. It's a preview of books from Cuento de Luz, Post Wave, Lantana, Little Island, and Marble Press via @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/01/24/p...
January 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A whole PLETHORA of cool books are coming out this year from small publishers far and wide. It's a preview of books from Cuento de Luz, Post Wave, Lantana, Little Island, and Marble Press via @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/01/24/p...
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This picture combines two things we love very much: Cats and libraries! Meet Publisher Spotlight’s Head of HR, Sasha, who has her very own library to maintain at the office.
January 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This picture combines two things we love very much: Cats and libraries! Meet Publisher Spotlight’s Head of HR, Sasha, who has her very own library to maintain at the office.
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Did you know that Belmont University is one of the few in the country that has an undergraduate publishing program? I’m here today looking for spring interns! #kidlit #publishing
October 2, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Did you know that Belmont University is one of the few in the country that has an undergraduate publishing program? I’m here today looking for spring interns! #kidlit #publishing
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I drew a lot of books today
April 12, 2024 at 5:19 AM
I drew a lot of books today
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Big, beautiful action today at NYC's Met Museum featuring a quilt with art from around the world.
Artists and art lovers are calling on the Met to cut ties with occupation-profiteering board members, support a ceasefire & help preserve the Palestinian cultural heritage sites Israel is destroying
Artists and art lovers are calling on the Met to cut ties with occupation-profiteering board members, support a ceasefire & help preserve the Palestinian cultural heritage sites Israel is destroying
March 24, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Big, beautiful action today at NYC's Met Museum featuring a quilt with art from around the world.
Artists and art lovers are calling on the Met to cut ties with occupation-profiteering board members, support a ceasefire & help preserve the Palestinian cultural heritage sites Israel is destroying
Artists and art lovers are calling on the Met to cut ties with occupation-profiteering board members, support a ceasefire & help preserve the Palestinian cultural heritage sites Israel is destroying
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March 26 is World Solitude Day and our spring intern @joslinb47.bsky.social has some perfect #picturebook suggestions for all who (quietly) celebrate www.publisherspotlight.com/celebrating-...
March 22, 2024 at 3:05 PM
March 26 is World Solitude Day and our spring intern @joslinb47.bsky.social has some perfect #picturebook suggestions for all who (quietly) celebrate www.publisherspotlight.com/celebrating-...
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Dive in to even more astounding children's books coming out this spring. Books from Red Comet Books, @scallywagpress.bsky.social, Soaring Kite Books, & Tapioca Stories, via @pubspotlight.bsky.social: #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/02/29/m...
February 29, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Dive in to even more astounding children's books coming out this spring. Books from Red Comet Books, @scallywagpress.bsky.social, Soaring Kite Books, & Tapioca Stories, via @pubspotlight.bsky.social: #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/02/29/m...
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HURRAY, Bluesky has HASHTAGS! I also love how clicking on a hashtag gives you options. If you want to see all my #FoundObjectArt posts, for example, click on that hashtag in this post & "See #FoundObjectArt posts by user".
If YOU have hashtag tips, use #HashtagTips
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If YOU have hashtag tips, use #HashtagTips
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February 29, 2024 at 2:30 PM
HURRAY, Bluesky has HASHTAGS! I also love how clicking on a hashtag gives you options. If you want to see all my #FoundObjectArt posts, for example, click on that hashtag in this post & "See #FoundObjectArt posts by user".
If YOU have hashtag tips, use #HashtagTips
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If YOU have hashtag tips, use #HashtagTips
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As the mom of an enby kid, this is my worst fear: that hate will take my child's life.
The bullying Nex experienced went on for months, unchecked, until it escalated into hate-fueled violence.
Queer kids are under attack all over this country. It's up to us to fight for their safety and freedom.
The bullying Nex experienced went on for months, unchecked, until it escalated into hate-fueled violence.
Queer kids are under attack all over this country. It's up to us to fight for their safety and freedom.
February 22, 2024 at 9:41 PM
As the mom of an enby kid, this is my worst fear: that hate will take my child's life.
The bullying Nex experienced went on for months, unchecked, until it escalated into hate-fueled violence.
Queer kids are under attack all over this country. It's up to us to fight for their safety and freedom.
The bullying Nex experienced went on for months, unchecked, until it escalated into hate-fueled violence.
Queer kids are under attack all over this country. It's up to us to fight for their safety and freedom.
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猫の日
Apparently today 2/22 is Cat Day in Japan🐈
Apparently today 2/22 is Cat Day in Japan🐈
February 22, 2024 at 2:39 PM
猫の日
Apparently today 2/22 is Cat Day in Japan🐈
Apparently today 2/22 is Cat Day in Japan🐈
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There’s crow place like home (as long as your home is a fortress made of books with a view of all the other books in your book kingdom) 🏠 📚
#diaryofanosycrow
#diaryofanosycrow
February 13, 2024 at 4:06 PM
There’s crow place like home (as long as your home is a fortress made of books with a view of all the other books in your book kingdom) 🏠 📚
#diaryofanosycrow
#diaryofanosycrow
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Hi, new people!
This isn't Twitter/ X /whatever.
Here has a more respectful culture overall, and those of us who've been here a minute would like to continue to keep our cortisol levels down.
*don't be a jerk in mentions
*don't put people on blast
*mute, block, move on
*have a nice day!
This isn't Twitter/ X /whatever.
Here has a more respectful culture overall, and those of us who've been here a minute would like to continue to keep our cortisol levels down.
*don't be a jerk in mentions
*don't put people on blast
*mute, block, move on
*have a nice day!
February 6, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Hi, new people!
This isn't Twitter/ X /whatever.
Here has a more respectful culture overall, and those of us who've been here a minute would like to continue to keep our cortisol levels down.
*don't be a jerk in mentions
*don't put people on blast
*mute, block, move on
*have a nice day!
This isn't Twitter/ X /whatever.
Here has a more respectful culture overall, and those of us who've been here a minute would like to continue to keep our cortisol levels down.
*don't be a jerk in mentions
*don't put people on blast
*mute, block, move on
*have a nice day!
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NOTE!
Hey librarians - I see a good number of you have AI generated profile images.
You do know that most of these models use stolen art, obtained using scrapers that ignore "do not scrape" notices? Various artists have even been targeted to have their work scraped.
This is copyright infringement.
You do know that most of these models use stolen art, obtained using scrapers that ignore "do not scrape" notices? Various artists have even been targeted to have their work scraped.
This is copyright infringement.
February 7, 2024 at 11:36 AM
NOTE!
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Hurrah! Read a book to a friend, a child, a pet ANYONE! Need inspiration? Check out Live Oak Media for narrative excellence!
It's World Read Aloud Day! Get caught reading with our own Sandor Katz & Readers To Eaters!
February 7, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Hurrah! Read a book to a friend, a child, a pet ANYONE! Need inspiration? Check out Live Oak Media for narrative excellence!
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So much depends on the soft creatures in my life.
February 1, 2024 at 2:54 PM
So much depends on the soft creatures in my life.
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What's YOUR favorite #wordless #picturebook to share with #kidsbook lovers? Here are some, with great discussion pointers from @florisbooks.bsky.social www.florisbooks.co.uk/blog/2024/01...
January 29, 2024 at 9:25 AM
What's YOUR favorite #wordless #picturebook to share with #kidsbook lovers? Here are some, with great discussion pointers from @florisbooks.bsky.social www.florisbooks.co.uk/blog/2024/01...
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Coming in April from @florisbooks.bsky.social THE BUMBLEBEE GARDEN is a "gentle, lovely introduction to a ubiquitous but lesser-known insect” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
THE BUMBLEBEE GARDEN | Kirkus Reviews
When Ben spots a queen bumblebee in the garden, his grandfather shares what he knows about its biology.
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January 26, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Coming in April from @florisbooks.bsky.social THE BUMBLEBEE GARDEN is a "gentle, lovely introduction to a ubiquitous but lesser-known insect” www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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New from @marblepress.bsky.social "MY BIG EMBARRASSING ELEPHANT teaches the importance of embracing those things you are embarrassed about. Since everyone has one of these secrets, we should accept each other and look past these fears without judgment” www.yabookscentral.com/my-big-embar...
My Big Embarrassing Elephant by Angie Lucas Book Reviews
Maya and her family have a problem. They try ignoring it, dancing around it, even sweeping it under the rug. Yet the elephant in the room remains. And Maya is at her wit's end figuring out how to hide...
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February 1, 2024 at 6:27 PM
New from @marblepress.bsky.social "MY BIG EMBARRASSING ELEPHANT teaches the importance of embracing those things you are embarrassed about. Since everyone has one of these secrets, we should accept each other and look past these fears without judgment” www.yabookscentral.com/my-big-embar...
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HOW NOT TO KILL YOUR PLANT by Magda Garguláková & Lenka Chytilová & illustrated by Portuguese-based artist Hannah Abbo, translated by Andrew Oakland "would make a great gift to give a youngster interested in plants and caring for living things" mykidsreadtheworld.wordpress.com/2023/12/30/n...
February 1, 2024 at 12:46 PM
HOW NOT TO KILL YOUR PLANT by Magda Garguláková & Lenka Chytilová & illustrated by Portuguese-based artist Hannah Abbo, translated by Andrew Oakland "would make a great gift to give a youngster interested in plants and caring for living things" mykidsreadtheworld.wordpress.com/2023/12/30/n...
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Congratulations to @nosycrowus.bsky.social ! The Texas 2x2 list for 2024 has been published & it features HOW TO COUNT TO 1! txla.org/news/the-202...
The 2024 2x2 list is here! - Texas Library Association
The Texas Library Association is delighted to announce the arrival of the 2024 2×2 Reading List! These beautifully illustrated, often humorous and instructive volumes are the best of recent books me...
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February 1, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Congratulations to @nosycrowus.bsky.social ! The Texas 2x2 list for 2024 has been published & it features HOW TO COUNT TO 1! txla.org/news/the-202...
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"This adapted fable by Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty One Day) and the late Falconer (the Olivia series), reworked from a Little Lit anthology comic, is now an elegant standalone that showcases the creators’ urbane morality" coming this month! www.publishersweekly.com/9781662665271
Pretty Ugly by David Sedaris
This adapted fable by Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty One Day) and the late Falconer (the Olivia series), reworked from a Little Lit ant...
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February 1, 2024 at 2:29 PM
"This adapted fable by Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty One Day) and the late Falconer (the Olivia series), reworked from a Little Lit anthology comic, is now an elegant standalone that showcases the creators’ urbane morality" coming this month! www.publishersweekly.com/9781662665271
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Meet SOOSIE: The Horse That Saved Shabbat by Tami Lehman-Wilzig & illustrated by Menahem Halberstadt "a clever horse delivers challah on her own when the baker’s boy feels too ill to drive the cart" 100 Jewish Children's Books for the Family Bookshelf jewishlibraries.org/wp-content/u...
February 1, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Meet SOOSIE: The Horse That Saved Shabbat by Tami Lehman-Wilzig & illustrated by Menahem Halberstadt "a clever horse delivers challah on her own when the baker’s boy feels too ill to drive the cart" 100 Jewish Children's Books for the Family Bookshelf jewishlibraries.org/wp-content/u...