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Middle Grade Coast-to-Coast is a group of #kidlit authors excited to connect with classrooms & libraries all over the country. Follow for exciting news & info on upcoming free virtual readings! Or visit our website: www.middlegradecoast2coast.com

#mglit #teachers #librarians #Educators #EduSky
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I'm so excited for the Poulsbo Kids' Book Festival this Sat, Nov 15th 11AM - 3PM! I'll be there with over 30 AMAZING authors and illustrators at North Kitsap High School in Poulsbo, WA. Visit lnkd.in/eGU5H5dK for more details. YAY!

#childrensbooks #libertybaybooks #kidsbooks #mglit #kidlit
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Can't wait to moderate the conversation with authors Derrick Barnes & Jose Pimienta this Sat, Nov 8 at the Portland Book Festival. Gabbie (pictured with me) says unfortunately she won't see you there. She loves books but humans not so much 😹

@literary-arts.org #diversekidlit #mglit #pdxbookfest
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Check out MGC2C author @nancytandon.bsky.social's SPOOKTACULAR #middlegradebooks cover reveal below for The Haunting of Walker Pond. Available for pre-order NOW!

www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ha...

#kidlit #mglit
October 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Today I am part of the magical #TopplingStackTours #BlogTour for Greta Ever After @melissadassori.bsky.social! I am shining a spotlight on the book, come check it out~

#BookBloggers #Blogging #ChildrensBooks #Dolls #FairyTales #BookPromo #BookSky📚💙

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October 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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In good news (which I know I need these days), my book Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (which has been challenged in four states, and had been pulled from shelves in one county in Florida) seems to have been restored to shelves! Not sure if it's been relocated to YA but I'll take the win 🎉
October 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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here's a piece on book bans i wrote this summer, feat. reflections and stories from authors @adibkhorram.bsky.social, @kylelukoff.bsky.social, and @katrynwrites.bsky.social as well as my own reflections. ty @electricliterature.com for publishing it!

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Book Bans Continue to Threaten the Wellbeing of Authors - Electric Literature
There are societal, financial, legal, and emotional consequences to book challenges, and writers are facing the brunt of these attacks
electricliterature.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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AABB is proud to join this coalition of groups fighting for the freedom to read. Nothing gives us more hope than the understanding that while the fight may be daunting, we are not in it alone. 1/3
October 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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🧵 In 2025, book censorship in the United States is rampant and common. Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country.

Read our new report "The Normalization of Book Banning" at: pen.org/report/the-n...
October 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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The Cybils awards are taking a hiatus this year. If you are looking for kidlit, middle grade and YA recs, please check out amazing winners from past years. Every time one of us celebrates a good book on any platform or offline, we are supporting literacy and empathy.

Books help.
And I also love that you might not have ever seen some of these books on other awards lists or book lists, which means that having won the CYBILS award means they might make it into the hands of even more kids! ~ Laura @ Literacious

www.literacious.com/...
September 7, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Awesome mglit book and my first of the new schoolyear #gretaeverafter @melissadassori.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social thank you for sharing with #bookallies
September 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Thrilled and honored to see KINGDOM OF DUST included on NYPL's Vibrant Voices Titles for Kids list for 2025-2026!

Thank you to the librarians and staff of the library for sharing my book with your patrons!
www.nypl.org/books-more/r... @harperkids.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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KINGDOM OF DUST is a Massachusetts Book Award Honor Book! 🎉

Thank you so much to the Mass Center for the Book for this amazing honor!

Congratulations also to Robin Wasley and Desmond Hall for their awards. I'm thrilled to be in their company.
September 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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It’s KINGDOM OF DUST’s first birthday! I’m proud of this little book and glad readers are still finding it. @harperkids.bsky.social #middlegrade

www.lisastringfellow.com/kingdom-of-d...
August 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Happy Book Birthday to MG Coast-to-Coast author @melissadassori.bsky.social! Her second book, GRETA EVER AFTER, is out today!! #kidlit #mglit
August 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Don't miss my interview with MG author @melissadassori.bsky.social on today's @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social blog! Melissa's latest #middlegrade novel, GRETA EVER AFTER releases tomorrow, August 19, from @littlebrownyr.bsky.social. #kidlit fromthemixedupfiles.com/interview-wi...
August 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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We're so excited for @melissadassori.bsky.social's GRETA EVER AFTER to be out in the world tomorrow! This one's for the aspiring young journalists who wish their lives were a little more magic, or anyone who loves a "relatable coming-of-age story interwoven with dark fairy-tale elements" (Kirkus).
August 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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@melissadassori.bsky.social's GRETA EVER AFTER comes out in just a few weeks! Get to know this delightful, magical middle grade in @teachingbooks.bsky.social's Meet-the-Author recording: school.teachingbooks.net/book_reading...
TeachingBooks Book Reading | Greta Ever After
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July 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Entertained myself in the car today listening to this good discussion of the gap in books for 12-15 year olds. #youngteenlit
Learn how we started and where we're going with #youngteenlit on our podcast episode with @slupodcast.bsky.social! Librarians who work with ages 12-15 need to tune in for ideas on how to find and advocate for more Young Teen Lit.
#tlsky #edusky #skybrarian #skybrarians #mglit #yalit
July 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Before my new book is out next month, check out my first, JR Silver Writes Her World. Buy a copy, tell me via my website where you got it and what address to use (US only, while supplies last), and I’ll send a bookmark and bookplate. #teachers, happy to send multiples to a school. #giveaway #mglit
July 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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It’s a gorgeous day in Boston to support the freedom to read! #MassFreedomToRead @massaabb.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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If this angle catches your kids’ eye, check out my next #middlegrade book, GRETA EVER AFTER, which has its own storyline of journalistic misdeeds! #teachers Superman’s Other Secret Weakness? Journalism Ethics. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/a... @lbschool.bsky.social @unteragency.bsky.social
Superman’s Other Secret Weakness? Journalism Ethics.
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July 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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A lovely blurb from the wonderful Kate Albus for GRETA EVER AFTER, coming 8.19. This is a great week to support your favorite bookstore and preorder a copy. #teachers and #librarians, reach out for visits next year.
@lbschool.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Have a movie fan looking for a book? Check out GRETA EVER AFTER (8.19.25). Preorders are so helpful to authors! Links in my bio if you are inclined to add to your collection, or ask your library to order a copy. #middlegrade #mglit #booksky
July 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Grab your FREE COPY of this toolkit to help guide the next generation of teen advocates, intellectual freedom champions, and library supporters.

Inspired by the guide? Don't forget to apply for funding to run your own teen advocacy program!

bookriot.com/books-unbann...
July 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM