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🎉 NEW EVENT! Featuring @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social and @mrschureads.bsky.social! 📚❤️

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Jennifer and John share their fave books of the year!
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November 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Happy I Read Canadian Day from the CCBC! Thank you to everyone sharing their excitement for Canadian books today!
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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AUTHORS!!

Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?

Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.

More here:
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY IS WRONG from @nosycrowus.bsky.social “is packed with, well, things you thought you knew about the human body...with the belief explained and debunked” ysbookreviews.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/e...
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
DUCKY THE SPY from #WalkerBooksAustralia “will appeal to elementary-age readers who like lots of goofy humor in their comics and a simple, bold storyline and art. Hand to readers who are just figuring out how to tell jokes” noflyingnotights.com/blog/2025/10...
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Coming soon! “All six stories feature Wilde’s trademark wit and clever approach to conversations” in OSCAR WILDE’S STORIES FOR CHILDREN new from @littleislandbooks.bsky.social www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/osca...
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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“Translating Science in the 18th and 19th Centuries -
Interdisciplinary Perspectives”, ed. by Alison E Martin and Susan Pickford (Routledge India, 2025)
Open Access
www.routledge.com/Translating-...
May 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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“The Glamour Zoo”, short story by Li Jingrui, tr. me, in yesterday’s @thedialmag.bsky.social
Here’s the link:
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"The Glamour Zoo," by Li Jingrui — The Dial
A short story.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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I'm prepping for my 31 Days, 31 Lists extravaganza in December, particularly the holiday list. This year I've seen a SLEW of spectacular Hanukkah titles, but far less memorable Christmas ones. The exception? I am QUITE fond of @adamrex.bsky.social's latest. Behold:
#The13thDayofChristmas
November 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
“Written in simple rhyming couplets” THANKSGIVING IS A BLESSING from @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social “emphasizes the importance of connection and togetherness, whether with family or found family” www.slj.com/story/3-pict...
3 Picture Books for Giving Thanks
These picture books that celebrate found families, friendship, and connection, are great choices for holidays shelves.
www.slj.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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HOW TO WELCOME AN ALIEN "offers many life lessons to discuss with children" relevant to the daily news www.sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/07/revi...
Review: How to Welcome an Alien
How to Welcome an Alien by Rebecca Klempner, illustrated by Shirley Waisman Kalaniot Books (imprint of Endless Mountains Publishing), 2023 C...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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"This is a really funny book for young readers. My sister really enjoyed how the other animals in the jungle were looking out for that poor old silly Dodo bird" from the review by 13-year-old Liam of GO, GO, DODO! kidsbookbuzz.com/product/go-g...
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
O indeed! thanks @abluebox.bsky.social for featuring this novel in translation from Italian! Glad to see #kidsbooks from around the world arriving in the US
🗣️Perfect for Fans of :
🧙 Coming-of-age fantasy adventures
🐾 Magical animal companions
🔥 Hidden powers + forbidden magic

💥 @pubspotlight.bsky.social @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social #martapalazzesi #BookSky #MGLit #FantasyBooks
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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With many in need IRL reading OUT AND ABOUT with little ones can inspire a discussion of how it "elegantly illustrates the mitzvah of tzedakah. It also demonstrates the value of giving anonymously" www.sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2023/08/revi...
Review: Out and About: A Tale of Giving
Out and About: A Tale of Giving by Liza Wiemer, illustrated by Margeaux Lucas Kalaniot Books, 2023 Category: Picture Books Reviewer: Shirley...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
“John Spray’s voice has a conversational quality that makes the story feel like firsthand family lore, while Scot Ritchie’s loosely sketched cartoons capture home as a place of comfort” in LUCKY DOG COMES HOME from @pajamapress.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/9781772783414
Lucky Dog Comes Home by John Spray
An animal-loving veteran builds community in this straight-talking tale. Growing up in Indiana, pale-skinned George has a remark...
www.publishersweekly.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
We love seeing #WalkerBooksAustralia pop up here! And @abluebox.bsky.social
🗣️Perfect for Fans of :
🔎 intense YA thrillers with real-world stakes
🌏 stories that explore identity, heritage & social justice
✈️ dual-setting novels with international mystery and danger

💥 @pubspotlight.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #louisebassett #Booksky #YALit #Books
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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“Librarians serve as defenders of democracy by protecting access, identity and inquiry in schools,” write Allison Cline and Amanda Kordeliski @aaslpres.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social

www.smartbrief.com/original/sch...
School libraries are at the heart of democracy - SmartBrief
Librarians serve as defenders of democracy by protecting access, identity and inquiry in schools, write Amanda Kordeliski and Allison Cline.
www.smartbrief.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If you are a #kidlit person interested in international publishing, you can see some of the speakers and read remarks from #IBBYRegional25 happening now in Boston by visiting that hashtag
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
#MangaClassics SHERLOCK HOLMES: A STUDY IN SCARLET from @udonentertainment.bsky.social is "a welcome introduction and an enjoyably fresh take on a well-known classic" goodcomicsforkids.slj.com/2025/11/07/d...
Detective Manga Round-Up
An overview of some recent manga titles that feature detectives and mysteries.
goodcomicsforkids.slj.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Couldn't find this book yesterday.

We'd lost That Loving Feeling.
Whoa That Loving Feeling.
We'd lost That Loving Feeling now it's back back back whoa oh-oh-oh.
November 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Daishu Ma’s “illustrations are a sweet representation of the friendship” in TIGER, IT’S SNOWING from @postwavebooks.bsky.social kissthebookjr.blogspot.com/2025/10/tige...
Tiger, It’s Snowing! by Daishu Ma - ADVISABLE
Tiger, It’s Snowing! by Daishu Ma . PICTURE BOOK. Post Wave, 2024. $19. 9798895090336 BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K - ADVISABLE APPEALS TO: SEVERAL...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM