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Sonja Thomas
@bysonjathomas.bsky.social
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Kidlit author | she/her | bysonjathomas.com
📗 Olive Blackwood Takes Action!
📙 Sir Fig Newton & the Science of Persistence
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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
Literary Arts Portland Book Festival. Lost & Found: Derrick Barnes & Jose Pimienta moderated by Sonja Thomas 2PM at the Judy. Book covers of the Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by Derrick Barnes & Halfway to Somewhere by Jose Pimienta.
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Happy Book Birthday @melissadassori.bsky.social and GRETA EVER AFTER!!! I absolutley adore this #mglit coming-of-age story meets modern day fairytale. YAY!
August 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Can't wait to talk with Washington State librarians at #WLA2025 Book Bash this Friday 4 - 5:30PM!

#mglit #middlegradebooks #librarians
April 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Happy International Beaver Day! Celebrate the significance of these remarkable and adorable rodents for maintaining ecological balance.

Learn more about these amazing animals from various organizations like the Audubon Society or visit your local library.

#internationalbeaverday #beaver #mglit
April 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Pushing myself to write . . . but would rather be hanging with my girl, Gabbie Lu

#amwriting #cat #catsky #meow #toebeans
back of cat laying on human legs, white paws, one lifted with black toe beans spread wide
March 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Live read-aloud opportunity for #teachers, #librarians, and their students with @mgcoast2coast.bsky.social author Erik Jon Slangerup on Friday, Feb 28!

Register at * bit.ly/MGC2C_FreeDay * for the Zoom link and the chance to win signed copies of Molly and the Mutants for your class! #kidlit #mglit
Sign Up for First-Chapter "Free Day" A live read aloud with Erik Jon Slangerup on Friday Feb 28 1-1:30 PM EST. Picture of Molly and the Mutants book cover.
February 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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A Love Letter to #Libraries and #Librarians

@authorsabb.bsky.social #kidlit #nationallibraryloversmonth
On pink stationary with rose border: February 14, 2025 A Love Letter To Libraries: Whether spending Sundays searching for another Judy Blume book, plling an all-nighter in college, or answering teens' questions about writing, THANK YOU for making me feel safe, seen, and inspired. Forever yours, Sonja
February 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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World Read Aloud Day is the BEST! Connected with kids in 2nd thru 5th grade in many states from MA to CA. So much fun reading and having conversations about the magic of stories! #WRAD #kidlit #readaloud #booksky
Photo of author Sonja Thomas on screen wearing lit-up cat ears reading to kids.
February 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

13/20
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison book cover
December 20, 2024 at 2:58 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#YAlit
#BookChallenge

12/20
Dig. by A.S. King book cover winner of the Michael L. Printz Award
December 19, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#kidlit
#BookChallenge

11/20
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor book cover with Black albino femaile holding a dagger with colors of blue, yellow and orange flowing out the blade's point
December 16, 2024 at 4:04 AM
bysonjathomas.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#kidlit
#BookChallenge

10/20
going bovine by Libba Bray book cover with cow staring at reader, standing upright with gnome under it's front leg.
December 13, 2024 at 7:10 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books #kidlit
#BookChallenge

9/20
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson blue book cover with yellow floating feather and the quote "hope is the thing with feathers . . . " - Emily Dickinson
December 12, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

8/20
A WRINKLE IN TIME blue book cover
December 11, 2024 at 7:46 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

7/20
WHEN YOU REACH ME by Rebecca Stead book cover
December 10, 2024 at 7:26 PM
bysonjathomas.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

6/20
SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson book cover with close up of face and leaves in green & white hue
December 9, 2024 at 5:28 PM
bysonjathomas.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

5/20
Remember Me by Christopher Pike cover with white teen's face from nose down to neck
December 8, 2024 at 7:21 AM
bysonjathomas.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

4/20
Where the Sidewalk Ends the poems and drawings of Shel Silverstein book cover with a boy looking over the edge of the end of the sidewalk, a girl behind him and a dog hanging on behind her.
December 6, 2024 at 6:25 PM
bysonjathomas.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

3/20
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume book cover. Blonde girl in orange & black dress in front of two-story yellow house.
December 5, 2024 at 5:23 PM
bysonjathomas.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

2/20
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White book cover. Young white girl hair in ponytail holding pig looking up at spider hanging from thread.
December 4, 2024 at 5:51 PM
bysonjathomas.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.

No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge

1/20
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf Drawings by Robert Lawson, bull on grassy hill holding & sniffing flower
December 3, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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So excited to share this wonderful trade review for OLIVE BLACKWOOD TAKES ACTION! from Kirkus Reviews!

"Two thumbs up for this necessary novel about anxiety and self-advocacy."

www.bysonjathomas.com/olive-blackw...

#kidlit #mglit #teachers #librarians #amreading #middlegrade #middlegradebooks
Book Cover for Olive Blackwood Takes Action! Black girl with curly hair filming with phone on tripod. Lake behind her with beaver resting on a tree and stick in its mouth. "Two thumbs up for this necessary novel about anxiety and self-advocacy." - Kirkus Reviews. Preorder Signed Copies at Vintage Books! Out May 14.
March 12, 2024 at 11:55 PM
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I'm so excited to talk about how "Connection Starts with Curiosity" at #NCTE23 with middle grade authors @katrynwrites.bsky.social, Shawn Peters, and Ernesto Cisneros!!! Hope to see you there on Friday, November 17 at 12:30PM in Room B 223-235.
Kidlit author Sonja Thomas holding book, Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence (cover: determined girl on bike with grey cat in basket).
November 13, 2023 at 6:07 PM
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OHMYGOSH, my next middle grade novel, OLIVE BLACKWOOD TAKES ACTION! has a gorgeous cover, releases May 14, 2024, and is available for preorder!!!

Preorder signed copies from my local indie Vintage Books! Personalized copies available on request.

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"Preorder Signed Copies available at Vintage Books!" Olive Blackwood Takes Action! by Sonja Thomas book cover with Black girl (high curly ponytail and red glasses) filming with cell phone on a tripod. Beaver with a stick in its mouth leaning on log in the river behind her.
November 3, 2023 at 6:01 PM