Chris Grabenstein
@chrisgrab.bsky.social
Writer, dog and cat lover, big kid
www.ChrisGrabenstein.com
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We've uncovered the perfect summer reading combo: the new Murdle Jr. Puzzle book READY, SET, SOLVE + SLEUTHS ON THE LOOSE, which is a puzzle inside a story inside a fast and fun read. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/g-t-k...
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social @gtkarber.bsky.social #summerreading #kidlit
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social @gtkarber.bsky.social #summerreading #kidlit
June 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We've uncovered the perfect summer reading combo: the new Murdle Jr. Puzzle book READY, SET, SOLVE + SLEUTHS ON THE LOOSE, which is a puzzle inside a story inside a fast and fun read. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/g-t-k...
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social @gtkarber.bsky.social #summerreading #kidlit
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social @gtkarber.bsky.social #summerreading #kidlit
I love, love, love the UK cover for SLEUTHS ON THE LOOSE. @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @gtkarber.bsky.social #GTKarber #sleuthsontheloose #murdlejr #kidlit
You can pre-order the American version here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/g-t-k...
You can pre-order the American version here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/g-t-k...
April 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I love, love, love the UK cover for SLEUTHS ON THE LOOSE. @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @gtkarber.bsky.social #GTKarber #sleuthsontheloose #murdlejr #kidlit
You can pre-order the American version here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/g-t-k...
You can pre-order the American version here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/g-t-k...
J.J. and I had fun playing Guest Booksellers at BOOKS OF WONDER as they celebrate Independent Bookstore Day! @booksofwonder.bsky.social #IndependentBookstoreDay @indiebound.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
J.J. and I had fun playing Guest Booksellers at BOOKS OF WONDER as they celebrate Independent Bookstore Day! @booksofwonder.bsky.social #IndependentBookstoreDay @indiebound.bsky.social
Happy Book Birthday to STINKY'S STORIES #3: THE THREE SMELLY GOATS GRUFF. On sale today! Reading has never been so much stinkin' fun!
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@harperkids.bsky.social #readingspecialist #readingfun
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@harperkids.bsky.social #readingspecialist #readingfun
March 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Happy Book Birthday to STINKY'S STORIES #3: THE THREE SMELLY GOATS GRUFF. On sale today! Reading has never been so much stinkin' fun!
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@harperkids.bsky.social #readingspecialist #readingfun
chrisgrabenstein.com/books/stinky...
@harperkids.bsky.social #readingspecialist #readingfun
Yesterday, J.J. and I did one of our favorite annual virtual visits with the third graders at Lakewood Elementary in Overland Park, KS. After our SHINE! presentation, we announced the winners of the school's Excelsior Award, modeled after the one in the book! @randomhousekids.bsky.social #kidlit
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Yesterday, J.J. and I did one of our favorite annual virtual visits with the third graders at Lakewood Elementary in Overland Park, KS. After our SHINE! presentation, we announced the winners of the school's Excelsior Award, modeled after the one in the book! @randomhousekids.bsky.social #kidlit
Yesterday, Stinky recorded video clips for school visits promoting STINKY'S STORIES #3: THE THREE SMELLY GOATS GRUFF. He baked Troll House cookies with a recipe from Boogerhead, the troll in our stinkified version of the story. @harperkids.bsky.social #readingisfun #readingspecialist #kidlit
March 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Yesterday, Stinky recorded video clips for school visits promoting STINKY'S STORIES #3: THE THREE SMELLY GOATS GRUFF. He baked Troll House cookies with a recipe from Boogerhead, the troll in our stinkified version of the story. @harperkids.bsky.social #readingisfun #readingspecialist #kidlit
So...this is where I'll be presenting on Monday to 3,300 third graders. All at once. The Clarksville, TN Kiwanis Club is giving all the kiddos a copy of Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library! And I get to hang with my little brother Dr. Bill! @randomhousekids.bsky.social #authorvisit #kidlit
February 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
So...this is where I'll be presenting on Monday to 3,300 third graders. All at once. The Clarksville, TN Kiwanis Club is giving all the kiddos a copy of Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library! And I get to hang with my little brother Dr. Bill! @randomhousekids.bsky.social #authorvisit #kidlit
We had an extra audience member for yesterday's virtual visit with a school in Illinois that had done a OBOS with EFMLL. As you can tell, Zoey was fascinated with the peek inside Mr. Lemoncello's Library. @randomhousekids.bsky.social #authorvisit #kidlit #virtualauthorvisit
February 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We had an extra audience member for yesterday's virtual visit with a school in Illinois that had done a OBOS with EFMLL. As you can tell, Zoey was fascinated with the peek inside Mr. Lemoncello's Library. @randomhousekids.bsky.social #authorvisit #kidlit #virtualauthorvisit
Wondering how to become a first reader of MURDLE JR: SLEUTHS ON THE LOOSE? Logical deduction: enter the Goodreads giveaway running from 2/21/25 – 3/23/25. Copy and paste the link: www.goodreads.com/.../406696-m....
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social #kidlit #bookgiveaway #goodreads
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social #kidlit #bookgiveaway #goodreads
February 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Wondering how to become a first reader of MURDLE JR: SLEUTHS ON THE LOOSE? Logical deduction: enter the Goodreads giveaway running from 2/21/25 – 3/23/25. Copy and paste the link: www.goodreads.com/.../406696-m....
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social #kidlit #bookgiveaway #goodreads
@littlebrownyr.bsky.social #kidlit #bookgiveaway #goodreads
J.J. and I had a lot of fun recording STINKY'S STORIES #3: THE THREE SMELLY GOATS GRUFF. J.J. is Stinky (tho she is not stinky). I am the Troll. His name is Boogerhead. The audiobook is available March 18th!
@harperkids.bsky.social #kidlit #earlyreaders #readingspecialist #funbooksforkids
@harperkids.bsky.social #kidlit #earlyreaders #readingspecialist #funbooksforkids
February 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
J.J. and I had a lot of fun recording STINKY'S STORIES #3: THE THREE SMELLY GOATS GRUFF. J.J. is Stinky (tho she is not stinky). I am the Troll. His name is Boogerhead. The audiobook is available March 18th!
@harperkids.bsky.social #kidlit #earlyreaders #readingspecialist #funbooksforkids
@harperkids.bsky.social #kidlit #earlyreaders #readingspecialist #funbooksforkids
Thrilled to learn that NO IS ALL I KNOW with art by the incredible Leo Espinosa @studioespinosa.bsky.social just won the 2024 Building Block Picture Book Award in Missouri! @randomhousekids.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Thrilled to learn that NO IS ALL I KNOW with art by the incredible Leo Espinosa @studioespinosa.bsky.social just won the 2024 Building Block Picture Book Award in Missouri! @randomhousekids.bsky.social
Presenting the spectaculomous cover for MR. LEMONCELLO'S LIBRARY OLYMPICS: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL. Someone's removing books from the library?!? Mr. Lemoncello is on quest for true champions! Available 10-14-25.
@randomhousekids.bsky.social #kidlit #mrlemoncello #graphicnovels #librarylove
@randomhousekids.bsky.social #kidlit #mrlemoncello #graphicnovels #librarylove
February 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Presenting the spectaculomous cover for MR. LEMONCELLO'S LIBRARY OLYMPICS: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL. Someone's removing books from the library?!? Mr. Lemoncello is on quest for true champions! Available 10-14-25.
@randomhousekids.bsky.social #kidlit #mrlemoncello #graphicnovels #librarylove
@randomhousekids.bsky.social #kidlit #mrlemoncello #graphicnovels #librarylove
In honor of Super Bowl Sunday, here's the only commercial I was ever connected with to run on the Big Game (well, the pregame show). It was for 7-Up. I was the EVP/GCD. Chuck Bromley and Ritchie Goldstein were the creative team. Orlando Jones and Buster were the stars.
February 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
In honor of Super Bowl Sunday, here's the only commercial I was ever connected with to run on the Big Game (well, the pregame show). It was for 7-Up. I was the EVP/GCD. Chuck Bromley and Ritchie Goldstein were the creative team. Orlando Jones and Buster were the stars.
COVER REVEAL! Can two brothers get along long enough to win Ms. Pennypickle's one million dollar prize??? It's a mad, puzzle-packed dash from Chicagoland to L.A. along Old Route 66. On sale 10-14-25! Random House Children's Books @randomhousekids.bsky.social #CoverReveal #kidlit
February 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
COVER REVEAL! Can two brothers get along long enough to win Ms. Pennypickle's one million dollar prize??? It's a mad, puzzle-packed dash from Chicagoland to L.A. along Old Route 66. On sale 10-14-25! Random House Children's Books @randomhousekids.bsky.social #CoverReveal #kidlit
The kids at St. Michael's Academy in Fernandina Beach, FL serenaded me with "God Bless My Underwear" from Stinky's Stories #1 THE BOY WHO CRIED UNDERPANTS. I love it when kids are having fun reading! @harperkids.bsky.social #kidlit #EarlyReading #earlyreaders
February 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The kids at St. Michael's Academy in Fernandina Beach, FL serenaded me with "God Bless My Underwear" from Stinky's Stories #1 THE BOY WHO CRIED UNDERPANTS. I love it when kids are having fun reading! @harperkids.bsky.social #kidlit #EarlyReading #earlyreaders
Tis the season for 25% off pre-orders at Barnes & Noble. Use the code and save 25%. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR THIS DEAL.
@harperkids.bsky.social @barnesandnoble.com #stinkysstories #kidlit #earlyreaders #EarlyReading #funnybooksforkids
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@harperkids.bsky.social @barnesandnoble.com #stinkysstories #kidlit #earlyreaders #EarlyReading #funnybooksforkids
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February 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Tis the season for 25% off pre-orders at Barnes & Noble. Use the code and save 25%. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY FOR THIS DEAL.
@harperkids.bsky.social @barnesandnoble.com #stinkysstories #kidlit #earlyreaders #EarlyReading #funnybooksforkids
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/stinkys-st...
@harperkids.bsky.social @barnesandnoble.com #stinkysstories #kidlit #earlyreaders #EarlyReading #funnybooksforkids
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I stopped by the Story and Song bookstore on Amelia Island here in Florida (okay, it's really close to Georgia). Getting ready for tomorrow's school visit! @randomhousekids.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social #kidlit #authorvisit #indiebookstore
February 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I stopped by the Story and Song bookstore on Amelia Island here in Florida (okay, it's really close to Georgia). Getting ready for tomorrow's school visit! @randomhousekids.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social #kidlit #authorvisit #indiebookstore
J.J. and I signed about thirty copies of our first co-authored book SHINE! for a school group at Books Of Wonder today. If you want signed copies of any Grabenstein title, just let our friendly neighborhood Indie bookstore know! @randomhousekids.bsky.social @booksofwonder.bsky.social #kidlit
January 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
J.J. and I signed about thirty copies of our first co-authored book SHINE! for a school group at Books Of Wonder today. If you want signed copies of any Grabenstein title, just let our friendly neighborhood Indie bookstore know! @randomhousekids.bsky.social @booksofwonder.bsky.social #kidlit
At Stratfield Elementary, I spent an hour with the entire school, K-5, talking about everything from picture books to early reader chapter books to MR. LEMONCELLO books. And then we made up a new story right on the spot! @randomhousekids.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social #authorvisit
January 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
At Stratfield Elementary, I spent an hour with the entire school, K-5, talking about everything from picture books to early reader chapter books to MR. LEMONCELLO books. And then we made up a new story right on the spot! @randomhousekids.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social #authorvisit
After last night's unfortunate scissor incident, I am now on the author two day disabled list.
January 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
After last night's unfortunate scissor incident, I am now on the author two day disabled list.
REVIEW OF THE WEEK! I FUNNY, co-authored with James Patterson IN 2012 was my first #1 NYT Bestseller. This review from last week meant a lot because, yes, I used humor to battle bullies when I was in middle school. So glad Jamie was able to help this reader all those years ago. #kidlit
January 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
REVIEW OF THE WEEK! I FUNNY, co-authored with James Patterson IN 2012 was my first #1 NYT Bestseller. This review from last week meant a lot because, yes, I used humor to battle bullies when I was in middle school. So glad Jamie was able to help this reader all those years ago. #kidlit
J.J. and I went to John Marshall Media today to record all the voices for STINKY'S STORIES #3: THE THREE SMELLY GOATS GRUFF. It will be available for downloading on pub day – March 18, 2025. J.J. is brilliant. I do the goofier voices. @harperkids.bsky.social #audiobook #kidlit
January 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
J.J. and I went to John Marshall Media today to record all the voices for STINKY'S STORIES #3: THE THREE SMELLY GOATS GRUFF. It will be available for downloading on pub day – March 18, 2025. J.J. is brilliant. I do the goofier voices. @harperkids.bsky.social #audiobook #kidlit
Mad magazine used to have cartoon series called The Shadow Knows where the shadow told a different story than the illuminated scene. Thanks to the winter light in Central Park, may I present "Darth Vader Walks His Dog."
January 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Mad magazine used to have cartoon series called The Shadow Knows where the shadow told a different story than the illuminated scene. Thanks to the winter light in Central Park, may I present "Darth Vader Walks His Dog."
Something else happening in the new year: the 20th anniversary of my first published book, TILT A WHIRL – a murder mystery for adults that takes place down the Jersey Shore. It won the Anthony Award for Best First Mystery in 2006.
January 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Something else happening in the new year: the 20th anniversary of my first published book, TILT A WHIRL – a murder mystery for adults that takes place down the Jersey Shore. It won the Anthony Award for Best First Mystery in 2006.
Doing my bit to make 2025 a good year for fun books!
January 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Doing my bit to make 2025 a good year for fun books!