Mindy Nichols Wendell
@mnwendell.bsky.social
Children’s Author (Historical Fiction) | LIGHT AND AIR (2024) and CALIFORNIA OR DUST (Coming in 2026), both from Holiday House Books | Rep’d by Michelle Hauck at Storm Literary
https://linktr.ee/mindynicholswendell
https://linktr.ee/mindynicholswendell
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I'm going to open to queries from November 3 through November 7th or until I receive 1,000 queries submissions! I'll be open to all MG and YA genres, plus Mystery and SFF, including horror, in Adult. Looking forward to reading! My website will be updated shortly with more details.
October 14, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I'm going to open to queries from November 3 through November 7th or until I receive 1,000 queries submissions! I'll be open to all MG and YA genres, plus Mystery and SFF, including horror, in Adult. Looking forward to reading! My website will be updated shortly with more details.
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Happy 75th birthday to Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby's big-kid neighbor | NPR
Happy 75th birthday to Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby's big-kid neighbor
Beverly Cleary's fictional third grader with an adopted dog named Ribsy made his debut in 1950. Cleary was praised for writing simple, humorous stories that kids wanted to read.
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September 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Happy 75th birthday to Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby's big-kid neighbor | NPR
Today’s the day! Many thanks to Holiday House Books and @dreamscape-media.bsky.social for this beautiful audiobook of LIGHT AND AIR. And a big thank you to Eleanor McCormick for her lovely narration! 🎧📚
Click here to order:
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
Click here to order:
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
July 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Today’s the day! Many thanks to Holiday House Books and @dreamscape-media.bsky.social for this beautiful audiobook of LIGHT AND AIR. And a big thank you to Eleanor McCormick for her lovely narration! 🎧📚
Click here to order:
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
Click here to order:
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
This is going to take some thought! ❤️💙📚
What titles stand out as the greatest in literature for children and young adults? That’s the question School Library Journal has posed to readers.
SLJ Opens Poll, Asking Readers to Name the Best Books of the Past 25 Years
What titles stand out as the greatest in literature for children and young adults? That’s the question School Library Journal has posed to readers.
www.slj.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This is going to take some thought! ❤️💙📚
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Just saw a very sweet cover sketch for @mnwendell.bsky.social next MG book and that has made my day a lot better. I needed a dose of wholesome and kind.
June 13, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Cheers, Norm. 💛
May 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Cheers, Norm. 💛
This summer, ask your readers to take a middle grade reading road trip around the USA! Discover the best middle grade books set in each state of the United States of America, from A for Alaska to W for Wyoming. imaginationsoup.net/50-states-mi... #kidlit #middlegrade
50 States Reading Road Trip (Middle Grade Books Set in the USA)
Take a middle grade reading road trip around the USA! Discover the best middle grade books set in each state of the United States of...
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May 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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It's here! It's here! Happy Book Birthday to me. Wow. So much gratitude to illustrator Cathy Ann Johnson who brought this story to life, and then some!
April 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It's here! It's here! Happy Book Birthday to me. Wow. So much gratitude to illustrator Cathy Ann Johnson who brought this story to life, and then some!
April 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Follow @partnersinhealth.bsky.social’s #WorldTBDay webinar with us here 🧵
“We are in a perfect storm that will put us in a similar emergency to the times of the COVID-19 pandemic. 17 countries have reported severe disruptions to TB care acc to @who.int” @madhupai.bsky.social
“We are in a perfect storm that will put us in a similar emergency to the times of the COVID-19 pandemic. 17 countries have reported severe disruptions to TB care acc to @who.int” @madhupai.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Follow @partnersinhealth.bsky.social’s #WorldTBDay webinar with us here 🧵
“We are in a perfect storm that will put us in a similar emergency to the times of the COVID-19 pandemic. 17 countries have reported severe disruptions to TB care acc to @who.int” @madhupai.bsky.social
“We are in a perfect storm that will put us in a similar emergency to the times of the COVID-19 pandemic. 17 countries have reported severe disruptions to TB care acc to @who.int” @madhupai.bsky.social
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Happy World TB Day. Grateful for all the work global TB Fighters pour into preventing this curable and preventable scourge. Together, we can end TB.
March 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Happy World TB Day. Grateful for all the work global TB Fighters pour into preventing this curable and preventable scourge. Together, we can end TB.
Books for World TB Day
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www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738001...
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
everythingistb.com
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738001...
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
World Tuberculosis Day 2025
March 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
World Tuberculosis Day 2025
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Meta's Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild: authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...
Meta's Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild
Today, The Atlantic published a search tool that allows authors to check if their works are in LibGen, an illegal pirate site AI companies copied for their AI systems. This is a similar tool to the on...
authorsguild.org
March 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Meta's Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild: authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...
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Search the LibGen database here, and peer inside a pirated library of millions of books and research papers used by Meta and others:
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Search the LibGen database here, and peer inside a pirated library of millions of books and research papers used by Meta and others:
EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS by John Green is out today!
everythingistb.com
“Tuberculosis anywhere is a threat to people everywhere.”
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
everythingistb.com
“Tuberculosis anywhere is a threat to people everywhere.”
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS by John Green is out today!
everythingistb.com
“Tuberculosis anywhere is a threat to people everywhere.”
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
everythingistb.com
“Tuberculosis anywhere is a threat to people everywhere.”
@johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
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President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders.
Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders.
Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
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🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
March 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.
Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Hey Middle Grade book fans! Check out my year-end wrap-up of the MG market, hot off the presses! All the data you didn't know you wanted to know. 🤓
www.samsubity.com/mg-landscape...
www.samsubity.com/mg-landscape...
Middle Grade Book Landscape 2024 | Sam Subity
A first look at the middle grade books published so far in 2024 with stats on publisher share, genre popularity, point of view, and gender.
www.samsubity.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hey Middle Grade book fans! Check out my year-end wrap-up of the MG market, hot off the presses! All the data you didn't know you wanted to know. 🤓
www.samsubity.com/mg-landscape...
www.samsubity.com/mg-landscape...
I am happy to share that my second MG historical novel, CALIFORNIA OR DUST, will be out in the spring of 2026. My thanks to Michelle Hauck @stormliterary.bsky.social and Mora Couch at Holiday House Books for giving me a chance to do this a second time. 🤍🩶
#middlegrade #kidlit #historicalfiction
#middlegrade #kidlit #historicalfiction
February 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I am happy to share that my second MG historical novel, CALIFORNIA OR DUST, will be out in the spring of 2026. My thanks to Michelle Hauck @stormliterary.bsky.social and Mora Couch at Holiday House Books for giving me a chance to do this a second time. 🤍🩶
#middlegrade #kidlit #historicalfiction
#middlegrade #kidlit #historicalfiction
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Celebrating history shapers like John Lewis and Mae Jemison and lesser-known individuals with comparable impact, such as playwrights August Wilson and Lorraine Hansberry, and engineer Raye Montague, these 28 titles share the lives, struggles, and triumphs of notable Black Americans.
28 Picture Books Of Inspiring Black Americans for Black History Month and All Year
Celebrating history shapers like John Lewis and Mae Jemison and lesser-known individuals with comparable impact, such as playwrights August Wilson and Lorraine Hansberry, and engineer Raye Montague, t...
www.slj.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Celebrating history shapers like John Lewis and Mae Jemison and lesser-known individuals with comparable impact, such as playwrights August Wilson and Lorraine Hansberry, and engineer Raye Montague, these 28 titles share the lives, struggles, and triumphs of notable Black Americans.
White out 🤍❄️🤍
January 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
White out 🤍❄️🤍
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Sending out the call again because I am now in desperate need of middle grade and sci-fi/fantasy YA books! 🙏
Oh, and graphic novels and (middle/HS appropriate) manga!
Please boost so we can reach as many folks as possible! ❤️🩹📚
Oh, and graphic novels and (middle/HS appropriate) manga!
Please boost so we can reach as many folks as possible! ❤️🩹📚
Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
January 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Sending out the call again because I am now in desperate need of middle grade and sci-fi/fantasy YA books! 🙏
Oh, and graphic novels and (middle/HS appropriate) manga!
Please boost so we can reach as many folks as possible! ❤️🩹📚
Oh, and graphic novels and (middle/HS appropriate) manga!
Please boost so we can reach as many folks as possible! ❤️🩹📚
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Thrilled to see this news finally out! And even more thrilled to get back into this world!
January 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Thrilled to see this news finally out! And even more thrilled to get back into this world!