Polly Farquhar
@pollyf.bsky.social
Author of LOLO WEAVER SWIMS UPSTREAM (2023), ITCH (2020), some short stories. No dairy, no tree nuts, no peanuts, no sesame, all the books. She/her. www.pollyfarquharauthor.com
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Friends, the best chocolate chip cookie recipe is in this cookbook. Fat + Flour by Nicole Rucker. (Classic soft oatmeal chunk cookie. But I'm only 2 recipes in, so this could change!) #ColdButterMethodWhoKnew
October 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Friends, the best chocolate chip cookie recipe is in this cookbook. Fat + Flour by Nicole Rucker. (Classic soft oatmeal chunk cookie. But I'm only 2 recipes in, so this could change!) #ColdButterMethodWhoKnew
SCATTERGOOD by H.M.Bouwman is such a fantastic novel! It's children's literature--upper MG--but you know what? It's an excellent book, period. Messy, imperfect characters in a hard world, but beautiful all the same. 📚👍
September 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
SCATTERGOOD by H.M.Bouwman is such a fantastic novel! It's children's literature--upper MG--but you know what? It's an excellent book, period. Messy, imperfect characters in a hard world, but beautiful all the same. 📚👍
New thing for old people to learn: Wedding Content Creator.
September 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
New thing for old people to learn: Wedding Content Creator.
#booksky Reasons to read Neko Case's memoir:
1) It's great 2)She makes great music 3) Maybe you too were a 70s kid + remember some KISS poster in a friend's brother's room + you were a little kid + u couldn't look at it bc SATAN 4) You were once a child 5) You are a human being 6) Lines like this:
1) It's great 2)She makes great music 3) Maybe you too were a 70s kid + remember some KISS poster in a friend's brother's room + you were a little kid + u couldn't look at it bc SATAN 4) You were once a child 5) You are a human being 6) Lines like this:
August 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
#booksky Reasons to read Neko Case's memoir:
1) It's great 2)She makes great music 3) Maybe you too were a 70s kid + remember some KISS poster in a friend's brother's room + you were a little kid + u couldn't look at it bc SATAN 4) You were once a child 5) You are a human being 6) Lines like this:
1) It's great 2)She makes great music 3) Maybe you too were a 70s kid + remember some KISS poster in a friend's brother's room + you were a little kid + u couldn't look at it bc SATAN 4) You were once a child 5) You are a human being 6) Lines like this:
Looking for one last summer read? LOLO WEAVER SWIMS UPSTREAM is a cool 169 pages, so you + your kiddos can still squeeze it in!
(Unless you're my kids, who start school tomorrow. They're in HS now (!!) so I guess they technically could finish it before school...)
#booksky 🐕🐟🛶🦨🐕 #kidlit
(Unless you're my kids, who start school tomorrow. They're in HS now (!!) so I guess they technically could finish it before school...)
#booksky 🐕🐟🛶🦨🐕 #kidlit
August 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The balance of realism and heart in this one--wow. (Also: every sentence is perfect!?) HOW TO TELL A TRUE STORY by Tricia Springstubb is YA with a seventh grader! 📚👍
June 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The balance of realism and heart in this one--wow. (Also: every sentence is perfect!?) HOW TO TELL A TRUE STORY by Tricia Springstubb is YA with a seventh grader! 📚👍
You'll see a lot of well-deserved praise for THE TROUBLE WITH HEROS by Kate Messner, but I want to add that it's a ♥️ letter to the state of New York. I just loved this book. And if you ever think novels in verse are slight? Pick this one up and be proved wrong! 📚👍
June 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You'll see a lot of well-deserved praise for THE TROUBLE WITH HEROS by Kate Messner, but I want to add that it's a ♥️ letter to the state of New York. I just loved this book. And if you ever think novels in verse are slight? Pick this one up and be proved wrong! 📚👍
My book LOLO WEAVER SWIMS UPSTREAM was published 2 years ago today. Hooray for Lolo!
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April 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
My book LOLO WEAVER SWIMS UPSTREAM was published 2 years ago today. Hooray for Lolo!
bookshop.org/p/books/lolo...
bookshop.org/p/books/lolo...
📚👍Got such a kick out of this middle grade book! It has a lot of great illustrations so it hits that sweet spot for kids who'd like a "big kid book" and still have pictures. #KidLit
April 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
📚👍Got such a kick out of this middle grade book! It has a lot of great illustrations so it hits that sweet spot for kids who'd like a "big kid book" and still have pictures. #KidLit
THE UNDEAD FOX OF DEADWOOD FOREST by Aubrey Hartman is a delight. It's creepy AND cozy. 📚👍
#kidlit #middlegrade #BookSky
#kidlit #middlegrade #BookSky
March 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
THE UNDEAD FOX OF DEADWOOD FOREST by Aubrey Hartman is a delight. It's creepy AND cozy. 📚👍
#kidlit #middlegrade #BookSky
#kidlit #middlegrade #BookSky
Meanwhile, there's this guy in Ohio (good for him!)
March 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Meanwhile, there's this guy in Ohio (good for him!)
That's always been a hard word for me to spell, too, Dispatch. I use spell check or the dictionary!
March 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
That's always been a hard word for me to spell, too, Dispatch. I use spell check or the dictionary!
Same, Luisa, same. 📚👍
March 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Same, Luisa, same. 📚👍
📚👍Just finished WE DO NOT WELCOME OUR TEN-YEAR-OLD OVERLORD by Garth Nix, which has some Dungeons and Dragons action! I know somewhere I saw a post from folks looking for some DD in #kidlit. . .
March 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
📚👍Just finished WE DO NOT WELCOME OUR TEN-YEAR-OLD OVERLORD by Garth Nix, which has some Dungeons and Dragons action! I know somewhere I saw a post from folks looking for some DD in #kidlit. . .
Absolutely loved the YA book WHERE WOLVES DON'T DIE by Anton Treuer. Books where setting makes the story are about my favorite thing, and the place here is so rich. I'm here for any book with a fisher! PS Main character is in 9th grade! 📚👍 #BookSky
February 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Absolutely loved the YA book WHERE WOLVES DON'T DIE by Anton Treuer. Books where setting makes the story are about my favorite thing, and the place here is so rich. I'm here for any book with a fisher! PS Main character is in 9th grade! 📚👍 #BookSky
I am such a Lesa Cline-Ransome fan, and ONE BIG OPEN SKY does not disappoint. It's also a NIV! 📚👍
February 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I am such a Lesa Cline-Ransome fan, and ONE BIG OPEN SKY does not disappoint. It's also a NIV! 📚👍
This book is absolutely tremendous.
January 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This book is absolutely tremendous.
I enjoyed these books:
January 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I enjoyed these books:
Why yes, I did check my library holds before picking up a sick kid from school.
December 2, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Why yes, I did check my library holds before picking up a sick kid from school.
Once again feeling sad but solid on my decision to tell my parents in upstate NY that hell, no, we are not coming out for Thanksgiving. Travel window is too small, the lakes are too warm, and the weather is a nightmare. (We'd take 86, but still, we wouldn't be able to get to it w/o a big detour!)
November 30, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Once again feeling sad but solid on my decision to tell my parents in upstate NY that hell, no, we are not coming out for Thanksgiving. Travel window is too small, the lakes are too warm, and the weather is a nightmare. (We'd take 86, but still, we wouldn't be able to get to it w/o a big detour!)