📚👍 Harrowing and personal. Honest and heartbreaking. Candace Fleming's meticulously-researched reconstruction of her father's #WWII service in Alaska's Aleutian Islands doesn't shy away from the realities of war or from why Americans know little about this aspect. There is no glory in war. Period.

Than you! Here’s mine! Just released on July 7th. A Starred review from SLJ. Awesome review from Shelf Awareness. Lovely reviews from Booklist, Kirkus, and Publishers Weekly. A thumbs up from John Schu and Colby Sharp. And a very nice review from a 12-yr-old whose mom posted it for him. So yay!!🥰🥰🥰

Poetry and picture book peeps! Renée LaTulippe is holding a special live Lyrical Language course this Fall. Only 20 spots available. She's amazing!!!! #poetry #picturebooks #kidlit www.reneelatulippe.com/lyrical-lang...

🤣🤣🤣. Wrigley loves begging for books. But she prefers stories about dogs....she stays awake for the treats 🦴

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I saw this one!!! Woohooo, @katytanis.bsky.social #kidlit

It's HERE! TY to everyone who believed in me when I doubted I could ever weave a dual timeline together. Fireworks for you all! Now, time to write the next book! 📚 #kidlit #Edusky #skybrarians @steelworksliterary.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social @pbspree.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social

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When a book comes out, it's reason to celebrate!...but there's also a certain element of relief, because the journey can sometimes be, well, not straightforward— 🧵 #kidlit #middlegrade #edusky #skybrarians #writingcommunity 1/11 @sjohnstontaylor.bsky.social @steelworksliterary.bsky.social

Thank you!!! Thank you!!! That light NASA satellites are observing on the West Coast? It's me. KABOOM!!!😁

Renée Watson at the Obama Library. Had to see before heading home from #ALA2026! #kidlit

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Live action heavy-hitting chess game from #ALA2026 #Skybrarian #Edusky

Me right now…my feet are throbbing. But it’s been fabulous!🥰thanks!

View from my hotel at ALA. Love Chicago! Love libraries! Love the freedom to read! #ALA2026 #Skybrarian #Edusky

Please join me and my fabulous editor, Deirdre Jones - Exec Editor at Little Brown for Young Readers, and my agent, Lori Steel for an inside look at how HEARTLAND came to be, from inspiration to drafting to re-visioning and revisions. Free registration! #kidlit @steelworksliterary.bsky.social

Hello, peepsicles!!! Last chance to preorder HEARTLAND at 25% off before release on July 7th! It received a ⭐ from SLJ! And lovely reviews from Booklist, Kirkus, and PW! I'm sooo excited, I may preorder gifts for family. Cheers! @lbschool.bsky.social @steelworksliterary.bsky.social #kidlit

Thanks to @katytanis.bsky.social for the fabric design. Thanks to Goorin Bros SF for the hat and to Lamont for making the hatband. I can take the sea with me wherever I go! Please come by to get your signed copy of THE OCEAN'S HEART!! #kidlit #Edusky #Skybrarian @lernerbooks.bsky.social #ALA2026

3 days post-op our hyper McNab collie mix worked her cone off during the night and worried the stitches on her leg after a mast cell tumor removal. A carabiner now holds the cone to her harness. She's also on prednisone and thinks she's starving. We have at least 2 weeks of this. Please send treats.

Catnip for readers who love unbelievable but true stories. Some are hilarious. Some horrifying. Some mystifying. Can be read straight through (like I did) or dipped into a chapter at a time. Remind me never to sit on a sting ray... @boonewrites.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social