Happy book birthday to: Black Point by @jacquelinewest.bsky.social We can’t wait to read it! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!

Happy book birthday to: 📚 History Smashers: The Space Race by @katemessner.com 📚 Fatal Glitch: Camp Zero by @eliotschrefer.bsky.social and @erinentrada.bsky.social We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!

WYRW! Our favorite part about Wednesdays! Yapha Mason is reading is Everything by Aaron Reynolds. She says this series is like the Twilight Zone for kids! (That sounds fun!) Thanks Yapha! Sometimes we need something a little creepy! See you next week for another WYRW with the BookBreak Team!

It’s Wednesday! This week our WYRW book rec comes from Dr. Christiana Succar! She is reading The Stars Beneath Our Feet by David Barclay Moore. Check out why she's recommending it! Sounds good right!? Thanks Christiana! How big is your TBR these days!? Tell us what’s at the 🔝 down below👇

Happy book birthday to: 📚 Luli and the Language of Tea by @andreaywang.bsky.social 📚 How to Train Your Evil Robot by @joymccullough.bsky.social 📚 HeartLand by @jilanne.bsky.social We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!

Happy book birthday to: 📚 The Princess in Black and the Trick-or-Treating Trouble by @shannonhale.bsky.social 📚 Girl from the Ashes by @booksandbighair.bsky.social We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!

We’re kicking off July’s ‘What are you reading Wednesday?’ with another recommendation from Reba Gordon. She is reading A Curse so Dark and Lonely. Reba want to know if you are Team Rhen or Team Grey. (Hint: there is only one right answer. Lol!) Tell us below! ⬇️ Thanks Reba!

Happy book birthday to: 📚 CATapult!: A Story of Movement and Position by @amstephens.bsky.social 📚 Home of the Brave by @kittyfelde.bsky.social 📚 The Princess Diaries: The Graphic Novel by @megcabot.bsky.social We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!

Building a school-wide reading movement is a heavy lift for even the most dedicated educators. Stop guessing and start building a lasting legacy of literacy. We have the tools covered so you can focus on the students. bookbreaks.org/build-a-schoolwide-culture-of-reading

This week’s What are You Reading Wednesday? suggestion comes from Chesie Koronkiewicz, one of our fabulous School & District Success Specialists. Chelsie is reading "team reading" The Greatest in the World, Tater Tales #1 by Ben Clanton with her 7 year old son. Thanks Chelsie!

Happy book birthday to: 📚 Izzy vs. Cheerleading by Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social We can’t wait to read it! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!

Today’s What are you Reading Wednesday suggestion is from Reba Gordon on of BookBreak’s School and District Success Specialists and Special Projects Coordinator. She's reading The Heirs by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé. What do you all think? Are you marking it TBR?

Happy book birthday to: 📚 Sawyer Lee and the Quest to Just Stay Home by Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social 📚 Casting April by Wendy Lu @wendyluwrites.bsky.social We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!

The BookBreak team joins the children's literature community in mourning the loss of Jane Yolen, an incredible author, poet, and pillar. From Owl Moon to The Devil's Arithmetic, her 450 books touched all of our lives. Pictured: BookBreak Director Yapha Mason with Jane Yolen in 2018.

We are witnessing a staggering decline in student reading habits. 😐 An intentional, school-wide Culture of Reading is the essential intervention needed to save the habit of reading before it disappears entirely and BookBreak is here to support you.

We’re back for another What are you reading Wednesday?! brought to you by the BookBreak team! Today’s suggestion is from Yapha Mason, BookBreak’s Director of Programs & Operations. She REALLY knows her stuff! What do you all think? Is this one going in your summer TBR pile?

Is your school doing literacy initiatives, or are you being a community of readers? A true Culture of Reading is more than a single day on the calendar or a one-off author visit. BookBreak is here to help you move beyond isolated events and into a true Culture of Reading.

Welcome to our summer series, What are you reading Wednesdays? Brought to you by the BookBreak team! Kim, our marketing manager for is reading When Tomorrow Burns by Tae Keller. "I got excited about this book when I heard Tae Keller was on BookBreak with us. And it does not disappoint!" --Kim

Hi Kim Rieley! 👋 Kim is our Marketing Manager at BookBreak. This summer our BookBreak team will be sending some book recs your way, so keep an eye out for our “What are you reading Wednesday” series! Meet the whole BookBreak team here: bit.ly/MeetTeamBook...

Happy book birthday to: 📚 Kestrel Takes Flight by @joymccullough.bsky.social 📚 A Fortune of Sand by @rutasepetys.bsky.social We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!

Happy book birthday to: 📚 One Whole Hippopotamus by @carterhiggins.bsky.social 📚 A Room with a View by @joannahowrites.bsky.social We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!

In honor of Memorial Day, we are sharing a short video from BookBreak featuring Jeff Gottesfeld and his powerful book Twenty-One Steps (illustrated by Matt Tavares). In it he talks about the values of the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. bit.ly/BBMemDay Available to you until June 1st.

You’ve heard of bookworms… now let us introduce our book bee. 🐝 📖 Say hello to BookBreak’s newest little mascot, here to bring the buzz to reading culture. Our Bee doesn’t have a name just yet, so on World Bee Day, it felt like the perfect time to make the introduction. What should we name our Bee?

Happy book birthday to: 📚 The Second Life of Snap by @erinentrada.bsky.social 📚 The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel: Deluxe Edition by @garethhinds.bsky.social We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!

It's our last week of live talks for the school year and we have two great ones this week! Shawn Harris will be talking with our littlest learners and James Dashner will be joining upper elementary and middle school. Which one will you be watching?

Happy book birthday to: Wombat Waiting by @kaaauthor.bsky.social Hear Ye Mortals by @yamilesmendez.bsky.social Defending the Swamp Dragon by @traceywest.bsky.social We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!

Happy 33rd birthday to The Giver by Lois Lowry 🎉📚 More than three decades later, this story is still being read, discussed, and passed from one generation of readers to the next. Since Lois Lowery is still writing, we’re still readingand still finding new things to talk about.

It's going to be an incredible week at BookBreak, with three amazing authors! Will you be joining us for one, two, or all three? @sarahmlynowski.bsky.social @victoriaaveyard.bsky.social @adamgidwitz.bsky.social

It's a Magical May at BookBreak! We are heading into our last talks of this school year and can't wait to share the magic. What's your favorite fairy tale retelling?

This week we have the grand finale of our Author in Residence series with the amazing Alice Faye Duncan @alicefayeduncan.bsky.social! She will be giving feedback to students who submitted their poetry. Will you be joining us?