The game is tied at seven. A hush falls over the stands. Get up and stand up, everybody! Here comes the band! This dazzling picture book is about a young child who watches in awe as an HBCU band takes the field and works its magic 🥁
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Make sure your collection is meeting the needs of your community! Join us tomorrow (9/17) for our webinar featuring Spanish Language and Bilingual titles for young readers from #MakeMake, @charlesbridge.bsky.social, @ssedlib.bsky.social, and @northsouthbooks.bsky.social! Register: bit.ly/4wQGNTX
A neglected teen travels to Norway for a fresh start in this coming-of-age novel in verse about longing, love, and the courage to create joy from the ashes of despair by award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Megan E. Freeman. Available to add to your shelves today ✨
PEREGRINE HILL by Nina de Gramont, is set during the Gilded Age. When the wealthy John Whitten looks for a new wife, he chooses 18 year old Mariah. For the sake of her family she is forced to accept, but must then find a way to survive in a gilded cage. #ewgc @ssedlib.bsky.social
#ewgc Just drying my eyes after reading MADELINE MCKNIGHT SIGNS OFF. Wealthy but antisocial woman wants to mend fences during her last months by hiring her ex-best friend's daughter. Beautiful story of family, multi-generational friendships and misunderstood financial mavens. @ssedlib.bsky.social
In SPACED OUT: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL by Stuart Gibbs, when the base commander goes missing, Dash & the Moon Base Alpha crew spring into action to figure out who or what is behind the disappearance. A fun, fast-paced adaptation pairing humor w/a science fiction themed mystery. #MGLit @ssedlib.bsky.social
The game's afoot! The Sherlock Society goes undercover in the Miami street art scene to find an anonymous graffiti artist in this third book in the hilarious, New York Times bestselling Sherlock Society middle grade series from Edgar Award–winning author James Ponti! #MiddleGradeReads #KidLit
The first rule for a drama-free senior year? Don’t fall for the mysterious new football transfer. A swoony #youngadult romance full of undeniable chemistry and school spirit 💫
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OFF THE RESERVATION by @stephengrahamjones.com releases 10/13/26 from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social #horror #blackfeet #activists #ResidentialSchool #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 9/1!
THE FOUR WIVES AND FIVE DEATHS OF RICHARD MILFORD by nafissa thompson-spires @nafissa.bsky.social is available 10/13/26 from @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social #DebutNovel #murder #moonshine #truth #clash #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 9/1!
Make sure your collection is meeting the needs of your community! Join us for our 9/17 webinar featuring Spanish Language and Bilingual titles for young readers from #MakeMake, @charlesbridge.bsky.social, @ssedlib.bsky.social, and @northsouthbooks.bsky.social! Register now: bit.ly/4wQGNTX
PECK & PECK by bonnie garmus comes out 10/13/26 from @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social #historical #nyc #publishing #poetry #originality #creativity #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 9/1!
In this modern supernatural #middlegrade retelling of the beloved classic Little Women, the March sisters have a monstrous secret Meg will do anything to protect—especially with another beast lurking in the woods threatening to expose them. Available to add to your TBR's today!
THE DUES & DON'TS OF MAGIC by delemach @emilie-nikotawrite.bsky.social comes out 10/6/26 from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social #romantasy #cozy #witch #fate #secrets #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 9/1!
A monster girl and her mythical housemates work together with their human friends to save the town from an unexpected new threat in this delightful spooky and sweet graphic novel companion to Misfit Mansion. This is the perfect spooky read to get ready for fall 🎃
Can’t wait to read PECK & PECK by Bonnie Garmus, the irresistible story of a young man whose life is turned upside down when he is hired to work at a prestigious and secretive poetry journal. #ewgc @ssedlibrary.bsky.social
A second mention well-deserved for PECK & PECK Bonnie Garmus NYC in the 80's? Swoon. Plus the cover!?!?! #ewgc
Hello #EWGC community! Here are some upcoming titles that we think would be perfect to add to your TBR. You can learn more about each one and find links to request eGalleys here: www.simonandschuster.net/m/adult-libr...
SITUATED by @angeladuckworth.bsky.social is available 9/1/26 from @scribnerbooks.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social #nonfiction #situations #challenges #peers #mentors #success #grit #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 8/1 TODAY!
SCION by james islington releases 9/1/2026 from @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social #ScienceFiction #cyberpunk #twists #assassin #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 8/1 TODAY!
SOMETHING FOLLOWED US HOME edited by @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social comes out 9/29/26 from @atriabooks.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social #horror #ShortStories #latine #anthology #immigration #colonization #faith #folklore #BookSky get your @libraryreads.bsky.social votes in by 8/1 TODAY!
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The Horn Book@thehornbook.bsky.social · 2mo agoFREEDOM TO READ: THE STORY OF TEACHER MARY PEAKE AND ONE MIGHTY OAK TREE (Wiseman/ @simonkids.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social ) by Lesa Cline-Ransome; illus. by James E. Ransome will receive a starred review in the Sep/Oct26 #HornBookMagazine. Congrats! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/septem...
"From the stage, Cyndi saw a colorful mass of people bopping & singing along to her songs. She sang for the kids who didn't quite fit in. She gave them a home in her music"- @amyguglielmo.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social #AtheneumBooks jeannewalkerharvey.com/single-post/... @eastwestlit.bsky.social
Like a Rainbow
The Colorful Story of Cyndi LauperA TRUE TALE WITHA CHERRY ON TOPAtheneum Books for Young Readers{Simon & Schuster)(pub. 4.21.2026)40 pagesAges 4 - 8Authors: Amy Guglielmo and Jacqueline Tourville I...
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In YARN IS EVERYTHING! by Aaron Reynolds w/art by Peter Brown, an enchanted crochet hook levels up crochet artist Winona Mole's craft, but will there be an unexpected cost? A cautionary tale both creepy & comedic w/the right amount of horror for young & striving readers. #kidlit @ssedlib.bsky.social
In IT'S ALIVE by Joe McGee w/art by Teo Skaffa, 2 kids get more than they bargained for when the drawings made w/their new sidewalk chalk spring to life. W/vibrant art to match the story, this will be a perfect fit for early readers looking for something scary. #kidlit @ssedlib.bsky.social
"Offsay's lyrical text and Cushman's imaginative illustrations take young readers on a trip into a never-before-imagined day under the waves. Kids will have fun with the repetition and increasingly frantic pace of the story. A winner!" @abicushman.com @simonkids.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social
I can't be the only one who remembers the BUNNICULA series, right? Looking forward to introducing more readers to this series w/the graphic novel adaptation of HOWLIDAY INN, which finds Chester, Harold & Bunnicula caught up in a mystery when a dog goes missing. #MGLit @ssedlib.bsky.social
