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“I am a person who’s deeply curious about the natural world” Maggie Tokuda-Hall on exploring new subjects for her latest nonfiction picture books ‘Bathtime for Snow Monkeys’ and ‘What Do People Do at the Science Museum?’ buff.ly/rnK52Jf

CAMP HALF BLOOD: THE WILD ZONE by Rick Riordan and Annabelle Oh is an instant #1 New York Times bestseller, #1 indie bestseller, and USA Today bestseller!!! Huge congratulations Annabelle! @jowhittemore.bsky.social @literaticat.bsky.social

Happy Pub Day to BABY TRUCK BEDTIME! Perfect for vehicle loving babies who want to gnaw on a board book while drifting into slumberland. Illustrator @ericasirotich.bsky.social has created the CUTEST truck in town! 💛 🚜 beep beep zzzzz

Happy happy pub day to THE NEW CAT! This is a MUST-READ for cat-lovers. 🐈‍⬛❤️🐈‍⬛ — no seriously tho. I don’t want to spoil it for you just pick it up and READ IT! It’s short! You have the attention span for this, I promise! Congratulations @grubreport.bsky.social 🐈‍⬛❤️🐈‍⬛!!!

💫 THE NEW CAT has received a Kirkus starred review! Congratulations, Stephanie V. W. Lucianovic and Chris Park! Read the full review from Kirkus here. This tender story comes out on October 6 and available for preorder now! 📚 @grubreport.bsky.social @literaticat.bsky.social

🌊 THE ODYSSEY: A Graphic Novel—the stunning reimagining of the epic tale by Gareth Hinds—is a national indie bestseller for another week!! Congratulations, Gareth! 🎉 @garethhinds.bsky.social @literaticat.bsky.social

First draft written in 2016 & 12 yrs later THIS. IS. HAPPENING!!! So grateful that @literaticat.bsky.social, Emily Feinberg, and Fifth Color Press/Macmillan took a chance on this EXTREMELY weird and dark book. I am so excited to see what me and the wickedly hilarious Vera Brosgol create together!

Heads up, Bookworms: There will likely be💀supply chain issues💀 this holiday season. So if there are specific books you have your heart set on for holiday gifting, I strongly suggest you buy/order them ahead of time (✨like now✨) rather than waiting until November/December.

🌊 THE ILIAD, a graphic novel adaptation by Gareth Hinds is still a national Indie Bestseller!! Congratulations, Gareth! 🎉 @garethhinds.bsky.social @literaticat.bsky.social

🌊 THE ODYSSEY: A Graphic Novel by Gareth Hinds is a national Indie Bestseller for another week!! Congratulations, Gareth! 🎉 @garethhinds.bsky.social @literaticat.bsky.social

Ask the Agent question of the day is a throwback to a classic! “What does that scary “if you bought this book without a cover it is STOLEN PROPERTY” warning inside some books actually mean?” (In which I discuss bookstore returns, how they work, why they’re good, ETC) www.tumblr.com/literaticat/...

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💬 0  🔁 200  ❤️ 244 · In the front of many books, there's a note that says something to the effect that if you bought a book without a cover, its stolen property that was reported unsold and was des…

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🌊 The hype continues for THE ODYSSEY: A Graphic Novel —both the paperback and The Deluxe Edition—by Gareth Hinds! They are on the Indie Bestseller list for another week!! Congratulations, Gareth! 🎉 @garethhinds.bsky.social @literaticat.bsky.social

💫 WHAT DO PEOPLE DO AT THE SCIENCE MUSEUM—a fun, vibrant behind-the-scenes tour of a natural history museum—has received a Publishers Weekly starred review! Read the review here. Congratulations, Maggie Tokuda Hall and Qin Leng! This amazing book is out on Sept 1 and available for pre-order now!

🌊 THE ILIAD, a graphic novel adaptation by Gareth Hinds, captures all the grim glory of Homer's epic and is still holding strong on the indie bestseller list! 🔥 Have you gotten your copy yet?? Congratulations, Gareth! 🎉 @garethhinds.bsky.social @literaticat.bsky.social

🌊 THE ODYSSEY: A Graphic Novel —both the paperback and The Deluxe Edition, by Gareth Hinds, continue holding strong on the Indie Bestseller list! Congratulations, Gareth! 🎉 @garethhinds.bsky.social @literaticat.bsky.social

HISTORY SMASHERS: THE SPACE RACE by Kate Messner is a USA Today Bestseller!! The latest in the History Smashers series dispels the misconceptions and outright myths about tensions between the U.S. and Russia during the consequential Space Race—you won’t want to miss it. 🚀 Congratulations, Kate! 🎉

This week we celebrate our agency's long history working alongside authors, illustrators, & leaders in the industry. It is a joy and a privilege to help creators develop rewarding long-term careers. To our clients, agents, publishing colleagues, and readers—thank you for being part of this legacy!

★ Maggie Tokuda-Hall and illustrator Yas Imamura “convey an appreciation of communal care and quietude” in their “serene” picture book BATHTIME FOR SNOW MONKEYS buff.ly/pN2swwO

🧵 People are still raving about STORY RUG by Sophie Blackall and Phoebe Wahl—a luminous book that braids together the joy of storytelling with the satisfaction of learning a new craft—as it holds strong on the national Indie Bestseller list! Congratulations, Phoebe! 🎉

🌊 THE ODYSSEY: A Graphic Novel by Gareth Hinds is holding strong as an Indie Bestseller! "Gareth Hinds brings The Odyssey to life in a masterful blend of art and storytelling. Vivid and exciting, this graphic novel is a worthy new interpretation of Homer’s epic."—Rick Riordan Congrats, Gareth!! 🎉

✨This week's New Book Tuesday is all about graphic novels! ✨ 🚀 SPACED OUT by Stuart Gibbs and Ward Jenkins 🔍 SPY GRANDMA by Celina Frenn and Lucas Elliott You won’t want to miss either of these thrilling graphic novels! Both available NOW wherever books are sold. 📚🥳

The second installment of Stuart Gibbs’s Moon Base Alpha series has now landed in the glorious graphic novel format at any and all of your favorite book selling establishments - online, IRL, and anywhere in between. @simonkids.bsky.social

I’d just like to point out that the entertainer on this ship is doing a set of “one hit wonders” and the songs have included Wonderwall by Oasis (I don’t personally know their other songs but I think they have them) and also PIANO MAN by BILLY JOEL, who might be better described as a MULTIHIT WONDER

PS I went on a wildlife excursion today in a fjord (Seyðisfjörður) and saw TWO PUFFINS (!!!!) also porpoises, seals, jellyfish, eider ducks and assorted random non-puffin gull-ish birds. 🦢

Hey kids - some scam artist is using a scam Gmail account to impersonate me. If you get an email from “me” that seems fishy and isn’t from my actual email — it’s not me! I’m sorry and BOO SCAMSTERS!!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Update: The eclipse was completely fogged out, couldn’t see shit — but it did get noticeably colder and darker at least? LMAO the eclipse glasses were wildly unnecessary. Rebooked a new puffin tour for tomorrow, PRAYIN FOR PUFFINS 🙏🙏🙏

Jennifer Laughran@literaticat.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’ve come to Iceland to see two things: THE ECLIPSE PUFFINS it might be too cloudy to see the eclipse tomorrow and my puffin tour got cancelled 🥵🥵🥵 I’M SCRAMBLIN

🌊 THE ODYSSEY: A Graphic Novel —both the paperback and The Deluxe Edition, by Gareth Hinds, are still Indie Bestsellers, holding strong to spots #1 and #12 on the list! Congratulations, Gareth! 🎉 @garethhinds.bsky.social @literaticat.bsky.social

🧵 STORY RUG by Sophie Blackall and Phoebe Wahl—a luminous book that braids together the joy of storytelling with the satisfaction of learning a new craft—is still holding strong on the Indie Bestseller list at #10! Congratulations, Phoebe! 🎉 @phoebewahl.bsky.social @literaticat.bsky.social

I’ve come to Iceland to see two things: THE ECLIPSE PUFFINS it might be too cloudy to see the eclipse tomorrow and my puffin tour got cancelled 🥵🥵🥵 I’M SCRAMBLIN

I’m in a bar on the topmost level of this ship — a place that’s only accessed via a set of stairs. This drunken woman trying to leave just cried out: “…but there’s no steps going DOWN” 👀 Ma’am