Brittany J. Thurman
@brittanyjthurman.bsky.social
Award-winning 📖 🏆Author of: Fly; Fearless Boulevard of Dreams & The Takeover;Forever and Always Up Next: OPAL WATSON: PRIVATE EYE COME CATCH A DREAM QUENTIN & ALFIE THE FIRST LIBRARY, 2025 Rep'd by @agentzacker http://brittanythurman.com
Easter is this weekend, April 5th! In between egg dyeing sessions, read E IS FOR EASTER EGG HUNT by @brittanyjthurman.bsky.social & Derick Brooks, a fun alphabet adventure to get your young readers in the Easter spirit 🌼 tinyurl.com/pfmer88r #easter #edusky #picturebook #spring
And here's another picture book about ice skating and body diversity, published the same day as Lolly. I love it! #winterolympics @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @brittanyjthurman.bsky.social
Thank you @brittanyjthurman.bsky.social for the interview!
There are not one, but two picture books about little skaters coming out on November 11! How cool is that? I can't wait to read @brittanyjthurman.bsky.social's COME CATCH A DREAM, it sounds wonderful.
🔍 60 2025 Middle Grade Mystery and Detective Stories 🔍 popgoesthereader.com/60-2025-midd... #BookSky #KidLit #MGLit
LOUISVILLE! Are you on the case? Join me @ BLAK Koffee Cafe Saturday, May 24th 11am-12pm for a special ‘Meet the Author!’ In celebration of Opal Watson: Private Eye, the first 8 readers to purchase will receive a special ‘Spy Kit’, complete with everything a young sleuth needs to crack a case!
Hi Everyone! If you’re in need of a query critique, AMA call, bookmarks or social banners, 50-page critiques, Canva website, or a date-with-a-book, I’m continuing to fundraise here: www.32auctions.com/KL4CAuction <3 Sandra
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Silent auction 'Solo Fundraising' hosted online at 32auctions.
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Last night, I had the honor of speaking at the Jefferson County Association for School Librarians Awards Banquet. I shared how librarians have guided my path as an author. I’m grateful to each of you for all that you do. Happy National Library Week! @galltzacker.bsky.social #nationallibraryweek
Let's start our week of posting with something positive. A number of major publishers joined together to send a letter to Congress in support of the IMLS global.penguinrandomhouse.com/announcement...
Publishers Send Letter to Congress Advocating for Libraries & IMLS Funding
Publishers Send Letter to Congress Advocating for Libraries & IMLS Funding #TeamPRH
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Hey, so it's National Library Week. You're going to see a lot of calls to get a library card and check out books. All well and good. But I'm going to ask you to do something a little more supportive: speak up.
“Hello sunshine So glad to see you sunshine. Hello sunshine It's been dark (RAINY!!) for a very long time” -ARETHA
🎉 🎉 We are thrilled to announce the recipients of our 2025 scholarships! 🎉 🎉 These talented #kidlit storytellers are dedicated to creating works that inspire, educate, and inform children. We're honored to support them in their journeys to enrich children's literature!
I am sooo thrilled to share this @sljournal review of Opal Watson: Private Eye, coming April 15th, 2025! 🔎 3 Weeks!!! 🔍 PREORDER now from your favorite indie & watch this space for more Opal news! @galltzacker.bsky.social #opalwatson
Literally every Black person who comes to DC visits the NMAAHC and it’s a big source of pride among a very broad swathe of people. Censoring the work there won’t be as frictionless as people imagine.
Many libraries have Friends of the Library organizations that work as fundraisers & advocates. Libraries are going to need more friends than ever, so be sure to join your local chapter.
Look. The world we're living in right now can be mighty challenging when it comes to creative work. But truly, we need your art right now. Here are some small ways to focus that will keep you moving forward on the work that matters to you. (thread)
There’s a giveaway happening on @goodreads for Opal Watson: Private Eye! Head on over and enter to win! @galltzacker @harperkids @pinnaaudio @realmmedia_ #opalwatson #mystery #book #giveaway #kidlit #bookgiveaway #entertowin
1 month away from Opal Watson: Private Eye! Thank you @kirkus_reviews for the beautiful words & all who helped bring Opal to the page. Dig into Opal’s life and the hidden gems of this mystery. Preorder from your fav indie! @galltzacker.bsky.social #harperkids #mysterynovels #opalwatson
✨⛸️ 📖BOOK NEWS📖⛸️✨ I’m excited to share my next pb, Come Catch a Dream, illustrated by Islenia Mil! ⛸️+dreams+perservence+joy! This vibrant work hits shelves this November! Many thanks to my wonderful editor @marthamihalick.bsky.social and agent @agentzacker.bsky.social @galltzacker.bsky.social
New projects coming from Brittany J. Thurman, Islenia Mil, Stefanie Foster Brown, Sam Smith + more https://buff.ly/4k5Rahv
Check out our exclusive cover reveal for Newbery Honor author Derrick Barnes’s ‘The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze,’ his first middle-grade novel in more than a decade
Cover Reveal: 'The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze' by Derrick Barnes
Holding on to his work has served Newbery Honor-winning author Derrick Barnes well throughout his career, and led to the creation of his first middle-grade novel in more than a decade.
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28 Days Later is "A Black History Month celebration of children's literature....Brown Bookshelf contributors "profile a different children’s or young adult author and children’s illustrator...the best new and unnoticed works by African-Americans." thebrownbookshelf.com/28daysyears/... #kidlit
They want to ban and censor our stories. They want us to disappear from the narrative of this country. Then we need to keep telling our stories. We can not let them erase us! Writers, artists, musicians - this is the most important time to keep creating our art!
These are exhausting times so just remember that a nap can do wonders and a glass of milk and some warm cookies will warm your soul. And then we can go back to kicking these mother fuckers in the nuts.
If you see this, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery.
Cheryl B. Klein@cherylklein.bsky.social · last yr.If you see this, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery. (The left is the then-four-year-old building a line of sticks at Coney Island; the right is the picture he painted of it at school.)
