New book announcement! 🎉

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Good sports

From the October 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.

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Happy to report that the Forest of Reading 2026 nominated lists are up today and THE BIG SPLASH is a Silver Birch Express nominee this year! Check out all the other nominated books this year and get reading!

I have a very boring life. The only time I post is when I have book news. Sorry I am bad at social media. But yeah to a third Julia on the Go! book!

It's release day for THE BIG SPLASH! The second book in the JULIA ON THE GO! series. 📚🎉 Julia Nam continues her adventures in the Mountainview Community Centre (check out that 🇨🇦 spelling) and learns that sometimes first impressions can be wrong.

Happily, I get to end the year with something positive. A 🌟 review from School Library Journal in the January 2025 edition! 🎉 Have a wonderful holiday season. ❤️ Let's keep our fingers crossed for un-catastrophic weather and un-dramatic family get-togethers.

Because the mail isn't coming (please settle the postal strike fairly for workers and do it soon) I didn't get my copy of this issue yet. But they have made it available online! Thank you Canadian Children's Book Centre for giving my girl a ⭐star⭐. 😍

So happy to share that SWIMMING INTO TROUBLE has been selected as one of NYPL's Best Books of 2024! www.nypl.org/books-more/r... BTW, join Julia Nam for more adventures -- the second book in the series THE BIG SPLASH will be out in February 2025. 📚

Best Books for Kids 2024

Our expert librarians selected the year's best books for kids, teens, and adults. Explore titles in accessible formats, and learn more about our 2024 picks.

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NEW YEAR, NEW BOOK! TEAM PARK, coming September 2024 tundrabooks.com/cover-reveal...

Hello Bluesky! Hardly any followers and not much to say here until today! I got my first PW trade review for SWIMMING INTO TROUBLE, Book 1 of the the JULIA ON THE GO! series. It publishes in February. Only good feels after reading it, so that's a win. #kidlit #mglit #chapterbooks