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📚📚We are a group of school librarians who review books for school libraries. Send books to Oakland Schools/LIBRES 2111 Pontiac Lake Rd. Waterford, MI 48328. Account for LIBRES is currently being run by Klaudia Janek, school librarian.
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The League of Dangerous Young Ladies written by J.A. Morgenstein and reviewed by Klaudia Janek
Summary : The League of Dangerous Young Ladies by J. A. Morgenstein is a thrilling YA fantasy adventure that blends mystery, supernatural el...
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Flirting with Murder written by Amanda Sellet and reviewed by Klaudia Janek
Summary: Flirting with Murder is a unique YA mystery-romance that blends amateur sleuthing with romantic tension. High school junior Virgi...
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Fancy Dogs written and illustrated by Tini Malina and translated by Tammi Reichel, reviewed by Klaudia Janek
Summary: Fancy Dogs is a fun and funny rhyming picture book celebrating dogs in all their glory—fancy and silly alike. The striking (most...
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Dinosaurs Roar: Lift-the-Flap and Discover written and illustrated by Steve Jenkins reviewed by Klaudia Janek
Summary: Chomp into Steve Jenkins’s lively board book: bright cut-paper illustrations, bold action verbs, lift-the-flaps, and simple nonf...
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Hope you had a great long weekend! Time to get back at it! Last week, HR 2616 grabbed some book banning language from HR 7661 & passed the House. What is HR 2616? Don't feel bad if this is the first you've heard of it because Republicans moved fast on it. Here's the deal...
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Lizzy Longlegs written by Kai Lüftner, translated by Tim Mohr and illustrated by Wiebke Rauers, reviewed by Klaudia Janek
Lizzy Longlegs comes from a stern musical family that insists on playing every note the same way, without smiles or dancing. Lizzy, a punk-s...
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Mayhem at the Museum written and illustrated by Hannah Brückner translated by Laura Watkinson and reviewed by Klaudia Janek
Summary: During a museum visit, Yuri is startled by a parakeet and accidentally knocks down a giant dinosaur skeleton. At first Yuri feels ...
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Winterborne Home for Mayhem and Mystery written by Ally Carter and reviewed by Klaudia Janek
Summary: April is back with her four fellow orphans—Sadie, Violet, Colin, and Tim. It's a few weeks after the first book and they are livi...
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Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor #1 written by Ally Carter and reviewed by Klaudia Janek
Summary: Twelve-year-old April is a scrappy foster kid who was left as an infant with an ornate key and a promise her mother would return....
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The Fandom #1: The Fandom written by Anna Day and reviewed by Klaudia Janek
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Violet and her friends—bestie Alice, skeptical Katie, and Violet’s younger brother Nate—head to Comic-Con in f...
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Hi friends! I wanted to share the exciting news that the WORDS APART e-book is on major sale this month! You can buy it for only $2.99 on the HarperCollins website (link in replies). I'm so proud of this book and I love having the opportunity to share it with even more people. Check it out!!
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My Friend the Paintbrush: The Colorful World of Marcus Pfister written and illustrated by Marcus Pfister , Translated by David Henry Wilson, reviewed by Bethany Bratney
Summary: My Friend, the Paintbrush is a sweet, rhyming book that describes the possibilities and opportunities when creating art with a pa...
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Do we have a graphic novel to tell you how poorly this will go? Yes, yes we do.
Schoolbot 9000: A Graphic Novel by Sam Hepburn: 9780593699416 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A hilarious—and ominous—new graphic novel series about what happens when one school’s human teachers are replaced by robots! “Freethinkers, rebels and techno-skeptics will find...
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Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 4mo agoAn AI elementary school, with no teachers, is opening in Chicago this fall. blockclubchi.co/4lQB2S5
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Amanda Jones: An Accidental Activist - The American Leader
Amanda Jones was targeted with false, hateful accusations because she spoke out against an effort to ban books from her local library.
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A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants: Wicked Weeds and Sinister Seeds by Rebecca E. Hirsch, reviewed by Klaudia Janek
Summary: "A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants: Wicked Weeds and Sinister Seeds" by Rebecca Hirsch is an interesting exploration of tox...
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My Roman Summer written by Bruna De Luca, reviewed by Klaudia Janek
Summary: "Livia in Rome" is a heartwarming coming-of-age romance set against the vibrant backdrop of Rome. Sixteen-year-old Livia, a Scotti...
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@brunadeluca.bsky.social @scholastic @chickenhousebooks.bsky.social MY ROMAN SUMMER is exactly what my #MGLit students want to read! Will we be seeing EVIE IN VENICE as well? This reminds me of the @simonkids.bsky.social romantic comedies!
👋 Tonight! Come and chat YA with me and the lovely @emmafinlayson.bsky.social 👇
Emma Finlayson-Palmer@finlaysonpalmer.bsky.social · 8mo agoNext #ukteenchat will be tomorrow - Tues 2nd Dec 8-9pm GMT with the fabulous @brunadeluca.bsky.social who will be chatting all about her #YA romance - Livia in Rome 🇮🇹 All welcome to come and join in the chat, this one will be here on BlueSky 🙂 #writerslife #LiviaInRome #writingcommunity
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Recipe for Disaster written by Aimee Lucido, reviewed by Klaudia Janek
Summary: "Recipe for Disaster" by Aimee Lucido is a unique middle-grade novel that blends prose, poetry, and recipes to narrate the story o...
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A hungry wolf meets a cute fluffy bunny who has wandered astray. What's he to do? 📚👍🏽 #picturebook #interview #KidLit #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/03/23/s...
Simply 7 with Larysa Maliush: WHAT’S FOR DINNER?
When a cute little bunny wanders into the dark forest to be discovered by a hungry wolf, who knows what could happen?
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Big news! My #narrativenonfiction book, 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘, 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘𝗗: 𝘼 𝙃𝙐𝙈𝘼𝙉-𝙁𝙄𝙍𝙎𝙏 𝙁𝙄𝙀𝙇𝘿 𝙂𝙐𝙄𝘿𝙀 𝙏𝙊 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙀𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙏𝙄𝘾𝙄𝙏𝙔 𝙊𝙁 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀, will be published by @beaconpress.bsky.social and distributed worldwide by @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social Coming to a bookstore near you in summer 2027 💥 #bookdeal #booksky #nonfiction
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The Prison Healer #2: The Gilded Cage written by Lynette Noni, reviewed by Bethany Bratney
Summary: The second suspenseful and thrilling book in the Prison Healer fantasy series finds Kiva, Jaren and Tipp at the royal palace in J...
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Lovely, Dark, and Deep written by Justina Chen, reviewed by Bethany Bratney
Summary: Viola Chen has her entire life planned out. After graduating high school she will attend an acclaimed journalism program in Abu D...
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Freedom Swimmer written by Wai Chim, reviewed by Bethany Bratney
Summary : Ming lives in a coastal village in China during the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s. He is an orphan after watching his mother d...
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Crow Mountain written by Lucy Inglis, reviewed by Bethany Bratney
Summary: Hope is visiting Montana while her mother does research on a ranch with a particularly undisturbed ecosystem. While there, Hope m...
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