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@mldavisreads.bsky.social

Multilingual children's librarian. Focus on collection development. Hobbies include gardening, backyard chickens and ducks, Orioles baseball, and genealogy. Reviews at https://www.goodreads.com/mldavisreads and storygraph.

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Ms. Yingling@msyingling.bsky.social · last wk.

You know, I have two interviews on my blog set for the first week of the new year (that's the week of Labor Day!) and could do three more if any #MGLit authors want to answer a few questions by e mail. Sports and humorous books would be my first pick. DM me if interested.

Mandy@mldavisreads.bsky.social · last wk.

Had to stop and read this one when it came in to the library the other day-- a beautiful picture book about using the rags from the classmates' lives to make a story rug! #kidlit

Andrea Brown Literary Agency@andreabrownlit.bsky.social · last wk.

🧵 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!! Congratulations, Phoebe! 🎉 @phoebewahl.bsky.social @literaticat.bsky.social

STORY RUG is in its third week as an indie bestseller!
Becky Spratford@raforall.bsky.social · 2mo ago

You all-- I never thought I'd see the day, but library peeps, strap in for a fight. The Author's Guild is going after us as the reason why authors are making less money. I don't think they understand who they are dealing with: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Authors Guild Looks at Why Author Incomes Are in Decline

A survey commissioned by the Guild found that only 25% of print books and e-books read in the past month were bought new or through a paid subscription, with readers increasingly turning to low- or no...

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Child's Play USA@childsplayusa.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Every child deserves to see themselves reflected in the books they read. A family with an infant using an NG tube was given one of our books. They were surprised, overjoyed, to see a baby represented this way. Recognition, inclusion, feeling seen. Why we publish the books we do. #Bookswithusallin

Parent reads board book Rema, Rema, Rema Tu Bote/Row, Row, Row Your Boat to young child sitting on their lap and pointing to the open book. The child uses an NG tube.
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 3mo ago

Bluesky isn't a bubble or an echo chamber, it's a garden. You plant some seeds and pull some weeds, you tend to it with care, and you make it into a space that pleases you when you come to sit in it a while. Other people can plant and tend to their own gardens, if they like. This garden is yours.

A colorful riot of tulips and other flowers.
Alan Baxter@alanbaxter.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I am absolutely shite at recognising when someone is flirting with me. Like, comically bad at it. My mates would mock me about it. But something happened today that made me so happy. 1/?

Katie Slivensky@kslivensky.bsky.social · 4mo ago

If a kid you know is excited about the Artemis mission, maybe they would be interested in my middle grade novel, THE COUNTDOWN CONSPIRACY! A near-future, science-accurate space program thriller about kids training to go to Mars, published by HarperCollins Children's. #KidLit #MG #Artemis

The Countdown Conspiracy

Check out The Countdown Conspiracy - <p><strong>Ambassador, </strong><em><strong>you are go for launch in T- minus 5&#8230;4&#8230;3&#8230;2&#8230;.</strong> </em>Get ready to blast off with this high...

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Libro.fm@libro.fm · 5mo ago

Hi! We're an alternative to Amazon's Audible, & here are a few things that people often don't know about us: 1. We have over 600k audiobooks in our catalog! You'll pretty much find whatever you want to read, other than Audible exclusives (but that's on them, not us)

Cheryl B. Klein@cherylklein.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This was useful & interesting last time, so I'll try again: ISO a Black comics artist for a short, 2-color, YA historical & contemporary graphic NF project. Atmosphere more moody/realistic than superhero, manga, or cute. If you have suggestions or links to a portfolio, please drop them below!