Hi, friends! Due to a printing delay, the release date for CALIFORNIA OR DUST has been pushed back two weeks to SEPTEMBER 8, 2026. If you'd like to preorder a copy, here is a link to follow: holidayhouse.com/book/califor...
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Children’s Author (Historical Fiction) | LIGHT AND AIR (2024) and CALIFORNIA OR DUST (Coming in 2026), both from Holiday House Books | Rep’d by Michelle Hauck at Storm Literary https://linktr.ee/mindynicholswendell
Pop! Goes The Reader's Most-Anticipated Middle Grade Books: July-September 2026 popgoesthereader.com/40-most-anti... #BookSky #KidLit #MGLit
I'm opening to queries from June 16-19th! Please check my guidelines at my website, but I'm looking for projects for the adult market in the genres of fantasy, horror, science fiction, mystery and thriller.
I just read @holidayhouse.bsky.social Headen's ROI AND ME AND THE DOUBLE V and Wendell's CALIFORNIA OR DUST and loved both. (August 2026) Both were historical and didn't gloss over the bad things that happened, but were HOPEFUL. Very refreshing.
Kate Messner@katemessner.com · 3mo agoAnd what if we make it a point – say once a week – to share a brand new kids’ book we read and loved? Because there are so many amazing books for kids that are worth championing. #BeAnAmbassador
Thank you, Jen! The cover artist for CALIFORNIA OR DUST is the amazing @loika.bsky.social! 💜 @stormliterary.bsky.social
Jen@popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 4mo ago🎨 On Pop! Goes The Reader, I'm sharing 24 of my recent favourite 2026 middle grade book covers, along with credit to the designers and artists wherever possible. These covers are breathtaking and deserve to be celebrated! 🎨 popgoesthereader.com/do-judge-a-b... #BookSky #KidLit #MGLit
I’m so grateful to libraries and librarians for the work they do in connecting readers with books. This distinction warms my heart in so many ways. My deepest thanks to @jrlibraryguild.bsky.social CALIFORNIA OR DUST releases August 26, 2026. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/814112...
I am now open for queries until end of day March 6th, or until I receive 1,000 queries. I'm accepting Adult Fantasy, Adult Science Fiction, Adult Horror, and Adult Mystery as well as Young Adult Horror. Please only submit using this form: querytracker.net/query/Michel...
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Hi, everyone! I'm thrilled to share the cover of my new book, CALIFORNIA OR DUST. The beautiful artwork is by @loika.bsky.social, the artist who did the cover for LIGHT AND AIR. To preorder a copy: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/814112... To add on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
I'm going to open to queries from November 3 through November 7th or until I receive 1,000 queries submissions! I'll be open to all MG and YA genres, plus Mystery and SFF, including horror, in Adult. Looking forward to reading! My website will be updated shortly with more details.
Happy 75th birthday to Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby's big-kid neighbor | NPR
Happy 75th birthday to Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby's big-kid neighbor
Beverly Cleary's fictional third grader with an adopted dog named Ribsy made his debut in 1950. Cleary was praised for writing simple, humorous stories that kids wanted to read.
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Today’s the day! Many thanks to Holiday House Books and @dreamscape-media.bsky.social for this beautiful audiobook of LIGHT AND AIR. And a big thank you to Eleanor McCormick for her lovely narration! 🎧📚 Click here to order: rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
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Melissa Taylor@imaginationsoup.bsky.social · last yr.This summer, ask your readers to take a middle grade reading road trip around the USA! Discover the best middle grade books set in each state of the United States of America, from A for Alaska to W for Wyoming. imaginationsoup.net/50-states-mi... #kidlit #middlegrade
It's here! It's here! Happy Book Birthday to me. Wow. So much gratitude to illustrator Cathy Ann Johnson who brought this story to life, and then some!
Follow @partnersinhealth.bsky.social’s #WorldTBDay webinar with us here 🧵 “We are in a perfect storm that will put us in a similar emergency to the times of the COVID-19 pandemic. 17 countries have reported severe disruptions to TB care acc to @who.int” @madhupai.bsky.social
Happy World TB Day. Grateful for all the work global TB Fighters pour into preventing this curable and preventable scourge. Together, we can end TB.
Meta's Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild: authorsguild.org/news/meta-li...
Meta's Massive AI Training Book Heist: What Authors Need to Know - The Authors Guild
Today, The Atlantic published a search tool that allows authors to check if their works are in LibGen, an illegal pirate site AI companies copied for their AI systems. This is a similar tool to the on...
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Search the LibGen database here, and peer inside a pirated library of millions of books and research papers used by Meta and others:
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS by John Green is out today! everythingistb.com “Tuberculosis anywhere is a threat to people everywhere.” @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders. Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen. Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it. Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Hey Middle Grade book fans! Check out my year-end wrap-up of the MG market, hot off the presses! All the data you didn't know you wanted to know. 🤓 www.samsubity.com/mg-landscape...
Middle Grade Book Landscape 2024 | Sam Subity
A first look at the middle grade books published so far in 2024 with stats on publisher share, genre popularity, point of view, and gender.
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I am happy to share that my second MG historical novel, CALIFORNIA OR DUST, will be out in the spring of 2026. My thanks to Michelle Hauck @stormliterary.bsky.social and Mora Couch at Holiday House Books for giving me a chance to do this a second time. 🤍🩶 #middlegrade #kidlit #historicalfiction
Celebrating history shapers like John Lewis and Mae Jemison and lesser-known individuals with comparable impact, such as playwrights August Wilson and Lorraine Hansberry, and engineer Raye Montague, these 28 titles share the lives, struggles, and triumphs of notable Black Americans.
28 Picture Books Of Inspiring Black Americans for Black History Month and All Year
Celebrating history shapers like John Lewis and Mae Jemison and lesser-known individuals with comparable impact, such as playwrights August Wilson and Lorraine Hansberry, and engineer Raye Montague, t...
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