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Tracey Baptiste is a true ambassador of young people’s literature. She lifts up others in our community, speaks truth to power, and cares deeply about book access. Support @traceybaptiste.bsky.social. Please consider buying one of her books and sharing it with a young person. www.traceybaptiste.com

THE WHALE'S TALE AND THE OTTER’S SIDE OF THE STORY by Kate Messner, illustrated by Brian Biggs, is an instant indie bestseller!! 🥳 Congratulations, Kate and Brian! @literaticat.bsky.social @katemessner.com @brianbiggsstudio.bsky.social @jenrofe.bsky.social

📚👍 #PoetryMonth Day 27 The Trouble with Heroes by @katemessner.com "One summer. 46 mountain peaks. A second chance to make things right." #KidLit #VerseNovel #MixedMedia

Read more about the broad coalition of organizations, publishers, authors, booksellers, and librarians who signed a joint statement opposing HR 7661, the national book ban proposed by Republicans in the House

Book Industry Coalition Opposes Federal Book Banning EffortPublishers, authors, booksellers, librarians, parent groups, and literary organizations—including PW—have signed a statement opposing House Resolution 7661, a book banning bill titled the Stop the Sexualization of Children Act by its initiators. HR 7661 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit federal education funds from being used in public classrooms and school libraries alleged to possess “sexually oriented materials.”www.publishersweekly.com

Happy Earth Day! We’re celebrating in the media center with some amazing books by favorite authors like @katemessner.com, @erindealey.bsky.social & @stacymcanulty.bsky.social & a collaborative coloring poster from @noveleffect.bsky.social #SchoolLibrary #kidlit #TLSky #EduSky

If you are a writer/illustrator/human who is fascinated by the creative process of others, you will love reading about how @katemessner.com and Brian Biggs worked out their new picture book (that can be read from front to back or back to front!) So interesting! katemessner.com/a-whale-an-o...

#Bookposse I am going camping!! @katemessner.com @falynnk.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social

Hey, friends! If you have a kid aged 8-13 so, do they know the Smoky Bear slogan that starts with "Only YOU can prevent...?" And if so, which version have they heard? (forest fires vs. wildfires, which is the updated slogan)

When it gets difficult to be me in the place and time I am, this panel from @katemessner.com’s History Smashers Women’s Right to Vote reminds me that I might actually be the right person in the right place at the right time. You might be, too.

Check out @katemessner.com newest chapter book series called Wildlife Rescue! This one about otters 🦦 was precious & informative! bookshop.org/a/102434/978... #mglit #middlegrade #books #library #kidlit #librarian #bookrecommendation #librarians #tlsky #skybrarian #skybrarians

We're almost out of time to tell the House of Representative to #FundLibraries in next year's federal budget! If you haven't taken action, now's the moment: email or call your House Rep TODAY: ala.org/showup

This is well worth watching.

A CELEBRATION OF YOU by kip alizadeh & me. Available wherever books are sold! #bookbirthday #kidlit #edusky #skybrarian Bloomsbury Books US @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Happy book birthday to @kaaauthor.bsky.social and Lita Judge's The Littlest Elephant: A One and Only Ruby Story! mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/06/cove...

THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS The next two books in the innovative chapter book series created by @katemessner.com are here! Congrats to @kylelukoff.bsky.social on the release of SEBASTIAN METZGER SOLVES A STICKY SITUATION and @traceybaptiste.bsky.social on the release of FIA HOSEIN FINDS HER BEAT.

SUPER excited for the North Texas Teen Book Festival tomorrow! Will I see YOU there? #NTTBF26 @nttbfest.bsky.social

Early Chapter Books for Animal Lovers! Are you familiar with @katemessner.com's wonderful WILDLIFE RESCUE series? It's perfect for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders. The third book in the series, HOW TO SAVE A TORTOISE, arrived this week. Happy book birthday and welcome to the world! Congrats, Kate!

Some gopher tortoises and I are celebrating a book birthday! WILDLIFE RESCUE: HOW TO SAVE A TORTOISE, illustrated by Jen Bricking, is out today from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social!

Happy #pubday to HOW TO SAVE A TORTOISE by @katemessner.com! Bestselling author of the Ranger in Time series Kate Messner continues with the third book in this fun, science-based series about a family dedicated to rescuing animals. On sale now! katemessner.com/wildlife-res...

WHEN TOMORROW BURNS -- A Book Birthday for @taekeller.bsky.social! Three middle school students embark on a quest to find a book that may just save their lives in this novel about fate and friendship--from the Newbery Award-winning author of WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER Welcome to the world!