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Mandy @mldavisreads.bsky.social · 2h

I love that story! Congratulations!

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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 4d

This has been a really rough few days. I recently learned of a controversy around our book THE PRINCESS IN BLACK AND THE PRINCE IN PINK. Some were outraged that Deseret Book carried it (a chain of bookstores in the west). Deseret Book appears to have complied to their demands and removed it. 1/

Cover of The princess in black and the prince in pink by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, and LeUyen Pham. It shows a young girl in black mask and superhero outfit dancing with a young boy in pink mask and pink hero outfit. Bands of words stripe the cover, saying "all kids have a right to exist" and "please let's show love for all kinds of kids"

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Steph Lau (she/her) @stephlaubooks.com · 11d

This was checked for me, even though I had Gemini turned off everywhere else.

Liz Shannon Miller @lizshannonmiller.com · 11d

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

$Screenshot of text: unfuck google drive by shooting gemini Hey folks! Google is fucking you via sneaky enshittification again! Want the shit in your google drive to load instantly again, instead of taking for-fucking-ever? Open your gdrive (web OR app) Settings > Manage Apps Gemini was checked "use as default" (and i sure the fuck didn't set it that way, this was a silent push) Nuke that, and suddenly, folders that took up to a minute to populate and sort do so in a fraction of a second.$

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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 11d

Also this week, as in TOMORROW 3pm ET join us for a #kidsbook #nionfictiion series talk with @nstapress-nstakids.bsky.social @rubytuesdaybooks.bsky.social #BeetleBooks @flowerpotpress.bsky.social @whatonearth.bsky.social @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Civil Eats @civileats.com · 16d

Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project has been converting neglected lots into resilient neighborhood green spaces.This year marks the organization’s 30th anniversary. 🌱

Crusading New York Community Garden Group Turns 30

A photo essay of Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project, which for three decades has been converting neglected lots into green spaces.

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Mandy @mldavisreads.bsky.social · 28d

A thread full of MG Horror recs! #kidlit #mglit

Ally Ally Oxenfree @allymalinenko.bsky.social · Oct 1

Okay let's do this - Oct 1 - middle grade horror books you should read DAY ONE

When i decided i wanted to write middle grade, I knew I needed to read some modern ones and this was the first book I picked up. It was incredible.

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Travis Jonker @100scopenotes.bsky.social · 29d

Sharing the cover for the upcoming Molly Idle, Juana Martinez-Neal collab!
100scopenotes.com/2025/10/09/c...

Cover Reveal Q&A: OFF THE WALL by Molly Idle and Juana Martinez-Neal

It’s a pleasure to share the cover for Off the Wall, a picture book collaboration between Caldecott Honorees Molly Idle and Juana Martinez-Neal. But before we take a look at the cover, I talked with M...

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CottageGardener Ⓥ @cottagegardener.bsky.social · 29d

An amazing story highlighting nature’s resilience. It was so exciting when 100+ year old seeds started growing as part of this wetland restoration. Now scientists have discovered historic fauna too.

#nativeplants #rewilding #climate #nature

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront

A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton

www.theguardian.com

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Mandy @mldavisreads.bsky.social · Oct 2

#kidlit about the Svalbard seed vault!!!

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · Oct 2

The list of works eligible for the Anthropic copyright infringement settlement has been posted on the settlement website. I've updated my blog post on the settlement with inks, general info, and what happens next writerbeware.blog/2025/09/26/b...

Bartz v. Anthropic Settlement: An Update for Authors - Writer Beware

The searchable list of eligible works is available at the settlement website (also see the update below): https://secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup BACKGROUND A year ago, a group of autho...

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Mandy @mldavisreads.bsky.social · Oct 2

Some great selections for all ages here to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (and read at any time!)

Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social · Oct 1

Sept 15- Oct. 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month!

While we love reading & sharing Latine and Hispanic stories all year long, today we wanted to take an extra moment celebrate some of the Latine and Hispanic authors and illustrators in our ABLA family.

¿Cual de estos libros te interesó mas? Let us know!

books by latine and hispanic authors and/or illustrators who are represented by Andrea Brown Literary Agency

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Deidra Purvis @fspacquisitions.bsky.social · Sep 25

We're growing our Disability Books for Kids series! If you are interested in authoring a picture book about your lived experience with a disability as a child, please DM me. #callforauthors #callforsubmissions #MSWL #manuscriptwishlist www.teachercreatedmaterials.com/products/mor...

More Than What Eyes See: A book about blindness

Explore a diverse range of educational products for early childhood literacy, social-emotional learning, and differentiated instruction.

www.teachercreatedmaterials.com

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · Sep 29

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

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Mandy @mldavisreads.bsky.social · Sep 29

Just finished this audio advanced copy from @libro.fm. Middle grade adventure: two twelve year-olds help an old man on oxygen complete his bucket list. Oh yeah, and he's a bit of a gangster! #middlegrade #kidlit www.goodreads.com/review/show/... 5 ⭐ for Busted by Dan Gemeinhart, out next week!

Mandy's review of Busted

5/5: Middle-grade adventure. Oscar Aberdeen lives in a retirement home with his grandfather. He has been raised by a slew of grandparents, and picked up their musical tastes (Sinatra) and their vocabu...

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Mandy @mldavisreads.bsky.social · Sep 26

The King of Books by @ginaperry.bsky.social came in today. It's a fun book dealing with book care. The tiger king uses books for building, soup trays, and so much more, but never thought to open them! #kidlit #picturebook

The King of Books by Gina Perry shows a cartoony tiger wearing a crown and standing on a stack of books. Behind him a monkey, elephant, and warthog look on. The warthog is reading a book.

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Mandy @mldavisreads.bsky.social · Sep 25

I am excited about Ellen Poe! And also Zombie Spiders!! Thank you for the webinar

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · Aug 27

Authors, there are more and more ways to produce and distribute audiobooks without Amazon's ACX. If you're interested in producing audiobooks without Amazon, we've rounded a handful up: blog.libro.fm/how-authors-...

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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · Aug 19

A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.

All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.

For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

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Elizabeth Everett | Educator & Kidlit Author 📚 @elizabetheverett.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Children's Book Council @cbcbooks.bsky.social has curated a selection of multilingual board books titled LANGUAGES TO GROW ON. These books introduce young readers to the sounds and rhythms of more than one language, helping to build early literacy skills and expand vocabulary.

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Mandy @mldavisreads.bsky.social · Aug 11

This is not sustainable

Prof. Bob Howarth @profbobhowarth.bsky.social · Aug 11

One study concluded 70% of increased electric cost across US due to AI data centers.
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As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act

Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers.

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Mandy @mldavisreads.bsky.social · Aug 5

Very exciting for genealogy research! MyHeritage will show the matches (people on your tree possibly found in the newspaper) and want to charge a separate fee for their newspaper site, but many can be found here for free! #genealogy

Tom Bober @captainlibrary.bsky.social · Aug 5

If you're a fan of Chronicling America's 23+MILLION pages of full text historical US Newspapers, you may have already seen that their Beta site has now officially gone live. There's a great write-up to check out here: newsroom.loc.gov/news/library...

Library of Congress Unveils Major Upgrades to Chronicling America Website

Library of Congress Unveils Major Upgrades to Chronicling America Website Enhanced Platform Improves Accessibility and Research Capabilities for Historic Newspapers The Library of Congress has...

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Mandy @mldavisreads.bsky.social · Jul 30

Interesting discussion of how the brain processes listening vs reading. I love audiobooks, but primarily for fiction and narrative nonfiction. theconversation.com/do-you-reall... #reading #nonfiction #audiobooks

Do you really need to read to learn? What neuroscience says about reading versus listening

Whether reading a book or listening to a podcast, the goal is the same: understanding. But these activities support comprehension in different ways.

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Mandy @mldavisreads.bsky.social · Jul 30

Laureano notably absent 😐

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Katria Raden @katriaraden.bsky.social · Jul 28

I have some exciting news to share! A bunch of friends (and amazing artists) and I are hosting an art challenge this August 🌻

We put together a fun and chill prompt list and hope you’ll join us on this adventure hehe

More below 🐥

Digital illustration of a blond girl with her hair in braids, looking through binoculars at a starling on the left, with one foot on a tree stump. Between them is text:

August Adventures

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Bloom+Journey
8-14 august
Meadow+Rain
15-21 august
Ancient+Trinkets
22-28 august
Sprout+Magic

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Mandy @mldavisreads.bsky.social · Jul 30

#audiobook fans check this out!

Chelsey Hahmann @chelsbells7.bsky.social · Jul 29

Hi everyone,

As part of my dissertation, I am researching audiobook narration.

If you have listened to an audiobook within the last two years, or have previously been a frequent audiobook user, I would really appreciate your thoughts!

You can find the survey here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Have you listened to any audiobooks lately? I would love to hear your thoughts on audiobook narration via the link above.