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Tracey Baptiste
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I happen to super love My Bones and My Flute which is a very old Caribbean story that I read when I was probably too little to read such fare, but which explains a lot about what I write now. 🫣
Yay for EVIL LIBRARIAN!!!
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You know what's annoying? When someone reaches out with a professional Q and I take the time to answer it, and then they don't bother to respond.
Is my time not valuable?
But if I don't respond...
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Happy book birthday to:

Moko Magic: Museum Mayhem by @traceybaptiste.bsky.social
Wildlife Rescue series @katemessner.com
Our Solar System! A Stellar Neighborhood by @stacymcanulty.bsky.social

We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!
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Are you familiar with @traceybaptiste.bsky.social's MOKO MAGIC middle grade mystery series?

Well, book two, MUSEUM MAYHEM, came out this week.

If the young people in your life enjoyed THE JUMBIES series from Tracey, they're going to love these books, too!
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I’d add @traceybaptiste.bsky.social's Jumbies books, @anneursu.bsky.social's Cronus Chronicles & @authorgracelin.bsky.social's novels for MG readers, & @tracydeonn.bsky.social's LEGENDBORN, Kristin Cashore’s GRACELING, & Garth Nix’s Abhorsen trilogy for YA.
Non-HP MG/YA series that are rich in magic & exploration & coming-of-age, & are actually really really good, to share with kids in your life:
- Lioness Rampant, Pierce
- Chrestomanci, Jones
- Percy Jackson
- A Wrinkle In Time!!!!!
- URSULA LE GUIN’S EARTHSEA BOOKS
- Akata Witch / Akata Warrior!!!!
Every single thing you like and admire and find illuminating or thrilling about HP exists in other books, movies, & series EXCEPT the birth-to-death-scale entertainment-industrial infrastructure of merch and licensing
Thanks for including Super Goat Girl!
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Tiffany D. Jackson At a Crossroads | Margaret A. Edwards Award
In a deeply personal acceptance speech at ALA Annual in Philadelphia in June, the YA author discussed her life influences, racism in publishing, and professional uncertainty.
www.slj.com/story/Tiffan...
Tiffany D. Jackson At a Crossroads | Margaret A. Edwards Award
In a deeply personal acceptance speech at ALA Annual in Philadelphia in June, the YA author discussed her life influences, racism in publishing, and professional uncertainty.
www.slj.com
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Hey #KidLit friends, the #KidLitforCeasefire auction items are live & will open for bidding on the 18th! I'm offering a 30 minute AMA, and a custom crocheted basket based on the book cover of your choice, a la the examples below. Peruse all the items at the link! www.32auctions.com/organization...
'Bout to take some ginger ale and robitussin for this anxiety cuz nothing else is working.
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James Ransome spoke with PW about his new picture book, ‘A Place for Us,’ destigmatizing the rising unhoused population, and his advocacy for the working class buff.ly/Hr0GVoL
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Good news! After last week's hearing, which 100+ people attended, the picture book "A Map for Falasteen" by Maysa Odeh and illustrated by Aliaa Betawi remains on the Watertown library's suggested summer reading list! Thanks to @wbur.org for reporting on this story: www.wbur.org/news/2025/08...
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honestly thinking hard about the rational philanthropists out there who could easily step up and provide $500 million in funding to keep mRNA vaccine research on track
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"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."

- Antoine de Saint Expery
Anyway, is there a place to get reliable news about what's happening in Sudan? Because no one seems to be covering it.
Thanks.
I'm trying to understand why, given what's happening in Sudan, the most recent @theguardian.com article is from July 17th.
A friend of mine who lives in Austin saw this at a bar and said she had never been so offended by something she 100% agreed with.
This is a banger
It ain't going away, no it ain't going away....
Yes to this! The sequel to BOY 2.0 also tackles this concept with an AI villain.
Baby chose chaos! 😍
OMG THE PARENTS PUT THEIR BABY IN A CRAWLING CONTEST AND NOW THEY HAVE A LITERAL PLAY-BY-PLAY OF THEIR BABY’S FIRST STEPS 😭😭😭