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Colby Sharp

@colbysharp.bsky.social

Set this reminder to cancel my LSJ account a year ago (after my discount ran out). Didn’t expect it to be the week of Duke and a new football coach. Keep those quick takes coming, @grahamcouch.bsky.social! 🤷‍♂️

November 30, 2025 at 9:49 PM

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Betsy Bird

@fuse8.bsky.social

Are you ready to celebrate the books you know, and discover the ones you had no idea about? December's gonna be a WHOLE THING!! afuse8production.slj.com/2025/11/30/i...

It’s Almost Heeeere….

Are you ready to celebrate the books you know and discover the ones you had no idea about? December's gonna be a WHOLE THING!!

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November 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM

Colby Sharp

@colbysharp.bsky.social

Started this one last night.

November 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM

Colby Sharp

@colbysharp.bsky.social

Thankful for this Kid Lit Book Mail
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Thankful for this Kid Lit Book Mail

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November 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM

Colby Sharp

@colbysharp.bsky.social

Sidekicks Thick as Thieves is phenomenal! Absolutely worth the wait. My second and fifth grade sons were completely captivated. I cannot wait to share it with my 5th graders. Book releases January 6, 2026. #bookaday

November 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM

Colby Sharp

@colbysharp.bsky.social

The last read aloud before our five day Thanksgiving break. I’m thankful for hilarious books like The Wolf, The Duck, & The Mouse. 🐭 🦆 🐺

November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM

Colby Sharp

@colbysharp.bsky.social

Trying to decide which book to read for our 6️⃣7️⃣ picture book read aloud of the school year. I usually don’t spend this much time thinking about read aloud 67. 🤷‍♂️

November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM

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Miss M

@teaching187days.bsky.social

Facts.

Colby Sharp @colbysharp.bsky.social · 5d

Teaching in 2020-2021 was so wild. Looking back, I have no idea how we did what we did. It doesn’t seem real.

November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM

Colby Sharp

@colbysharp.bsky.social

Today we read one of the greatest picture books of all-time. It was lovely. And magical. And fun.

November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM

Colby Sharp

@colbysharp.bsky.social

Teaching in 2020-2021 was so wild. Looking back, I have no idea how we did what we did. It doesn’t seem real.

November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM

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John Schu

@mrschureads.bsky.social

I saw the almost final art for Lily-May's Joyful Day last night. Holly's art is soooooooooooooo joyful! Publication Date: September 1, 2026

John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · Apr 2

Publishers Weekly announced Lily-May's Joyful Day, illustrated by Holly Hatam and written by me, today! It is a celebration of the cascading joy that arises from acts of collective inspiration. Thank you, Holly, Candlewick, @mollyoneill.bsky.social, Karen Lotz, and @skeetervm.bsky.social!

Karen Lotz and Susan Van Metre while at Candlewick bought Lily-May's Joyful Day by Schneider Honor author John Schu (l.), illustrated by Holly Hatam, a celebration of the cascading joy that arises from acts of collective inspiration. Publication is slated for fall 2026; Molly O'Neill at Root Literary sold world English rights for the author, and Christy Ewers at the CAT Agency sold world rights for the artist.

November 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM

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Kate Messner

@katemessner.com

Working on revisions for CAMP UNICORN (sequel to CAMP MONSTER, which comes out in February!) so today, my job involves pondering serious questions about the character motivations for a corgi-corn named Lil Lord Wigglebottom.

Book cover CAMP MONSTER shows a white and ice blue yeti with arms raised in front of a group of monster summer campers including two green goblins, a purple vampire girl, an ogre in a pink t-shirt, a small werewolf, three other yetis, a chicken/lion hybrid, and a flying manticore with a backdrop of pine trees and mountains.

November 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM

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John Schu

@mrschureads.bsky.social

2026 Mock Caldecott List: mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/11/2026...

2026 Mock Caldecott List

Happy Picture Book Month! Colby Sharp and I teamed up to create a 2026 Mock Caldecott list. *** Principal Brian Sammons created a 2026 Moc...

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November 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM

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John Schu

@mrschureads.bsky.social

2026 Mock Caldecott List: mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/11/2026... @colbysharp.bsky.social

November 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM

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John Schu

@mrschureads.bsky.social

Amy Krouse Rosenthal inspired me to get this "more joy" tattoo yesterday!

I wish you more . . .

Tattoo artist: Lee Romel www.instagram.com/p/DQ4uqitEY5...