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Ms. Yingling
@msyingling.bsky.social
Middle school #librarian who has read EVERY fiction book in my #SchoolLibrary. Posts a new #MGLit book review EVERY DAY at http://msyinglingreads.blogspot.com, where I've been since 2006.
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98% of my posts are about #MGLit, but occasionally I go wild with pictures of my dog Leo, craft projects, or really questionable fashions.
I dutifully produced homemade dinner rolls for Thanksgiving even though in my heart of hearts, I crave brown 'n serve rolls. They always seemed fancy because they WEREN'T homemade! (Shout out to Youngstown's Schwebel's Bakery!)
November 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Athletic Monday! Chase's @wednesdaybooks.bsky.social YA BALANCING ACT and @quirkbooks.bsky.social @robinstevenson.bsky.social & Steinfeld KID OLYMPIANS: WINTER.
msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2025/11/mmgm...
November 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I'd read this @christebbetts.bsky.social January 2026 @littlebrownyr.bsky.social title if I could get approved on @netgalley.bsky.social. I know my resume isn't great (I could read more books, you know), but I think I do a decent review.
November 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It doesn't get any better than Jennifer Holm and @mattholm.bsky.social @scholastic.bsky.social #GraphicNovel SUNNY FIGURES IT OUT. I appreciate the 1970s nostalgia! msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2025/11/sunn...
Sunny Figures it Out
Middle school books, middle grade books, books for tweens, middle school library, middle grade literature, #MGLit, librarian, kids
msyinglingreads.blogspot.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This looks adorable!
Happy holidays to me - my editor at Clarion just told me my #kidlit Advent holiday title, JINGLE ALL THE WAY HOME, has earned a spot on the Indie Bestsellers List!

Illustrated by Kathryn Selbert. Available at your local independent bookstore (or wherever books are sold).

🎁❄️🐶🎄📖
November 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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THE MOON WITHOUT STARS (Philomel/ @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social‬) by Chanel Miller will receive a starred review in the January/February 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/januar...
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Take a vicarious trip to Bangladesh for a wedding in Taslim's Salaam Reads ALWAYS BE MY BIBI! Thanks, @yabookscentral!
msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2025/11/alwa...
Always Be My Bibi
Middle school books, middle grade books, books for tweens, middle school library, middle grade literature, #MGLit, librarian, kids
msyinglingreads.blogspot.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Student (returning @tarynsouders.bsky.social @sourcebooks.bsky.social COOP KNOWS THE SCOOP): "This was SO GOOD! I stayed up late reading this because I couldn't stop!" She was super excited to hear about SECRETS OF THE BROKEN HOUSE (1/6/26)!
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Want to win a FREE copy of TRIAL AND ERROR? Simply comment on the book trailer’s premiere page at @kidlittv.bsky.social & sign up for the @kidlittv.bsky.social newsletter. Link is below 👇👇👇
www.kidlit.tv/BookTrailerP...
Good luck! 🤞 @juliegribble.bsky.social @crestonbooks.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Sports books for #MMGM: Layton's @SourcebooksKids THE ACADEMY and Bowen's newest Peachtree title, SPECIAL TEAMS.
msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2025/11/mmgm...
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
@simonkids.bsky.social Spotlight Sprinkles FUN IN THE SUN was a fantastic vicarious spring break trip. Can't wait for MAKING WAVES, out 5/5/26!
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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This wknd, consider buying a book from your local indie bookshop? (It doesn't have to be mine) Other ways to show your support: tell other people about your local indie bookshop, share this post.

Also see my Indie Bookstores & Booksellers list:
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#IndieBookstores #ShopLocal
a cartoon of a woman hugging a book standing in front of a store that says support indie bookshops
Alt: Illustration a woman hugging a book standing in front of a store that says support indie bookshops
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November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Jason Reynolds’s Audiobook 'Soundtrack' Set for Print Release buff.ly/vl2kSN3
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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“A tween whose family is experiencing financial strain struggles to navigate his middle school’s constantly shifting social landscape” in Norm Feuti’s “realistic and uplifting” middle grade graphic novel A KID LIKE ME
A Kid Like Me by Norm Feuti
A tween whose family is experiencing financial strain struggles to navigate his middle school’s constantly shifting social lands...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Loved Chase's @wednesdaybooks.bsky.social YA #BalancingAct! All of the sports and drama a reader could want, set in fictional Diamond Falls.
November 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Advice from Seasoned Authors featuring Fleur Bradley!

We asked Fleur some of the most important questions! See what her best advice is for all authors looking to make it.

Read all her advice on our blog: writingdayworkshops.com/blog

#amwriting #amquerying @fleurbradley.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Have sports fans in your class or library! Check out these game changing reads from sports stories to athlete biographies! #TLSky
PYR Game Changers - Penguin Random House
Explore our booklist about sports stories and athletes!
sites.prh.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My local library has access to a digital archive of the Columbus Dispatch. Between ads, news articles, and human interest stories, there is a LOT to be mined there!
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Since I live with a creepy doll I try to keep happy, this #MGLit book by @writercass.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social was TERRIFYING! msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2025/11/lost...
Lost on Doll Island
Middle school books, middle grade books, books for tweens, middle school library, middle grade literature, #MGLit, librarian, kids
msyinglingreads.blogspot.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A 6th grader wanted a book with a chocoalte chip cookie recipe. None had one, so I wrote mine down for her, and we chatted about the science of a good cookie. She brought me this masterpiece. Now I want to teach home ec. #LibraryLife
November 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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November 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Oops. Totally missed this #MGLit blogger milestone. And apparently about 4,000 people (or bots?) look at my blog every day. That's wild. And yet, I have fewer than 400 followers. Meh. Would rather read books than stats.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Fantasy Round Up! Diño's @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social THE FIREFLY CROWN, Ransaw's Amulet SMOKE AND MIRRORS and @sarvenaztash.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.socialTHE TREASURE OF OCEAN PARKWAY! msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2025/11/fant...
Fantasy Titles
Middle school books, middle grade books, books for tweens, middle school library, middle grade literature, #MGLit, librarian, kids
msyinglingreads.blogspot.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Sadly, I'll be in Cincinnati at Books by the Banks on Saturday. This looks like a very fun time, and I'd bet on doughnuts!
It's a WHODONUT storytime in Columbus, OH this Saturday afternoon at @covertocover.bsky.social! Will there be donuts? You'll have to join me to find out!⁠

#kidlit #booksky #reading #whodonut #storytime
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Diffee's Neal Porter Books ZIP ZAP WICKETY WACK is the perfect picture book for grandpas who have PhDs and an odd sense of humor. Niche? Nyah. It describes most of my friends. Thanks, @yabookscentral.bsky.social! yabookscentral.com/zip-zap-wick...
Zip Zap Wickety Wack: A Story About Sharing by Matthew Diffee Book Reviews
New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee makes his children’s book debut with this laugh-out-loud twist on the classic animal sound book. The cow says “moo.” The horse says “neigh.” Everyone can agree on ...
yabookscentral.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM