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Writing, reading, reviewing, libraries, dogs, children’s lit, mental health, and Teen Librarian Toolbox. All opinions solely my own. She/her.
The Anatomy of a Truly Frightening Monster, a guest post by Alex Crespo
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What If Kids Didn’t Know the Consequences, a guest post by Dusti Bowling
It’s hard for a child to think about the future, which always feels so far away when you’re a kid. That’s why we have to think about the future for them.
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Oh my goodness. What a gift she was!
05.10.2025 15:10 — 👍 89 🔁 30 💬 4 📌 0I will settle for “survive.” The state of EVERYTHING meeting the state of my being is a lot to deal with. Survival is all I ask.
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Taking a break from THE M WORD to start NOSY NEIGHBORS.
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Take Five: September 2025 Middle Grade Titles
These are five books I've got on my fall TBR and hope to find time to read soon (if I can learn how to keep my eyes open past 8:00).
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Tinkering in the Library, a guest post by Jasmine Florentine
That first step to sparking the wonder of budding makers begins in the library, reading stories that inspire them to get hands-on and building their creative confidence.
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Book mail: ATLAS OF MONSTERS AND GHOSTS, LOST AT SEA! SHIPWRECKS, MYSTERIOUS WORLD, DEADLY ANIMAL ATLAS, and SPOOKY STORIES OF THE WORLD. Thanks, Lonely Planet Kids!
02.10.2025 21:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Eating an apple cider donut and reading THE WINTER OF THE DOLLHOUSE on my break.
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UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES should you give a list of the prescriptions you take to a federal government that has directly targeted people with chronic illness, mental illness, disability, autism, etc, with the eugenic language of elimination and stated outright they’re everything wrong with the country.
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Penguin Young Readers Showcase: October 2025 Books
20 books out this month just waiting to go on your TBR!
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Book Review: THIS IS WHERE WE DIE by Cindy R X He
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Sometimes you need to sit in your car in the parking lot and have a little dance party before going into work.
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Fighting Fate – how fantasy characters can inspire us to defy the seemingly inevitable, a guest post by Rachael A. Edwards
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Book mail: THE MONSTER AND PUPPET SHOW! by Kate Micucci. Thanks, Union Square Kids!
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Book mail: WHITE HOUSE SECRETS: MEDICAL LIES AND COVER-UPS by Gail Jarrow. Thanks, Calkins Creek!
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Book mail: PRINCESS ACADEMY: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL by Shannon Hale and Victoria Ying, CAMP MONSTER by Kate Messner and Falynn Koch, and HOLDING ON FOR DEAR LIFE by Dusti Bowling. Thanks, Bloomsbury!
29.09.2025 21:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book mail: MR. GRIEVES AND THE GRIEVOUS DEEDS by Matt Lieberman. Thanks, Harper Children’s!
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Book mail: YOU HAD ME @ HELLO WORLD by Rona Wang. Thanks, Simon Teen!
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Book mail: MY ONE-OF-A-KIND BODY by Whitney Casares. Thanks, American Academy of Pediatrics!
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Book mail: DAWN by Marc Martin. Thanks, Candlewick!
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Fast Five Interview: XiXi Tian
Author XiXi Tian joins us to talk about her new book, ALL THE WAY AROUND THE SUN.
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Reading BROKEN DOLLS.
28.09.2025 19:16 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book mail: SEARCHING FOD MR. JOHNSON’S SONG by Ariel Vanece and Jade Orlando, FAMILY OF FRIENDS by Varsha Bajaj and Ishaa Lobo, TEA IS LOVE by Adib Khorram and Hanna Cha, and THE SACRED STONE CAMP by Rae Rose and Ally McKnight. Thanks, Penguin Kids!
26.09.2025 21:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book mail: CUPIG SAVES CHRISTMAS by Claire Tattersfield and Rob Sayegh Jr, LLAMA LLAMA A GIFT FOR MAMA, CROCODILES EVERYWHERE by Estelí Meza, and DUDE. BE NICE by Sarah Scheerger, Brent and Jamie Camalich, and Alex MacNaughton. Thanks, Penguin Kids!
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Book mail: DORY FANTASMAGORY CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE by Abby Hanlon. Thanks, Penguin Kids!
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Book mail: DRAGONBORN by Struan Murray, SPORTS SUPERHEROES: WILMA RUDOLPH, TIME LIONS AND THE CHRONO-LOOP by Martin Seneviratne and Krystal Sutherland, and FLORA LA FRESCA AND THE PLOT TO MAKE MILLIONS by Veronica Chambers and Sujean Rim. Thanks, Penguin Kids!
26.09.2025 21:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book mail: THE BIONIC BOY by Lynn Plourde, INVISIBLE by David Soren, FINDING LOST by Holly Goldberg Sloan, and Mariann Edgar Budde’s WE CAN BE BRAVE adapted by Bryan Bliss. Thanks, Penguin Kids!
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Book mail: GOOD OLD-FASHIONED KOREAN SPIRIT by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada, HEARTSICK by Kristina Forest, and LAST CHANCE LIVE! by Helena Haywoode Henry. Thanks, Penguin Teen!
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Take Five: Catching up with August 2025 Middle Grade Books
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