Michelle Houts

Ohio school librarians, we are looking forward to hanging out with you on Friday! 💙📚 #booksky #OELMA #Ohioauthors
@willhillenbrand.bsky.social @carmellavanvleet.bsky.social @mindymcginnis.bsky.social @kdmaz.bsky.social @leighlewis.bsky.social

Hi, Jenn and Oliver! Good to see you both!

It’s snowing in Michigan, but it’s warm and cozy in the library! A2 Community Bookfest is in full swing. 💙📚 #bookfestival

I got to talk about baseball, Dottie Kamenshek, and the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League today on Cincinnati’s NPR station WVXU.The interview replays tonight at 8. 📚💙 #middlegrade #biographies #womeninsports #baseball

It’s Back-to-School time! What will be your middle-grader’s first book this year? I suggest this rollicking, brand new release from SilviaAcevedo. I was lucky to read an early copy and it is beyond entertaining! Preorder now from your favorite bookseller—you’ll have it when it releases next week! 📚💙

I came home to a package containing the Turkish edition of HOPEFULLY THE SCARECROW! This is my 4th book to be published in Turkish. I can’t tell you how amazing it is to know that my stories encourage young readers across oceans and in several languages. I’m humbled beyond words.
📚💙 #booksky

Thanks for the love for HOPEFULLY! 😊 Let’s bring on all the fall stories and weather, too! 🥵

Congratulations to Emily Rozmus on the release of her debut YA novel! I can’t wait to read it! Happy book birthday, Emily! 💙 📚 #booksky #YA #bookbirthday #launchparty

Retreating with other writers can really re-energize your focus! I loved this little 3-night getaway in Yellow Springs with my critique partners.
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#retreat #critiquepartners #summerwriting #booksky

Congratulations, Rosalyn!

Look! We made the PW Children’s Bookshelf newsletter with our indie bookstore authors in a party bus! Columbus has some amazing booksellers! We are grateful. @carmellavanvleet.bsky.social @elisastoneleahy.com @juliadevillers.bsky.social

Oh, I didn’t know about this collaboration! One of my old friends and one new friends working together. (I’m referring to when we met, not your ages, Jane!😉) 📚💙 Definitely preordering.

Columbus Ohio authors: what should we do on Indie Bookstore Day?
Why, rent a bus and visit seven amazing bookstores! See you Saturday, @covertocover.bsky.social , Grammercy Books, @thebookloft.bsky.social Prologue Bookshop, Storyline Bookshop, Clintonville Books, and @twodollarradiohq.bsky.social

One School, One Book? Last week I got to witness 2000 readers at two different schools reading #Lucy’sLab Book 1: NUTS ABOUT SCIENCE. Not just students, but teachers, bus drivers and cafeteria staff. Even the mayor of one town! #STEM meets #Literacy in the Lucy’s Lab Series! #K-4readstogether 📚💙

Happy School Librarians Day! I got to spend the day with several amazing school librarians! Thank you for the work you do!
#librarian #reading #writing #authorvisits

Today I learned that adding 💙📚 or 📚💙 to any post puts it into the BookSky feed on BlueSky. I’m still learning this platform but I’m digging all the #kidlit connections! Adding a photo of my very happy grandson getting a signed book from @dowphumiruk.bsky.social at the Grand Lake Area Lit Fest

These folks! These amazing authors & illustrators rocked the Grand Lake Area Lit Fest yesterday! ❤️
@kirbylarson.bsky.social @andreaywang.bsky.social @dowphumiruk.bsky.social @louiseborden.bsky.social @carmellavanvleet.bsky.social @elisastoneleahy.com @giagordon.bsky.social @terrilibenson.bsky.social

Thanks for the shout out! 💙

Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.

Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.

Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.

Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.

Not quite ready to re-enter the real world tomorrow. It’s been a good week of writing and camaraderie with my fellow creators. Oh, and walking in the snow.

Snow and sunshine, soup on the stove, doors closed, words flow. Let the magic happen. #retreat #writingcommunity

TBR stack - I’ll show you mine, will you show me yours? @cindachima.bsky.social @eecharltontrujillo.bsky.social

Book cover RACE TO THE TRUTH: COLONIZATION AND THE WAMPANOAG STORY shows a Wampanoag woman with long braids paddling a canoe

Book cover HISTORY SMASHERS THE MAYFLOWER shows a pile of Pilgrims dressed in black and white crowded on a ship with a speech bubble that says "It totally didn't happen this way."

Please don't tell kids that old "First Thanksgiving" myth and pass it off as actual history. Share books like these this week instead.

Aw, what a beautiful goodbye, Boston!

Mine are in a one-room schoolhouse. Gauche or prairie core?

If you’re at #NCTE, come to the exhibit floor at 5:00 for my Build Your Stack: Engaging Biographies for Middle Grade and High School. I will share biographies from @ohiounivpress as well as several other favorites! #NCTE24 #biographies

So excited for this panel on a topic close to my heart. How are rural people represented in the books we share with children? #NCTE24 #ruralpicturebooks

Thanks, Kate!

One of 3 NCTE presentations I’ll be part of next week. Who will I meet in Boston? #NCTE24

a white cat is laying on its back on the floor and looking at the camera . ALT: a white cat is laying on its back on the floor and looking at the camera .

I’m here! Hi! I’m really happy to be on Blue Sky. Finding all things #kidlit, writerly, publishing-related. Looking for my fellow book creators, #teachers, #librarians, and #readers.