Susan Thies

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Getting ready for a new school year! Thank you for your support of kids and teachers. #school

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Statement from the #MusiciansUnion of the United States 🇺🇸 and #Canada 🇨🇦 to the fat bastard #BruceSpringsteen #TaylorSwift

Beautiful Colorado National Monument

AND maybe the visual is spot on. You are never, too old or differently abled to rise! #inspiration

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

#Alone and #Away are making their way through the classroom. My 5th graders can’t get enough!

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the middle grade novel, AWAY by @meganefreeman.bsky.social (Simon & Schuster), out now.

To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/02/the-... (+ more ways to win)

#Alone and #Away are making their way throughout the classroom! Kids love these books!

My students erupted with cheers when I read your reply out loud!

My students will be thrilled! I will share this with them!

@meganefreeman.bsky.social My class is all in and obsessed with #Alone- they each have a copy! Today I gave out three copies of #Away and there is a waiting list! You are their favorite author! We need a third book!!!!! #kidlit #books #MGbooks

About the presidency, Harry Truman famously said “the buck stops here.” Trump is trying to pass the buck and blame everybody but his administration for the DC plane crash. This is a time for consoling the families and investigating the cause of this tragedy, not shameful finger pointing.

Former Secretary of Transportation--who was not on The Real World or Road Rules--weighs in on the President's efforts to blame the fatal air traffic accident on DEI.

Hold on to the truth… A recording from Jim Acosta's Substack live video

Hey guys! I’ve started something new. My new Substack… Go check it out! jimacosta.substack.com/p/hold-on-to...

I have your book in my classroom and have not had a chance to read it yet. Congratulations I look forward to opening this Newberry winner.

Ernest Hemingway once said,
“In our darkest moments, we don’t need advice.”
What we truly need is the power of human connection: a quiet presence, a gentle touch, or the smallest gesture that reminds us we’re not alone.

Beautiful day. #ColoradoNationalMonument

cover of picture book THE BOOK COOK written by D.C. Swanson illustrated by Clint Hansen. A wintry scene of a brick building facade, mostly black and white with central facade being in color.

We are pleased to host a #giveaway of the picture book, THE BOOK COOK by D.C. Swanson, illustrated by Clint Hansen (Baobab Press).

To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: www.kidlit411.com/2024/11/the-...

Calvin and Hobbes cartoon by Bill Watterson, showing Calvin and Hobbes reading comics for pleasure

I don't believe in "good reading" & "bad reading". Comic books, graphic novels, manga, picture books, joke books, sports reports, all kinds of poetry & prose: it's all reading, and it's all good! Let kids read for pleasure - and they'll be readers FOREVER! #reading #literacy

(Art: Bill Watterson)

cover of picture book HOW CARROT AND COOKIE SAVED CHRISTMAS by Erica S. Perl, illustrated by Jonathan Penske. A cartoon Christmas tree against a chartreuse backdrop with two cute cartoon characters (cookie and carrot) wearing Santa hats, putting a star on top of the Christmas tree. Overall fun and bright vibe.

We are pleased to host a #giveaway of the picture book HOW CARROT AND COOKIE SAVED CHRISTMAS by @ericaperl.bsky.social, illustrated by Jonathan Penske (Penguin Workshop).

To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday update: www.kidlit411.com/2024/11/the-...

I can never understand why children's books get left out of "great book" lists. The books we call "children's books" are really books written for an audience that includes children, but excludes no-one. They are books for EVERYONE - and if you exclude them, you miss the most important books of all!

Book cover THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES has a blue-sky and green mountains background with a middle school boy with an orange backpack looking into the distance. A drooly Bernese mountain dog is looking up at him adoringly. Text reads: Teaching & Discussion Guide against a sky blue background

Educator @msguerrette.bsky.social created the most amazing teaching & discussion guide for my upcoming novel-in-verse THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES. You can download the pdf here: www.bloomsbury.com/media/le1cko...

Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians

Absolutely

A great way to begin Fall Break! #teacherlife #5thgradersrock

Honest question. Coming over from X and love seeing my favorite #kidlit authors! What about Threads? Why have another account? Trying to stay informed in a positive-truthful setting. Any thoughts or recommendations for other platforms. #thanksbluesky

Grand Mesa, Grand Junction, Colorado

I would love a copy of your book! Thank you for the opportunity