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Shaun Jex @shaunjexauthor.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

The Inquisitor's Tale by @adamgidwitz.bsky.social is one of the most moving, thoughtful, & beautiful books I've read in a long time. Inspired by the Canterbury Tales & brimming with medieval lore & history, it blends adventure, humor, & heart with a plot that offers parallels to our own time.

Three children and a white dog are seen standing on a hill

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Shaun Jex @shaunjexauthor.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

I've never really written a rondeau before, but it felt perfect for this theme. It's a poem inspired by the story Faithful Johannes by the Brothers Grimm, as well as @adamgidwitz.bsky.social re-telling of it in his amazing book "A Tale Dark and Grimm" #poetry #poetrycommunity #fairytales

Faithful Johannes

He remained true until the end
This trusted servant and dear friend
Who saved our king, although the deed
Forced him to slay a royal steed

A wedding shirt he had to rend
While knowing none would comprehend
To cure the queen, he made her bleed
He remained true

But poor Johannes had no friend
Who came to aid him or defend
When, in his rage, the king decreed
That he should be hanged with all speed
But in the Book of Life, they penned
“He remained true.”

© Shaun Jex

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pixielibrarian.bsky.social @pixielibrarian.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Just started listening to Max in the Land of Lies by the amazing @adamgidwitz.bsky.social, and I am only 50 minutes in and already I know it’s going to be a hard listen given the times we are living in…highly suggest everyone read/listen this and its first volume…

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KidLit TV @kidlittv.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

📆 📚✨Mark your calendars for BOOKFEST@BANKSTREET on November 1 — featuring keynote speaker, award-winning, New York Times-bestselling #kidlit author @halseanderson.bsky.social! ✍️REGISTER to watch Live or online: www.bankstreet.edu/library/cent... @bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social @bankstreet.edu

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Sarah Darer Littman @sarahdarerlittman.com · 23/06/2025

"I told them some of what the Nazis believed: that they hated Jews, immigrants, non-white, LGBTQ+, and disabled people. Pretty much anyone who wasn’t a Nazi. The nods faded. The kids’ faces began to look uncomfortable and upset..." Must read essay by @adamgidwitz.bsky.social

jewishbookcouncil.org

They Had Never Heard of the Holocaust

They had never heard of the Holocaust. I was standing in front of four hundred and fifty kids— fourth, fifth, and sixth graders—in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Janet @jehreader.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Max in the Land of Lies by @adamgidwitz.bsky.social was just as great as Max in the House of Spies. I was enraptured as I followed Max on his grand adventure in Germany as a child spy for England. Read these two books if you need historical fiction with fantasy during World War II.

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Barry Lyga @barrylyga.com · 24/04/2025

If you work in publishing, this is where you need to go:

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Frank Strong @frankstrong.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

We are ONE WEEK away from school board Election Day in Texas. Texans--get informed and keep extremists off of your boards.

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Adam Gidwitz @adamgidwitz.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

ll be on the Colin McEnroe show on CT public radio at 1pm talking with Prof. Carol St George about book banning and then with the legendary Prof. Maria Tatar about fairy tales! www.npr.org/podcasts/641...

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