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Claudia Mills

@claudiamills123.bsky.social
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Author of over 60 books for young readers, loves the community of writers and readers, always searching for creative joy wherever it can be found.

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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I'm delighted that my book CALLIOPE CALLISTO CLARK AND THE SEARCH FOR WISDOM is included in this Horn Book feature of books for back-to-school.
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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Are you interested in learning how write a 'difficult' character? And maybe get some wisdom into how to handle the 'difficult' stuff in your own life? If so, take a listen! #coachingkidlt #kidlit #stoicism
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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
📚👍 Looking for an impulsive, funny narrator who can't help being herself...one who desperately turns to philosophy for guidance (relatable, funny, and thought-provoking encounters) in hopes of keeping her exuberant dog from being returned to the pound...here you go! #middlegrade #booksky #kidlit 🧵+
Book cover of Calliope Callisto Clark and the Search for Wisdom. It shows a middle school girl with her dog facing a bust of an ancient philosopher
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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I am so happy to be able to share the wonderful cover, by artist Matt Rockefeller, for my forthcoming book CALLIOPE CALLISTO CLARK AND THE SEARCH FOR WISDOM, coming out from Holiday House Books for Young People in March. Available for preorder now! #kidlit @holiday-house.bsky.social
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Bianca Schulze: The Children's Book Review @tcbrbookreview.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
🍎 Teachers! THE LAST APPLE TREE pairs perfectly with oral history units. Award-winning author @claudiamills123.bsky.social shares how this story inspires students to preserve family stories. GIVEAWAY includes a Zoom author visit! Read more: lifeiswhatitscalled.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-... #MGLIT
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The Last Apple Tree Virtual Book Tour, Author Interview and Giveaway
A blog about tips and ideas to make life easier.
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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The Children's Book Review conducts the BEST interviews! Here's one with me about the forthcoming paperback release of my middle-grade novel THE LAST APPLE TREE. @holiday-house.bsky.social @ www.thechildrensbookreview.com/interview-wi...
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Interview with Claudia Mills, Author of ‘The Last Apple Tree’
With over 60 books to her name, Claudia Mills shares how Swiss Miss, philosophy, and empathy all fuel her writing of The Last Apple Tree.
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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I'm thrilled that my book THE LAST APPPLE TREE is coming out in paperback very soon! So I'm hosting a virtual book tour in celebration with lots of giveaways. You can find out more about it here. www.thechildrensbookreview.com/the-last-app... @bholiday-house.bsky-social
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The Last Apple Tree, by Claudia Mills | Awareness Tour
Discover the quiet power of memory, renewal, and the bonds that hold families together in Claudia Mills’ moving middle-grade story, The Last Apple Tree.
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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
What a lovely thing to post on Labor Day - a display of books that help us remember the entire point behind this holiday.
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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
I can't wait for this one! Stan has been the best cheerleader for his fellow authors, like, forever. And now it's our turn to cheer for him!
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Stan Yan - Kidlit Graphic Novelist @zombicatures.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
My book launch event is set! Come see me at @boulderbooks, Thursday, Oct 9 at 6:30 pm. I'll be in conversation with my editor, Kristie Choi, followed by a signing! Register at boulderbookstore.net...
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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
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Lynn Becker @lynnbbooks.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Ahoy! If you’ve in the Denver area, I hope you’ll come out and have a kraken good time at the farmers market this Sunday! Get some swag (and vegetables ?) and support a local indie bookstore!
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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
I love people who want to save things, big things like the planet, of course, but small things, too. There is such tenderness in saving small things... (like the lone surviving apple tree in a now-vanished orchard, as in my recent middle-grade novel THE LAST APPLE TREE).
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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Lynn Becker reads and reviews zillions of books. If she thinks these ones are terrific, they are!
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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Actual rejection letter for ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: "Our readers report that they find some merit in your story, but not enough to warrant its acceptance." (From HOUSE OF DREAMS, terrific bio of L. M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg). #kidlit #rejections
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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
This sounds like a must-see.
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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
This will be worth every penny. One of the Rhyme Doctors, Michelle Schaub, gave a stunning talk on rhyme recently to SCBWI.
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Bianca Schulze: The Children's Book Review @tcbrbookreview.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Looking for words to show your child they matter? 💕 We Needed a You by M.H. Clark says it perfectly: "The world is more magnificent with YOU in it!" Beautiful rhymes show kids how they make ordinary moments magical: thechildrensbookreview.com/interview-with-m-h-clark-author-of-we-needed-a-you/
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Interview with M.H. Clark, Author of ‘We Needed a You’
Today, we chat with M.H. Clark, author of We Needed a You. This tender new picture book is a love letter to the ones who complete our world.
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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Ingrid Law is a fabulous writer, and this is a fabulous book. #picturebooks #bookreview
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Dr. Emily Hamilton-Honey @hermioneclone.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
A preorder link is live! 😊 If you would like the book and can preorder, that is a *huge* help, but if you can't, I completely get that. The best thing you can do in that case is request that your university or local library orders a copy - that helps sales, too! mcfarlandbooks.com/product/news...
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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
One of my recent books was criticized for showing sympathy for its problematic parental characters. So I was glad when a writer friend shared this quote from Walt Whitman: "The poet judges not as a Judge, but like sunlight falling around a helpless object." Yes! #writing #kidlit
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School Library Journal @slj.com · 14/05/2025
Betsy Bird has updated her list of children's literary statues in the United States. Take a deep dive into characters old and new.
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A Complete Listing of Children’s Literature Statues: 2025 Edition
I've updated my listing of children's literary statues available in the United States. Take a deep dive into characters old and new.
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Michelle Schaub @schaubwrites.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Takes for joining POEM SHARE today, @patriciatoht.bsky.social! POEM SHARE: A great way to weave some poetry into your day all April long! www.poetryboost.com @ncte.org #kidlit #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth
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Michelle Schaub @schaubwrites.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
It's Arbor Day! Celebrate trees with LEAFY LANDMARKS: TRAVELS WITH TREES. And plant a sapling if you can! www.michelleschaub.com/landmarks @stormliterary.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social
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Claudia Mills @claudiamills123.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Happy Arbor Day! This recent book of mine culminates in an Arbor Day school assembly, fitting for a story that stars an heirloom apple tree, lone survivor of a vanished orchard, and the secrets concealed in its bark and branches.
Happy Arbor Day! If you can't celebrate by planting a tree, celebrate by inhaling the fragrance of spring blossoms or admiring the green of unfurling leaves, or just whispering a word of gratitude to a neighborhood tree or two as you walk by. My book, THE LAST APPLE TREE, culminates in a school Arbor Day assembly, fitting for a book that stars a very old apple tree that is the lone survivor of a vanished orchard, and the secrets it holds in its bark and branches. . . .
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Liz @creativelifeofliz.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
The Lost Languages by Claudia Mills sparked my interest because it's about saving a language, using things learned from the main character's linguist mother. Sign me up. #RecentReads #TBR #ToBeRead #Books #Bookish #BookSky #CreativeLifeOfLiz #BookNerd
The Lost Language by Claudia Mills as a digital copy on an iPad. Cover includes two children with paper and pencils and a map-like door of a seemingly rural island.
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Jena Benton @jenanbenton.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Today’s #poetry #picturebook is another one of my favorite discoveries this year. It’s a tree road trip! #kidlit #bookblogger #poetrycommunity jenabenton.com/2025/04/15/n...
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NPM 2025 Day 15: LEAFY LANDMARKS
Today’s poetry picture book is one of my absolute favorite discoveries this year.
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Boulder Bookstore @boulderbookstore.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
RSVP for the party at WilliamsBBS.eventbrite.com!
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Nyasha Williams -- "Where Is Koketso?"
Nyasha Williams will speak about and sign her new book, "Where Is Koketso?," at Boulder Bookstore.
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