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Steph Lau (she/her) @stephlaubooks.com · 09/10/2026

Finally getting to posting my launch party pics, haha. Thanks everyone who came out to celebrate MEDUSA'S PET ROCK at Mrs. Dalloways last month! There were pet rock cookies, silly rock-themed prizes, and I even managed to finish my presentation without blanking out.

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Our kittens new favorite toy is…. wait for it….. a toilet bowl scrub brush Scrub brush and bath mats all over the bathroom all day everyday

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Every little rock butt drawing makes me laugh!

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Steph Lau (she/her) @stephlaubooks.com · 05/10/2026

3rd positive trade review for Medusa's Pet Rock! This book has been out for just under 2 weeks now. Hoping it finds its way to snake-loving, Greek mythology-loving kids who are into dark humor and friendship stories :) www.stephlaubooks.com/medusa

"A delightfully unusual school story that turns expectations on its head. A first purchase." - School Library Journal

Cover for Medusa's Pet Rock by Steph Lau
A Lumpy the pet rock says "This book is out now!"

school library journal and HarperCollins logos + link for www.stephlaubooks.com/medusa

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A special one-of-a-kind picture book from Jillian Tamaki and a special, one-of-kind young kitty taking a nap.

A yellow picture book with a gray cat on the cover called “young cat, old cat” by Jillian Tamaki sits on a table with a pink rose cross-stitched table cloth.

A young cat napping on a table and looking at the camera.

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It is the start of Banned Books Week and as such it's an EXCELLLLENT moment to donate to @authorsabb.bsky.social. We are laser focused on tbe single issue of fighting book bans. It's hard work, and we've done it with all volunteers for about 3 years-- and now we finally have a program manager.

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Oh I love this one! Beautiful, fun, and strange but in the best way.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"It's mind-boggling" is actually fully delusional.

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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 24/09/2026

lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

chat is this good www.axios.com/newsletters/...

1 big thing: Ø Link economy breaks
Total U.S. web traffic for top news sites
Visits to approximately 100 top sites;

Traffic to news sites is plummeting in the
U.S. as tech giants steer people away from search and toward AI.

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Newly unsealed comments reveal that Open AI/ Microsoft executives knew they were illegally training their products on copyrighted books and that AI-generated books would likely displace human-authored books in the market buff.ly/3rV3sGf

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I first heard it this summer because the us mens national team was obsessed with it during the World Cup.

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I just opened up an older file for a manuscript synopsis and all that’s in the document is an all-caps single sentence, NEED TO WRITE. Past me not doing any favors for myself!

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’m so excited for your Medusa book!! Hope it’s an amazing launch week!

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wrote a draft of a horror picture book that I’m really excited about, and revised a manuscript after some editor feedback. And also have a senior in HS , so all the parenting and attending sports things in between! #kidlit

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 18/09/2026

After my PreK assembly just now, the librarian had kids come sit with me for a photo. Tiny girl next to me: So…are we coming with you after this? Me: Coming with me where? Girl: To climb Mount Everest. Me: Oh! I think we’re just reading stories for now. Girl: (nods) Maybe when we’re teenagers.

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Oh my heart. Kids are the best.

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you can find an older edition from the 80s w smaller trim size over newer edition that would be my recommendation!

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Writing a voice-y horror picture book which is a complete 180 from the last manuscript I wrote which was about it everyone coming together. Writing is a hoot. #kidlitwriter

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Love Eliza’s work and cannot wait for this!!! So good. I will put it next to my 80s edition of Timothy Goes to School, my fav book of finding a friend but also decidedly not making friends w others.

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The Librarians Film @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We’re so honored to win an Emmy! It’s a win for the entire Freedom to Read movement and we hope our librarians' stories continue to inspire audiences nationwide to turn their library love into library action. Find tools & resources to join us in speaking up for our books at TheLibrariansFilm.com

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Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: 78th Emmy Awards

YouTube video by Television Academy

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In 2023, I nearly died when an ectopic pregnancy burst, taking out a corner of my uterus and one ovary with it. I bled 2 liters out internally, and the whole time kept asking am I dying because it FELT like I was dying bc I WAS. It was excruciatingly painful. That's how these people are dying.

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Sorry I can’t go to work, I have to listen to Kate Bush’s full Hounds of Love album while I drink my tea.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 07/09/2026

Jesus Christ: after a recent ruling by the Eighth Circuit that allowed Act 372 to take effect, an Arkansas county has banned all children from checking out any books in the adult section, bringing home any DVDs, or using the self-checkout kiosk in its public libraries.

More recently in Craighead County — symbolically, at least, Ground Zero for the state’s attack on libraries, thanks to Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Jonesboro) — the library announced several changes to circulation as it relates to minors. In a Facebook post, the library listed a number of changes to library policies, including:

Minors are prohibited from using the self-checkout kiosks;
Children under 13 years old may only check out materials from the designated children’s collection, while minors age 13-17 can only check out from the children or teen sections;
Minors may not check out DVDs at all; and
Minors are prohibited from entering or purchasing anything from the Friends of the Library Bookstore.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie

Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

When you are not southern, but your parents are:

Dialect map showing high similarities in Florida and California.

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Ohmygod, RFK jr. and HHS is promoting an ai slop picture book “the magic tablet” on the dangers of screen time and it is so terribly bad on so many levels. A cursed book, a cursed time. #kidlit www.hhs.gov/surgeongener...

Screenshot from hhs.gov with downloadable resource for parents: the magic tablet, a picture book created with ai slop artwork of a little girl with black hair and pink hair clips and her little brother with curly light hair. Both are delighted with their hand drawn tablet.

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Had a great time at Coyote vs Acme! Funny and big-hearted, and so impressed with the live action and animation mash-up. Go see it!

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Coyote vs Acme is a gem of a movie. It’s funny, surprisingly touching and treats the Looney Tunes characters with love and respect. The story of corporate greed willing to put profits over harm to individuals seems to resonate more now than in 2022 when it was made. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️out of ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Every year, even though I am over a thousand miles away, I think: I could be at the Minnesota State Fair right now.

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I don't think any movie shaped my sense of humor as much as Clue. Did I see it too early? Probably. Did I watch it 1,000,000 times? You bet your ass I did. Was Tim Curry perfect in it? Of course he fucking was.

A young Tim curry, holding a silver tray of murder weapons

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Best formative movie! He was incredible.

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

have we all made our donations to Dolly's Imagination Library yet? 👀 pony up (what you can) for the queen, and for child literacy. donate.imaginationlibrary.com

donate.imaginationlibrary.com

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Make a donation and support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in communities around the world and help put more books into the hands of more children.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

In honor of Dolly and her commitment to getting books to kids, tell me about a book you read as a child that changed your life. I’ll start: so many, but tonight maybe I’ll say A WRINKLE IN TIME, a book that taught me anger wasn’t wrong.

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I was raising my kids when Jenny McCarthy first started being super vocal about vaccines and i asked my pediatrician about it and vaccination schedules, and then I did what my pediatrician recommended because she was the medical expert and we followed the standard established immunization schedule.

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Have you ever bought little art prints, and then squirreled them away, and then finally bought frames, and then you absolutely cannot find where you put the art prints?? Just me??

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

This is just one part of the physician workforce shortage, but surprise surprise, OB-GYNs aren’t going to want to practice in states that want to criminalize the provision of reproductive health care even in medical emergencies.

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

James Bond: you think I haven’t faced death before? Supervillain: oh, I don’t expect you to die, Mr. Bond. I expect you to suffer. *opens travel funding reimbursement software I think you will find your motorboat rental and casino reservations especially complex James Bond: no. no. pls kill me

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Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне @barsukov.com · 17/08/2026

AI RANT Following the cancellation of three major debut book deals over AI suspicions, I decided to put my own (needless to say, 100% human-written) prose to the test. My detector of choice was Originality AI, and the results proved to be jarring, to say the least. 🧵1/5

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I’ve had the first dungeon crawler book for like a year and am finally reading it and it is fun!

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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 15/08/2026

“You wouldn't try to ban books if you didn't think reading was important.” —Dr. Emily Knox Dr. Knox’s Book Banning in 21st Century America, and Foundations of Intellectual Freedom, are both essential reads for every librarian. www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

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'It's a crisis': The fight in the US over book bans

In Lauren Groff’s bookshop, banned books take centre stage. Anyone who walks through the front door of The Lynx sees the large dark-green shelf straight ahead with "Banned Books" written above it in b...

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The White Sox had a Fourth Wing night?? Right after Pope Game Day? Wait, there are Fourth Wing nights all season across Major League Baseball???? www.mlb.com/tickets/four...

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Fourth Wing Theme Nights | MLB.com

The Official Site of Major League Baseball

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Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

There is also, “this is not my hat” by Jon Klassen for an unreliable narrator and fish! And I haven’t read it yet, but excited to read “Whale, that was Unexpected” by Casey Lyall and Kathryn Durst And for a new mostly non-fish book: “The Wise Pickle” by Sarah Howden and Sabina Hahn

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