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Emily Barth Isler @emilybarthisler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Burbankbookfestival.com is in a few days!! October 3, Buena Vista branch library! I hope you’ll join us!!

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Emily Barth Isler @emilybarthisler.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Today marks five years since my first book, AfterMath, came out. Five years since I officially became a published author.

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Emily Barth Isler @emilybarthisler.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Hey #newyork friends! Monday, May 18, 6:00 pm. Come celebrate THREE PIECES OF BROKEN GLASS with illustrator @vesperillustration and me!! Hosted by the fantastic @booksofwonder this is a dream come true for me.

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Happy book birthday to @emilybarthisler.bsky.social and Vesper Stamper's Three Pieces of Broken Glass!

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E Train Talks Books @etraintalks.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY! Today I’m sharing a very special read aloud of THREE PIECES OF BROKEN GLASS by award-winning author @emilybarthisler.bsky.social a deeply touching and powerful story about history, family, and what we choose to hold onto. #booksky #newbook #kidlit youtu.be/7SsQxU_OA0o?...

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Storytime - THREE PIECES OF BROKEN GLASS, A Meaningful Story of Remembrance, Hope, and Light.

YouTube video by E Train Talks Books!

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Laura Segal Stegman @laurastegman.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

More #middlegrade recommendations for #ilovetoread month: @emilybarthisler.bsky.social's The Color of Sound, @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social's Hidden Truths, and my Summer of L.U.C.K. So great being together! #kidlit #BookSky #Edusky #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #amwriting #kidlitcommunity

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Emily Barth Isler @emilybarthisler.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Here’s a clip from the NOCD podcast that went live today— you can listen to it anywhere you get podcasts or watch it on YouTube youtu.be/9MzTXXyzkms — where I talk about the pervasive myth that keeps so many people from getting help for things like OCD.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Trump looking absolutely inconsolable at his fascist-themed 79th birthday party which no one turned up to other than those who had to because he's their boss.

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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

"Fortunate Son" by Creedence Clearwater Revival is a protest song that critiques the social injustice and class disparities within the Vietnam War draft system.

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Emily Barth Isler @emilybarthisler.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

I am honored and thrilled to share that I will be giving the keynote speech at the 30th annual International OCD Foundation conference this July! It means so much to me to be a part of this conference, as I've personally witnessed and experienced the triumphs and challenges of living with OCD.

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The 30th Annual OCD Conference is on July 10–13, 2025 in Chicago with Virtual attendee options! You can register at iocdf.org/ocdcon

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Hanna R. Neier @hannaneier.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Love this #kidlit list of books featuring neurodivergence!! Can personally attest to the awesomeness of @emilybarthisler.bsky.social’s THE COLOR OF SOUND! 💙📚💙📚💙

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Federico Erebia @federicoerebia.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

The Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Award MG/YA finalists! ACROSS SO MANY SEAS @ruthbehar.bsky.social THE COLOR OF SOUND @emilybarthisler.bsky.social More details: ReadYourWorld.org/awards #PADIBA #PADIBA2025 #KidlitBookNews #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #TLSky #SkyBrarians #edusky

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Emily Barth Isler @emilybarthisler.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Happy one year birthday to my second book-baby, THE COLOR OF SOUND! What a year it’s been! www.instagram.com/reel/DGzrADC...

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Emily Barth Isler @emilybarthisler.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Happy 50th @nbcsnl !! Back in another life, I had the pleasure of appearing on #SNL somewhat regularly for a few years.

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Emily Barth Isler @emilybarthisler.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

This is such an incredible honor. Thank you, @bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social and Riya!!! Young Reviewer voices are so important and appreciated as we strive to provide the books kids want and need.

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Emily Barth Isler @emilybarthisler.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, I honor all the ancestors I never met, the ones I only recently learned of, and the ones who survived & told me their stories. I share pieces of my family’s stories of survival & escape in both THE COLOR OF SOUND and in my forthcoming on THREE PIECES OF BROKEN GLASS.

A sketch from THREE PIECES OF BROKEN GLASS, a family photo of my daughter and her great-grandmother, and the following text:

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Deal Report
THREE PIECES OF BROKEN GLASS
By Emily Barth Isler, Vesper Stamper
Imprint: Abrams Children's
Author of THE COLOR OF SOUND Emily Barth Ister's THREE PIECES OF BROKEN GLASS, about a conversation between a young, Jewish girl and the great-grandmother who-through three pieces of broken glass saved trot points in her immigration from Germany to America-shares her life story. bused on Ister's family history, lllustrated by AMAZING ABE Mustrator Vesper Stamper, to Emma Ledbetter at Abrams Chideen's, for publication in spring 2026, by Emily Keyes at Keyes Agency for the author, and by Lori Kilkelly at LK Uterary Agency for the lilustrator (world).
Children's: Picture Book Fiction
January 7,

The cover of THE COLOR OF SOUND and two excerpts from the book:

On the next page— I gasp. It takes my
breath away. It's another grainy photo of Dahlia. In one hand she's holding a stringed instrument, only partly visible, mostly outside the camera frame. In her other hand she holds a bow. Was Dahlia a violinist?
Grandpa says, "This was sitting in a neighbor's basement in Munkacs for fifty years."
"In where?" I ask.
"The city where Dahlia was born.
It belonged to Hungary at the time—
went there and got this album back for us. When Dahlia’s family was taken to the concentration camps, a non-Jewish neighbor kept their most precious possessions safe for their return.”

Grandpa puts an arm around my shoulders gingerly. "Some things are too painful to share. Some memories are best left alone until we're able to tell them as the hard part of a much longer, much more beautiful story."

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