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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This Saturday I'll be at the Kids Lit Book Fair at the Maine Book Fest! www.mainewriters.org... @mainewriters.bsky.social #kidlit #booksky #dinosaurs

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

See you Sunday in Holliston, MA! Details at www.communitybooknoo... #kidlit #booksky #skybrarian #edusky #dollyparton

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Can't wait to see you on Saturday, Chappaqua! Book Fest Art by Jay Cooper Books #kidlit #booksky #skybrarian #edusky Renee Kurilla @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This Saturday find me at the Children's Writers of the Hudson Valley Writers Conference! #kidlit #booksky #amwriting

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I *LOVE* being surrounded by the #kindness of friends in @publisherswkly.bsky.social! Congrats to pals @andreaywang.bsky.social @maryecronin.bsky.social on their upcoming books in springs ahead! #kidlit #booksky

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

HUGE NEWS! MY PET FEET is getting a spin-off! Announcing MY PET RAPTOR by me and Billy Yong - out in spring 2028!

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Announcing ... the DINO DOOR Activity Kit! Available to download and print at joshfunkbooks.com/st.... THE DINO DOOR by Renee Kurilla and me is available now! #kidlit #booksky #edusky #skybrarian Simon Kids @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

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PB Spree @pbspree.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

And for our final installment of #stockyourshelves @hellonathanc.bsky.social shares his picks! CAN I BE YOUR DOG? Troy Cummings DEAR DRAGON @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social and Rodolfo Montalvo WHEN THE WITCH WROTE BACK by Nathan Christopher and Pablo Pino

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Kate M (they/she) @katemontgomery.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This benefit auction closes TODAY. The “ask a medievalist” consult I donated — which went for >$200 for @romancingthevote.com — is hovering just under $70! Did you miss your chance for RTV? Come bid on an hour of my time now and help support @celestepewter.bsky.social !!

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1-Hour Consultation with a Medievalist

Auction item '1-Hour Consultation with a Medievalist' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Credit to @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social / @publisherswkly.bsky.social for listening. Thank you. Much appreciated by all of us creators! You’re a real one.

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Feel free to email childrensbooks@publishersweekly.com with your own feedback. Here's mine. #kidlit #booksky

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Why, PW Children's Bookshelf? Without the book announcements, more than half the email was advertisements.

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Happy #BookBirthday to A PLACE TO DANCE by @ericrosswood.bsky.social, @richardlamberty.bsky.social, and Vincent Chen! If you’re free on Saturday morning in the Boston-area, don’t miss Eric and Lee Le Putian at All She Wrote Books in Somerville at 10am for a #DragStorytime! #kidlit #booksky

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Next *next* weekend on Saturday, August 8th I'll be taking part in the Dark Summer Book Fest at the Framingham, MA Public Library! Bwahahahahaha! #kidlit #booksky #skybrarian #picturebooks #darksummerbookfest #framinghampubliclibrary

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Check it out! THE DINO DOOR is on the cover of The Cambridge Chronicle!⁠ ⁠ Thanks to Tildy and Belmont Books for having it on their #StaffPicks display and Audrey Beth Stein for notifying me and sharing the photo).⁠ ⁠ #kidlit #booksky #hotsummerreads #indibookstores⁠

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Abi Cushman @abicushman.com · 22/06/2026

Come join us! I'll be with superstar author @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social at Barrington Books in Rhode Island on Sunday at 11am. We'll do a double storytime featuring THE DINO DOOR and THE QUIET OCEAN, and then I'll show everyone how to draw some sea creatures. www.barringtonbooks.com/events?contr...

Barrington Books presents Storytime & Draw Along Illustration Demo with Josh Funk and Abi Cushman. And the Kick Off to our 40th Birthday Summer Reading Program. Sunday, June 28, 11am.

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Big news! Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast *WILL* have more adventures - in #chapterbook form! (We’re gonna “milk” this series for all it’s worth!) #kidlit #booksky #edusky #skybrarian

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This Saturday! I’ll be at the only library in the country named after an “Ethelbert”! See you there, Sullivan County Youth Book Festival! #kidlit #booksky #skybrarian #edusky #bookfest

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

How to draw a scene from The Dino Door in 20 seconds with @reneekurilla.bsky.social at Ten Trees Books, Matick, MA. #kidlit #BOOKSKY #geisel #dinosaurs #skybrarian #edusky

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Hey! Our book was (sort of) featured in the @nytimes.com: A CELEBRATION OF YOU by kip alizadeh & me is pictured in an article about the Iowa City Public Library and how they develop their collection - a very cool read by Thalassa Raasch and Adeel Hassan! #booksky #kidlit #skybrarian

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

This Saturday morning, join me and Renee Kurilla at Ten Trees Books in Natick, MA (in their new location!) for the final stop on our DINO DOOR May tour! There will be life-size cardboard dinosaur cut-outs!⁠ #kidlit #booksky #dinosky

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

How cool is this? As THE DINO DOOR is the #1 Kids' Indie Next List Pick, Renee Kurilla & I were interviewed by the @americanbookseller.bsky.social to talk about it!⁠ ⁠ Full interview at www.bookweb.org/news...⁠ ⁠ #kidlit #bookstagram #dinosaur #shopsmall

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Hey, all! Join me and @reneekurilla.bsky.social on Saturday morning at @bookendswinchester.bsky.social for a storytime and photo ops with the REAL dinosaurs from THE DINO DOOR! #kidlit #booksky #dinosaurs @simonkids.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

23. Couldn’t have gotten here without so many other amazing creators: 🌸 Renée Kurilla 🦋 Kip Alizadeh 🥞 Brendan Kearney 🎢 Sara Palacios 🦁 Stevie Lewis 🦶 Billy Yong 🐉 Rodolfo Montalvo 🦄 Charles Santoso 🫘 Edwardian Taylor 🚀 Ester Garay 🧸 Jessica Gibson 🏴‍☠️ Michael Slack #kidlit #booksky

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

What do I love about independent bookstores? The people. From @reneekurilla.bsky.social & my interview with @americanbookseller.bsky.social for our #1 Kids' Indie Next Pick for May/June, THE DINO DOOR. #kidlit #booksky @simonkids.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

A message for the ambassador. The last thing I plan to share on the subject. Your move. #crudgate #kidlit #booksky #edusky #skybrarian

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Tomorrow afternoon at the The Substation with @rozzieboundbooks.bsky.social! Can’t wait to hang out and read! #kidlit #booksky #dinosaurs

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Authors and illustrators have been whispering about this for years. Only now do we feel like we can speak up because their leader has shown his true colors. But here’s who needs really needs to know this: 1. Educators 2. Booksellers 3. Acquiring Editors

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Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic @grubreport.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

100% I stopped reading certain white, male, kidlit royalty authors when it became VERY clear they had their noses firmly up each others' butts and weren't interested in ever removing them. Also, writing the same board book four not-really-that-different ways? Lazy, entitled, and still celebrated.

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

If you stop reading books by the few bad folks, you won’t miss a thing. There are more than enough great books by good people to fill your TBR. (and if you want to know which ones to avoid, they’re all repped by the same agent, who clearly advises his clients to be shut up and hope people forget)

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Melissa @melissagayle.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

maybe what Mac Barnett should consider reading is the room

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Kip, I already loved you. But I love you even more for saying what we’re all thinking.

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Book launch this Saturday at @anunlikelystory.bsky.social! I’ll be there! @reneekurilla.bsky.social will be there! Special guest @stregamamastories.bsky.social will be there! Open to all - humans and dinosaurs alike! #kidlit #booksky #dinosaurs #shopsmall #indiebookstore #edusky #skybrarian

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Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

My thoughts after another day. I’ve never liked the power of the picture book platform. I think it gets it all wrong. #beanambassador #kidlit #booksky #edusky #skybrarian

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