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Erin Bedell @erindaydreams.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Woah - this one felt very much like something out of The Twilight Zone! Can’t wait to see what kids think of this! Thank you @simonandschuster.bsky.social and @netgalley.bsky.social. @peterbrownstudio.com #aaronreynolds #bookposse 📚👍🏻

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Zach Wahls @zachwahls.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Since becoming a father, I’ve thought a lot about the privilege of choice. The ability to decide when, how, and with whom to start a family. That decision was ours to make, and it’s one that should belong to everyone. But for too many people in this country, it doesn’t.

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Jennifer Guyor Jowett @jenguyorjowett.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

@teachlovesbooks.bsky.social, look what's on its way to you! You're going to love this one. @erindowning.bsky.social Thanks to Scholastic for sharing with #bookposse!

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jenniferhalbur.bsky.social @jenniferhalbur.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I absolutely devoured this book. Part mystery,lots of suspense and lots of insects. 🕷️ Kids are going to love it! It’s out in the world so add it to your collection today! @jennilwalsh.bsky.social Watch your mailbox @apensfan.bsky.social #bookposse

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Jennifer Guyor Jowett @jenguyorjowett.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Woot! Woot! More amazing reading for my summer stack! Much gratitude to Craig Kofi Farmer and @macmillanlib.bsky.social for sharing with #bookposse!

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Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

We have a Book Birthday today!!🎈🎈Kat’s Greek Summer by Mima Tipper! #bookposse

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Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Wow!!! A whopper of a family story! Fantastic setting, estranged family, hidden diary entries & cousins Avery & Jax trying to figure out what happened! Thank you @erindowning.bsky.social for sharing this with #bookposse I LOVED it-but more importantly, kids will love it!! 💚💚

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Jennifer Guyor Jowett @jenguyorjowett.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

@hottsnewreads.bsky.social look what amazement is on its way to you! @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social @feiwel.bsky.social thanks so much for sharing SPARK with #bookposse!

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Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

We have a Book Birthday today!! Run & grab The Trouble With Heroes by author @katemessner.com Heartbreaking & hopeful! I loved this novel in verse!! #bookposse @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social

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jenniferhalbur.bsky.social @jenniferhalbur.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

I finished wiping my 😭 after finishing this 📕 . @erindowning.bsky.social @scholastic.bsky.social Spending a summer with estranged family members sounds awful, until it isn’t Jax and Avery search for answers to what happened that last summer. @cindyschwind1.bsky.social #bookposse you are next!

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Jennifer Guyor Jowett @jenguyorjowett.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

@careycopeland, I'm so excited to send this amazing book your way (and jealous that you get to read it for the first time)! Much thanks to @meganefreeman.bsky.social and @simonkids.bsky.social for sharing with #bookposse

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Jennifer Guyor Jowett @jenguyorjowett.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Yay! Look what made it my way today! Excited to begin this one tonight. Thanks to @zombicatures.bsky.social and @simonkids.bsky.social for sharing with #bookposse!

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Stacy Alfano @teachlovesbooks.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

You will be pulled in to this incredible new book by @karinayanglaser.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social! Two tales of Han Yu and Luli Li are told in two time periods. This book is full of tradition, family, perseverance and adventure. I learned so much! #BookPosse thanks you!!

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jenniferhalbur.bsky.social @jenniferhalbur.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

My students are always looking for more horror books. This one looks like it will fit the requests! I’ll be reading with the lights on! #bookposse @allymalinenko.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social

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Jennifer Hottinger @hottsnewreads.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

📪📚Book Mail Surprise!📚📪 Thank you so much @sbkslibrary.bsky.social ! #bookposse @sourcebooksfire.bsky.social

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jenniferhalbur.bsky.social @jenniferhalbur.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

After a long #bookposse journey, this one is home. Can’t wait to get it into the hands of kids! @abbycooper.bsky.social #astrakidsbooks

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Jennifer Guyor Jowett @jenguyorjowett.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Absolutely double the fun from my mailbox today! I am rearranging my entire book stack for these two. Thanks @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social @feiwel.bsky.social @meganefreeman.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social #bookposse

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Jodie Chapdelaine @bookladyof3.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Eekkk it is here!🥰 I am so excited to hang with Alex and the Sherlock Society. Thank you to @jamesponti.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social for a copy for #BookPosse. Excuse me while I dive in. 📖

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Jennifer Hottinger @hottsnewreads.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

📚📪Book Mail!!📪📚 So looking forward to checking these out! Thank you for sending them! ❤️ 📝All proceeds from the spooky story anthology goes to the National Park Foundation! ❤️ #bookposse @owlhollowpress.bsky.social @fleurbradley.bsky.social @sbkslibrary.bsky.social @allymalinenko.bsky.social

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Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

This one is on the move in #bookposse !! Member @bookladyof3.bsky.social is our 1st reader of the next installment in @jamesponti.bsky.social Sherlock Society Series!! This one publishes in September!! @simonkids.bsky.social

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Stan Yan - Kidlit Graphic Novelist @zombicatures.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I’m so glad it made it safely to you, Erin!

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Erin Bedell @erindaydreams.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I love that this collection of family-friendly spooky tales raises funds for National Parks! It’s headed your way @hottsnewreads.bsky.social #bookposse #booksky @allymalinenko.bsky.social @fleurbradley.bsky.social @darcymarks.bsky.social @kimventrella.bsky.social

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Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

We have a Book Birthday!! All The Noise At Once by @deandrawrites.bsky.social is out today!! #bookposse @simonteen.bsky.social

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Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

We have a Book Birthday!! Author Jamie Sumner has a new one out today!! @simonkids.bsky.social #bookposse

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Melissa Thom @msthombookitis.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

So excited for my #bookmail!! “What Happened Then” by @erindowning.bsky.social will be at the top of a very large spring break #TBR list! 🎉🎉👏🏻💓🌺 #TLSkyChat #scholastic #bookposse #joyfulreading

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jenniferhalbur.bsky.social @jenniferhalbur.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

@hottsnewreads.bsky.social #bookposse this one is heading to you! You’ll love Ben and his goal to win the Nat’l Spelling Bee, but also feel for him as his Nan’s forgetfulness becomes an issue. So many students will relate! @finneganbegin.bsky.social #AthenuemBooks @simonkids.bsky.social

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Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Happy Book Birthday to Rebellion 1776 by @halseanderson.bsky.social 🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈 @simonkids.bsky.social #bookposse

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Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Our first #bookposse reader for this cross country road trip story by Pablo Cartaya is Destiny Lawyer! This publishes in May!!🚙

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Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Happy Book Birthday to The Beat I Drum by Dusti Bowling!!🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁 @unionsquarekids.bsky.social #bookposse

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Jennifer Guyor Jowett @jenguyorjowett.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Excited to start reading Keepers of the Marsh by @maurajortner.bsky.social Thanks to Holiday House books for sharing with #bookposse

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Jennifer Hottinger @hottsnewreads.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

🌷📪📚Spring Beak and Book Mail! Yay!! Thank you for sharing with #bookposse!! @lorienlawrence.bsky.social @ABRAMSbooks.bsky.social

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Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Loved this one by @maurajortner.bsky.social Fascinating lore! Girl powered adventure! Page turning mystery! Get ready @jenguyorjowett.bsky.social Lana & Gracie are headed your way! #bookposse @holidayhouse.bsky.social

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Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

We have a Book Birthday!! Octopus Moon by Bobbie Pyron publishes today!! 🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈Happy Book Birthday!!!! @nancyrosep.bsky.social #bookposse

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jenniferhalbur.bsky.social @jenniferhalbur.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

This sweet coming of age story is headed to you @apensfan.bsky.social #bookposse. Kat is in Greece for the summer and feels like she doesn’t fit in, and then she meets a boy who changes her opinions. I know MG Ss will enjoy this one! @meemtip @Gosparkpress @booksforwardpr

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jenniferhalbur.bsky.social @jenniferhalbur.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Historical Fiction is my favorite! ❤️ Can’t wait to read this one! #bookposse @halseanderson.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social

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Erin Bedell @erindaydreams.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I’ve been looking forward to this one by Erin Stewart , thank you for sending this well-loved copy my way, #bookposse! Can’t wait to get to know Zoey. Out now! @simonkids.bsky.social #mglit #booksky

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Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

What a fantastic read! So relevant & to think the manuscript was turned in before the California wildfires! An empathy building NIV about a community needing to evacuate due to wild fires- and then returning to rebuild their lives. Thank you @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social for sharing with #bookposse

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Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Happy Book Birthday to The Many Hauntings of the Manning Family by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social 🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁 #bookposse

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Erin Bedell @erindaydreams.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

The 2026 KID NOMINATED #CCBA picture book list is out! I ❤️ to see the books kids actually love. There are 4 here that I hadn't even heard of! Colorado Children's Book Award @christymandin.bsky.social @omarabedwrites.bsky.social @metahatem.bsky.social @xinmakesbooks.bsky.social #bookposse #booksky

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Jennifer Hottinger @hottsnewreads.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Looking forward to reading Sage’s story! Thank you for sharing with #bookposse! @SydneyDunlap16 @JollyFishPress

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Carie Hayworth @apensfan.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I think I will be using the word clodpoll from now on! Thank you @finneganbegin.bsky.social for sharing this gem with #BookPosse. So much more than spelling, it’s about finding yourself and your people. @jenniferhalbur.bsky.social on its way to you! #AntheneumBooks @simonandschuster.bsky.social

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Jennifer Guyor Jowett @jenguyorjowett.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

@candicegodfrey.bsky.social this mythical, timely adventure is on its way to you next! Thank you to @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social for sharing with #bookposse

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Carie Hayworth @apensfan.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Up next on the front porch by @cmcornwell.bsky.social. Read the back cover blurb to my Ss before spring break and they can’t wait for my book talk! #DelacortePress #BookPosse

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Erin Bedell @erindaydreams.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Nothing brings me more #bookjoy than the #CCBA nomination announcement! THESE books were all chosen BY KIDS to win the 2026 Colorado Children's Book Award! 🔥 🔥🔥 #mglit #booksky #tlsky 📚👍 #bookposse #skybrarians @fleurbradley.bsky.social @jarrett-lerner.bsky.social

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jenniferhalbur.bsky.social @jenniferhalbur.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Rick and his mom have to leave LA for the summer to help his Grandpa. He hates missing his ⚾️ season. When he finds a team that needs a pitcher, can he fill in? Is the summer about more than baseball? @mrsbabich.bsky.social #bookposse you’re about to find out! @wakatb.bsky.social @Quilltreebook

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jenniferhalbur.bsky.social @jenniferhalbur.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I’m spending time with my granddaughters, and they were so excited to read about Chloe Zoe! Again was repeated several times. The youngest was so proud to have her photo taken with it! Thanks @superjane.bsky.social @albertwhitman.bsky.social It’s headed to you @apensfan.bsky.social #bookposse

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