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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What I’m reading: All-Negro Comics: America’s First Black Comic Book With original content from 1947, and additional essays and comics from the present day. Very cool history. #comics #graphicnovel

Front cover of
All-Negro Comics: America’s First Black Comic Book

Back cover of
All-Negro Comics: America’s First Black Comic Book

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

BTW, the comic I did with my husband has a new home since Tapas is closing down. We're also working on a S2. Please also consider this my 300+ page demo that I can draw a #GN where the characters aren't all kids (sometimes they behave like kids though) 😅

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just finished: The Gates - John Connolly A lighthearted romp through hell and back, with excellent horror, sci-fi, and unforgettable characters. Would give to 13yo to read next but it’s overdue at the library, so we’ll check it out again soon. @jconnollybooks.bsky.social #books

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What we’re reading: 13th Street- Battle of the Bad-Breath Bats 🦇 The Fire-Breathing Ferret Fiasco Clash of the Cackling Cougars The Shocking Shark Showdown Tussle with the Tooting Tarantulas Fight with the Freeze-Ray Fowls by @davidbowles.us, Shane Clester #kidlit #chapterbooks #bats

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Succulents, spiders plant flowers, and antique bottle formerly used to take water samples from the Farallon Islands.

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 18/09/2026

New #WriterBeware blog post: One writer sued their scammer...and won. The case provides a revealing window into the techniques scammers use to bleed their victims dry, and how they hide behind webs of corrupt businesses and forests of fake names, writerbeware.blog/2026/09/18/l...

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Love v. Wiley Book Writers: A Publishing Scam Gets a Rare Comeuppance - Writer Beware

Raymond Love just wanted to publish his children’s book with a trustworthy self-publishing company. Instead, he found a scam that took his money and delivered nothing of value. For most authors in thi...

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026

ok I had to force down a tear with this one reskeeting with alt text

Image of a page in a book with text reading as follows

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO:

Dr. John Sharpe of London, who in 1957. a decade before physicians in England could legally perform an abortion for any reason other than the health of the woman, took the considerable risk of referring for an abortion a twenty-two-year-old American on her way to India.

Knowing only that she had broken an engagement at home to seek an unknown fate, he said, "You must promise me two things. First, you will not tell anyone my name. Second, you will do what you want to do with your life."

Dear Dr. Sharpe, I believe you, who knew the law was unjust, would not mind if I say this so long after your death:

I've done the best I could with my life.

This book is for you.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 02/09/2026

Ten years ago today, CPSC shared its first safety meme. What started as a single baby floating in a force field in outer space has become a universe with dozens of safety characters spanning hundreds of safety graphics sharing thousands of safety messages.

All of CPSC's social media characters gathered around a giant number 10 floating in outer space. The text reads: Happy 10 years of safety memes to all our followers and friends! Tomorrow, we care for one another all over again!

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Please be vocal about not using AI. We have to normalize it. No "I'm not going to say that because it should be assumed. I'm not going to give them this". We don't have time for that shit ideological shit right now. NOW is the time to capitalize on waning favorability. Ppl want human made

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

What we’re reading: The Tenth Good Thing About Barney - Judith Viorst, Erik Blegvad #cats #grief #kidlit #picturebooks

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Uh-oh, @merriam-webster.com, you might want to check your printer alignment. I was looking up words related to “obsequious” in my trusty 1989 thesaurus, but unfortunately the margins are cut close on pages 391-394. I hope this is an isolated error and you don’t need a recall. #books #thesaurus

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

What we’re reading: But Art is Awful! - Cassi McCreight, Xindi Yan Lots of fun, based on a million true stories. #picturebooks #kidlit #museums #art

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

What we’re reading: Bea Wolf - Zach Weinersmith, Boulet Epic adventures and battles, very cute @smbccomics.bsky.social @bouletcorp.bsky.social #books #kidlit #graphicnovels #beowulf

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 31/07/2026

Happy Friday everyone, as promised, here is my personal theory on this. I think Redwall takes place in our world, after an apocalyptic event of the nuclear variety caused rapid but varied growth of all animals, including humans, leading to our extinction and their mental development. Okay? 🧵

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Mary Peltola @marypeltola.com · 30/07/2026

🚨 Attention Alaska artists: Call for Artist grant applications are due in 1 week! Any medium, any style – I can't wait to see how you capture the beauty of Alaska. For details & event guidelines, visit marypeltola.com/call-for-artists

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

What we’re reading: All the books! The kids finished their challenges weeks ago. My wife picked up her book today. I just logged my reading and will go pick up my prizes soon. #books #summerreading #libraries

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

What we’re reading: Hist Whist and Other Poems for Children - E.E. Cummings, David Calsada #kidlit #poetry #picturebooks

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 21/07/2026

I'm starting a collaborative book blog! If you're an educator, librarian, or bookseller with a @leaflet.pub acct (free acct is fine) who is interested, pls read this post & let me know if you're interested.

books.leaflet.pub

Seeking educators, librarians, booksellers to contribute to this blog

Please help me experiment with a book blog built on AT Protocol?

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

What I’m reading: The Matron Number 1 - creepy and dark, enticing story and backstory, looking forward to reading more. David Bowles Drew Edwards Monica Gallagher Harry Saxon @davidbowles.us #comics #graphicnovel

The Matron Number 1 -
David Bowles
Drew Edwards
Monica Gallagher
Harry Saxon

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

What I’m reading: Omniboz - Tales from the land of Oz - edited by @jendiagammon.bsky.social & @erniechiara.com I read the first 16 Oz books with the kids in the last year, Looking forward to checking out these new takes, that I hear are not for kids. #books #notkidlit #wizardofoz

Omniboz - Tales from the land of Oz - edited by Jendia Gammon & Ernie Chiara
The Wizard of Oz
The Road to Oz
The Lost Princess of Oz
The Cowardly Lion of Oz
The Land of Oz
Ozma of Oz

Omniboz - Tales from the land of Oz - edited by Jendia Gammon & Ernie Chiara

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

What we’re reading: Ride or Die - Delilah S. Dawson A feel-good teen friendship story wrapped in a ghost story, wrapped in a zombie gore horror amusement park slasher, with a dash of reptile science to keep it grounded. Oh, and 90s nostalgia. #kidlit #horror #books @delilahsdawson.bsky.social

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

What we’re reading: Heroes Need Help The Library Kitty - Jaxon & Maria Powell, Jason Greco #kidlit #books #libraries #cancer #chemo Great messages for all from @mrspowellsbooks.bsky.social

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

What we’re reading: I Am / Yo Soy - Chiffon Lark, translated by Eri Sawairi #kidlit #picturebooks #nativevoices #indiginousbooks www.chiffonlark.com dismantlediscovery.org

I Am / Yo Soy - Chiffon Lark, translated by Eri Sawairi
https://dismantlediscovery.org

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Heidi EY Stemple @heidieys.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Friends, here is the official announcement of the memorial for my mom. This is a public memorial and all are invited. The Museum will open at noon so we will invite everyone to stay and gather in community, see art, and just enjoy the day. Doors will open at 9:30am.

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

What we’re reading: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Scary Stories 3 Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell, Brett Helquist #kidlit #scarystories #ghosts

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Scary Stories 3
Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell, Brett Helquist

The first story and illustration (a boy holding a hoe, crouching down to admire a big toe in the garden), The Big Toe, comes out swinging and hits you, no time to settle in and get comfortable.

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Picked up at the library: Batgirl Vol 1 - Gail Simone, Ardian Syaf, Vincente Cifuentes. All around great book, art, story. With comics of this quality, @gailsimone.bsky.social is fully qualified to trash talk anyone & anything. Looking forward to reading more. #comics #graphicnovels #batgirl

Batgirl Volume 1, Gail Simone, Ardian Syaf, Vincente Cifuentes.

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Just finished: Anxietyland - Gemma Correll All the blurbs on the back sum it up very nicely. @gemmacorrell.bsky.social #graphicnovels #comics #anxiety #mentalhealth

PRAISE FOR ANXIETYLAND
"Gemma Correll's Anxietyland is a deeply felt and surprisingly funny book about what it's like to live with the feeling that disaster not just could but probably will happen at any second.
Inhabitants of Anxietyland will relate, and so will everyone else. A great book!"
-ROZ CHAST, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
"Anxietyland showcases Gemma Correll's tremendous gifts."
-FELICIA DAY, New York Times bestselling author of You're Never
Weird on the Internet (Almost)
"Everyone in my life needs this tender, heart-filled book."
-CHRISTIE TATE, New York Times bestselling author of Group
"Get Gemma's work in your life as a mood stabilizer!"
-MARIA BAMFORD, New York Times bestselling author of Sure, I'll Join Your Cult
"A wise, comforting read!"
-MEG JOSEPHSON, New York Times bestselling author of Are You Mad at Me?
"Equal parts hysterical, heartbreaking, and hopeful. A beautifully illustrated example of the power of sharing authentic stories of mental health."
-JENNY LAWSON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Furiously Happy
"Gemma sweeps playfulness and humor into the darkest and most anxious of corners. I loved this book.!"
-CRAIG THOMPSON, Eisner Award-winning author and illustrator of Blankets and Habibi
"It made me feel good because it's funny, of course, but more importantly I felt less alone from page one, nay, from the cover. It's as valuable as months of talk therapy."
-GARY GULMAN, author of Misfit
"I have a vacation home in Anxietyland, and Gemma Correll perfectly captures the hunted animal feeling of being a depressed, anxious babe in a way that is so vulnerable and funny and good. This book is honest, doesn't feel like corny self-help, and is relatable in a way that makes you feel seen, not like a freak."
-SAMANTHA IRBY, New York Times bestselling author of Quietly Hostile and We Are Never Meeting in Real Life

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

What I’m reading, two books illustrated by the amazing Victoria Chess: Slugs, by David Greenberg, that I’ve had since I was a kid, too weird to not keep Ghosts! Ghostly Tales From Folklore, by Alvin Schwartz, that just arrived today #kidlit #picturebooks #slugs #ghosts #creepy

Two books illustrated by the amazing Victoria Chess:
Slugs, by David Greenberg
Ghosts! Ghostly Tales From Folklore, by Alvin Schwartz

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

What we’re reading: Stuntboy In the MeanTime In-Between Time Jason Reynolds, Raúl the Third, Elaine Bay Full of laugh-out-loud antics, quotable quotes, super awesome pictures, & lots of stunts. @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social @raulthethird.bsky.social #kidlit #graphicnovels #comics #superheros

Stuntboy In the MeanTime
Stuntboy In-Between Time
Jason Reynolds, Raúl the Third, Elaine Bay

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Boston friends! Catch @raulthethird.bsky.social at the BPL next week (but don’t bring your free Slurpee into the library).

Boston Reads Comics
This year’s read is
The Snips
Meet the author
Raul the Third
And create comics
July 11, 1-4pm
Boston Public Library Copley Square
700 Boylston St., Boston, MA
Free with registration

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Just finished, adding to my reread list: Everything Sad is Untrue (a true story) - Khosrou Daniel Nayeri If you haven’t read it, go read it. It’s powerful, intense, sad, funny, personal, poignant, brutal, full of history and mythology, insight, food, a lot to chew on. Highly recommend. #books

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

What we’re reading: No More Gnomes - Beth Mills Then I almost brought one of these gnomes home today, maybe to repaint, maybe to retrain, but thought better of it. #kidlit #picturebooks #gnomes

Creepy gnome from
No More Gnomes - Beth Mills

Faded garden gnomes at the dump recycle store

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

What 13yo is reading: The City of Ember The People of Sparks The Prophet of Yonwood The Diamond of Darkhold Jeanne DuPrau #books #kidlit #YA

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

What I’m reading: Mari Naomi’s Life on Earth Losing the Girl Gravity’s Pull Distant Stars A real & surreal journey through lives of teens, social and life struggles, & a strange alien twist. Well worth a read. Thought I’d give to 13yo but might wait a bit. @marinaomiart #books #YA #graphicnovel

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

What we’re reading, and everyone should also: Others: A story for all of us - Kobi Yamada, Charles Santoso @charlessantoso.bsky.social #kidlit #picturebooks #books

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#KidlitZombieWeek @kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

The hour of reckoning is at the door! Grab your story and your badge, and be sure to follow each of our #KidlitZombieWeek hosts and guest bloggers for all of this week's manuscript-raising fun. sites.google.com/view/kidlit-... #WriterSky #KidLit #WritingCommunity #KidLitArt

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#KidlitZombieWeek @kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

#KidlitZombieWeek Day 1! Check it out here: writerreaderteacher.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/g... Then come back & comment on this post with the one question that the blank page asks that feels most helpful. #WriterSky #KidLit #WritingCommunity #KidLitArt

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

What we’re reading: Drawn Onward - Daniel Nayeri, Matt Rockefeller #kidlit #picturebooks #palindrome #books

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

What we’re reading: When the library has a kids/teens book sale just in time for summer reading. This will keep them busy for at least a couple of weeks, and there are more than a few that I’m planning to read before we move them along. #books #kidlit

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

What we’re reading: Webster’s Rhyming Dictionary Something expeditionary More than 40,000 rhymes Something something times I’m really getting the hang of it Anybody want a peanut? @merriamwebster6.bsky.social #books #dictionaries #rhyme

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Just finished this powerful and heartbreaking book, Rosalie Lightning by Tom Hart. Beautiful and intense, the images capture the breadth and complexity of grief, including the humor and weirdness. #books #graphicnovel #grief

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

What we’re reading: The Escape Artist - Thor Hanson, Galia Bernstein #kidlit #books #picturebooks #octopus

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Abraham Schroeder 🎩🦇 @thegentlemanbat.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

What we’re reading: The Unicorn Rescue Society The Creature of the Pines, The Basque Dragon Adam Gidwitz, Hatem Aly, Jesse Casey I read the series with older kiddo, now introducing to younger one. They’re a wild ride for sure. @adamgidwitz.bsky.social @metahatem.bsky.social #kidlit #books

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