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Walden Pond Press @waldenpondpress.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

John David Anderson's latest novel DIVE is a fantastic book for classroom reading this fall! And don't miss our free Educator's Guide available for download, written by Nicole Levesque. static1.squarespace.com/static/65e96... @harperkids.bsky.social

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Gina @grgenius.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Maybe one day, we can all be our true authentic selves without shame or repercussions... but the only way to get there is one person at a time. DIVE by John David Anderson - @waldenpondpress.bsky.social AVAILABLE NOW! insatiablereaders.blogspot.com/2025/08/wald...

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Walden Pond Press presents... DIVE by John David Anderson - REVIEW!

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Walden Pond Press @waldenpondpress.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

From the beloved author of POSTED comes a powerful, poignant, and unexpected coming-of-age story about the rules in life that box us in—and the determination it takes to break out. 🤿 Wishing the happiest book birthday to John David Anderson and DIVE! www.harpercollins.com/products/div...

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cognitive dissonance is a helluva drug @hnysuklchocolat.blacksky.app · 20/07/2025

FYI parents, especially the woo woo folks, she has an amazing book called root magic that kiddo absolutely loved (NGL, i loved reading it with kiddo, too)

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Dawn ☀️ 🏳️‍🌈 @sunshine183.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

“Not Quite A Ghost” by Anne Ursu was wonderful. Great homage to “The Yellow Wallpaper” short story. Great representation, deals with invisible illnesses and the reliability of the narrator.

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Walden Pond Press @waldenpondpress.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Thank you to @ala-booklist.bsky.social for the 🌟starred🌟 review! DIVE, the latest novel from beloved middle grade author John David Anderson, is on sale in August. harperstacks.com/products/dive #johndavidanderson #middlegradebooks @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social

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Walden Pond Press @waldenpondpress.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

The Creepening of Dogwood House has won a Bram Stoker Award! Congratulations to @edenroyce.bsky.social for this well-deserved honor, the “premiere recognition for writers of horror and dark fantasy.” www.harpercollins.com/products/the... @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social

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Walden Pond Press @waldenpondpress.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

We're thrilled to see that @bankstreet.edu included NOT QUITE A GHOST as one of the Best Children's Books of the Year! Congratulations to @anneursu.bsky.social and all the authors on this amazing list. educate.bankstreet.edu/cgi/viewcont... @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social

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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE is getting a paperback from @waldenpondpress.bsky.social coming in early fall, just in time for creepy season! There's also an Educator's Guide to help teach kids the themes of the book. Pre-order: www.harpercollins.com/products/the... #booksky 📚 #skybrarians

A page from THE CREEPENING of DOGWOOD HOUSE's Educator's Guide only on the Walden Pond Press website. It's written by a librarian and has a letter from me, the author, as well as talking points and activities.

Author photo and bio: EDEN ROYCE is a writer from
Charleston, South Carolina, and now
lives in the garden of England. She is
the author of Conjure Island as well as
Root Magic, which was a Walter Dean
Myers Award Honor Book, an ALA
Notable Children’s Book, a Mythopoeic
Fantasy Award winner, and a Nebula

Award finalist for outstanding chil-
dren’s literature. She is also a Shirley

Jackson Award finalist for her short
fiction for adults.

THE ANERIS COLLECTIVE, LLC

Also available as an ebook
and as a downloadable audio.

Cover of THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE - A Black boy stands in front of an open door to a house, and looks over his shoulder at the viewer. He doesn't see the tendrils of hair coming toward him from the door or the ghost peeking at him from the stairs.

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Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Sixth-grader Violet deals with a move to a new house, middle school & shifting friends when she's flattened by a virus (not covid)...and there is something evil in her attic room. #NotQuiteAGhost by Anne Ursu is a page turner that hooked the 11-yr old reader in me. #MGlit #kidlit 📚👍🏻

a creepy shadow shape of a girl sits above a doorway that a girl about the same age with brown wavy hair stands in. Wallpaper of vines and flowers in sickly browns, pinks and yellows covers the wall.

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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Want to listen to all the 2025 Walter Award books chosen by @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social - including THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE? You can at Libro.FM! They've compiled all the winners and honor titles in one playlist! libro.fm/playlists/walter-awards-2025 #booksky #Skybrarians #EduSky

Seafoam green background with a phone screen-shaped graphic with the covers of several of the Kids and YA books. Text reads: 2025 Walter Awards Playlist available on Libro.fm. @Weneeddiversebooks is center bottom.

Seafoam green background with a phone screen-shaped graphic with the covers of several of the Kids and YA books. Text reads: The Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children’s Literature, also known as “The Walters,” celebrates the legacy of author Walter Dean Myers, who throughout his prolific, lauded career, was a life-long champion of diversity in children’s and young adult books. Listen to all the audiobooks for the 2025 Walter winners and honor titles in a special playlist only on Libro.fm - which allows you to support indie book stores with each purchase!

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Walden Pond Press @waldenpondpress.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Thank you to Kirkus for the wonderful review of DIVE, the upcoming novel from beloved middle grade author John David Anderson. 🤿 DIVE is coming this summer! harperstacks.com/products/dive #johndavidanderson @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social #middlegradebooks

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Mary Averling @maryaverling.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Today's library haul features two of my fellow MG Stoker Award nominees, @adriannacuevas.bsky.social and @edenroyce.bsky.social 🥰 Hype!!!

copy of THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE and THE NO-BRAINER'S GUIDE TO DECOMPOSITION

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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

The book I didn't know I needed to read right now but 100% needed to read right now. Wow! Thanks, @anneursu.bsky.social. Recommending this one everywhere! (Really! My doctor on Monday said she has an 11 year old daughter and wanted book recs and I held up your book and said, ooooh, this one!)

Cover of middle grade novel, THE TROUBLED GIRLS OF DRAGOMIR ACADEMY by Anne Ursu. A fantasy setting tower with a girl looking out each window.

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Walden Pond Press @waldenpondpress.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

What an honor to have two books on Kirkus's list of Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far)! Congratulations to Anne Ursu, Ingrid Law, and all the authors on this epic list. @anneursu.bsky.social @ingridlaw.bsky.social

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Walden Pond Press @waldenpondpress.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

To celebrate Read Across America and National Reading Month, The Week Junior chose one middle grade book set in each state across the United States. We're thrilled to see THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE representing South Carolina! 🥳 @edenroyce.bsky.social

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Tai Breland @taibreland.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I'm a huge fan of Eden Royce, a talented Gullah Geechee author! I had the privilege of speaking with her previously and although we couldn't meet in person due to her residing abroad, our conversation was a wonderful opportunity to share my appreciation for her writing. Check the ALT: "Root Magic".

This book was definitely a GREAT READ! It introduces a lot of Gullah Geechee folklore and spiritual elements. Highly recommended.

"Root Magic" by Eden Royce is a captivating historical fiction novel that delves into the world of Gullah magic and culture in 1960s South Carolina. The story follows 11-year-old Jezebel "Jez" Turner, who, after her grandmother's passing, begins to learn the secrets of root magic from her uncle.

As Jez navigates her newfound powers, she must also contend with the harsh realities of racism and prejudice in her small community. With the help of her twin brother, Jay, and her uncle, Jez learns to harness her magic to protect herself and her loved ones from those who seek to harm them.

Throughout the book, Royce weaves together elements of African American folklore, history, and culture, creating a rich and immersive narrative that's both informative and entertaining. "Root Magic" is a powerful and moving tale of self-discovery, family, and the enduring power of tradition and culture.

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Chad Lucas @chadgalucas.bsky.social · 03/02/2024

I’ve finished copy edits(!), done this morning’s round of shovelling in our three-day blizzard, and now I get to settle in with NOT QUITE A GHOST by the incomparable @anneursu.bsky.social. This is a home run first page.

Photo shows the first page of Not Quite A Ghost, by Anne Ursu. One: The House on Kaytdid Street.

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Elana K. Arnold @elanakarnold.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Last night, HARRIET TELLS THE TRUTH won the SCBWI Sid Fleischman Award for Humor!! FINALLY--I'm officially funny! I'm so grateful to the judges and SCBWI, as well as my editor and the whole HarperCollins Team, and of course Dung Ho, whose illustrations crack ME up!

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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

HOLLOW TONGUE and THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE are Bram Stoker Award finalists! Thank you to @rdspress.bsky.social, @waldenpondpress.bsky.social, @rjacksonjoseph.bsky.social, & to everyone who read, reviewed, bought, shared, & loved on my work. Congratulations to all the nominees & finalists!

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Walden Pond Press @waldenpondpress.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE is a 2025 Walter Award Honoree! The Walter Dean Myers Awards for Outstanding Children’s Literature have celebrated diverse books by diverse creators since their establishment in 2016.

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Walden Pond Press @waldenpondpress.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

6 more weeks of winter calls for appropriate reading material! ❄️ Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen,” Breadcrumbs is a stunningly original modern-day fairy tale, a heartbreaking meditation on how growing up is as much a choice as it is something that happens to us.

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Walden Pond Press @waldenpondpress.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Sometimes you just have to take the leap. 🌊 John David Anderson, beloved author of Posted and Ms. Bixby’s Last Day, returns with DIVE, a new middle grade novel coming this August. #middlegrade #middlegradebooks #mglit #johndavidanderson #CoverReveal

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Walden Pond Press @waldenpondpress.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Congratulations to @anneursu.bsky.social, Minnesota Book Awards finalist! thefriends.org/minnesota-bo...

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Eden Royce @edenroyce.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Thrilled to have *TWO* of my works longlisted for the Stoker awards! Middle-grade: THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE pubbed by @waldenpondpress.bsky.social Adult: HOLLOW TONGUE pubbed by @rdspress.bsky.social Congratulations to all on the preliminary ballot!

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction
Ajram, Sofia – Coup de Grâce (Titan Books)
Cassidy, Nat – Rest Stop (Shortwave Publishing)
Fairclough, Gemma – Bear Season (Wild Hunt Books)
Gu, Congyun “Mu Ming” (trans. Kiera Johnson ) – A Well-Fed Companion (Reactor, March 20 2024)
Hernandez, L.P. – In the Valley of the Headless Men (Cemetery Gates Media)
LaRocca, Eric – “All The Parts of You That Won’t Easily Burn” (This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances) (Titan Books)
McLeod Chapman, Clay – Kill Your Darling (Bad Hand Books)
Olivas, M. M. – “¡Sangronas! Un Lista de Terror” (Uncanny, September 2024)
Royce, Eden – Hollow Tongue (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Watkins, Melissa A. – “Ol’ Big Head” (Lightspeed Magazine, December 2024) (Adamant Press)

Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel
Alkaf, Hanna – Tales from Cabin 23: Night of the Living Head (Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)
Averling, Mary – The Curse of Eelgrass Bog (Razorbill)
Collings, Michaelbrent – The Witch in the Woods (Shadow Mountain Publishing)
Cuevas, Adrianna – The No-Brainer's Guide to Decomposition (HarperCollins Children's Books)
Fournet, M. R. – Darkness and Demon Song (Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing)
Hassan, Rochelle – Nox Winters and the Midnight Wolf (HarperCollins Children's Books)
Oshiro, Mark – Jasmine Is Haunted (Starscape, an imprint of Tor Publishing Group)
Ottone, Robert P. – There's Something Sinister in Center Field (Cemetery Gates Media)
Royce, Eden – The Creepening of Dogwood House (Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)
Ursu, Anne – Not Quite a Ghost (Walden Pond Press, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers)

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Walden Pond Press @waldenpondpress.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

We are thrilled to share that THE CREEPENING OF DOGWOOD HOUSE and NOT QUITE A GHOST are on the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Award! Congratulations to @edenroyce.bsky.social and @anneursu.bsky.social on this well-deserved achievement in middle grade horror.

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Walden Pond Press @waldenpondpress.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

We love NOT QUITE A GHOST... and we aren’t alone! Congratulations to Anne Ursu on the well-deserved accolades, and thank you to this list of organizations who named Not Quite A Ghost a Best Book of 2024. 💜

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Walden Pond Press @waldenpondpress.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Hello friends, both old and new! We are excited to join the #kidlit community over here. 🦋 For more information on our work: www.walden.com/books

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