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New York Times bestselling author of FALLING LIKE LEAVES & the award winning graphic memoir PLAY LIKE A GIRL / OH / Rep: Daniel Lazar @ Writers House.

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January 2024 was my best reading month in a looooong time! Oddly enough, everything I read was so good! I’ll call that an auspicious start to 2024 🙂

Here’s everything I read including FOUR five-star reads (and you all know I’m stingy with my stars) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧Orbital by Samantha Harvey
📖Play Like a Girl by Misty Wilson (YA)
📱Brad, Unwound by Jamie Kort
📖Ember and the Island of Lost Creatures by Jason Pammet (YA)
📱Scarecrow Vodka Jesus by Jamie Kort
📱Click-Clack the Rattlebag by Neil Gaiman
📱The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
📱Examination Day by Henry Slesar
📖The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
📖Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut
📖Anne by Kathleen Gros (YA)
🎧The Last Love Note by Emma Grey ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📖I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez (YA) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📱The Lady, or the Tiger? by Frank R. Stockton
🎧Nothing But the Rain by Naomi Salman
📖What Stays Buried by Suzanne Young (YA) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📖Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (YA)
📖Haru, Zombie Dog Hero by Ellen Oh (YA)
📖Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📱The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant
📱The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
📱The White Umbrella by Gish Jen

Stay tuned for a full review for What Stays Buried by Suzanne Young, because it was a solid read for middle school! Can’t believe I found this gem!

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Our 2024 focus is to READ WIDELY and READ OFTEN. To help students and educators do just that, we’ll be sharing book recommendations across a whole bunch of categories. Up next: FOUR MG and FOUR YA GRAPHIC MEMOIRS. Happy reading! 📚🧡 #ProjectLITBookClub #justreadit

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Need middle grade graphic novels for your readers? Here are some of my favorites.

Listen to episode 27 of @bookdelightpod for even more recs.

Featured titles:
🤺DUEL by @jessixabagley and @aaronbagley
📣THE TRYOUT by @csoontornvat and @jocabako
🏊🏾‍♀️SWIM TEAM by @johnniexmas
✈️A FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING by @dsantat
🤳BREAK by @kayke
❤️CROSS MY HEART AND NEVER LIE by @nora_dasnes
⚾️FOX POINT’S OWN GEMMA HOPPER by @drawbrie
🏈PLAY LIKE A GIRL by @mistywilsonwrites
🎮LO AND BEHOLD by @wendy_mass and @hobbleshmobble

#mglit #middlegrade #kidlit #kidsbookstagram #graphicnovel #librarian #librariansofinstagram #schoollibrary #teacherlibrarian

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🍾POP SUGAR CHALLENGE 2024🎉
This is my first year doing the #popsugarreadingchallenge and of course it’s the hardest it’s ever been! In order to help everyone find titles that fit each category, I’m making #moodreader boards for the ones I think might be a struggle for more than just me.
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Today’s post is: about women’s sports or by a woman athlete. Here are some #MG #YA and adult #bookrecommendations in a variety of styles and genres in #fiction and #nonfiction Hopefully everyone can find something they’re interested in! @popsugarreadingchallenge @popsugar
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#yalit #youngadult #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #popsugar #bookrecommendation #bookreview #bookreviews #bookreviewer #bookreviewers #librarian #librarians #librariansofinstagram #librariansfollowlibrarians #teenlibrarian #middleschoollibrarian #schoollibrarian #bookinfluencer #schoollibrarians #middlegrade #yabooks #mglit #middlegradebooks

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And that’s a wrap on our #ProjectLITBookClub reveal! Thanks again to all the students, educators, and authors who celebrated with us. Here’s a look back at all 28 MG selections. And here’s to a great year of reading in 2024! 📚💙

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Day 5 of our #ProjectLITBookClub reveal! Happy reading! 📚💙

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On day five of our #ProjectLITBookClub reveal, we’re thrilled to announce our next four MG selections! 📚💙

NIC BLAKE AND THE REMARKABLES by @angiethomas

PLAY LIKE A GIRL by @mistywilsonwrites and @downpourdw

SHOW ME A SIGN series by @annclarelezotte

SIMON SORT OF SAYS by @erinbowbooks

🔥 graphics by @mrbillotti

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Congratulations Misty and David!

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The Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Award Council is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Awards:
Grades K–2: Pizza and Taco: Too Cool for School by Stephen Shaskan (Random House Graphic, 2022)
Grades 3-5: Endlessly Ever After by Laurel Snyder and Dan Santat (Chronicle Books, 2022)
Grades 6-8: Play Like a Girl by Misty and David Wilson (Balzer + Bray, 2022)
Teen: Heartstopper (Vol. 4) by Alice Oseman (Graphix, 2022)

Each of these books won the highest number of votes out of the five nominees in its category, in an online voting process by young readers all across the state of Ohio. Nominations for the 2023 Buckeye Children’s and Teen Book Awards were accepted from March 15, 2022 to March 10, 2023. Eligible books are those published in the United States in the previous two years, and not part of a series that has previously won the award. Voting was held between September 1 and November 10, 2023.

Thanks to all who participated in nominating and voting, and congratulations to the winners! Nominations are open now for the 2024 awards at www.bcbookaward.info 🎉
#buckeyekidsread #bctba #childrenschoice #teenchoice #bookaward #buckeyebookawards

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🥳 Play Like A Girl won the Ohio Buckeye Children's Book Award for grades 6-8 in an online voting process by young readers all across the state of Ohio. We can't thank you enough and are so glad so many kids are enjoying the book! 📚

And thank you to @buckeyekidsread

#middlegrade #graphicnovels #teachers #librarians #parents #reading #bookaward #playlikeagirl #books #bookstagram #comicbooks #football #nfl

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Part 3: Final Thoughts! Maddie’s back with some more book reviews! Special shout out to Youth Services librarian Chris for helping her pick out four books in her reading level and genre interests! #youngreader #maddiereads #lindsayloveslibraries @barringtonarealibrary

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Part 2! Maddie’s back with some more book reviews! Special shout out to Youth Services librarian Chris for helping her pick out four books in her reading level and genre interests! #youngreader #maddiereads #lindsayloveslibraries @barringtonarealibrary

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