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The countdown to #WorldReadAloudDay begins! Can’t wait to host four epic book creators next week and celebrate the joy of reading aloud! Vicky Fang @nidhiart Refe 'Mostly on Bluesky' Tuma #DanRichards #WRAD2024 Follow our fun here! padlet.com/sjmchugh/world…

Sunday chores = audiobook time! 🎧 SO excited to listen to Lost Kites and Other Treasures by Cathy Carr! 🪁 #mglit

Two weird, wonderful little #kidlit picture books purchased during this weekend’s adventures in the city! Bookends & Beginnings is always such a treat! 📘 #chicago #tardigrades #youlearnsomethingneweveryday 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Tonight. Is. The. Night!!! We can’t wait to host Emma Reynolds 🦇 for our Q3 Read Aloud Pajama Party! 🦇📘

For those of you who get advanced copies of books, little free libraries are a *great* way to put them to good use once you’re done! ✅

Abbott Elementary gets it.

Finished an excellent #mglit book only to find our friend @sarah_aronson thanked in the acknowledgments following the story. We smile so big each time we see a shoutout to her, which is often, because she is AMAZING. We love you, Sarah! You do so much good in this world! 🪄

RECENTLY ANNOUNCED: kidLITapalooza is a BRAND NEW mini-bookfest for kids in grades 1-8 this summer! Just $10 to see a keynote speech by Loren Long Loren Long attend workshops with 50+ authors and illustrators, shop, and attend a signing session! REGISTER: KidLITapalooza2024.eventcombo.com

We have a book store in our town!! Such an exciting day! 𝕄𝕣𝕤. 𝕄𝕔ℍ𝕦𝕘𝕙 (Steph)

We are diving into stacks of picture on this (super super hot) summer day. So many good ones but, without a doubt, the cutest undies award goes to… PORCUPINE AND CACTUS by Katie Frawley, Children's Author & Alex Willmore! 5 zillion stars for this pair of spiked specimens! 🌵

You know that old saying. . . Be there or be square! ❤️📚❤️🤣🤪 If you're in or near Illinois and you're a teacher or a librarian, I hope to see you there! eventcombo.com/e/LITapalooza-… LITapalooza

Thanks the Playaway Products booth at #alaac24 for our snazzy new I ❤️ AUDIO bracelets! Favorite accessory aquired thus far during the entire conference! 🥳

Spotted one of our faves at #alaac24 this weekend! Could Birtle be any cuter?! 🥰 Tara Hannon ⭐️ (is no longer here)

So many fabulous moments with so many rockstars at #alaac24! Mika Song (mee-ka) she/her Chris "Pre-order SPARK" Baron @MLConklin Ellie Peterson

Reunited at #alaac24 and so happy! 🥰📘💛❤️ @jamesburksart Ashley Belote @LaurelSnyder bethany bARTon Katherine Roy 🌱 Nell Cross Beckerman Minh Lê Andrew Hacket

More #alaac24 fun! A.S. King ☂️ Updates Only Stephen W. Martin @jarodrosello Dan Santat Mike Boldt @jamesburksart @MarcieColleen1 Meg Fleming Cale Atkinson @jendeoart 🥳📘

The clock is ticking for back to school! This morning the YEF got to do one of our FAVORITE things-collaborate with the Yorkville Community Unit School District 115 rockstar Book Ambassador, 𝕄𝕣𝕤. 𝕄𝕔ℍ𝕦𝕘𝕙 (Steph)! We had the pleasure of sharing our collaborative efforts & the ❤️ of literacy to the new teachers of Y115.

A celebration of loving yourself just as you are… starring the most lovable platypus, with cameos from Vegemite, pavlova, and an echidna, too! Quacks Like a Duck by Steph Campisi 📚 & Maria Lebedeva is an adorable new #kidlit picture book that we absolutely love! 🇦🇺

GIVEAWAY! RT to enter. To celebrate today’s publication of BIRD BATH, I’m giving away a copy on X.

These girls are the BEST travel buddies! @CCBF2024 LibrarianBookends (Steph 💛& Mary❤️) #alaac24 Katie Reilley