Happy book birthday to:
🐻 Tova’s Sweet Solution by Melissa Taylor @imaginationsoup.bsky.social
🐳 The Whale’s Tale and the Otter’s Side of the Story by Kate Messner @katemessner.com
We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!
Hi Leah Ma! She is a School & District Success Specialist at BookBreak. She loves reading messy family dramas, fast-paced thrillers, and heartfelt memoirs. You may also find her watching buzzy shows, sewing, or tackling a new home project.
Get to know the full BookBreak team: bit.ly/MeetTeamBook...
Have you seen the BookBreak Fall line up? It's 🔥🔥🔥! We just sent out the Fall BookBreak Schedules to participating schools... didn't get the email or not a subscriber yet? Send us an email to info @ bookbreaks. org or DM us here.
BookBreak graphic inviting engagement: “We want to hear from YOU.” Text reads, “The library is quiet, calm, and neat. Until someone decides to…” followed by “Finish the poem!” encouraging readers to complete the line.
Happy National Poetry Month! Help us finish the poem!
We know librarians, teachers, and authors have the best answers… don’t disappoint us.
Finish the poem below!
#bookbreak4schools #readingculture #authorvisits #PoetryMonth #schoollibrary #teacherlife
The way we talk about books can make a big difference in how kids think about reading.
Go check our recent blog post for 20 simple questions that spark real conversations about books.
Read the full post here bit.ly/41D7kqE.
#readingculture #bookconversations #literacy #bookbreak4schools
Happy book birthday to:
📚 The Take by @kellyyang.bsky.social
📚 Sashimi by @dansantat.bsky.social
📚 If Your Abuelo is an Astronauta by @asiqueira.bsky.social
We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!
Oh my GOD my history-loving 12 year old is gonna flip out when I'm on the same show as the Lauren Tarshis.
Thanks for sharing today's "Would You Read It?" for JUST ONE OAK'S Book 🎂, @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social
See the video here: bookbreaks.org/ZeAnxYDN6636...
Beauteous art by @tinyaviary.bsky.social
From @ssedlib.bsky.social
@simonkids.bsky.social
#TLsky
#edusky
#kidlit
#Skybrarian
#Booksky
Presentation screen showing BookBreak virtual author visit with author Lauren Tarshis. Screen shows images of books in the I SURVIVED historical fiction series and images of the author and BookBreak host.
So much excitement about today’s @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social virtual author visit with Lauren Tarshis! Our 4th graders loved hearing about her research process & getting a sneak peek of her upcoming book. They checked out a bunch of I SURVIVED books after the visit. #SchoolLibrary #MGLit #TLSky
Two more great authors will be joining us at BookBreak this week! Lauren Tarshis will be talking to elementary and middle school about the I Survived series. @zachweinersmith.bsky.social will be sharing with middle and high school about his graphic novel, Bea Wolf, based on the Old English poem.
Happy April! We are excited to be speaking with Lauren Tarshis about her I Survived series and @zachweinersmith.bsky.social about his graphic novel retelling of Beowulf. Plus the final session of this year's Author in Residence series with @alicefayeduncan.bsky.social. Which will you be joining?
Picture of the book cover of Miss Daisy is Crazy with author Dan Gutman under a banner saying This Week
Look who's coming to BookBreak this week! We are so excited to talk to Dan Gutman about his hilarious My Weird School series. How many of them have you and your students read?
After reading several Scaredy Squirrel books students watched the @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social interview with Melanie Watt. They even built a new hideout for Scaredy using Keva Planks. #dcdsreads
Love this!! Those are great hideouts!
Happy book birthday to:
📚 The Blue Dress by @rebeccamorrison.bsky.social
We can’t wait to read it! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!
Happy book birthday to:
🐘 The Littlest Elephant: A One and Only Ruby Story by Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social
🐋 Heiress of Nowhere by Stacey Lee @staceyleeauthor.bsky.social
We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!
We are so excited for another great week at BookBreak! For our littlest learners, Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social will be sharing about Some of These are Snails. Ibi Zoboi will be discussing her powerful novel American Street with our high school subscribers.
Large presentation screen showing BookBreak virtual author visit with author Tae Keller.
4th & 5th grade students enjoyed today’s @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social virtual author visit w/Newbery winner @taekeller.bsky.social. After hearing how she re-imagined stories she had heard to make them her own, our copies of WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER were checked out right away! #SchoolLibrary #MGLit
Happy book birthday to:
📚 The Kids in Mrs. Z's Class: Fia Hosein Finds Her Beat by @traceybaptiste.bsky.social
📚 The Questioneers: What’s That Color? by @andreabeatyauthor.bsky.social
We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!
We are so excited to talk with Tae Keller @taekeller.bsky.social about her Newbery Medal winning book, When You Trap a Tiger. Will you be joining us for this exploration of folktales and families?
We had a such an amazing time talking with Tony Weaver, Jr today about his graphic novel, Weirdo, which he calls "the nerdy kids' instruction manual for self-love and self-care." He reminded us all to lean into joy and find the things that make us happy. What brings you joy?
We are so excited to be talking with the amazing Tony Weaver, Jr this week about his phenomenal graphic novel memoir, Weirdo. Middle school librarians, teachers, and students -- be sure to tune in to this empowering talk!
It's going to be a marvelous March at BookBreak! We are so excited to talk with Tony Weaver Jr, @taekeller.bsky.social, @carterhiggins.bsky.social, Ibi Zoboi, and Dan Gutman! Who are you looking forward to the most?
We had a fantastic time talking with Leland Melvin today! He told us about his journey from astronaut to author and why it is so important to him that Space Chasers is a graphic novel. What was your favorite part?
So glad that you loved it! He was fabulous!
Virtual author visit with astronaut and author Leland Melvin. He is holding a copy of SPACE CHASERS TO THE MOON.
Virtual author visit with astronaut and author Leland Melvin. He is holding a copy of SPACE CHASERS.
Virtual author visit with astronaut and author Leland Melvin. He is showing the patches from his trips to space.
Our 4th & 5th graders enjoyed today’s @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social virtual author visit w/Leland Melvin. They were fascinated about his experiences as an astronaut & are excited about reading the 2nd SPACE CHASERS book. They also loved the shout out to DC area schools! #MGLit #SchoolLibrary
We are over the moon excited to talk with former astronaut, former NFL player, current author Leland Melvin about his graphic novel Space Chasers! Hope to see you there!
We such a great time dreaming big with Antwan Eady @antwaneady.bsky.social today! He answered the question of if you can have TOO MANY dreams (no) and played our career guessing game. It was a dream come true! What was your favorite part?
Part Two of our Author in Residence series with Alice Faye Duncan @alicefayeduncan.bsky.social was today and it was fabulous! We learned so much about revision and using all different types of figurative language. What was your favorite part?
It's another great week at BookBreak! @alicefayeduncan.bsky.social is back for part two of the Author in Residence series, talking about revising your poem. @antwaneady.bsky.social will be sharing about following your dreams. We hope to see you there!