#Bookposse I am going camping!! @katemessner.com
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Children's Author Kate Messner Book Signing at Bloomfield Twp. Library April 13 - Oakland County Times “It’s a unique opportunity for families to meet an author whose work has already brought our community together through reading.”

Michigan friends! I'm headed your way this morning - hope to see lots of families at tonight's event at Bloomfield Township Public Library (or tomorrow, at West Bloomfield Township Public Library!)
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So this gap exists because the Forest Service changed the slogan in 2001. What I'm learning is that older people - and kids who only know Smokey through older media - know the "forest fires" version while most kids know "wildfires."

Thanks! Curious if they'd heard "forest fires" or the updated "wildfires" - any thoughts on that? (This is for one quick line in the upcoming History Smashers book - in that one spot, we want to use the term kids are most familiar with)

Hey, friends! If you have a kid aged 8-13 so, do they know the Smoky Bear slogan that starts with "Only YOU can prevent...?" And if so, which version have they heard? (forest fires vs. wildfires, which is the updated slogan)

Hey, friends! If you have a kid aged 8-13 so, do they know the Smoky Bear slogan that starts with "Only YOU can prevent...?" And if so, which version have they heard? (forest fires vs. wildfires, which is the updated slogan)

Blue background with a gold star for Indies Choice Awards and text WINNER OF THE MIDDLE GRADE CATEGORY. Cover for THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES by Kate Messner shows a boy on a mountaintop with a Bernese mountain dog.

Blue background with white text: "Messner's book packs a punch -- full of both humor and sadness as well as sweeping vistas -- as we grieve and laugh along with Finn. Much like the mountains that heavily feature in this book, it's absolutely incredible." - Melissa Fox, Watermark Books & Cafe

Beyond grateful to learn that THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES is the winner of the Indies Choice Award in the MG category for this year! Thank you SO MUCH, indie booksellers!! ❤️❤️❤️
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You are absolutely the right person in this moment. Thank you for your work.

“Go where least wanted, for there you are most needed.”

When it gets difficult to be me in the place and time I am, this panel from @katemessner.com’s History Smashers Women’s Right to Vote reminds me that I might actually be the right person in the right place at the right time.

You might be, too.

Thanks so much for sharing this review!

Check out @katemessner.com newest chapter book series called Wildlife Rescue! This one about otters 🦦 was precious & informative! bookshop.org/a/102434/978... #mglit #middlegrade #books #library #kidlit #librarian #bookrecommendation #librarians #tlsky #skybrarian #skybrarians

Artemis II's Orion Spacecraft in the foreground, approaching the moon, which appears as a small round circle floating in space.

Cover of HISTORY SMASHERS: THE SPACE RACE by Kate Messner has white title font against a space-blue background and shows a series of astronauts floating in spacesuits, including a monkey and a dog, also in spacesuits. The dog's caption reads: Woof! There's more to this story.

Artemis II is now closer to the moon than to Earth.

Learn more about the history behind this week's launch when HISTORY SMASHERS: THE SPACE RACE comes out July 21st w/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social! (Cover by @dylanmeconis.bsky.social & int. art by @falynnk.bsky.social) bookshop.org/p/books/hist...

Pastel sketches of three unicorns - the one on the left is tall & blue, with an orange kilt and tool belt. The middle one is yellow with a whistle around her neck, and the one on the right is light green with sparkles in her mane and tale. All three are standing on hind legs like people.

Sometimes the world is just too much but then I open my inbox and find that @falynnk.bsky.social has sent a sketch of a unicorn wearing a kilt and tool belt and that doesn't fix everything, but it sure helps.

Bright yellow background with a graphic that reads: KATE MESSNER AT TLA 2026 and signing schedule: THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES Sunday 12:30-1:30 - Room 360 (Right after the Bluebonnet speed dating event) WILDLIFE RESCUE: HOW TO SAVE A TORTOISE Sunday 3:00-3:30pm - JLG Booth 1315 CAMP MONSTER Monday 10:00-11:00am - Aisle 2 OVER AND UNDER THE CORAL REEF Monday 2:00-3:00pm - Aisle 13 HISTORY SMASHERS: ANCIENT EGYPT Tuesday 10:00-11:00am - Aisle 1 Hope to see lots of friends in Houston this weekend!

Here's where to find me at the Texas Library Association Conference in Houston this weekend!

So You Want to be a Children's Author with Kate Messner Join bestselling children's author, Kate Messner, for a 90 minute crash course in kidlit basics.

SW Florida friends! If you've ever thought about writing for kids or wondered how the books on your kiddos' shelves got there, this is the event for you!

Join me at Books on Third in Naples for a fun & creative morning workshop on April 27th!

Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/so-you-wan...

A manatee underwater, eating a full head of romaine lettuce with other lettuce floating nearby.

Sometimes writing books for kids means that I get to have breakfast with manatees... #research #wildliferescue

Fund Libraries: Tell Congress to invest in libraries. ALA 150, American Library Association. #FundLibraries

We're almost out of time to tell the House of Representative to #FundLibraries in next year's federal budget! If you haven't taken action, now's the moment: email or call your House Rep TODAY: ala.org/showup

Also? It's weird to talk about anyone using AI to write "their book." If you used AI to write it, friends, it's not actually "your book." It's a book created by an LLM that was trained on stolen stories. You didn't write a book. You wrote some prompts.

For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper Now I let it fall back in the grasses. I hear you. I know this life is hard now. I know your days are precious on this earth. But what are you trying to be free of? The living? The miraculous task of ...

Having a tough time understanding why anyone would want to use AI to write a book. Like, what's the point? No one is making you write books. If you don't love writing, there are no good reasons to write them. I keep coming back to this...
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LSC | Watch | Caldwell-Lake George Library Webinars and Online Events

I have a fun OVER AND UNDER virtual event coming up this week! Join us ONLINE Thursday, March 26 at 7 PM ET via digital live-stream in partnership with Caldwell-Lake George Library!

Register and ask your questions here: bit.ly/MessnerShare

#Online #Authortalk #KateMessner

Book cover OVER AND UNDER THE CORAL REEF by Kate Messner and Christopher Silas Neal shows a bright blue sea with a child and adult snorkeling over a bright coral reef with a sea turtle swimming above it.

Delighted to share that OVER AND UNDER THE CORAL REEF is a 2026 KIDS FAVORITE! @cbcbooks.bsky.social #KIDSFAVS
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This legislation will stifle kids’ reading and keep certified librarians from doing the essential job they’re paid to do. It’s unconstitutional and wildly overreaching. Please contact your reps and tell them to vote NO on HR7661.

This is well worth watching.

A CELEBRATION OF YOU by kip alizadeh & me. Available wherever books are sold!

#bookbirthday #kidlit #edusky #skybrarian

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The Littlest Elephant: A One and Only Ruby Story

Happy book birthday to @kaaauthor.bsky.social and Lita Judge's The Littlest Elephant: A One and Only Ruby Story! mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/06/cove...

Blue background with a gold star that reads INDIES CHOICE AWARDS. Graphic text reads "Middle Grade Shortlist" and shows five book covers - SCARLET MORNING by ND Stevenson, BLOOD IN THE WATER by Tiffany D. Jackson, ALL THE BLUES IN THE SKY by Renee Watson, THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES by Kate Messner, and DRAGONBORN by Struann Murray.

Thank you, indie booksellers!! I couldn't be more excited to learn that THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES is shortlisted for the 2025 Indies Choice Book Awards in the Middle Grade Category!

Thank you so much, Julie!

Bright yellow background with book cover THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS: SEBASTIAN METZGER SOLVES A STICKY SITUATION by Kyle Lukoff & illustrated by Kat Fajardo. Cover art shows a third grade boy in a school library, holding a book with an octopus on the cover and looking anxious.

Bright yellow background with book cover THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS: FIA HOSEIN FINDS HER BEAT by Tracey Baptiste illustrated by Kat Fajardo. Cover art shows a third grade girl with brown skin and black braids playing a steel drum as two other students play recorders behind her.

Blue and yellow background with a graphic showing twelve bright but tiny books in THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS series - all with third graders on the covers.

There are two new kids on the block today! Check out these funny, heartfelt titles in THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS from @kylelukoff.bsky.social & @traceybaptiste.bsky.social - both illustrated by Kat Fajardo & published by @littlebrownyr.bsky.social!

THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS

The next two books in the innovative chapter book series created by @katemessner.com are here!

Congrats to @kylelukoff.bsky.social on the release of SEBASTIAN METZGER SOLVES A STICKY SITUATION and @traceybaptiste.bsky.social on the release of FIA HOSEIN FINDS HER BEAT.

Pastel graphic background with a photo of author Kate Messner and her graphic novel CAMP MONSTER, illustrated by Falynn Koch, with cover art showing a furry white and blue yeti surrounded by other monsters. Text reads: IRVING PUBLIC LIBRARY'S NORTH TEXAS TEEN BOOK FESTIVAL 2026. MARCH 7, 2026. IRVING CONVENTION CENTER, 500 W. LAS COLINAS BLVD, IRVING, TX.

SUPER excited for the North Texas Teen Book Festival tomorrow! Will I see YOU there? #NTTBF26 @nttbfest.bsky.social