LibrarianBookends (Steph 💛& Mary❤️) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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A pair of #kidlit & #mglit book-lovin’ librarian BFFs - adventuring through life one page at a time - and sharing our crazy (but fun!) journey with you!

The Friendship Book
Mary Lyn Ray
We know you probably already know and love The Thank You Book by Mary Lyn Ray and @Steph_Graegin - but have you read The Friendship Book? It. Is. Beautiful. A perfect purchase for your friends of all ages. 💛 #friendship #kidlit https://t.co/RTIuYvirfd
Hardcover, 2019
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lawless Spaces
Corey Ann Haydu
If your soul needed: ❣️Fighting Words by @kimbbbradley ❣️How to Be a Girl in the World by @CaelaCarter ❣️Maybe He Just Likes You by @Barbaradee2 then grab Lawless Spaces by @CoreyAnnHaydu. It’s delicate but brave; full of resilience, hope, & strength. A gorgeous novel in verse. https://t.co/HNll95fnVH
Hardcover, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ida: In Her Own Words: The Timeless Writings of Ida B. Wells from 1893
Michelle Duster
Excited to finally have our copy of Michelle Duster’s Ida B. the Queen in our hands so we can enjoy it before we head to Anderson’s Children's Literature Breakfast where we will meet @MichelleDuster in person! Sooooo pumped! @AndersonsBkshp #ABCLB https://t.co/d2cQavoKmv
Out of stock

Screen
Joe Randazzo
Blips on a Screen: How Ralph Baer Invented TV Video Gaming and Launched a Worldwide Obsession by @KateChicago & Zachariah O’Hora will fascinate kids as they learn about the path an inventor takes to launch a product. A picture book biography that will inspire young creators! https://t.co/dohIMTpFRe
Paperback, 2008
$14.00$7.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Took: A Ghost Story
Mary Downing Hahn
Today’s reading agenda: The Girl in the Lake by @booksandbighair; Mary Downing Hahn’s Took (the graphic novel version illustrated by @TheJenya!); This is Not a Drill by @karianneholt. As you can imagine, we are loving this Sunday. 💛📘 https://t.co/BH8qZYL9X2
Paperback, 2016
$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Thursday
Ann Bonwill
As kids navigate the many emotions that come with a divorce, the perfect picture book can do wonders for their hearts. Thursday by Ann Bonwill & Kayla Harren is comforting, relatable, and sweet. A perfect book for families, educators, & social workers, too. @AmazonPub https://t.co/9ral4emN9Y
Hardcover, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli
David Larochelle
Teaching literacy and math skills can go hand in hand, so discovering a new silly story that will ignite laughter AND learning at the same time? Yes please! Readers will be doing the math on every page of 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli by David LaRochelle & @liantomato! https://t.co/DOLZuRtof3
Hardcover, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Witchlings
Claribel A. Ortega
We snuck in a few pages of @Claribel_Ortega’s Witchlings every chance we got today! Seven, Valley, & Thorn must defeat a Nightbeast as a challenge to their fate of becoming spares, and this #mglit is nonstop action and magic - with twists & turns along the way! Out 04.05.22! https://t.co/MB8UWSbO8p
Paperback, 2023
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Mouse Who Carried a House on His Back
Jonathan Stutzman
The Mouse Who Carried a House on His Back by Jonathan Stutzman (@dustdancestoo) & Isabelle Arsenault is all sorts of sweet and magical. “There is always room here” is a message that sure does feel fitting for the season, but this is a book we will love and share all year long! 🐭 https://t.co/dDjPdlW70j
Hardcover, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Need a New Butt!
Dawn McMillan
Ended our long-but-exciting day by hitting up shops. Leave it to Target to somehow have a copy of I Need a New Butt in stock, which we’ve been searching for high & low in support of @jedipadmaster! Love the 🍑 & the laughter we shared while reading it. Thanks @Target! 📘💪🏼🎯 https://t.co/FWbRw7br9t
Paperback, 2014
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book