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Today we highlight PB/ER longlist title “Otter Carries On” by Maya Tatsukawa (Henry Holt and Company). For more information on the Mass Book Awards and lists of all this year’s categories and longlists head to massbook.org/mass-book-award….
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Today we highlight PB/ER longlist title “We Go Slow” written by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie and illustrated by Aaron Becker (Simon & Schuster). For more information on the Mass Book Awards and lists of all this year’s categories and longlists head to massbook.org/mass-book-award….
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Today we highlight PB/ER longlist title “Flora and the Jazzers” by Astrid Sheckels (Waxwing Books). For more information on the Mass Book Awards and lists of all this year’s categories and longlists head to massbook.org/mass-book-award….
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Today we highlight PB/ER longlist title “Black Hair Can” by Sylvia Rodriguez (Charlesbridge Publishing). For more information on the Mass Book Awards and lists of all this year’s categories and longlists head to massbook.org/mass-book-award….
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Today we highlight PB/ER longlist title “Unnaturally Blue” by Dorson Plourde, illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler. (Kids Can Press). For more information on the Mass Book Awards and lists of all this year’s categories and longlists head to massbook.org/mass-book-award….
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Today we highlight PB/ER longlist title “Wonder Why” by Lisa Varchol Perron (Harper). For more information on the Mass Book Awards and lists of all this year’s categories and longlists head to massbook.org/mass-book-award….
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Today we highlight PB/ER longlist title “Safe Crossing” by Kari Percival (Chronicle Books). For more information on the Mass Book Awards and lists of all this year’s categories and longlists head to massbook.org/mass-book-award….
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Today we highlight PB/ER longlist title “The Beat of the Dragon Boat” written by Christina Matula and illustrated by Nicole Wong (Sleeping Bear Press). For more information on the Mass Book Awards head to massbook.org/mass-book-award….
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Today we highlight PB/ER longlist title “There's No Place Like Gnome's” by Scott Magoon (Viking). For more information on the Mass Book Awards and lists of all this year’s categories and longlists head to massbook.org/mass-book-award….
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We're in the final days of our Mass Kids Lit Fest fundraiser! Help us bring this vibrant, weeklong children's literature festival back in 2027 . . . ow.ly/gIxj50ZyF16
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Today we highlight PB/ER longlist title “Gather Grateful” by Megan Litwin (Candlewick). For more information on the Mass Book Awards and lists of all this year’s categories and longlists head to massbook.org/mass-book-award….
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Today we highlight PB/ER longlist title “Thank You, Old Oak” by Britt Crow-Miller (MA) (Barefoot Books). For more information on the Mass Book Awards and lists of all this year’s categories and longlists head to massbook.org/mass-book-award….
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Today we highlight PB/ER longlist title “Wind Watchers” by Micha Archer (Nancy Paulsen Books). For more information on the Mass Book Awards and lists of all this year’s categories and longlists head to massbook.org/mass-book-award….
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Do you host, organize, or participate in author events? Submit to our MA Literary Events Calendar by visiting massbook.org/ma-literary-eve…!
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Join Grub Street and the Mass Center for the Book for a special reading featuring the 2026 Mass Book Awards longlist honorees. grubstreet.org/event/mass-bo…
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Today we highlight MG/YA longlist title “Candle Island” by Lauren Wolk (Dutton). For more information on the Mass Book Awards and lists of all this year’s categories and longlists head to massbook.org/mass-book-award….
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Today we highlight Poetry longlist title “To Wildness” by Julia Thacker (The Waywiser Press). For more information on the Mass Book Awards and lists of all this year’s categories and longlists head to massbook.org/mass-book-award….
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Student Readers! It's the last month of summer and we hope you got lots of friend time over the last few months. So why not read "A book about friendship or friends"? Swipe for some recommendations!
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August is here and for this month we are asking our Reading Challenge participants to read "A book that could be considered taboo." Swipe for some suggestions. Happy Reading!
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Today we highlight MG/YA longlist title “The Dragon's Apprentice” by James Riley (Labyrinth Road). For more information on the Mass Book Awards and lists of all this year’s categories and longlists head to massbook.org/mass-book-award….
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