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Thank you all!! :) 

Keep the resources coming--I will be linking some of these to The Bookish State Podcast webpage.

Also, if anyone is interested, please add to our Our Favorite MG Novels Padlet. We are crowd sourcing our fav middle grade titles and authors:) 

Our first official episode is live today so hope you check it out. It's called Everything Nutmeg and our guest is Anne Porier!

Have a great afternoon,
Melissa

Melissa Thom

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Bristow Middle School Teacher Librarian

West Hartford Public Schools

Bristow Library Learning Commons Webpage: http://bit.ly/BristowLibrary

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Join the Libro.fm ACL and receive free audiobooks each month! Use my referral code: lfm82519

Currently Reading:  

Don't Want to Be Your Monster by Deke Moulton

Sole Survivor by Norman Ollestad and Brendan Kiely

100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know: Math Explains Your World by John D. Barrow

Currently Listening:

The Island of Forgotten Gods by Victor Piñeiro

Mona's Eyes by Thomas Schlesser

Recently Finished:      

Sunrise of the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (gut-wrenching!)

The Secrets of Lovelace Academy by Marie Benedict and Courtney Sheinmel

The Well-Lived Life: A 103-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Heath and Happiness at Every Age by Gladys McGarey, MD (HIGHLY recommend!)

The Winning Move by Rebecca Donnelly

Dream by Barbara O'Connor

All of the Jasmine Toguchi series by Debbie Michiko Florence (CT Author)

Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell

War Games by Alan Gratz

The Experiment by Rebecca Stead

The Library of Unruly Treasures by Jeanne Birdsall

The Beat I Drum by Dusti Bowling

The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner 

Hope to Read Soon:

SOOOO Many More....

Check out my Joyful Learning Podcast

Check out The Bookish State: Tips and Tricks for Teachers and Librarians Podcast (coming September 2025)

On Tue, Sep 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM Melissa Thom <melissa_thom@whps.org> wrote:

Hello,

Wondering if anyone has created a book talk/trailer presentation for any of the lists?

:)

Hope the week is starting out well! So funny how FAST the days go by!

Melissa

Melissa Thom

she | her | hers    What is this? 

@MsThomBookitis

Bristow Middle School Teacher Librarian

West Hartford Public Schools

Bristow Library Learning Commons Webpage: http://bit.ly/BristowLibrary

Follow us on Twitter: @bristowllc

Follow me on Goodreads 

Join the Libro.fm ACL and receive free audiobooks each month! Use my referral code: lfm82519

Currently Reading:  

Don't Want to Be Your Monster by Deke Moulton

Sole Survivor by Norman Ollestad and Brendan Kiely

100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know: Math Explains Your World by John D. Barrow

Currently Listening:

The Island of Forgotten Gods by Victor Piñeiro

Mona's Eyes by Thomas Schlesser

Recently Finished:      

Sunrise of the Reaping by Suzanne Collins (gut-wrenching!)

The Secrets of Lovelace Academy by Marie Benedict and Courtney Sheinmel

The Well-Lived Life: A 103-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Heath and Happiness at Every Age by Gladys McGarey, MD (HIGHLY recommend!)

The Winning Move by Rebecca Donnelly

Dream by Barbara O'Connor

All of the Jasmine Toguchi series by Debbie Michiko Florence (CT Author)

Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell

War Games by Alan Gratz

The Experiment by Rebecca Stead

The Library of Unruly Treasures by Jeanne Birdsall

The Beat I Drum by Dusti Bowling

The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner 

Hope to Read Soon:

SOOOO Many More....

Check out my Joyful Learning Podcast

Check out The Bookish State: Tips and Tricks for Teachers and Librarians Podcast (coming September 2025)

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