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Book Flood Podcast celebrates authors, illustrators, librarians, and books. Host of the Book Flood Podcast is Tom Nixon. BookFloodPodcast.com | Youtube Channel: Youtube.com/@BookFloodPodcast | #Libraries #EduSky
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My guest this week on the Book Flood Podcast is award-winning author Ernesto Cisneros. He discusses his brand-new book, "Queso, Just in Time" that dropped today.
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And thank you! Such a great guest!
My guest on the Book Flood Podcast is dual language librarian Melissa Snider (@meliroowy.bsky.social)
On the pod, Melissa talks about library advocacy, mentorship, and the importance of having a collection that reflects your student body.
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For those of you who follow the Book Flood Podcast, Riverside, the hosting company, just rolled out the ability to have it all on a website. You can see mine here:
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Our guest on the Book Flood Podcast this week is Stuart Gibbs.
Stuart is the author of five New York Times bestselling series: Spy School, FunJungle, Moon Base Alpha, Charlie Thorne, and Once Upon a Tim—as well as the new nonfiction series Spy School Secret Files.
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The guest this week on the Book Flood Podcast is bestselling author Megan McDonald.
Megan is the author of the "Judy Moody" and "Stink" series of books that have sold over 30,000,000 books. In addition, she has written "Fairy Door Diaries," and "Bunny & Clyde."
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“There are book challenges; that is not new. What is happening now is brazen breaking of protocol on a scope that has never been seen like this.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social @la-cac.org @oif.bsky.social @uabookbans.bsky.social
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This week's podcast guest is award-winning author Jeff Gottesfeld. @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.social
Gottesfeld is the author of a number of books including "Honor Flight: Celebrating American's Veterans" and "Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier."
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Revealing the cover of my forthcoming middle grade novel HEROES here on Bluesky when I have only one follower! (Shout out to @comicsinthega.bsky.social) Enjoy! 😅
Alan Gratz (@alangratz.bsky.social) is the author of 19 novels for young adults including Prisoner B-3087, Code of Honor, Grenade, Something Rotten, Ground Zero, Refugee, and Two Degrees.
His latest book is "War Games (2025)."
To watch the podcast on Youtube: youtu.be/AEvIivGkqY4
Today is a Book Birthday! Nikki Shannon Smith is the author and Don Tate is the illustrator of "Prince: A Little Golden Book Biography."
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The guest on this week's Book Flood Podcast is Steve Tetreault (@drtlovesbooks.bsky.social). In addition to being a school librarian, Steve is the force behind the School Librarian Learning Network (including its podcast).
The topic is advocacy for libraries.
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The guest on the Book Flood Podcast this week is the amazing Meg Medina.
Meg is a New York Times bestselling author and a Newbery Medalist. Her latest book is Graciela in the Abyss. She was also the 23-24 National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.
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Our guest this week was American Library Association (@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social) President Sam Helmick (@samhelmick.bsky.social).
They work so very hard for libraries and librarians!
Our guest this week on Book Flood Podcast is ALA (@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social) President @samhelmick.bsky.social.
We discuss ALA, book banning, advocacy, and more!
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My guest this week on the Book Flood Podcast is New York Times best-selling author/illustrator Matt Tavares where he talks about writing picture books.
Matt's latest book is "Dasher and the Polar Bear (2025)."
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Congratulations to Daniel Nayeri in winning the 2025 National Book Award for Young People's Literature for "The Teacher of Nomad Land."
I love that so much!!
This week's guest on the Book Flood Podcast is award-winning graphic novelist @ryanestrada.com in which he discusses his writing career as a graphic novelist in Korea.
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This week's Book Flood Podcast guest is author Joan Schoettler (joanschoettler.bsky.social) on writing books that celebrate books (and other topics).
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Such a great idea!
A happy Dolly Parton reads books aloud to happy kids
PRAY FOR DOLLY PARTON ❤️🩹
Freida Parton, sister of Dolly Parton, asks for prayers for Dolly’s health. She says with prayers she know Dolly is going to be just fine.
We all love you, Dolly! Praying 💛
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I find all of them absurd!
Edward Dennis on SPED Teacher to Author
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This week's Book Flood Podcast features author and illustrator, EDWARD DENNIS. Dennis is the author of "The Boy from Mexico," "The Boy from Mexico becomes a Farm Worker, and his soon-to-be released "The Boy from Mexico becomes a U.S. Citizen.
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@bookfloodpod.bsky.social is looking for published authors and illustrators to guest on the Book Flood Podcast for Season 2.
If you would like to see who was on the podcast for Season 1, here you go:
bookfloodpodcast.com/season-1/
Accurate. Children need to read every day during the summer (and the rest of the year as well!).
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The guest this week on the Book Flood Podcast is Amanda Jones (@librarianjones.com), author of "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America."
You may recall that Amanda was the very first guest on the podcast (and before her book was published).
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