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Francisca Staines

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Author of MG & Picture Books β€’ https://franciscastaines.com/ πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ All around book nerd with a weakness for mystery, fantasy, dogs & tacos. Rep'd by @michelle4laughs.bsky.social @StormLiterary

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Absolutely!

07.03.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love this book. The entire Earthsea series, fantastic.

07.03.2026 09:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Delightfully dark, a good winter read.

"I don’t need you,’ I say, β€˜I want you. That should be enough. That should be better because it means I’ve made a choice."
― A.G. Slatter, All the Murmuring Bones

#Horror #BookSky πŸ“šπŸ’™πŸ“š

07.03.2026 09:02 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
A blue sky, fluffy clouds, green fields, a rainbow, and a straight road. This is a picture of my route home. A lovely, sunny afternoon after day of gray, rainy days.

A blue sky, fluffy clouds, green fields, a rainbow, and a straight road. This is a picture of my route home. A lovely, sunny afternoon after day of gray, rainy days.

Spring is coming, you can feel it... πŸ˜€

07.03.2026 08:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of the Book Early Departures by Justin A. Reynolds.

The cover of the Book Early Departures by Justin A. Reynolds.

It always impresses me how #kidlit manages to push harder than it needs, go deeper... to give us devastatingly beautiful books.

β€œIt's confusing-how your heart holds your love and your hurt in the same chamber.”
― Justin A. Reynolds, Early Departures

#YA #Contemporary #BookSky πŸ“šπŸ’™πŸ“š 🌎

07.03.2026 08:53 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ursula K. Le Guin β€” 2026 Prize for Fiction

Nominations are open for the Le Guin prize! #Kidlit of a science fictional and/or fantastical nature should absolutely stand up and be counted.

www.ursulakleguin.com/prize26

06.03.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great strategy, I think I should start printing stickers, like about right now.

07.03.2026 08:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From the first trailer of "Kindred Spirits", the new animated feature film by Tomm Moore & Cartoon Saloon (Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers) + Folivari. Coming in 2028.
Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQn9...

05.03.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 2973 πŸ” 1104 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 78

🀣 Yes!

06.03.2026 08:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love the postcard! 😍

06.03.2026 07:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That illustration, wow! amazing!

06.03.2026 07:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Adorable pair! 😍 Fantastic work.

06.03.2026 07:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And absolutely awesome! That panel is storytelling perfection.

06.03.2026 07:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mine, too

06.03.2026 07:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Looks delicious!

06.03.2026 07:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The Cover of I AM NOT YOUR PERFECT MEXICAN DAUGHTER by Erika L. Sanchez, showing the back of the head of a young woman, her hair gathered in a braid, with a coastal city as background.

The Cover of I AM NOT YOUR PERFECT MEXICAN DAUGHTER by Erika L. Sanchez, showing the back of the head of a young woman, her hair gathered in a braid, with a coastal city as background.

"How do we tie our shoes, brush our hair, drink coffee, wash the dishes & go to sleep, pretending everything is fine? How do we laugh & feel happiness despite the buried things growing inside? How can we do that day after day?"
-Erika L. SΓ‘nchez, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
#KidLit πŸ’™πŸ“š #YA

06.03.2026 07:24 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The cover for THE NIGHT WATCH by Sergei Lukyanenko.

Black background, golden trim, splashes of blood, the tittle in white letters, a mand, whose face we can't see, holding a gun.

The cover for THE NIGHT WATCH by Sergei Lukyanenko. Black background, golden trim, splashes of blood, the tittle in white letters, a mand, whose face we can't see, holding a gun.

"In a war the most dangerous thing is to understand the enemy. To understand is to forgive."
― Sergei Lukyanenko, Night Watch

#Fantasy #BookSky #Books #quotes πŸ“šπŸ’™πŸ“š

06.03.2026 07:20 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of Brave New World by A. Huxley

The cover of Brave New World by A. Huxley

"Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced."
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

#favoritebooks #greatquotes #BookSky #Sci-Fi πŸ“šπŸ’™πŸ“š

06.03.2026 07:12 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome!

26.02.2026 14:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of The Beginning Place shows a young man holding a sword in a forest. He's looking through the trees as if searching for something.

The cover of The Beginning Place shows a young man holding a sword in a forest. He's looking through the trees as if searching for something.

Favorite quotes from favorite books,

"It was there, and he could come back to it, the silence that gave words meaning, the center that gave the world a shape."
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Beginning Place.

πŸ’™πŸ“š #BookSky

12.12.2024 07:55 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An illustration in pastel tones of a little house in a meadow, with mountains at the back and bushes in the front. Smoke raises from the chimney, while the moon and stars shine.

An illustration in pastel tones of a little house in a meadow, with mountains at the back and bushes in the front. Smoke raises from the chimney, while the moon and stars shine.

A calm moment and a quote to start your day.
Wishing you a lovely morning!

"Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it."
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

#bookquotes #illustration πŸ’™πŸ“š #booksky

20.02.2025 08:40 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of The Wild Robot shows a little robot standing a top a rock outcrop with a forest at its back and a setting sun.

The cover of The Wild Robot shows a little robot standing a top a rock outcrop with a forest at its back and a setting sun.

Favorite quotes,

"I'll tell you what: If I could do it all over again, I'd spend more time helping others. All I've ever done is dig tunnels. Some of them were real beauties too, but they're all hidden underground, where they're no good to anyone but me."
― Peter Brown, The Wild Robot
#BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š

20.02.2025 10:26 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Lovely!

26.02.2026 11:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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RΓΌmeysa Γ–ztΓΌrk on How ICE Detention Impacts Child Development ICE has detained 3,800 children since mid-January. RΓΌmeysa Γ–ztΓΌrk reflects on how that negatively impacts kids.

"We must all ask ourselves: is this really the world we want for our children β€” one where they are afraid to go to school, home, hospitals, neighborhoods, playgrounds, museums, and libraries for fear of immigration detention?"

Children don't belong in immigration detention.

26.02.2026 00:58 πŸ‘ 338 πŸ” 110 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

We obtained the Dilley detention center’s 911 call logs.

Among them are pleas for help for toddlers having trouble breathing, a pregnant woman who passed out and an elementary-school-aged girl having seizures.

26.02.2026 04:00 πŸ‘ 1886 πŸ” 1102 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 68

Love the new pic!πŸ₯°

25.02.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The view from the road. A narrow country road is lined by wheat fields. Ahead, the sun is setting among low clouds in a beautiful display of oranges and blues.

The view from the road. A narrow country road is lined by wheat fields. Ahead, the sun is setting among low clouds in a beautiful display of oranges and blues.

The way home.

This summer has gifted us with some wonderful sunsets.

#summer2025

12.09.2025 08:45 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of Small Spaces by Katherine Arden

The cover of Small Spaces by Katherine Arden

A beautiful and spooky #MG to get ready for the season... I enjoyed very much.

"You don't waste October sunshine. Soon the old autumn sun would bed down in cloud blankets and there would be weeks of gray rain before it finally decided to snow."
― Katherine Arden, Small Spaces

#KidLit #MG #Horror

25.09.2025 09:19 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The cover of Pebble in the Sky by Issac Assimov

The cover of Pebble in the Sky by Issac Assimov

Old, but still readable,

"They won't listen. Do you know why? Because they have certain fixed notions about the past. Any change would be blasphemy in their eyes, even if it were the truth. They don't want the truth; they want their traditions.”
― Isaac Asimov, Pebble in the Sky

#BookSky πŸ’™πŸ“š #scifi

25.09.2025 09:35 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An illustration showing a girl, as she looks up at her kite (papalote) flying high in the breeze.

A quote, in English and Spanish, accompanies the illustration:  "Que tu papalote vuele alto!" "May your papalote fly high!"

An illustration showing a girl, as she looks up at her kite (papalote) flying high in the breeze. A quote, in English and Spanish, accompanies the illustration: "Que tu papalote vuele alto!" "May your papalote fly high!"

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend.
May the winds of life take your papalote to new highs!

#papalotes #flyingonpaperwings #flyingkites #illustration

07.06.2025 12:07 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0