Sarah Threlkeld

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Kids specialist at Island Books, MA in kidlit, Happy Reading podcast, avid baker, LEGO & Muppet lover

Same Page by Elly Swartz. Two 6th grade girls standing back to back in a school hallway with a small dog between their legs facing the viewer. One girl is holding a large stack of books.
Educator event June 1 from 10am-5pm. 20% off entire purchase if you’re an educator. Picture book preview at 10:30, middle grade preview at 11:15am. Giveaways and treats, too.
Logo for indie bookstore day accompanied by info about activities Island Books has planned: doors open at 8am, cookies and champagne at 4pm, kids’ scavenger hunt, selfie stations, and ARC giveaway.
Stack of 9 kidlit books
Cover of Every Monday Mabel by Jashar Awan. Shows a young girl dragging a chair across the cover in front of a window showing a garbage truck.
Cover of The Cartoonists Club, a middle grade graphic novel by Telgemeier and McCloud. Shows four tweens in different poses holding comics.
Cover of Team Awkward book 1. Shows a grid of 4 illustrated 6th grade girls with various embarrassed expressions on their faces.
Cover of Recommended Reading by Paul Coccia. Illustration shows two young men standing close to one another in a bookstore with small hearts above their heads.
Otter Carries On by Maya Tatsukawa
Stack of middle grade books featured on the podcast: Ferris by Kate DiCamillo, Unsinkable Cayenne by Jessica Vitalis, Westfallen by Ann & Ben Brashares, Carter Avery’s Tricky 4th Grade Year by Rob Buyea, and The First State of Being by Erin Estrada Kelly
Cover of A World Worth Saving: teenage boy running toward cover, being pushed by wind
12 book covers for early readers and chapters books, including Everyone Gets a Turn, Little Shrew, Lone Wolf, Orris & Tumble, and Welcome to Scare School
Five book covers: Code Red, Gracie Under the Waves, Dress Coded, Attack of the Black Rectangles, and Save Our Forest!
Five book covers: Max in the House of Spies, The Partition Project, Pearl, The Night War, and The Bletchley Riddle
Book covers of five middle grade sci-fi stories: The First State of Being, Westfallen, The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza, The Color of Sound, and Boy 2.0
Five middle grade book covers: Just Keep Walking, 15 Secrets to Survival, Lifeboat 5, Alone, and Island book 1.
Five mystery middle grade book covers: Mystery of the Locked Rooms, The Sherlock Society, International House of Dereliction, The Misfits, and A Strange Thing Happened in Cherry Hall.
Five book covers: Stand Up!, Click, Nikhil Out Loud, Take It From the Top, and Hummingbird.
Five middle grade fantasy book covers: Medusa, Amari and the Night Brothers, The House with the Dragon in It, Jupiter Nettles, and Bog Myrtle.
Five book covers for middle grade books about competition: May the Best Player Win, Duel, Keeping Pace, Team Park, and Freestyle.
Book cover. Illustration of a tween girl holding two books and looking surprised.
Cover of Flora & Ulysses featuring a girl in glasses looking up at a flying squirrel
Dog next to cover of Lone Wolf Goes to School
Book cover
Scruffy sleeping dog with face smooshed against pillow