THE SHELTERLINGS is on the SSYRA list!!!

So incredibly thrilled, honored, and grateful that THE SHELTERLINGS has been chosen as one of the Sunshine State Young Readers Award books! Thank you so much, Florida librarians!!! You've absolutely made my day!

Library Finery

Stopped by the library today to pick up a hold (yay for the awesomeness of interlibrary loans!) and got to visit THE SHELTERLINGS in all its library finery. Love seeing my books all shiny, like they’re about to go to the prom.

 

Signed Copies of THE SHELTERLINGS

Signed copies of THE SHELTERLINGS are now available through Books of Wonder!!! Love that bookstore so much! Everyone who works there is so extraordinarily nice. I had such a wonderful time visiting with them and signing books! 

https://booksofwonder.com/products/9780358350392

Books of Wonder Virtual Panel on 6/26

Very excited to be part of this Books of Wonder virtual panel on Sunday (6/26) at 3pm ET with Kirsty Applebaum, Jasbinder Bilan, Rebecca Caprara, and Louie Stowell! Hope you can join us!

https://booksofwonder.com/blogs/upcoming/fantastic-june-middle-grade-reads

THE SHELTERLINGS comes out today!!!

Today is the book birthday for my new book for kids, THE SHELTERLINGS!!!

It's a fantasy adventure from HarperCollins / Clarion Books about Holly the squirrel and her friends at the Shelter for Rejected Familiars -- a group of misfit animals who take on an impossible task. At its heart, it's about defying labels and defining yourself.

I am so excited that this book is out in the world! I absolutely loved writing it. It has one of my favorite things in it: talking animals! So. Very. Many. Talking. Animals.

Today also happens to be exactly fifteen years to the day since the release of my debut novel on June 21, 2007. So I want to say thank you to everyone who has been with me from the beginning and thank you to everyone who joined me along the way, from that first book to this one, my 24th! I love you all and would feed you all cake if I could!

http://www.sarahbethdurst.com/Shelterlings.htm

Blurb for THE SHELTERLINGS from Gwen

My cat, Gwen, who loves squirrels so much that she routinely hurls herself at the window when one walks by, presumably in hopes of snuggling them, is so excited for the June 21 release of my new book for kids, THE SHELTERLINGS, that she offered this lovely blurb: "Reeeoooowwww!"

Author Copies of THE SHELTERLINGS!

Look at these lovelies!!! I received my author copies for my new book for kids, THE SHELTERLINGS (coming June 21), and I am in love!

Thank you to everyone at Clarion Books, my phenomenal editor Anne Hoppe, and the amazing cover artist Brandon Dorman, for bringing Holly, Gus, and their friends to life so beautifully! I can't wait for this book to be out in the world!

Excerpt from THE SHELTERLINGS

Come meet Holly the squirrel and her friends from the Shelter for Rejected Familiars! I've posted the first chapter of my new book for kids, THE SHELTERLINGS (coming June 21 from HarperCollins / Clarion Books), on my website: http://www.sarahbethdurst.com/Shelterlingsexcerpt.htm

 

Three Weeks Until THE SHELTERLINGS!

Exactly three weeks until THE SHELTERLINGS!!! I can't wait for you all to meet Holly the squirrel and her friends at the Shelter for Rejected Familiars!

http://www.sarahbethdurst.com/Shelterlings.htm

THE SHELTERLINGS is a Junior Library Guild selection!!!

Exciting news! I'm so very, very thrilled to share that my new book for kids, THE SHELTERLINGS, is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! Thank you so much, Junior Library Guild, for this wonderful honor!

B&N Sale on Pre-Orders

Really cool sale at Barnes & Noble today and tomorrow: 25% off all pre-orders! So if you'd like to meet Holly the squirrel and all her friends at the Shelter for Rejected Familiars, it's an excellent time to pre-order THE SHETLERLINGS!

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-shelterlings-sarah-beth-durst/1139666656?ean=9780358350392

 

And you can also pre-order the paperback of EVEN AND ODD (two sisters who share magic go on an adventure with a unicorn named Jeremy)! Just use the code: PREORDER25.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/even-and-odd-sarah-beth-durst/1137169262?ean=9780358668046

Kirkus Review of THE SHELTERLINGS

Absolutely thrilled with this lovely review from Kirkus for my next kids book, THE SHELTERLINGS! Holly would be SO happy to be referred to as an impressive rodent hero!

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sarah-beth-durst/the-shelterlings/

Where Ideas Come From

This is a weasel riding a woodpecker (photo by Martin Le-May). 

And below is the cover for my next MG novel for kids, THE SHELTERLINGS (coming in June from HarperCollins / Clarion Books), in case you ever wondered where ideas come from.

Granted, in the photo, things aren't going well for the woodpecker, whereas in THE SHELTERLINGS, Holly (the squirrel) and Gus (the owl) are best friends. Then again, the woodpecker and weasel probably aren't about to meet a dragon...

Introducting THE SHELTERLINGS!

New year, new book! Very excited to introduce my next book for kids, THE SHELTERLINGS, coming in June from HarperCollins / Clarion Books! So excited for you all to meet Holly the squirrel and her friends at the Shelter for Rejected Familiars!

Gorgeous cover art by the brilliant and outrageously talented Brandon Dorman!

http://www.sarahbethdurst.com/Shelterlings.htm

Publishers Weekly's Spring 2022 Children's Sneak Previews

From Publishers Weekly's Spring 2022 Children's Sneak Previews! Coming June 21, 2022!