Child: I know your name. Mamdani.

Obama: What’s his first name?

Child: Mayor.

“It’s like Ramona said, “Going fishing doesn't mean you catch a marlin.’”

John 21:100s

Congratulations!

Chicago White Sox pope hats giveaway

In the running for greatest giveaway of all time

Fuck this. As an industry, we are in an existential crisis of book banning because of homophobia and transphobia weaponized by racist authoritarians. “Dirty books” are not the problem. Censorship is.

Make whatever books you like, but don’t you dare call other books dirty in your shitty marketing.

So good! 💛✨

Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer's Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book A Writer's Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book

I have a book recommendation for emerging authors:

Boise took its Pride flag down. But new art has popped up at City Hall. What it cost “The flag is not our only form of expression,” a Council Member previously said.

The famous Andor line is that "tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle." Here is a perfect example of that through malicious compliance: Idaho forced the city of Boise to remove its Pride flags. So the city painted rainbows everywhere else.

The National Association of Black Bookstores (NABB) has declared April 7 to be #NationalBlackBookstoreDay — a day to recognize the "cultural, economic, and community impact of Black-owned bookstores across the United States.” pen.org/black-owned-...

Called my members of Congress to tell them the president seems deeply unwell, unhinged, and shouldn’t be in charge of our country. What a mess. Forever disappointed and shocked people voted for this horrible person.

This campaign would be a grave sin even if he didn’t know the stakes; that he does — that he’s gleefully destroying a civilization with many millennia of history, & millions of innocent people who are suffering — is Hitler-level. Shame on him, his Administration, & all Americans for enabling it.

Cannot overstate how important foreign grad students are to US higher ed

Well over half of grad students in the US are international (& if you think that's a bad thing, you're an idiot).

Mamdani is not just filling the potholes with the crew. He's creating a visual and personal reminder of the dignity inherent in all of these anonymous government jobs.

Full support of the Whiskers Wagon!

Polymarket shouldn't exist.

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

A purple crayon

My thoughts on what's going on in #kidlit publishing now, a little history, and what we can do:

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I know this and you know this and we all know this but sometimes you gotta say the obvious thing out loud (so to speak) just so you don’t feel alone or crazy: our president is a deeply unwell and utterly vile man who shouldn’t be in charge of driving a golf cart much less the free world.

CALL YOUR REPS: Stop the Federal Book Ban Bill! Your voice matters, and together we can help protect the freedom to read.

Phone calls to reps are still the best way for citizens to influence legislation. If you've avoided the phone thus far, use this tool from @everylibrary.bsky.social to help oppose H.R. 7661. If you do that today, you can take the rest of the weekend off! :)

The #idleg pulled out their radiator caps to circumvent due process on controversial bills. 🧵

#idpol

Thank you, Katy!

Curling digital illustration from the Winter Olympics

Hi Brian! More artwork available here eijasumner.com/artwork/

Digital drawing of garden eels upset about all the things.

Kidlit author making weird little drawings and garden eels for April #kidlitartpostcard

Obsessed with eels of all kinds, and would love to draw all the fish and disgruntled eels.

Looking for representation, quirky projects, and all the art making shenanigans.

#kidlitart #kidlitillustrator

So cool to see the details up close!

incredible cover

Eija doing a wall sit so she can have beautiful butterfly wings at the Eric Carle Picture Book Museum.

Bucket list trip to the Eric Carle Picture Book Museum!

A special place to celebrate picture book art, early childhood literacy, and be inspired. 💛

#kidlit
#picturebooks

"They aren't a political wedge issue. They are human beings. They are your neighbors, your coworkers, your classmates. They pay their bills. They show up. They contribute. Above all else, like every single one of us, they just want to live their lives on their own terms. They just want to be happy."

All about KidLitArtPostcard — Gina Perry Illustrations

It's your lunchtime reminder that #KidLitArtPostcard is this Thursday, April 2nd. www.ginaperry.com/postcard

Flew out of Hartford, CT this morning and a DHS employee in a green hoodie checked my ID with a TSA agent telling them what to do.

Congratulations, Laurel!! Can’t wait to read!