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Posts by Cynthia Levinson

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Threats to Library Funding End With Settlement by Trump Administration

Threats to Library Funding End With Settlement by Trump Administration www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/a... #kidlit #alllit #presidentialoverreach

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Between the launch of #ArtemisII #spaceexploration #spacelaw #WhoOwnstheMoon @margaretquinlin.bsky.social and @SCOTUS #birthright #citizenship @Atheneum @msmirelle.bsky.social #kidlit #Megakidlit my books are feeling mighty proud.

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Rutherford County Libraries Restricted Children's Books.PDF

This is for booksellers, so if the book isn't available to the trade market it won't be on this list. It does include books that are Out of Stock Indefinitely (which means mostly out of print). Here's a PDF:
drive.google.com/file/d/1KJJb...
and a spreadsheet:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Supreme Court, do not make a lie of this book. #freetolearn @Atheneum @MirelleOrtega #birthright @AlfredoLopez

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Please read my book about #birthrightcitizenship for young readers called Free to Learn. @Simon&Schuster

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Please read my book about birthright citizenship for young readers called Free to Learn. @Simon&Schuster

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Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth An unprecedented look at the birth of a sperm whale found that mother and calf were supported by other whales throughout the process.

Yes, that's a sperm whale calf being kept afloat by cooperating whates....One of the most beautiful ocean experiences of a lifetime! Whale midwives unite! 🥰🥰🥰
#ocean #whales #STEM #midwives
www.npr.org/2026/03/27/n...

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Goodness! Thank you.

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Stephen Miller Asks Why Texas Pays to Teach Undocumented Children

Stephen Miller Asks Why Texas Pays to Teach Undocumented Children www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u...

#undocumented #children #righttogotoschool @AlfredoLopez #PlylervDoe #SupremeCourt #14thAmendment #equalprotectionofthelaws #FreetoLearn @Simon&Schuster @MirelleOrtega #kidlit #Megakidlit

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What a deLIGHTful book! Thank you @DawnQuigley @cynthialeitichsmith @HeartDrum! #kidlit #MegaKidlit @wndb.bsky.social #Ojibwe

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What an honor to be on a panel with @kadirnelson @johnparraart.bsky.social @annebroylesauthor @tucsonfestivalofbooks #nonfiction #kidlit #Megakidlit #spaceexploration #spacelaw #Constitution @PeachtreePub @WalkerBooksUS

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Thank you!

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Me wearing my kid-friendly comet jacket sitting between two astrophysicists at the Tucson Festival of Books—the first time they’ve had a kidlit writer on the Science Stage with grown-up writers! #WhoOwnstheMoon @MargariteQuinlinBooks @PeachtreePub @WalkerBooks @SaradiSalvo

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@rachel.b.levinson @BrennanCenterforJustice quoted by @heathercoxrichardson #legaldefinition #domesticterrorism

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Science stories for young readers

As a #kidlit writer who focuses on #history #politics #law, I don't customarily have a book reviewed in Science magazine. This book of our "lively" book really pleases me.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Thank you @DanaTelep @HillcrestElementary @WacoISD for inviting me to talk with kids about #FreetoLearn #TheYoungestMarcher #socialjustice #birthrightcitizenship

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Does labeling protest ‘domestic terrorism’ weaken national security — and First Amendment protections? And does the Trump administration’s expansive definition of the term clash with First Amendment rights? Rachel Levinson-Waldman explains on Equal Time.

Daughter Rachel @brennancenter.org on #domesticterrorism #freespeech #firstamendment
rollcall.com/podcasts/equ...

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blue graphic with an outline of the United States. Red and white text reads: Call. National Book Banning Bill Proposed in US House of Reps. Tell your rep: Vote no on H.R. 7661.

blue graphic with an outline of the United States. Red and white text reads: Call. National Book Banning Bill Proposed in US House of Reps. Tell your rep: Vote no on H.R. 7661.

We've had a day to pull a few things together, so here's a thread some more targeted info opposing the potential national book ban just proposed in the House of Representatives.

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CCBC-Recommended Book Search Book Titleby Book Author Illustrated by Book Illustrator Publisher: Children’s Book Press, 1999 Pages: 32 ISBN: 0-89239-160-X CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 4-7

Thank you, CCBC, for choosing #WhoOwnstheMoon as one of the best books published last year! @margaretquinlin.bsky.social @jenswanbooks.bsky.social @Peachtreepub #spaceexploration #spacelaw #spacedebris #spacetourism ccbc.education.wisc.edu/recommended-...

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Texas University Closes Exhibition With Anti-ICE Artwork

Texas University Closes Exhibition With Anti-ICE Artwork www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/a... #ICE #Anti-ICE #PoliticsinTexas

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John Oliver to Tackle ICE Shootings in Last Week Tonight's Season 13 Return John Oliver's 'Last Week Tonight' will take on the Minneapolis ICE shootings as the show returns from a three-month break to a “much darker” political climate.

On Feb. 15, John Oliver will report on #ICE #shootings, including research that daughter @rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social conducted. latenighter.com/news/john-ol...

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Trump’s Version of “Domestic Terrorism” vs. the First Amendment The administration has given itself permission to prosecute people and organizations for their political views.

From daughter @rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social @brennancenter.org: "The administration has supercharged the use of domestic #terrorism investigations to scare Americans away from using their First Amendment rights to oppose its policies." www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res... #freespeech #Constitution

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What the Crackdown Has Done to Minneapolis Children

Ironically, “suffer the little children” takes on a highly unchristian meaning. #ICE #deportation #BorderPatrol #childrenwithoutparents
What the Crackdown Has Done to Minneapolis Children www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

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Why Authors Write Books Podcast · Updated Weekly · In candid conversations with bestselling authors, Why Authors Write goes behind the covers to get inside creative minds and find out what propels these authors to keep...

@SaraStanton @MaryJCronin @BostonAuthorsClub are launching Why Authors Write, a weekly podcast on podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... & Apple Podcasts & YouTube #authors #nonfiction #fiction #kidlit

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Opinion | The Border Patrol Is the Problem. It Always Has Been.

This is a very clarifying article. #ICE #BorderPatrol #undocumented The Border Patrol Is the Problem. It Always Has Been. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...

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Making the Hard Stuff (look) Easy

It's NFFEST (Nonfiction Fest) time! #kidlit #Megakidlit #nonfiction @christinasoon.bsky.social @bethanyhegedus.bsky.social @dheiligman.bsky.social @annbausman.bsky.social @EricSinger www.nffest.com/2026/02/maki...

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Huge crowd for ICE out of Austin!

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Aziel, a high school student @Austin, testifying eloquently to the Texas State Board of Education against a VERY concerning proposal to require only "classic" and Bible-related texts. @txfreedomread #librarians #kidlit #diversebooks #MegaKidLit

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Holding Homeland Security Accountable Reforms to focus DHS’s work and guard against overreach depend on strengthened internal oversight offices.

www.brennancenter.org/our-work/pol...

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