In 3 days. Me and @mizzkalwrites71.bsky.social⁠.⁠ At Blue Bunny Books.
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This Saturday morning I'll be visiting @bluebunnybooks in the heart of Dedham Square alongside A CENTURY FOR CAROLINE author @mizzkalwrites71.bsky.social.⁠
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If you can fit us in between soccer and gymnastics, join us!
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#kidlit #booksky #edusky #skybrarian #picturebooks #reading #indiebookshop

Ashanti colored a book of mine and did a spectacular job.

A book called The Birding Dictionary: A tongue-in-cheek guide for people who find themselves obsessed, against all logic and reason, with birds. By Rosemary Mosco. "Best. Dictionary. Ever." says David Allen Sibley, author of The Sibley Guide to Birds.

In case you missed it, I've got a new book called THE BIRDING DICTIONARY. It's out wherever you buy books, and it's funny yet educational, plus it's gift sized and has dozens of original cartoons. Thank you to the folks who've bought it and sent me pics of them/their kids laughing while reading!

Parents! Librarians! Teachers! Readers! Register today for the upcoming webinar Helping Black Children Rise: Agency and Resiliency in Children’s Literature on May 21 at 5 pm. Use the QR code to register.

🎉 Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member Kaija Langley (@mizzkalwrites71.bsky.social)! 🎉

📚 A CENTURY FOR CAROLINE illustrated by @temikatheartist.bsky.social, published by Denene Millner Books is available today.

Check it out: buff.ly/AANH9EK

Beloved Florida indie bookstore faces backlash after removal of LGBTQ titles Escambia County, where Bodacious Bookstore & Café is located, has become a battleground in the national fight over book bans and censorship.

Bodacious Bookstore in Pensacola, FL, absolutely has the right to stock whatever titles they wish. Shoppers also absolutely have the right to not shop there anymore given their clear anti-LGBTQ+ bias. Kudos to employees who quit.

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#VerseNovels "are powerful, remarkable, unforgettable if done well" – @mizzkalwrites71.bsky.social
– contrib. to DiVERSE: Conversations with YA and Children's Verse Novelists
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social Photo by Andre Bogard.

I’m a scientist working on dark matter and neutron stars and I wouldn’t be who I am today without Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Haile Germima, Toni Morrison, Jane Austen, A.A. Milne, Errol Morris, Star Trek, Herman Melville, Lorna Simpson, Edward Lear, Tina Turner, and so many others.

Appreciate the kind words from Kirkus Reviews!

The First State of Being

One Big Open Sky

Across So Many Seas

The Wrong Way Home

I interviewed @erinentrada.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/two-..., Lesa Cline-Ransome mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/newb..., @ruthbehar.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/newb..., and @kloshaughnessy.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/newb... this week.

7 Stories About Saving Sea Creatures That Center BIPOC Protagonists + GIVEAWAY! - Pragmatic Mom Please welcome my guest author and friend, Padma Venkatraman, with her list of 7 Stories About Saving Sea Creatures. We met at an SCBWI conference in Springfield many years ago. The author signings we...

Last day to win SAFE HARBOR by Padma Venkatraman

7 Stories About Saving Sea Creatures That Center BIPOC Protagonists + GIVEAWAY! via @pragmaticmom

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#readyourworld #middlegrade #novelinverse #giveaway

In late 2017 my poem, "We Know How to Do This" was published in the poetry anthology IF YOU CAN HEAR THIS: POEMS IN PROTEST OF AN AMERICAN INAUGURATION. I thought the book, and that poem, would be a relic of history, but here we are, so I am sharing it today... because we know how to do this.

#SamiraSurfs - a Rohingya refugee girl finds empowerment in a girls' surf club, Cox's Bazar Bangladesh. Read author Rukhsanna Guidroz's interview in DiVERSE Conversations with YA & Chn's Verse Novelists (Bloomsbury) @aaslala.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social

Thanks, Linda! I posted as well about a week ago. Happy 2025!

#VerseNovels "are powerful, remarkable, unforgettable if done well" – @mizzkalwrites71.bsky.social – contrib. to DiVERSE: Conversations with Young Adult & Children's Verse Novelists. Photo: Andre Bogard. USA Hb & Pb release 23Jan @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/us/diverse-9...

I have an interview in the forthcoming anthology, DiVERSE: CONVERSATIONS WITH YA and CHILDREN’S VERSE NOVELISTS, edited by @LindaWeste. This publishes by Bloomsbury in the U.S. on January 23! Link to buy: shorturl.at/GP2Fm

Happy 2025! THE ORDER OF THINGS is out in paperback on January 21. Enjoyed this story? Please leave a review, share a copy, or leave a copy in a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social. Deep gratitude to Nancy Paulsen Books, Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency, and Junior Library Guild for loving this story.

More fun with author friends @engagereaders @wholeheartlocal.bsky.social and @rajanilarocca.bsky.social at the Newton Children’s Book Festival.

Fabulous time today at the inaugural Newton Children’s Book Festival created by @pragmaticmom.bsky.social.

Thanks, Lisa! The feeling is mutual!