In honor of Earth Day and National Poetry Month, we spoke with the creators of three picture books highlighting poet and nature enthusiast Mary Oliver about adapting the poet’s work for children buff.ly/5Lk2Z0H
Recycling, Revising, and Rethinking
While revising, I worked on adding more alliteration, and I played around with stanza breaks and formatting.
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There was a time when the president inspired pride instead of exhaustion. I miss that more than I can say.
Stewart Copeland, acclaimed drummer for The Police, teams up with naturalist Martyn Stewart for a pioneering album featuring laughing hyenas, Asian owls, and howler monkeys. 60 Minutes, Sunday.
Illegal logging. Mining. Drug trafficking. Deforestation. How do journalists connect the dots?
Mongabay’s webinar How to Cover Nature Crime brings together Daniela Quintero Díaz (@mongabaylatam.bsky.social) and Richaldo Hariandja (@mongabayid.bsky.social).
📅 May 5, 2026
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We do a final dive into books being released in the earlier part of 2026. Pluck out your favs! Books from @pajamapress.bsky.social, @postwavebooks.bsky.social, @tigertalesbooks.bsky.social & @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social c/o @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/04/17/p...
THE SENATE IS VOTING ON THE BOUNDARY WATERS RIGHT NOW!
Tonight, while most people are watching TV or putting their kids to bed, the U.S. Senate is taking a vote that could permanently end protections for one of the most beloved wilderness areas in America.
The Queen of the Boardwalk, a Northern Cardinal, is busy working on her nest!
Speak: the graphic novel by National Book Award Finalist Laurie Halse Anderson Artwork by Eisner Award-winning artist Emily Carroll
April is designated as National Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). Sexual assault is an issue that affects our entire community.
Looking for resources to help raise awareness through reading? Take a look at our Teacher's Guide for Speak: The Graphic Novel at the link. tinyurl.com/y7rncpuu
Book censorship has so many far-reaching consequences, especially in the world of children’s publishing. Whoever your audience, if you’re an author you should be screaming about this.
Destroying the future health for all, for the greed of a few.
On March 31, 2026, the Trump administration announced the largest forced purge of a federal land management agency in American history.
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Artemis II Return NASA's Orion spacecraft carrying Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, along with Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen from the CSA (Canadian Space Agency), splashes down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California, at 5:07 p.m. PDT, (8:07 p.m. EDT) on Friday, April 10, 2026. The Artemis II test flight launched on Wednesday, April 1, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin its 10-day journey around the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and to build on our foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars. NASA’s Landing and Recovery team and the U.S. military are coordinating efforts to extract the Artemis II crew from the Orion spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
What a great photo just added on the NASA Johnson Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...
A "live" logo above a headline reading NASA's Artemis II crew returns to Earth. Above an artist's rendering of the Orion spacecraft entering Earth's atmosphere.
🌎 Watch the return of NASA's Artemis II mission live with us--just an hour to go until the astronauts splash down! www.scientificamerican.com/video/watch-...
This infuriating attitude shows up on the bookshelves in learning environments, too. We expect girls to empathize with boys, but we kneecap every opportunity to let boys empathize with girls. And look where we are.
Short-Sighted Massive Destruction!
“Unless we practice conservation, those who come after us will have to pay the price of misery, degradation, and failure for the progress and prosperity of our day.”
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AUTHOR DIANE MULDROW ON ENVIRONMENTAL STORIES AND CELEBRATING EARTH DAY WITH HER PB ONCE A WASTELAND: FROM TOXIC DUMP TO NATIONAL PARK
"It was challenging to write –and for Sleeping Bear to publish–a picture book on this sobering topic, even with its happy ending." writersrumpus.com/2026/04/10/a...
“Broadly trust in journalism is in a really fragile place,” said Campbell, noting the rise of “AI slop” and AI-generated disinformation on social media. #AISlop
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What Nobody’s Telling Querying Writers About What’s Happening to Publishing #kidlit
Marginalized writers who fought harder to get in the door in the first place are often the first ones pushed back out when the industry decides it needs to “focus.”
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After six weeks of fighting, President Trump says the fragile ceasefire is a victory — but Iran has learned it has the ability to put a stranglehold on the global oil trade. Elena Casas explains how Tehran may have gained an advantage it didn't have before the war
"When you are little in front of a big world, how do you make changes for the well-being of everybody?" Yuyi Morales asks the big questions today in a guest post that I am honored to host. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/04/09/t...
The C.I.A. director used one word to describe the Israeli prime minister’s regime change scenarios: “farcical.”
At that point, Mr. Rubio cut in. “In other words, it’s bullshit,” he said.
And here we are.
The underlying problem with overemphasizing the antagonist’s culpability in the external conflict is, in a word, projection. #kidlit
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“Every creature belonged to the whole,” echoing an earlier line, “Every gift mattered to the whole.” #kidlit afuse8production.slj.com/2026/04/07/n...
From space, the moon fully blocks the sun, casting a dark silhouette surrounded by a glowing corona, as seen by Artemis II astronauts after reemerging from the moon’s far side.
After emerging from the far side of the moon, the Artemis II astronauts witnessed something few have ever experienced—a total solar eclipse in space.
📷 NASA
Protect Chaco Canyon! Trump’s DOI has announced a proposal to open it to oil and gas drilling—potentially destroying sites that have been sacred to Pueblo and Diné indigenous communities for generations.
Say NO to revoking protections for this sacred place: eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home...
I vote NO!
We need your help.
The Trump administration is dismantling the U.S. Forest Service. 193 million acres of public land (bigger than Texas) is being handed over to political operatives and industry insiders.
POTUS Proposes Elimination of Federal Library Funding. The President again requested that Congress eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) program. We've seen this before, and we're not going away. Fund Libraries, ALA 150, American Library Association.
!["We are not surprised that the White House FY27 budget zeroes out funding for IMLS and IAL. The president’s intentions for IMLS were clear last year with the executive order to dismantle IMLS and cut off its funding [...] ALA members have a solid track record of defeating the president’s threats, but we do not underestimate the lengths to which he will go to undercut support for America’s libraries. ALA is working to make sure decisionmakers continue to hear from library advocates.” - ALA President Sam Helmick](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q5qyswhppr7tiskw43xhcv7f/bafkreickyturajq3zv6n65qgp3wg2mexkm3x4lduf5a5armtx3tv5edrky)
"We are not surprised that the White House FY27 budget zeroes out funding for IMLS and IAL. The president’s intentions for IMLS were clear last year with the executive order to dismantle IMLS and cut off its funding [...] ALA members have a solid track record of defeating the president’s threats, but we do not underestimate the lengths to which he will go to undercut support for America’s libraries. ALA is working to make sure decisionmakers continue to hear from library advocates.” - ALA President Sam Helmick
NEW: The President once again called to eliminate federal library funding in his federal budget proposal. We have been here before. And when we make our voices heard, we can overcome this again.
Tell your Senators to reject the cuts & #FundLibraries in next year's federal budget: ala.org/showup
