It’s happening and I’m so excited. Thank you @vashtiharrison.bsky.social for the visual. My next book with Jason Griffin, ON FRIDAYS, launches in the world on 9.1.26. Preorder now!

That You Are Here Is No Small Thing

#Bookaday I added Traci N. Todd and @vashtiharrison.bsky.social's That You Are Here Is No Small Thing to my 2026 Books I Love presentation: www.pinterest.com/mrschureads/...

Cover image for THAT YOU ARE HERE IS NO SMALL THING showing a black girl's face looking up with stars all around. On Sale September 1

🌟 COVER SPOTLIGHT 🌟 From Sibert Honor winner Traci N. Todd & Caldecott Medalist @vashtiharrison.bsky.social comes an unforgettable exploration of culture and history that records the important survival story Black children carry and celebrates their hope for a radiant future.

If these elections had gone the other way — if the Democratic Party had underperformed or even lost one of these contests — then every commentator under the sun would say, rightfully, that Democrats were in disarray; that even the president’s deep unpopularity couldn’t keep them afloat with voters. But Tuesday was a Democratic victory. And the party didn’t just win — it won by commanding majorities on virtually every field of play. In polls, in focus groups and now at the ballot box, the public is telling us something very clearly: Trump is simply too much. If this is an opportunity for Democrats to win back lost ground — and it is — then it is also a warning to a Republican Party that has tied its entire identity to the man from Mar-a-Lago.

i closed out my column this week with this preemptive jab at basically every commentator currently looking for ways to say that last night didn’t count

Join me for a signing at #alaac25 on Monday! @lbschool.bsky.social

The neighborhood is getting ready for tomorrow

Peony season

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Incredibly talented author & illustrator @vashtiharrison.bsky.social will be joining us this week to talk about her Caldecott Medal winning book, Big. We can't wait!! This powerful picture book is a must read. On a scale of 1-10, how excited are you? We are off the charts at 11!

What a huge honor! Big was included in Kirkus Reviews list of Best Books of the 21st Century (so far) www.kirkusreviews.com/fiction/best...

didn’t we used to have a word for this

Starting at 10:30!

Join me for a free virtual event Tomorrow! I’ll be part of The Society of Illustrators Virtual Saturday Stories! I’ll do a live reading and drawing workshop! Register here: societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...

Join me for a free virtual event Tomorrow! I’ll be part of The Society of Illustrators Virtual Saturday Stories! I’ll do a live reading and drawing workshop! Register here: societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...

Join me for a virtual storytime and art workshop this Saturday with the Society of Illustrators! Free to register: societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...

Posca party

Hey #kidlit, friendly reminder that tomorrow is #kidlitartpostcard! Last month we set a record on Bluesky with 413 posts.

Take care to use the right hashtag so your work can be found.

I’m planning to scroll the hashtag with @flashes.blue this time around!

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The Value of Joy By canceling Joy Reid’s cable news show, MSNBC has not only silenced a brilliant host: It’s silenced the next Black voice you haven’t yet heard.

Cancelling @joyannreid.bsky.social means the door she held open for the next generation of Black voices will slam shut. Without her, the next her, won't get platformed by white media. That, of course, is why white media pushed her out.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Heart. Hair. Hands. #bhm days 4,5 and 6.

Black History Month might need to last all year for me to do these posts, but I’m ok w/that. We’re gonna need some timeline cleanses over the next couple months. Take a break from doomscrolling and look at these cuties inspired by my recent school visits.

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

New MSNBC Bloodbath of Non-White Anchors After Joy Reid Forced Out Jonathan Capehart, Katie Phang, and Ayman Mohyeldin have all lost their shows.

New MSNBC Bloodbath of Non-White Anchors After Joy Reid Forced Out

2/19: MSNBC celebrates its NAACP Image Award and Joy Reid’s book Medgar & Myrlie.

2/22: Trump calls MSNBC a “threat to democracy” after NBCUniversal’s lawsuit settlement.

2/23: Joy Reid ( @joyannreid.bsky.social ) canceled.

When Trump sent the heat, @MSNBC.com bent the knee—AGAIN!

A tweet by Michael McFaul (@McFaul) that reads: "In 2012, when I was the US ambassador to Russia, Putin shut down USAID inside Russia. Why? Because their work supported free markets, democracy, human rights — ie causes that threatened Putin's dictatorship. Shutting down USAID is exactly what autocrats all over the world want."

Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.

Hope Island #bhm day 2

#hope #blackhistorymonth

Still working on updating the list, thank you for your suggestions!

If you have some more prompt suggestions please leave some in the comments and I’ll finish the list and maybe find a more specific hashtag.

So maybe in some parts of my life I’ll be staying angry and raising Hell, here I’ll be trying to put the H in #BHM and celebrating Black History and Heritage. Hope you’ll join me.

I’ll try to go live when I can to make some art every day. Hopefully.

We are fighting tyranny, fascism. authoritarianism on top of humanitarian, social and climate crises. It’s too many things. I’m angry. I’m scared. I’m overwhelmed. But I’m not Hopeless. My art has to be Hopeful. It has to have Heart. I want it to Help and Heal.

I’m up late thinking about this. For #BHM this year I wanted to do another drawing challenge. 8 years ago my Black History Month drawings celebrating Black Women were an attempt at joy in the face of patriarchy and racism. This time is different.