See maydaystrong.org. I'm not making this up. Be a part of May Day!

A strong middle class = a strong country. Our middle class has been losing ground for decades. Help stop the slide on May 1st, 2026! #MayDay #Protest

This May 1st: NOT business as usual. A day of marches, rallies, teach-ins, labor actions, & a general refusal to do business. When billionaires control, only collective action will end it. #MayDay #Protest Participate where and how you can. Put off that purchase for 1 day--it counts!

This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement. Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
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I am so thankful to be living here on the BC coast. It inspires so many of my books. Celebrate #BC BookDay today and every day.

P.S. It's quite good. I didn't expect to enjoy it so much, and now I'm looking forward to the release of book 3.

In the summer I read with my grandson and granddaughter. I've been picking the books, but we're switching it up: they'll each pick one to read with me. So I'm reading UNICO Awakening to prepare for my summer read with Sierra, which will be the 3rd Unicorn book! #Reading #Readingwithkids

NPM 2026 Day 21: BOOK OF CANDLES This poetry picture book explains the joys of Hanukkah from a child’s perspective.

#NationalPoetryMonth Day 21: This #poetry #picturebook explains the joys of Hanukkah from a child’s perspective. 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #bookblogger
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Remembering Barbara Park, American author best known for her hilarious Junie B. Jones series. She won 7 Children's Choice Awards and 4 Parents' Choice Awards...and over 40 awards in all! #childrensbooks #kidlit

Remembering Kathleen Karr, American author writing for children and young adults, and known for her meticulous research. 2003 Agatha Award. Several ALA Notable and Best books... #childrensbooks #YAlit #kidlit

Just so you know--this is a GIFT ARTICLE.

Military veterans, some carrying flags of deceased soldiers, others missing limbs, along with family members, were arrested today in the Cannon Office Building. Their "crime?" They were protesting the war. (FYI: Building IS open to the public.) #Trump #Iran

🎵 🕊️ ON SALE TODAY: Before there was Bruce Springsteen or Harry Belafonte or Joan Baez, there was cellist Pablo Casals. His "moving" (Booklist) story is told in MUSIC AND SILENCE: THE PASSION AND PROTEST OF PABLO CASALS. 🕊️🎵

#newbook #childrensbook #socialjustice @christymihaly.bsky.social

Our team wants to wish a happy National Library Workers' Day to all the hardworking individuals who keep libraries running every single day. Your work isn't unnoticed, and we're grateful for everything you do for your community. 👏

The secret is out! Happy Book Birthday to THE SECRETS OF THE JELLIES! 🪼An ocean of thanks to @mariehermansson.bsky.social for the lovely art and editor @naomikirsten.bsky.social .

@chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social @blueslipmedia.bsky.social

Opinion | ‘Easily the Worst President in U.S. History’

This will tell you everything you need to know and everything you've forgotten that you need to remember.
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RIGHT TO READ DAY. April 20, 2026. Everywhere. FOR YOUR FREEDOM TO READ. FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION. FOR UNDERSTANDING OUR PAST. FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. FOR OUR LIBRARIES. Logos for Unite Against Book Bans and ALA150 American Library Association

From Jan. 2025 - March 2026, 100+ pro-censorship bills were introduced in state legislatures. At least 40 bills would penalize libraries and library workers with lawsuits, fines, or even jail time for protecting people’s the right to read.

This #RightToReadDay, take action: https://bit.ly/43D9Dtw

All this is about a mile from my home. I drove by today (on the way to my son's place) and that beer garden looks almost ready to open. #beer #bookstore #plainville

We're in #NationalLibraryWeek! Support your local library!

Fave #picturebook of the week: THE PRINCESS AND THE GRAIN OF RICE by Tina Cho and Honee Jang.

A delightful fairy tale retelling that seamlessly weaves in fascinating Joseon era history. So glad my local library accepted my request to buy it!

#kidlit #booksky

Congratulations to @katemessner.com and Brian Biggs on the release of their brilliant new picture book, THE WHALE'S TALE AND THE OTTER'S SIDE OF THE STORY.

It's actually two books in one -- meant to be read from front to back (the whale's tale) and back to front (the otter's side of the story)!

Thank you @gianferrari-m.bsky.social for inviting @loreegriffinburns.bsky.social and me to join your book launch.

And thanks to @cwrobinson.bsky.social and @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social for hosting us. It was a terrific event with great questions from the audience.
#TLsky #Skybrarian #TLchat

for an idea of how big a deal this is, my mom was in great shape when she got diagnosed and she lasted less than sixty days. six years is insane.

Thank you for your courage to publicly address abusive language.

Just sobbed hardest I have since my mom died in 2020.

She missed these trials by a few months.

One of most ruthless cancers. Hard to fathom that maybe she'd still be here.

I feel such a hole inside.

In case you're wondering if we should fund mRNA research instead of another stupid war ... yes.

A colorful illustration of the front of a library with a librarian at the door waving to members of the community outside. A banner over the library reads "FIND YOUR JOY!" Logos for American Library Association and Library Champions in top right. Text below the illustration reads "Celebrate NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK, April 19-25, 2026"

It's #NationalLibraryWeek! Take time to discover what brings you joy at your library: browse the shelves, join a book club, attend a program, or get started on your next creative project in a makerspace.

Be sure to visit your library or ilovelibraries.org and celebrate your library all week long!

We love the library!
#nationallibraryweek

Remembering Jean Lee Latham, American author who specialized in fictionalized biographies for children. During WWII she served in the U.S. Signal Corps Inspection Agency, interrupting her plans to become a writer for radio. Newbery Award 1956. #childrensbooks #kidlit

On this day at dawn in 1775, 700 British soldiers fought a brief skirmish on Lexington Green before marching on to Concord... #OTD