What a treat to chat with you both!

It was my pleasure to talk to @joshmonkwords.bsky.social and @brennajeanneret.bsky.social on the #VerseShow podcast. Check out my interview and their interviews with other #KidLit folks, such as Caldecott Honoree Jason Griffin, anywhere podcasts are streamed.

A gathering of editors! What a rare treat it is to talk shop and dish with the best colleagues! Kindling Words East 2026 with @alvinaling.bsky.social, @carolhinz.bsky.social, @armyvet5.bsky.social, @puddlereader.bsky.social Samantha Gentry, Bunmi Ishola

Thanks, Sis! I agree! 💕

I love this cover!

Praying for more success with this book than you could even imagine in your wildest dreams.

If you haven't already to to wherever you get your podcasts and listen to this weeks double feature of Jason Griffin and @armyvet5.bsky.social and check out their cover reveal for ON FRIDAYS here 👇

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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!

We did a couple of very important interviews for YMCAV that @brennajeanneret.bsky.social and I would appreciate you listening to. The first is with visual artist Jason Griffin, who illustrated @armyvet5.bsky.social’s September 2026 picture book On Fridays 👀

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Amazing illustrator! #SoulFoodSunday
#FishFryFriday #MyDaddyIsACowboy #BoogieBoogieYall

I’m so excited for this book! 😂

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I love these two humans. I have the honor of calling both CG & Eileen friends! This will be an amazing book and I can’t wait to let them double Dutch into your hearts!

It’s not too late to read Winsome Bingham’s THE WALK, a perfect #picturebook for Election Day! I ❤️ the natural rising tension & how the child plays an active role in this important community ritual. Mold those future leaders! #kids #voting #votingmatters #votingrights #kidlit @armyvet5.bsky.social

Unhinged? Do tell 😂

Congrats, Nikki! I’m excited to add this one to my shelf!

Love seeing this Nikki! I hope your last writing escape was successful 📚 💕

YES!!!

I am such a fan of @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social and last night at the Brooklyn Public Library I’m reminded why. He is so thoughtful and intentional about his writing. Now I have to go buy Jay Ellis’ book.

If you haven’t read the TRACK series, pick up GHOST, LU, SUNNI, PATINA, and now COACH!

Literary Agent Marie Brown Re-Wrote Publishing Culture "A number of white editors with whom I had worked had been offered phenomenal jobs, and when I went on interviews, it was as if I couldn't read."

TRUTH: Adam Clayton Powell ignited the need for better racial representation in children's books in the 1960s
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📆 📚✨Mark your calendars for BOOKFEST@BANKSTREET on November 1 — featuring keynote speaker, award-winning, New York Times-bestselling #kidlit author @halseanderson.bsky.social!
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I agree!!!! What a time to be alive in KidLit?

I’ve got to get busy with these books! I think I have until 18 Nov. if live to be in that room😍

*Nayeri not Nayeli

These three books are top notch! I love Nayeli’s writing. And Kyle LUKOFF books are always a welcome
Treat. That is why this year selection is stellar. This will be the only year I won’t be mad because any of these books will be a superb choice!

What a stellar selection! I have read three of the five and each of them tugged at my heart. Love, love, love those books. Hannah, Ibi, & Amber are changing the game and forcing us to have convo about what is considered “good” literature. I’m here for this year’s #NationalBookAwards finalists

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I’ll tell her to come to Bluesky. I don’t know if she will listen to me! 😂

Challenge: Reading Beyond Our Personal Bans Let’s fight book bans on a personal level, one book at a time. Because bans aren't only about books; they’re working to erase people and their stories.

Who do you ban from your personal reading selections? Ready to challenge that?

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"Fascist hellscape",
literary stones thrown at
the country once known
as a democracy.
I'd call it a lie if I could,
but Chicken Little had it spot-on:
The sky is falling!
The sky is falling!
King David whispers in my ear:
"Is your slingshot
at the ready?"

Copyright 2025 by Nikki Grimes

I agree! And I think more people need to hear the true joys of publishing. It is rough right now.