NYC always shows up 🔥💪

#HandsOff

Incredible turnout at the #HandsOff rally in Boston

Now THAT’S some #GoodTrouble. #HandsOff

I just got a public death threat from a few folks who noticed I am doing a library event to talk about my career and my books. They called me all the familiar names, then “I won’t be sad if someone shoots her in the face.” And a woman’s reply, “Right between the eyes.”

I am a children’s author.

No Other Land Is the Year’s Most Powerful Documentary No Other Land, directed by a four-person Israeli-Palestinian collective, has won the Oscar for Best Documentary. But no one in the U.S. wanted to distribute it.

No Other Land, directed by a four-person Israeli-Palestinian collective, has won the Oscar for Best Documentary. But no one in the U.S. wanted to distribute it.

Carnegie Young Leaders for Civic Preparedness - Institute for Citizens & Scholars The Civic Spring Arizona Fellowship is an opportunity for young people to lead a community project with funding and support.

Please share widely!!

What a great learning opportunity for young leaders ages 14-24.

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One simple trick for GOP members of Congress who are—or claim to be—disgusted by the administration’s stance on Russia and Ukraine is to switch parties and become Democratic members of Congress.

What if, instead of talking to children the way adults talked to us in the past, we said to children the things we wished adults would have said to us?

🎉

Judge tells Trump administration it has less than 2 days to resume USAID funding A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to resume hundreds of millions of dollars in payments for U.S. Agency for International Development projects.

JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to resume hundreds of millions of dollars in payments for U.S. Agency for International Development projects.

Author Q&A with Jolene Gutiérrez YouTube video by Boulder Bookstore

Thank you for celebrating MAMIACHI & ME with me, @boulderbookstore.bsky.social! In this Author Q&A, I mention Nyasha Williams, @hanhbuiwrites.bsky.social, @viviankirkfield.bsky.social, @sakitales.bsky.social, Natasha Wing, and @denisevegabooks.bsky.social's books. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6xo...

Agree.

Revolutionary Nahuatl for 2-22-25

Ticmahcehuah nepapan tlacatlah, tlamelauhtli ihuan tepohuani tlalticpactli.

We deserve a diverse, equitable, inclusive world.

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ti- = we
-c- = it
mahcehua = deserve
-h = plural

nepapan tlacatlah = place with diverse peoples

tlamelauhtli = equitable

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I hope you're all doing okay. Don't forget to take a moment to breathe. Take in beauty with your in breath. Share beauty with your out breath. Make art. Hug someone wonderful. Sit in the sunshine. Drink water. Read a good book. Don't forget to have some lunch. Love yourself. Love the world.

Cover Reveal: 'The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze' by Derrick Barnes Holding on to his work has served Newbery Honor-winning author Derrick Barnes well throughout his career, and led to the creation of his first middle-grade novel in more than a decade.

Check out our exclusive cover reveal for Newbery Honor author Derrick Barnes’s ‘The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze,’ his first middle-grade novel in more than a decade

Little Free Library Study Reveals Benefits for Book-Impoverished Communities Children who are surrounded by books spend more time reading—particularly those in underserved school districts. Such is the conclusion of a recent study conducted by Little Free Library and the…

A recent study conducted by Little Free Library and the Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools shows the benefits of providing access to books for underserved communities

A blue piggy bank decorated with vintage children’s book illustrations

Another view of the blue piggy bank decorated with vintage children’s book illustrations

Doing one last fundraising push for Humane Society of Central Illinois! We’re participating in their Pigs for Paws Piggy Bank Pageant (voting ends 2/23)

Bookseller Sydney decorated this incredible piggy bank from old children’s book illustrations!

Donation link at the end of my rambling

#booksky

Dear Senator I am writing as a constituent, former FAA air traffic controller (26 years) and current Airline Transport rated commercial pilot. On Friday, hundreds of FAA technicians and engineers were terminated. These technicians and engineers maintain every piece of equipment that keeps flying safe, from the radars to the ILS, to ATC automation. They were identified as "probationary" and there is a reasonable speculation that Al was used to "find" probationary employees, assuming that meant that they were new hires. That is not an accurate assumption. A newly hired federal employee is probationary and may be subject to at will termination, but the term "probationary" is also applied to promotions, to describe not that you are a probationary employee, but if the promotion or transfer is not successful, the employee would return to the pre-promotion position. That allows the government to retain needed expertise. However, even that is not the case in these positions as workers were indeed succeeding in their new roles.

Elon Musk's DOGE team of misfits have fired everybody at the Federal Aviation Administration ✈️ who is a probationary employee

Thinking they have got rid of all the new hires

It turns out many of these were experienced technicians, recently promoted and were on probation for their new senior role

My friends @davidbowles.us and #DrewEdwards talked with me months ago about this terrific project NOW ON KICKSTARTER! Watch the interview, back the comic! fanboyplanet.com/sdcc-2024-cr...

We’re all angry and worried and maybe some don’t feel like creating or no longer feel like it matters, but keep writing, painting, dancing, making music, making art. Not doing the things that bring you joy—not making art—doesn’t help. Do what you love harder than ever.

📚❤️ @becalzada.bsky.social Thank you for recommending The Gift of Story in the January 2025 issue of @slj.com!

10 of the Best New Children's Books Coming in January 2025 From picture books to nonfiction to middle grade reads, these are the best children's books out in January 2025.

So nice to see my upcoming picture book BE MY YUMMY ABC on this @bookriot.bsky.social list with authors/illustrators I admire! @sshaskan.bsky.social @lisayee.bsky.social @amandagorman.bsky.social @dansantat.bsky.social

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#kidlit

I chatted with @lydialukidis.bsky.social about Up, Up High: The Secret Poetry of Earth’s Atmosphere: mrschureads.blogspot.com/2024/12/up-u...

The spread of #toxicmasculinity must be countered, so I brought together #authors @torreymaldonado.bsky.social & @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social to share how #MGlit books combat toxicity with positivity & love! Check out our engaging & important discussion!🫶➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNRA...
#kidlitchat

National Book Award Winner for Young People

What are you reading this weekend?

#kidlit #nationalbookaward24 #middlegrade

Go get your copy of What Fell From the Sky at the Macmillan booth at NCTE! #ncte #ncte24

Announcing Evanston Public Library’s 101 Great Books for Kids: 2024 Edition It took all year but Evanston Public Library has released their 101 Great Books for Kids list for 2024. Are your favorites present? Come see!

It took all year but Evanston Public Library has released their 101 Great Books for Kids list for 2024. Are your favorites present? Come see! It's probably the first Best Books list of the year you've encountered so far: #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/10/22/a...

First Snow of The Season

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#LetItSnow #Snow

It just occurred to me that AI is trying to destroy my livelihood, right wingers are trying to ban my work, and capitalism in general is profoundly unfriendly to art and yet I am not deterred. This insane self-belief + f-them-all attitude is why I’m still here and still writing. Who’s with me?!

It’s official, and I am elated to return to middle grade with the support of editors @armyvet5.bsky.social and Wiley Blevins! Thank you @agentemurph.bsky.social
for paving a path to this trio of books. Exponential joy!

#BookNews #Books