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I’m very excited to attend this event! #kidlit #constitution

#ThrowbackThursday @lynmillerlachmann.bsky.social’s words resonate more now than our 2023 interview for @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social's Cynsations. Since then, TORCH won the @latimes.com YAlit Book Prize. Will we become an authoritarian state like TORCH? Depends on what we do now. See comments.

Deciding you want to learn how to fly a plane is one thing. Raising the money and support to go to France to do it is another. But learning French in order to do so is next level. Cheers to the first Black woman who earned a license to fly! #Womenshistorymonth

Feel like this book is more relevant than ever right now. We are getting a reminder of what the world was like before vaccines.

Congratulations to authors Billy Mills & Donna Bowman & illustrator SD Nelson! To learn more about this book's path to publication, check out my interview with Donna on @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social's Cynsations: cynthialeitichsmith.com/2025/02/auth...

Excited to announce The No Brainer’s Guide to Decomposition is on the final ballot for the Stoker award from the Horror Writers Association! And I’m happy to see amigas Mary Averling and Eden Royce on the ballot as well because their books are amazing and you should read them. #kidlit #mglit #horror

To learn more about the creators of ROLLIN' ON DOWN THE LINE, check out my interview with authors Helen Kampion & Reneé Critcher Lyons on @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social's Cynsations cynthialeitichsmith.com/2025/02/auth... #picturebook #writingcommunity #picturebookbio #VCFAWCYA

European Parliament member 👇🏽

Loved compiling the list of nominations as I watched my TBR list grow…

I'm currently reading an advance copy of WHO OWNS THE MOON by @cylev.bsky.social and Jennifer Swanson, due out in January from Peachtree Publishing. Seems particularly relevant with the rise in space tourism. #kidlit #nonfiction #STEM

Currently reading - and loving - BUFFALO DREAMER by Violet Duncan from @penguinschoollib.bsky.social Amazing storytelling! 📚🌎