If you recently watched and loved PROJECT HAIL MARY and are looking for more books with heartwarming duos, epic space travel, and exciting new worlds, we’ve got some recommendations for you! ☄️📚👉 tinyurl.com/3ma23um2 #ewgc

Going through yesterday's #ewgc - not because I was driving home from work like usual but because I lost track of the reading The Look from Michelle Obama

I have ranted about this a million times before. But when you put a value judgement of "clean" on the content of books then you put the value judgement of "dirty" on the rest. You are then implying the readers who has had the same life experiences as those in "dirty* books are also "dirty." 1/2

Just a few pictures from my time at Public Library Association (PLA) last week: yabooknerd.blogspot.com/2026/04/pla-...

The Princess Diaries meets Emily in Paris yabooknerd.blogspot.com/2026/04/revi...

This was such a great picture book biography!

Page 56 of Trump’s proposed budget calls for the destruction of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The ONLY source of federal support for libraries. action.everylibrary.org/petitionimls... via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Thursday! The great Christine Soontornvat chats with @everylibrary.bsky.social about how to fight HR 7661 from a red state over on our Instagram on Thursday at 1PM. And for the record: Yes, you can and yes it matters.

We could all use some happy little moments these days... 🌈🌈🌈 yabooknerd.blogspot.com/2026/04/pict...

JUSTICE FOR #PITCH

If you yearn for something positive to do, today is also National Black Bookstore Day! The National Association of Black Bookstores has a directory so you can find a Black-owned bookstore near you! Buy a book, help a community, do something good for the world. #booksky #romancelandia

Sad news: Australian author John Flanagan, best known for his internationally bestselling fantasy adventure series The Ranger’s Apprentice, died February 7 at age81. See our tribute here: buff.ly/g8RPNRY

Dav Pilkey is partnering with Scholastic and Little Free Library on a literacy initiative for underserved communities buff.ly/xDxav71

You could have had free universal healthcare this entire time. The money was always there.

Just a few books set in Connecticut for today's Top Ten Tuesday post yabooknerd.blogspot.com/2026/04/top-...

As many of you know, my imprint, Roaring Brook Press, is closing. I have loved working with them over three books, and I am heartbroken for the team and the authors. I want to do a thread of some upcoming releases so y’all can show them some love. Feel free to shout out more Roaring Brook titles!

ALA is thrilled to announce the 2026 recipients of the #ILoveMyLibrarian Award! Congratulations to these 10 outstanding librarians - people who power possibility in our neighborhoods, our schools, and our places of higher learning. Meet the 2026 honorees here: https://bit.ly/3HcHvEy

Today's middle grade review features cooking, secrets, and friendship yabooknerd.blogspot.com/2026/04/midd...

Artemis II is now closer to the moon than to Earth. Learn more about the history behind this week's launch when HISTORY SMASHERS: THE SPACE RACE comes out July 21st w/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social! (Cover by @dylanmeconis.bsky.social & int. art by @falynnk.bsky.social) bookshop.org/p/books/hist...

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

We need your help. The Trump administration is dismantling the U.S. Forest Service. 193 million acres of public land (bigger than Texas) is being handed over to political operatives and industry insiders.

It’s not just Ms. Rachel. The biggest names in children’s educational programming are coming out in force to call for kids to be freed from ICE detention. Here’s “Reading Rainbow” host @mychal3ts.bsky.social outside the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

NO ICE. ICE OUT. DEFUND ICE.

Yeah. That too. And unilaterally rescind all executive orders made in this regime. And apologize to our neighbors and work to make amends. Let's go, Dems. There is so much work ahead of us and we need leaders who are up to the task. Who can we count on?

Today is #KidLitARTPostcard Day, when #KidLit artists worldwide share art on 1st Thu every month! Founded by @ginaperry.bsky.social ❤️🎨 NOTE: Don't forget the "art" in #KidLitARTpostcard! Some are mistakenly posting #KidLitPostcard instead. More info: ginaperry.com/postcard

Build child care centers. Build health centers. Build community centers. Not data centers. And not ICE detention centers.

Day made at #pla2026

Today’s horror story: I just finished my only book and have 50 minutes of downtime

Secondary librarians are out here fighting for our lives with Heated Rivalry requests. 🤣 [Amazing series, but not a good age fit for school!] I created this list of read-alikes to fill this void for my students. Inspired to Read a Queer Sports Romance? These are all amazing, Queer, sporty romances!

April fools only works when reality isn't this stupid.

An SLJ Interview with Jason Reynolds www.slj.com/story/an-slj...

Hey! Don’t end Trans Day of Visibility or @trreadathon.bsky.social without putting EVERY SINGLE ONE of these FANTASTIC reads on hold at your local library. Trust us. 🏳️‍⚧️

My current read until #pla2026 starts!

This is bad for American Jews. This is BAD for all Americans. If they can do this. They will go after so many other groups next. MAGA is antisemitic. They are also racist, anti-mutism, anti-queer, anti-trans, and anti-woman.

Trans Day of Visibility: Graphic Novels | Teen Librarian Toolbox goodcomicsforkids.slj.com/2025/03/31/t...

Happy Book Birthday to INBETWEENS by @faitherinhicks.bsky.social , a new tween graphic novel with four starred reviews about twin sisters Ash and Sloane who are headed to animation camp—where their courage, drive, and sisterly bond will be put to the test! tinyurl.com/y86dhfrm

Judy Blume is the patron saint of teen girl readers—so why did a man write her biography? | The Conversation

Up early to head to #pla26 - looking forward to a few days of bookish chatter!

The 14th Amendment speaks for itself. Sign your name in support of our case defending birthright citizenship against President Trump's attacks at aclu.org/birthright-citizenship-petition-

After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations. She accepted three. One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history. www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...

Graphic novels are reading. Audiobooks are reading.

Well said.

Our most liked photo from yesterday.

It's official. We made history.

Just a few Spring and Garden Board Books 🌻🪻🌞🌷🌸 yabooknerd.blogspot.com/2026/03/boar...

Omg! Huge shoutout to San Francisco, CA! Ocean Beach, you crushed it! 🌊

NO KINGS SINCE 1776

Anchorage AK #NOKINGS