ICYMI on #CallingCaldecott: Call for first-round nominations—which four 2025 titles do YOU think are worthy of #Caldecott consideration? Comment by tomorrow, November 11! www.hbook.com/story/call-f... #kidlit

Ready to play? It’s time for STEM bingo 🧪🤖📐 How many of these boxes have you checked off? Show us how you got bingo below ⬇️ P.S. Teachers, don’t forget to create a STEM Project! On November 19, every donation for STEM supplies will be doubled.

This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰

Last month, eight books were removed from Georgia's statewide reading book for students. It was teenagers who brought this censorship to the spotlight–even though it's not their job to clean up grown-up messes. Get to know 3 of those teens here. bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...

Last week's new YA book releases: bookriot.com/new-ya-book-...

Why are good teachers leaving teaching? We became teachers because we love kids, and we care deeply about their ability to learn and grow. We can’t be complicit in a system that wields us a weapons to harm our most vulnerable students. We won’t help them hurt kids. We will find another way.

Don’t allow anyone to tell you that being a library ghost in the afterlife “doesn’t classify” as an appropriate long-term goal.

Cherry Hill NJ wants to restrict "sensitive" topics in its school libraries after one parent complained about an LGBTQ+ title. That uninformed over-reaction violates principles of librarianship, the NJ Freedom to Read Act, and students' 1st Amendment Rights. Hat trick! 🙄

This Boston hotel is turning one of its rooms into an exact replica of the 'Goodnight Moon' room | TIme Out buff.ly/CAklGot

Have women's pockets always been so tiny?

Group calling itself Tennessee Leads registered with the Secretary of State as a 501(c)(4) issue advocacy organization with the goal of effectively ending public education in Tennessee by 2031. theeducationreport.substack.com/p/a-new-nonp...

Attending the Author Panel: Graphic Novels with Jeffrey Brown, Dan Santat, and Colleen AF Venable, moderated by Jasmine Amiri. Inspiring discussion on storytelling, art, and connecting with young readers through graphic novels! #SLJSummit

The People Want to Read: on the massive budget cuts proposed for Chicago Public Library. What's at stake and what you can do, whether or not you live in Chicago. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

They're not very active here (yet!!!), but the newsletter from @amightygirl.com drew my attention to this story! (And the A Mighty Girl site is an EXCELLENT resource in general): www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...

From November/December #HBMag Editor in Chief Elissa Gershowitz's editorial: "Books and media for young people are uniquely situated to raise awareness of ourselves AND OTHERS, and that is something to celebrate." www.hbook.com/story/editor... #kidlit

#CallingCaldecott: Call for first-round nominations—which four 2025 titles do YOU think are worthy of #Caldecott consideration? Comment by Tuesday, November 11! www.hbook.com/story/call-f... #kidlit

Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: hbook.com/section/book... @candlewickpress.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social #hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit

I was bitterly disappointed when @aftteach.bsky.social and @rweingarten.bsky.social started shilling for AI products ⬇️

"We need whole texts—novels, plays, or poems—to care about literature. Teachers are doomed to fail to inspire most students if they must teach deracinated skills for how to decode isolated excerpts..." slate.com/life/2025/10...

A regular reminder that the library is awesome.

Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc

WTF IS THIS? Blocking the will of the people? The Ohio House will soon vote on a Republican-backed bill that would allow counties, cities and other local governments to block library levies from the ballot.

AI maximalism across society is supercharging the ideological war on libraries, schools, government workers, and academics. www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...

They shouldn’t have to clean up the mess adults are making, but these teens who overturned book bans at their statewide reading bowl are worth celebrating. Get to know them (& what they’re excited to read!).

Make picture-book hour extra magical with our curated Best Picture Books list of 2025. This collection is full of heart-warming stories, playful adventures, bold art and big messages for little readers. buff.ly/XKJgCAj #PWBestBooks #PublishingNews #BookRecommendations #PictureBookFavorites

Worlds of Wonder: Celebrating the Great Classics of Children's Literature ed. by Daniel Hahn is a beautifully illustrated journey through the most beloved classics of children’s literature, spanning more than twenty countries and one hundred and fifty years. Learn more: hubs.ly/Q03QfsFw0 [Sponsored]

@ambsmcbride.bsky.social recommends 10 novels in verse by Anne Carson, Ibi Zoboi, Jason Reynolds, and more!

@maris.bsky.social on AI, the future, and the ongoing devaluation of the arts: “For years we’ve been grappling with the collapse of the creative middle class due to corporate greed.”

Mychal Threets and illustrator Lorraine Nam’s “affectionate picture book” I’M SO HAPPY YOU’RE HERE: A CELEBRATION OF LIBRARY JOY showcases “that among a library’s greatest treasures are the people who find their place within its walls”

“Apparently, if yr #disabled, yr only allowed to exist under 1 condition: Poor. Meek. Sad..That’s the script. Stick to it & u get pity points. Step outside..& suddenly #society glitches like a 90s Windows PC trying to run Doom Eternal”: buff.ly/0cnCzPg by mylivinghell #spoonie

At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to read books in a Scottish Highlands cottage during a pouring rain whilst enjoying a plate of emotional support scones?

📣Learn how you can advocate for honest history education using this #LearningForJustice resource: https://bit.ly/3urBb8m When children learn history that is accurate, comprehensive and inclusive, they understand the forces that shape our world and make connections between the past and the present.

🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each. 💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency

Math literacy requires more than just calculations. Whether they’re answering complex problems on an exam or trying to understand the terms of a home loan, students often need to use “reading comprehension, along with math skills” to succeed, @drcelita.bsky.social writes. 🧵1/8 #ITeachMath #MathSky

By this time next week, the estimated deaths due to the illegal destruction of USAID and the shuttering of its aid efforts will breach 400,000. More than 260,000 will be children. Source: www.bu.edu/sph/news/art...

Pop-up and interactive books for children. 📚👍🏼 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/pop-u... #kidlit Pop-up and interactive books for children with titles by Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler, Jan Pieńkowski, Robert Sabuda, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Dav...

I STILL find making library videos so useful to teach hyper-specific procedures that help our library run smoothly. Like this one! It’s how we solve a student being distracted the whole class period because someone else might get to a book first at checkout. #TLSky youtu.be/5rHhGFfs5V8?...

🤩📚New BILINGUAL Spanish/English editions of FIRST BEHAVIORS! Each book introduces one of six classic behaviors in young children. Perfect for developing empathy and encouraging a positive sense of self. More via our bio @paulabowlesdraws.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit #bookbirthday

NEW PBS @NewsHour Classroom Daily News Lesson — Federal cuts and the government shutdown are threatening Head Start, a federal preschool program. What will be the impact on local communities if Head Start programs close? #sschat https://loom.ly/FEg2PTI

Humanities where the cool jobs at

The other day a friend asked me for some book recommendations for baby books, and I had a few in mind, but I also sent her this fabulous 2025 list from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh!: www.carnegielibrary.org/kids-teens/e...

There's a #kidlitchat today here on Bluesky at 9PM Eastern/6PM Pacific. This happens every Tuesday, by the way, where for an hour we #kidlit folk get together and, ya know, chat. You should make it part of your Tuesday routine, I tell you. Or at least join us this week! Hope to see you soon....

Election Day 🤝 New Book Tuesday Few things beat treating yourself to a new book after voting to save democracy ✊

Happy #PictureBookMonth! Each week this November, we're highlighting a new theme of picture books, and up first this week is Cultural Legacies. ⬇️ mailchi.mp/e/pictureboo...

1️⃣Spotlight on First Novels 📚Spotlight on Early Reading 📉Focus on Business 🎮#MangaEssentials: Video Game Adaptations for All Ages & more! It's all here in the November issue of BOOKLIST! Preview now: bit.ly/43PJfOE

MRS. Z'S CLASS is growing!! Happy book birthday to @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social & @marthabee.bsky.social whose new books THEO CHANG IS NOT A CAT and THUNDER NELSON DOES THE IMPOSSUMBLE are out today from @littlebrownyr.bsky.social, both illustrated by the inimitable @katfcomix.bsky.social!

Hello Colorado! Remember to vote YES on LL and MM to keep children fed in schools. And for those few of you in Arvada District 3, NO on Skoff.

This is my annual gentle suggestion to please stop teaching kids made-up stories about Thanksgiving and share actual (fascinating!) history instead. In case you need ideas... bookshop.org/p/books/hist...

Happy Book Birthday: November New Releases Take a look at the new titles releasing today to help young readers usher in the winter season!