EDUCATOR friends: docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS... The Tyrolia Institute in Waco, TX 6/22-25 is FREE thanks to a generous grant. Your only obligation is transportation & hotel. Naomi Shihab Nye, Kylene Beers, Chris Crutcher, Penny Kittle, Bob Probst, Linda Rief, and me. Application is due May 5th!

Pause a moment to read this: school-education.ec.europa.eu/en/discover/...

IMLS staff were placed on administrative leave following the Trump Administration’s Executive Order, which eliminated federal funding for libraries. Take action today! www.everylibrary.org/statement_im... via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Trump fired her in retaliation for the stolen documents case. The only problem is that she wasn't in charge of the national archives at the time! bit.ly/3WTxJ1s via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Wow! One month out and this sassy cat is going into a second print run! Thanks for all your support @painternik.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks #cats

Another wonderful review of A CAT LIKE THAT from @readbookpage.bsky.social @lesterlaminack.bsky.social @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social #bookpagereview #picturebookreview #picturebooks #kidlit #kidlitart #cats

The Florida House and Senate opened and then immediately adjourned a special session called by Gov. Ron DeSantis to deal with his slate of immigration bills — a rare rebuke of the GOP governor by the GOP supermajority in the legislature.

Congratulations, @amedyckman.bsky.social and Mark Teague!

We’ve got two Stonewall Honor Winners in the house. Immense congratulations to my clients, @joelleretener.bsky.social and @deelasheeart.bsky.social for this huge accomplishment. It’s a rare honor to work on both sides of a picture book and these two deserve this more than I can say.

This year’s Caldecott Honor Books are: HOME IN A LUNCHBOX by Cherry Mo; MY DADDY IS A COWBOY, illus. by CG Esperanza; NOODLES ON A BICYCLE, illus. by Gracey Zhang; and UP, UP, EVER UP, illus. by Yuko Shimizu #ALAyma

Congratulations to Lynn Brunelle, recipient of this years Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal for LIFE AFTER WHALE: THE AMAZING ECOSYSTEM OF A WHALE FALL @ksonnack.bsky.social

I KNEW IT!!! Louder Than Hunger is a Schneider Family Book Award Honor winner! CONGRATS! #ALAYMA #TLSkyChat #KidLit

This sassy cat had her first conference appearance at the Florida Literacy Association If you’d like a personalized autographed copy contact City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, NC. Thanks Scholastic for your sponsorship at this event. @painternik.bsky.social @margaretquinlin.bsky.social

🔥 📚 NEW event with @librarianjones.com! Register: www.bookelicious.com/events/ 2-27-25 @ 7:30p EST Join Bestselling Author Amanda Jones for a courageous conversation about "That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America". @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social

I’m in love with the art by @painternik.bsky.social in our new book

I am honored to be included.

Celebrating I love this art.

Happy book birthday to @lesterlaminack.bsky.social and @painternik.bsky.social's A Cat Like That!

Happy Book Birthday January 7, 2025 A CAT LIKE THAT

INBOX: “Stop the Voucher Scam: Virtual Town Hall - January 7th at 7ET” SOCM/PublicSchoolStrong statewide virtual town hall on @GovBillLee’s voucher scam and its potential impact on Tennessee students. Link: bit.ly/tnvoucherscam

The sad reality is, the overwhelming majority of Americans don't know there's a voter for the Speaker going on, don't care & won't be able to name him after the vote. This is what happens in a country where civics education is no longer universal. Its absence lets darkness settle in over democracy.

Happy New Year I wish you peace, hope, and joy.

I’m looking forward to seeing this book out in the world. I hope you can join me for this event!

Not sure tomorrow will be lighter, but let's cross that bridge when we arrive there.

I have always loved public libraries, but having young children has exponentially increased my gratitude and sense of indebtedness to them. Our local library is such a huge part of our lives. The books, the programming, the very intentionally curated kids’ section. It’s all such a gift.

When you have a new book coming out, and it's your first novel in five years and your first-ever novel in verse, well...early reviews like this one mean absolutely everything. ❤️

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The Best Kids’ Books on Mental Health of 2024 childmind.org/article/the-... @childmindinstitute.bsky.social

I’m in love with this art. And I’m so eager for this cat to make its debut

Wow! This sassy cat has STARS (plural) in her eyes. Yep, she just got her second starred review. One from Kirkus and now a new one from Booklist. #kidlit #picturebook #starredreviews

A2. #TLSkyChat Shameless plug... but I truly think the @bookelicious.bsky.social bookmoji is a MAGICAL tool for helping kids discover, build and nurture their reading identities! www.bookelicious.com

How to Write Like a Scholar (and Not Like a Student) radicalscholarship.com/2024/12/05/h...

I hope you’ll join me to celebrate the release of my new book, A Cat Like That #picturebook #booklaunch #kidlit #childrensbookwriters

Join me and Kylene Beers in helping rebuild classroom libraries destroyed by hurricane Helene in one small school in Yancey County

Join Kylene Beers & me in helping a Yancey County NC school rebuild classroom libraries destroyed by Hurricane Helene. Click the link, choose a grade level & books to donate. Goal: 100 books per class. Thanks Bookelicious www.bookelicious.com/blog/book-by...

Zooming out to Bermuda this morning to meet with young readers and writers across Bermuda for my last event of 2024. #authorvisit #Kidlit #picturebooks

Welcome December #December

#timeflies #endoftheyear #gettingolder

Yesterday we enjoyed a post-Thanksgiving gathering with a few friends

I post this each Thanksgiving. This year it feels even more poignant, knowing that I live in the beauty of the mountains of Western North Carolina, where people just like you and me have suffered great and tragic losses over the last two months from the impact of Hurricane Helene. 

Thanksgiving lunch with Steve at Snowbird Lodge, Robbinsville, NC.

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This cool cat is walking under her own STAR. She got a STARRED reveiw from Kirkus Reviews www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... AND she is available for PREORDER now 😎

If a post on Twitter is called a tweet (bird logo) Can a post on BlueSky be a flutter (butterfly) #bluesky

I love those times when the angels of travel choose to walk with me. Earlier flight out of Boston AND Atlanta. I’ll be home 5 hours early. Grateful #NCTE24 was good for my soul, but I’m ready to be home.

Thanks to all who have shared my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky! MUCH appreciated. Other ways to help: - Pass it forward. Help/welcome a Bluesky newcomer. - I make a living writing/illus #KidLit, so consider boosting, borrowing, or buying one of my books? More: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl....

Recently, I picked up Hannah Arendt’s Origins of Totalitarianism again. 🗺️ “Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”