Double KidLit book stack! This week, I had a special shelf at the library for all my picture book holds: Stack 1: Incredible new releases that I can't wait to read 📚 Stack 2: Gearing up for spooky season with some new Halloween titles 👻

Tomorrow! Now with a special guest--the tiny diva behind Hazel the Handful. :)

This Saturday in Mystic, CT! Come join Gaia Cornwall and me at Bank Square Books. 🎉

Lots of fun HAZEL THE HANDFUL events coming up with my talented friends #GaiaCornwall & @pamvau.bsky.social! Come hang out with us for storytimes, signings, activities, and treats. @anunlikelystory.bsky.social

What Margaret Mead failed to note: (1) change making is hard work, (2) no one person (or small group) can do this work alone very long, & (3) the effectiveness of your small group lies in connecting with a larger coalition of people who have done this work before and know what they are doing ⚓️🩷📚

Rhode Island #FreedomToRead has been passed by both chambers of the General Assembly and is on its way to the Governor’s desk for signing! Just in case you aren’t spending your Friday night glued to Capitol TV, here’s the moment:

From "Frank and Bean: The Musical" at the @wbur.org Festival in Beantown! The kids relished every minute. 🌭🥳 Thank you to WBUR and franks to AJ Freeman, Kristin Bair, and the incredibly talented cast for bringing this picnic food buddy comedy to life! (Note the Dunkin’.)

Tomorrow at Book Love Bookshop in Plymouth, MA! It's been fun bringing this little sidekick to event. She's quite the ham.

Thank you to @thebaymag.bsky.social for the lovely article about the Hazel the Handful book launch at @barringtonbooks! 💕🐶💕 With some RI recs for any of you who love toast & books: (Arc)hive Books & Snackery, Blue Kangaroo & Bywater Bakeshop.

Firing of librarians who promote freedom to read is a censorship tactic. Thank you Jon Scieszka, Katherine Paterson, Kate DiCamillo, Gene Luen Yang, Jacqueline Woodson, Jason Reynolds & Meg Medina for making this statement in support of Dr Carla Hayden

This SATURDAY, 10 AM, at @booklove_pinehills in Plymouth, MA—with special guest, Pep the dog! Come hang out with us for a cozy Hazel the Handful storytime & scavenger hunt!

This Saturday, May 24, 10-2: stop by the Warwick Central Library and write a postcard in support of RI #FreedomToRead

Library of Congress staff just showed what resistance looks like. After Trump abruptly fired Dr. Carla Hayden, the respected Librarian of Congress, he tried to install Todd Blanche, his former personal lawyer and current Deputy Attorney General, as acting librarian. Staff weren’t having it.

Happy book birthday, @senickel.bsky.social & #aimeesicero!

Save the date!

Thank you @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social for the special Hazel the Handful event! And thanks to the guest of honor, Brookline's own Pep the dog, who treated her fans to paw-tographs and participated in the Q & A.

Today! @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social

Today at Willett Free Library I will be discussing how we can make our state a #SafeHarbor for writers, illustrators and all book creators and curators! Hope to see some of you there today at 4 pm. @aabbri.bsky.social

Hazel may well be a handful, but this book is fun, funny and gorgeous! Way to go @jamiemichalak.bsky.social and @mattmyers.bsky.social!

My dog, staring at me like she wants a divorce.

In honor of #GreatPoetryReadingDay I share the poem Safe Spaces from #SafeHarbor (#NancyPaulsenBooks @penguinschoollib.bsky.social ) . Happy #PoetryMonth2025 and Let’s #PassRIFreedomToReadIn2025! @aabbri.bsky.social #FreedomToRead @meghankallman.bsky.social @dawneuer.bsky.social

Only a few more Hazel events left and this is a special one. Check out our celebrity guest! 🤩 Swing by @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social to hear the story behind the story & meet this little nugget.

So that was fun. For real, doe. #IndependentBookstoreDay @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social @phaeacrede.bsky.social

Tomorrow!!! 🥳

Hey, MA friends! Come join us this Saturday at @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social! 🦄 Double the fun with author @phaeacrede.bsky.social & her book, OH DEER!, about an introverted Bigfoot. Yes, it's just as fun as it sounds.

Miami! Today. 🥳

We'll close out the month with a special two-headed Saturday Morning Story Time with our friends @jamiemichalak.bsky.social and @phaeacrede.bsky.social, who will be reading and discussing their new picture books, "Hazel the Handful" and "Oh Deer!" Info: silverunicornbooks.com/events/44702

Miami this Saturday! Come join me at Books & Books in Coral Gables! 🥳🥳🥳 #kidlit @booksandbooks.bsky.social

Thank you to all who showed up to testify for The RI Freedom to Read Act last night! A special thank you to the @aabbri.bsky.social leaders @jbradley.bsky.social & @padmatv.bsky.social who have worked around the clock to help build support around it!

Tomorrow! 🥳

Today! #freadomtoread

Join YABC for an #authorchat with JAMIE MICHALAK about #newrelease #kidlit HAZEL THE HANDFUL plus #entertowin a #freecopy in our #giveaway! yabookscentral.com/author-chat-... #dogs

Thank you for the book birthday wishes, John! 🤗

@britt-kathryn.bsky.social explores the world of literary party girls.

My dog really puts up with a lot. Hazel the Handful is officially in the world today!!! (Thank you, Lu.) #bookbirthday #kidlit

I’m so excited for this and can’t wait for my copy to arrive! Happy birthday Hazel and Jamie! 🎉

Happy book birthday to @phaeacrede.bsky.social & Erica J. Chen!

Is it too early to celebrate? It's Hazel the Handful's #bookbirthday! 🎉

Saturday! Hometown Book Release & Storytime Event for Barrington’s Jamie Michalak heyrhody.com/stories/home...

RI friends, please consider submitting written testimony or testifying in person for the Freedom to Read Act! This Thurs.! #freadomtoread #bookbans @aabbri.bsky.social

ONE DAY AWAY. Can’t wait for you all to meet Hazel! 🥳 Illustrated by Matt Myers. Published by Candlewick Press.

You know it’s a successful book festival when you only have time to take 3 photos and 1 of them is of the dancing wind man on your way out. So much fun at the Poughkeepsie Book Fest with authors @kristimahoney.bsky.social @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social @sarahalbee.bsky.social & many more!

So many incredible authors at the Poughkeepsie Children’s Book Festival this weekend! w/ @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social @jamiemichalak.bsky.social @cathcio.bsky.social

They’re here! 😍🚨

You had me at "introverted Sasquatch," tbh. Kids are going to love this funny picture book about a Bigfoot who just wants to garden organic turnips in peace. OH DEER! by @phaeacrede.bsky.social & Erica J. Chen, coming April 1st!

We are less than a week away from HAZEL THE HANDFUL's pub date!!! Thank you to @shelf-awareness.com for featuring it as a Trailer of the Day! Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkeP...

Join me at the Poughkeepsie Children’s Book Festival on Saturday, March 29 from 10 AM - 3 PM at Dutchess Community College. Each child (17 and under) will receive a $15 book voucher to apply to their purchase, courtesy of the Friends of Poughkeepsie Public Library District! Free admission! #kidlit

Let’s party! Hazel the Handful book launch … April 5 at Barrington Books in RI! 🥳