Join me at the festival. Let’s make some noise! ordway.org/festival/

🚨 The firing of Carla Hayden, the first Black and first woman Librarian of Congress, is a direct hit on intellectual freedom and access to unbiased historical records. This raises concerns about political control over cultural institutions, book bans, & restrictions on education. #CarlaHayden #ICYMI

Join Nasra and me at the Flint Hills Family Festival! Nasra’s storytelling will rock your world!! Details 👉🏽https://ordway.org/festival/

Come find us at the Flint Hills Family Festival in Saint Paul on May 31. Details👉🏽 ordway.org/festival/

So excited to toast myself at this event!!

Hey Minneapolis! The Book Ladies will be back at the Midtown Farmers Market on opening day with a story stroll, story time and free books!! Details👉🏽 midtownfarmersmarket.org find out more about us at picturebookparade.com.

Visit ordway.org/festival/ for details!

I’m out here Minneapolis! Come to the Midtown Global Market. Let’s have some fun!

Libraries are essential. Here’s what we can do to protect them.

This month I toured elementary schools in the Waunakee Community School Distract. What an honor! Picture book bios show us how we all have the ability to make a difference. I also got to talk about the greatest organizer on the planet. What a fun week!

A reminder for these times.

Psst…is anyone else going to the Minnesota Book Awards? Let’s sit together! Look at these fantastic PB titles. Who will win? I’m already on the edge of my seat! #kidlit #mnbookawards

Grateful to Mpls/St Paul school districts for their efforts to protect our students and to help them feel as safe as possible so they can continue to learn, grow, and thrive.

The city of Minneapolis has a new poet laureate. Congratulations, Junauda Petrus! ❤️⚖️🎤

Happy, healing news when so many institutions are making terrible choices.

@judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social capybara cuddles

i am 100% certain that they are weekend at bernie-ing trump and just handing him papers to sign, the content of which is determined by whoever happens to want something to happen

Minnesota is on this list specifically targeting LGBTQ+ books. We need to step up!

Four years ago my brother sent this pandemic-era message to my son and achieved best uncle in the universe status. Sorry other uncles, Noah wins. ❤️🙃🍌

From @malindalo.bsky.social’s superb statement at the press conference announcing the new lawsuit in Idaho to block their book ban law. Full press conference here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE9b...

A trailblazer who honors her roots! #Beyoncé #grammys

This book makes me want to get back into teaching preschool. What an incredible tool for educators! Thank you Paul Fleischman! #picturebooks #kidlit

WNDB is proud to join more than 50 organizations representing authors, publishers, booksellers, librarians, distributors, and more signed a joint letter expressing concern that the Trump Administration’s executive order from January 20th will lead to censorship of literature. 🧵

A fun part of winter is when you walk up to your desk, touch it, and get a static shock so bad your monitor goes blank for a moment.

"Many of these bans happen without anyone reading the books…It's about silencing voices." www.axios.com/local/atlant...

It's a good day to pre-order some books! @barnesandnoble.com is offering 25% off of pre-orders with the code PREORDER25. That includes my Spring releases, HISTORY SMASHERS: EARTH DAY & THE ENVIRONMENT and THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-troubl...

Thx @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social for incl me in round-up of opinions about #KidLit & social media, with @laurelsnyder.bsky.social @katemessner.com @studiojjk.bsky.social @katemckean.bsky.social @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social @ryanlasala.bsky.social & others: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

“On January 24, Trump directed the Department of Education to drop its investigations into book bans in schools, which the agency now dismisses as a ‘hoax.’”

My library is about to get a whole lot bigger.

Attention beauty enthusiasts: Minnesota is offering free cryotherapy facials for the next four months. Use offer code “WINTERNOW” at checkout.

Thank you, @tasslyn.bsky.social , for speaking out as Anoka County schools vote to use Booklooks.org ratings to ban books, bypassing their locally chosen review committee. The website was started by a former member of M4L.

Here is a roundup of all of the YA "best of" lists from the big publications as of last week. The spreadsheet in the Hey YA show notes is even more up to date. bookriot.com/the-best-ya-...

Want to become the star of your book club? For a limited time, you can bid on exclusive book club visits from some of your favorite authors in our #AFVOC2024 auction! ⌛ December 2nd - December 10th (closing at 9 PM EST) 💻 afvoc2024.givesmart.com

My son is so impressed to see one of my books featured at his school’s book fair! 😝

Aspiring writers! Want to get professional feedback on your query letters, manuscripts, or chapters? You’ll find a ton of wonderful authors, editors, agents, and publishing professionals offering up their critiques in our AFVOC auction! ⌛ Dec 2nd - Dec 10th (9 PM EST) 💻 afvoc2024.givesmart.com

Not sure his jowls will be able to reach high enough, but he’s determined to help decorate the tree.

I can’t stop wondering what kind of ghostly shenanigans this cat is going to get up to next.

There are tons of signed and personalized books up for grabs in our #AFVOC2024 Auction! Here’s a small 🧵 of signed copies, series bundles, and book sets you can bid on! ⌛ December 2nd - December 10th (closing at 9 PM EST) 💻 afvoc2024.givesmart.com

Apparently Charles Schulz is alive and well and has taken the form of my 2nd grader.

🔔 The 5th annual Authors for Voices of Color Auction is NOW OPEN! Proceeds will help support WNDB programs like internship grants, that help to diversify the publishing industry, and Books Save Lives, which fights book bans nationwide. ⌛ Dec. 2nd - Dec. 10th (9 PM ET) 💻 afvoc2024.givesmart.com

We don't stop book bans by moderating or trying to explain how something isnt really porn. You stop book bans by arguing for the value of diverse inclusive amazing stories that give us the world in a page. You make an affirmative argument for the world you believe in and dream of

First, subscribe to the Literary Activism newsletter from Book Riot and get the latest in book censorship news to your inbox every week: bookriot.com/newsletter/l...

Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like

“You can publish as many diverse titles as you want, but if you don’t market those titles, they don’t find readers...” wise words from Dhonielle Clayton! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...