It should enrage and galvanize the entire nation, not just Minneapolis.

Hey #kidlitchat, check out what's going on @boydsmills.bsky.social ! For those who don't know, this is the former Highlights Foundation. Follow them!

There's one thing I have *consciously* decided: Every novel I write has a librarian in it!! #kidlitchat #librariansrock

TOPIC: What's the most "YOU" aspect of your work? A character, a situation from your own life, a recurring theme, or the way conflict is resolved? What's uniquely you? #kidlitchat

Connection! I’m always looking at ways characters break through to each other and *see* one another. #kidlitchat That’s my recurring theme.

#haikuSaturday, on Sunday: Sunlit winter bells snowfall on the bare earth path beheld in slow-steps

Making sense of the world is hard, but @dashkaslater.bsky.social helps! Have you exercised your "mutual aid muscle"?

Teachers and librarians ! I have openings for #WRAD and for anyone excited to have a sneak peak of the cover of STIFLED, reach out! #kidlit

I always watch this! Don’t you? To be inspired, for what to read next #kidlit

You know what? I was going to recommend some fun escape books in my newsletter but NOW it's not the time to hide. Instead, I've recommended two titles that show what repressive regimes can do. #booksky #kidlit

ICE shot and killed a woman on camera today. We all saw the video. The Trump administration is lying.

This one hits hard today. #haikuSaturday

Pine, redwood, cedar skis glide by, my eyes on sky shush-shush: peace will come #haikuSaturday

#BluePit is ready to kick off 2026! Creators in the #WritingCommunity, #GameDev & #IndieDev, #TTRPG, and #Comic communities get ready to pitch or promote your projects! #BluePit will be taking place on Jan 13th, 2026! And #BluePitHype starts January 8th! #WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents

Happy new year! Discovered I set the same goals on NYE 25 as this year 😜: 1. create more and be online less. 2. strengthen and hike more. 3. drink less and sing more. Word for 2026: trees You? #resolutions #kidlit #writingcommunity

A great and important recap of every illegal thing this administration has done. #resist

The year in review with @hcrichardson.bsky.social Channel your inner John Lewis - "All of us must get in the revolution. Get in and stay in the streets of every city, every village and every hamlet of this nation until true freedom comes, until the revolution is complete."

Low risers lead us up through shadowy Redwoods every step hopeful #haikuSaturday #happynewyear

Hello, poets! Chilly harbor-fog suits the bufflehead tourists in black and white coats #haikuSaturday

Good night #kidlitchat thank you for a perfect conversation. Nice to have the company

On a more serious note: One gift idea is to ask your family to make a donation in your name to @penamerica.bsky.social or @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social The fight against book banning is serious and ongoing #kidlitchat

And my favorite novels in verse I read this year! #kidlitchat

Here are my favorite book recs for middle grade #kidlitchat

Hello #kidlitchat ! I'm going to cook and participate at the same time -- let's see how it goes! Also, I just listed 25 of my favorite reads over on insta 😍

TOPIC: Suggestions and recommendations needed: gifts for the literary-minded/artistic/creative in your life--yourself, included! What's on your wish list? What books or software or or or have caught your eye this season? #kidlitchat

There’s a #kidlitchat coming up today at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific right here on Bluesky. You should join us (if you like talking with #kidlit people here, that is). See you then!

New book recommendations up on substack: Shout-out to #CliFi and stories by @annbraden.bsky.social and Susanna Kwan 😍

Teachers & librarians - it's time to make plans for LitWorld's World Read Aloud Day! Here's the list of authors & illustrators who have volunteered to Zoom into classrooms & libraries that day - please read info & directions for requesting a visit before emailing! katemessner.com/zoom-with-an...

This rings true about our very broken housing situation in the US. Thanks @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Hello Bluesky … and thank you to poets for this bright spot of #haikuSaturday Icy tears eased by majestic purple promise a nation undimmed

A federal judge this week rightfully blocked ICE from carrying out indiscriminate arrests in DC. ICE’s arrests without warrants or probable cause have made people live in fear of daily activities like driving in their own neighborhoods or walking their kids to school.

Every bid = one more voice welcomed at Kindling Words, where community and dreams flourish. 💖#kidlit PSST: There's a signed book by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social

This is in a few days! Don’t miss it—I promise we have refreshed ways for how to draft a pitch! #kidlit #booksky

New book recommendations up on substack: Shout-out to #CliFi and stories by @annbraden.bsky.social and Susanna Kwan 😍

Doing my part! #booksky #smallbusinesssaturday

This is in a few days! Don’t miss it—I promise we have refreshed ways for how to draft a pitch! #kidlit #booksky

Porcini, oyster, shiitake on polenta— flavor festival #haikuSaturday

Nearby hike after shopping on @bookshop.org #optoutside

Help light the creative spark — bid in the Kindling Words auction, and help send writers, illustrators, and editors to a retreat that changed their craft. #kidlit

Inspired by our upcoming Children's Booker Prize, we asked Booker-nominated authors past and present to recommend a book they loved as a child... 🔗 Discover the full article by clicking the link below https://thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/oivb866pzj

You’re still getting your flu and Covid vaccines right everyone? Done. ✔️ #proscience

Added a teaser for my next MG! Whee! #kidlit #booksky www.jengennari.com

Kindling Words is a great group! Check out these cool items: Your bid helps fuel our scholarship fund — giving writers, illustrators and editors a place to belong, to grow, to dream. #kidlit

Sing, morning glory defy the season under ever-present sun #haikuSaturday #NovemberinCA

A beautiful story about working with your hands, repairing typewriters, finding meaningful work. TY Kurt Streeter (And yes, I own a #typewriter too.)

Thinking of all my friends and teachers and librarians at #NCTE25. Have fun! Love on all the books! 📚 next year, I hope I’ll be there!! #kidlitcommunity

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

Such an inspiring night of authors -- courageous, righteous, and outspoken writers. Thank you @nationalbook.bsky.social for an amazing broadcast. #booksky

Hooray to winner Daniel Nayeri of the National Book Award for young people! Great book!

Watching the National Book Awards! (Squee!) beginning with Corinne Bailey Rae 🎶