This book! These artists! We got to celebrate the launch of Revolutions Are Made of Love by Sun Yung Shin, Mélina Mangal, and Leslie Barlow. The room was packed full of the best people in town 🎉. Thanks to AmazeWorks and the Loft Literary Center for hosting. What a beautiful day!❤️

MN BIPOC KidLit Creator members Shannon Gibney, Rosemond Owens, and Phuoc Thi Minh Tran will be at this event with an activity, story times and free signed books! #YWCAminneapolis #RootedInMidtown

We’d love to see you at one of our upcoming events, in partnership with More Than a Single Story and @hclib.bsky.social !

It’s a beautiful day at One Woodbury where folks have come out to celebrate the vibrant diversity in this community! What a perfect place to share books by BIPOC MN authors!!

MN BIPOC KidLit Creators is tabling at One Woodbury tomorrow! 🙌🏽👍🏽 Coommmeee thrrouuuuggghhh.

MN BIPOC KidLit Creators is thrilled to take part in Midtown Strong!💪🏾 It’s a free community event on Oct. 11, celebrating health and wellness, and 25 years of the Midtown YWCA. We’ll have story times, interactive story and arts activities, and book giveaways!

Writers are hot

A story time with the great Nasra Noor!!

Readers are leaders! And princesses. And storm troopers. And Grogus.

People go bananas for our books!

A beautiful day in Minnesota!

So excited to be here connecting with community folks at the Make a Wish Foundation’s Walk for Wishes!! Special thanks to Betsy King for inviting us to join in on the fun. We couldn’t have wished for a more beautiful day!!

A community story time with the Amazing Shannon Gibney!

Come out to the Midtown Farmers Market and get a signed book from author Trisha Speed Shaskan, Shannon Gibney, or Ty Chapman. Story time with Shannon at 10:30! More at picturebookparade.com

Thank you to the MOA Community Foundation and Way to Grow for celebrating early literacy with us. We got to tell our stories on a big stage and an even bigger Jumbotron. When you read books in unexpected places, you never know who might be hearing your words for the first time. Isn’t that fantastic?

Solidarity tastes pretty good!

Big fans ❤️

Congratulations to our longtime friend, mentor, and frequent collaborator, Carolyn Holbrook, on winning what just might be MN’s biggest award for artists! 🤩✊🏽✊🏽

A whole gang of MN BIPOC KidLit Creators took part in the Midtown Global Market KidLit Authors and Illustrators Book Fair this weekend! ✨🙌🏽 It was a blast. 💥 Thanks to all who came out.

Emiko Rainbow painted a mural for the MPower Northside Arts Fest at haven Food Pantry and it’s pure joy.

Saint Paul Public Library Cards are looking good! Congrats to Kao Kalia Yang. Her first PB is featured in the art!

THE ROCK IN MY THROAT by Kao Kalia Yang won the Asian Pacific American Honor Award!

This is going to be epic!!!! Head over to the Mall of America for a day of storytelling with some of the greatest authors & illustrators in town!! ✨💖

Want to know what we’re up to? Join our shared calendar so you never miss an event! Sign up at www.mnbipockidlit.com/find-1

Come meet MN author Art Coulson at the Midtown Farmers Market on 8/2 and ask him about all the cool projects he’s working on! The first 10 visitors will get a free signed copy of UNSTOPPABLE!!! More info at picturebookparade.com

Want to know where author V. T. Bidania gets her ideas? Wondering what she’s writing about next? Bring your questions to the market. The first 10 visitors will get a signed book! Find out more at www.picturebookparade.com/events-2

Submitted by our member Artika Tyner!

Cristina Oxtra will be at the Midtown Farmers Market on July 12th. More at www.picturebookparade.com/events-2

Meenal Patel will be at the Midtown Farmers Market on the 2nd Saturday in July. Find out more and see the full lineup at www.picturebookparade.com/events-2

Check out the Elmer L. Andersen Library‘s new exhibit Local Roots, Global Reach: A Century of the University of Minnesota Press. You’ll get to celebrate upcoming and already legendary titles by BIPOC MN authors.

Big news! St. Francis returned banned books to schools and libraries thanks to the efforts of the ACLU, Education Minnesota, and St. Francis students and parents. educationminnesota.org/news/press-r...

Check out this free event with our very own Dr. Artika Tyner!

Are you an early career Black writer looking for a great mentorship opportunity? Apply to the More Than a Single Story Go Back and Fetch It program! morethanasinglestory.com/event-series...

“The minute that you read one of my books, you and I are friends. We know each other. That means you know there’s somebody in the world who is thinking of you.” -JASON REYNOLDS

Best job in the world! #artistlife

It's our final day at the Flint Hills Family Festival, and it's going to be epic. Come on out for free books and story times. There are also a million other artists here, plus super discounted shows in the Ordway. Did I mention the hula hoops? There are hula hoops. Come play with us! @the_ordway

The MN BIPOC Kidlit Creators are big fans of the Minnesota Lynx! They share their gifts with us, and we wanted to return the favor. Special thanks to Nick Dengler for getting our books to the team! 💚🏀✨

If you’re in the Twin Cities, come on out to the Ordway tonight. We’ll be handing out free signed books by the best local authors around! And you can become a comic book author yourself just like our own Crown Shepherd. ordway.org/festival/

Another great day hobnobbing with educators and students at the @flinthillsfamilyfestival ⚡️It’s where the party’s at!!

We had an awesome first day at the Flint Hills Family Festival making graphic novels with young readers. We will be back on Friday with free books, and all day Saturday with free books and story times! Check out the schedule here: ordway.org/festival/

I spy books by MN BIPOC Kid Lit Creators founder Anika Fajardo and member Kao Kalia Yang on this list of legendary local lit. Thanks for the shout out @mspmag.bsky.social!

Join Karen Latchana Kenney at the Midtown Farmers Market in Minneapolis! Details: www.picturebookparade.com/events-2

Visit our tent at the festival for a story time and get a free signed book from the author while supplies last!! Details at ordway.org/festival/

Thank you Surly Brewing & @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social for a beautiful Mother’s Day! The Books and Brews event featured a few fine collective members and their books!

You won’t want to miss this!!! Details:https://ordway.org/festival/