When you’re Indigenous, every single breath is an act of resistance

Three Heartdrum books have been named 2026-2027 Land of Enchantment nominees: YÁADILÁ! (GOOD GRIEF!) by @laurelgoodluck.bsky.social & Jonathan Nelson; WE STILL BELONG Christine Day; REZ BALL by @byrongraves.bsky.social. #KidLit @harperstacks.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social

REZ BALL by @byrongraves.bsky.social (Heartdrum, 2023). Ages 13-up. This compelling debut novel by new talent Byron Graves (Ojibwe) tells the relatable, high-stakes story of a young athlete determined to play like the hero his Ojibwe community needs him to be.

Teen Library Toolbox at SLJ highlights its Most Anticipated YA Reads of 2026, e.g. AN EXPANSE OF BLUE by @kauawrites.bsky.social & MEDICINE WHEELS by @byrongraves.bsky.social, both Heartdrum: teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/12/30/m... #BookSky @epicreads.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social

So excited to visit Tulsa! If you’re in the area, would love to meet ya! www.oklibs.org/events/Event...

Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Children’s-YA Books of 2026 include Heartdrum's RAVEN, RISING and MEDICINE WHEELS: lithub.com/the-most-ant... #KidLit @byrongraves.bsky.social

Honored to find LEGENDARY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN in amazing company: tribalcollegejournal.org/the-best-nat... #BookSky @epicreads.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @kauawrites.bsky.social @ajeversole.bsky.social @byrongraves.bsky.social @davidarobertson.bsky.social

Happy New Year! 🥳

These documents represent real victims, real harm, & real trauma. Transparency matters because accountability matters

The files are real. The crimes are real. The delay is real. The accountability is imaginary—like unicorns or ethical billionaires.

Today’s lesson: If the truth threatens rich people, it gets put on airplane mode

So are the Patriot Games going to be rated PG-13 or are we going full blown Hunger Games director’s cut?

In The Hunger Games, the games were meant to remind people who had the power. Funny how that detail survived the real life adaptation

As #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth comes to a close, take some time to check out our new Heartdrum educator guides! These guides a great resource all year long for your readers of all ages 📚 Learn more here: bit.ly/3Xqf1hG

Denver/NCTE! I’ll be signing books and taking pics at the Harper Collins booth, 913, today from noon to one! Hope to see ya

See y’all at the Colorado Convention Center!

Here are some ways we can help our Denver neighbors right now feedingcolorado.org/donate/

Black Phone 2 is one of the rare sequels to be even better than the first

Happy Mean Girls Day to those who celebrate

Reminder for anyone mad that Bad Bunny Is performing at the Super Bowl… ENGLISH ISN’T THIS LANDS FIRST LANGUAGE

Fox5 DC book expert Kelsi recommends ANCESTOR APPROVED: INTERTRIBAL STORIES FOR KIDS, edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith (Heartdrum) as a middle-grade read for the autumn season. View: www.fox5dc.com/video/1714385 @harperkids.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social #BookSky

How am I supposed to be the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned when I can’t even get to work on time?

If the apocalypse comes, beep me

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Announcing new deals for @tiffanyjwang.bsky.social @clarewonders.bsky.social @byrongraves.bsky.social @wendydheard.bsky.social + more

"Editor, Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee) calls it 'a hug of a book.'...our special feature on Indigenous food sovereignty." www.nativeamericacalling.com/friday-augus... @epicreads.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social

The Toronto Blue Jays held a moment of silence prior to the start of tonight’s baseball game vs the Minnesota Twins. Canada is a good friend. 🇨🇦

"My community on the Red Lake reservation champions my writing and celebrates it. The books I write aren't mine, but ours." — @byrongraves.bsky.social from Boozoo Books: boozhoo.binderybooks.com/item/AxsnLq9... #BookSky @epicreads.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social

Congrats to @byrongraves.bsky.social!

REZ BALL by Byron Graves (Heartdrum, 2023) has been chosen by the Colorado Center for the Book for Great Reads of Great Places at the National Book Festival Sept. 6 in Washington, D.C., where it will be featured at the Roadmap to Reading! @byrongraves.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social #booksky

Crested Butte, CO! On 6/24 I’ll be signing copies of Rez Ball at 3:30 & doing a book reading at 6 mtnwords.org

The Oklahoma Library Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Donna Norvell and Sequoyah Book Awards! These awards are special because they are voted on by young readers all across the great state of Oklahoma-- and for the first time in 39 years, we have a TIE for one of our lists!

Thunderbolts was sooooooo good!!!

Happy Game 7 Saturday to those in Colorado who celebrate

MORE: Senators Jack Reed, Lisa Murkowski, Kirsten Gillibrand, & Susan Collins all joined the letter to the interim director of IMLS. Library advocates are making their voices heard. Congress is listening. ALA applauds this bipartisan action. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...

ATTN Readers! Find out how to support libraries & library personnel in 2025 at the ALSC Blog: Pursuing Excellence for Library Service to Children: www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2025/02... #kidlit #libraries #picturebooks #librarians @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social @wearealsc.bsky.social

From an Indigenous pov saying an awful thing isn’t Christian feels like such an overt erasure of the horrific history done in the name of that religion

The good news is that there *are* people meeting the moment. youtu.be/EJxRtjma7lc

"We must prevent that divide from growing wider and let our Congress members know that library hotspot lending empowers our communities to learn, live, and prosper—whether they’re freshmen, families, or farmers." — ALA President Cindy Hohl and Tara O’Hagan www.pmg-ky1.com/pioneer_news...

Reminder! My 2025 book releases are available to pre-order: FIREFLY SEASON, a picture book, illustrated by Kate Gardiner & LEGENDARY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN, a YA anthology with cover art by Paula TopSky Houtz. #PictureBook #YABooks

Thanks @netgalley.bsky.social for the ARC! And a big shout out to @byrongraves.bsky.social, @littlebadger.bsky.social, and all the other fabulous authors who wrote stories for this collection. I highly enjoyed them!

💙📚 20/80: "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" edited by @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social This amazing collection of intertribal stories brings Indigenous people together in one magical location. All paths lead to Sandy June's for some legendary frybread and grandparent wisdom. ✨💕 #BIPOCauthors #YAbooksky

Loves it! 🙏🏼🏀 📚 Thanks Nancy