Hey lower MI friends, I’m coming to Royal Oak for the Local Author Fair! 📚 Saturday 10/25 📚11am-4pm 📚 Royal Oak Public Library I’m bringing my book signing 🖊️ See you there? Can’t wait to talk books with book lovers!

Celebrate a book birthing-day with us! 🎉 Middle-grade STEM story reading, science facts, and a Tiny-To-Ready animal gestation game all at the Watch Them Grow library launch. Books for sale and signing. Deets below! @lernerbooks.bsky.social @carolhinz.bsky.social 📚🎂

Always wanted to peek behind the publishing curtain? Here's your chance—episode 4 of my blog series, Journey To A New Book (Hopefully), dropped today. bit.ly/464CTeQ Catch up on previous posts, read today's ep, & watch for final 2 posts in the series next week. Final post includes book giveaway. 👀

Thrilled to be in the Millbrook Press/Lerner book family with these talented folks ⬇️ #fangirl #fallbooks 🍁 🍂

What a day. So proud of each and every one of us, especially those in danger of violence who showed up anyway. 🇺🇸⭐️

Thank you, blog host @patricianewman.bsky.social for the opportunity to be part of #LitLinks.

I’ve been thinking a lot about bridges lately—literal ones (like the New River Gorge Bridge where I recently tiptoed the catwalk!) and metaphorical ones. 🧠📚 Especially the ones that connect young readers to big ideas. #LitLinks #VirginiaApgar

Of course you’re right on this. ⬇️ 😇

URGENT ACTION: Details for Trump's Presidential Budget were leaked, including his plans to disastrously eliminate Head Start and endanger #childcare access for families. Tell Congress we want Trump’s #HANDSOFF #HeadStart. action.momsrising.org/sign/Head_St...

"We have informed the administration through our legal counsel that we will not accept their proposed agreement. The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights." FINALLY. Thank you, @harvard.edu, for FINALLY taking a stand.

Children know that book bans are damaging

Thank you for sharing this crucial resource.

Feeling @indivisible.org today.

We just want to say—we’re sorry. We know how emotionally exhausting all of this is, and we truly understand. But you’re not alone. We’re in this together.

I adore hearing on the ground stories from school librarians so keep ‘em coming!

Is your calendar marked? 🚨 Join us tomorrow for an epic convo with seven superstar graphic novelists as they dive into storytelling, creativity & the power of school libraries! 🎨📚 Don’t miss out—register now!! #AASLslm 🔗 bit.ly/4hPV7Es

WE ♥️ School Libraries! Join us TONIGHT for #TLSkyChat - we’re kicking off #SchoolLibraryMonth by telling the (TRUE!) story of what it means to be a school librarian! Questions are already posted at tlskychat.com! Hope to see you there! #librarians #skybrarians #tlsky #edusky #kidlit

Thanks for this primer about how Bluesky works ⭐️

This cause is close to my heart - please sign if you can: sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...

18 hours and 45 minutes in, and Cory Booker is still going strong! 🔥

There are trans Americans right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist. Well, I am. We are. We will.

Word.

In honor of Women’s History (Herstory) Month, I’m giving away a copy of two strong women books I’ve authored. Open until April 15 to subscribers of my newsletter, Connections. Go to carriepearsonbooks.com to sign up and enter. Let’s share these powerful stories.

@nancycastaldobooks.bsky.social 💯

Based on the replies l, it looks like there a lot of fed workers on @bsky.app I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now Thanks for your service to our country

This book is on the list I just shared — I can’t wait to read it. I grew up in NJ in the 80s and 90s. There were no whales. Now, my parents go whale watching where I grew up. Incredible transformation in a generation bc of people #TakingAStand

Sorry, Chuck! I missed your @ in my post. Ya’ll, check out and follow the illustrator of this gorgeous book, @cgroenink.bsky.social

It’s launch day for this timely & gorgeous picture book about the return of whales to the once-polluted Hudson River. It’s a story of hope, community & greater good-a story we all need now. Congrats, @nancycastaldobooks.bsky.social Chuck Groenink @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @literaticat.bsky.social

So happy you’re here. I’ve gifted these beautifully detailed, whimsical yet complex letter name gifts for special people in my life ⬇️⬇️ and everyone’s been thrilled. There’s really nothing better (except maybe paired with a book 😂).

After I visited Redwood National Park for STRETCH TO THE SUN and saw the massive nurse logs there, I wanted to research and write a book on this topic. But guess what? Kirsten did! Forest and tree lovers, check it out ⬇️⬇️ Can’t wait to have my own copy.

Now that’s what real leadership looks like, folks. 💯👇 I’ve always been proud to be represented by Kelly and even more so now. 🥂 CHEERS to you and ABLA @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

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@barnesandnoble.com is have its preorder sale and the paperback version of DADDY DRESSED ME goes on sale on 4/8/25! Use code PREORDER25 to save 25% tinyurl.com/Daddy-Dresse... @simonkids.bsky.social @jemiscoe.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #bnpreorder #kidlit

If you're looking for an uplifting timeline cleanse, I strongly recommend checking out the #KidLitArtPostcard tag on this platform. So much wonderful #KidLit art!

Maris nailed it. ⬇️

A special American Airlines flight operated by an all-Black and all-female crew honored aviation pioneer Bessie Coleman on the 100th anniversary of Coleman becoming the first Black woman to pilot a public flight in 1922. Coleman became the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license in 1921.

The American College of OB/GYN’s website is now hosting the critical documents purged by the CDC This is what every professional medical organization should be doing right now #MedSky www.acog.org/clinical/cli...

Thanks for sharing this! It received Sticky Note Status on my desk.

#kidlit #illustrator friends, check out this call for samples ⬇️

Book bans are not a hoax. This sh*t is all too real.

Freshie fresh book giveaway ⬇️

Well. Just saying.

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

Authors, read and understand your rights around AI and your book content. authorsguild.org/news/ai-lice... #kidlit #bookmaking #publishingtech

Donors, you came through for young readers. We are so excited to fund books for seven school libraries across the US that needed this lift. They also needed to know they are seen. There are good people and good things happening in this 🌎 and here’s an example. ⬇️ #kidlit @scbwiimpact.bsky.social

Loving this #kidlit postcard from fellow Michigander illustrator, Rebecca Sinclair. Peep it ⬇️

It's World Read Aloud Day sign-up time again. As an author, I volunteer for WRAD because it effectively supports literacy for all and the right to read. We need this more than ever. I have a few spots left. Contact me here: carriepearsonbooks.com/contact/ @litworld.bsky.social

“Having the most banned book in the country is not a badge of honor. It’s a call for alarm,” said @jodipicoult.bsky.social. “My book, and the 10,000 others that have been pulled off school library shelves this year, give kids a tool to deal with an increasingly divided and difficult world.”

Wholeheartedly agree with this advice ⬇️ And also, know that even when your time arrives, for many creators there are gaps between books. Perseverance is an attribute we get to practice throughout our careers! 😎 #kidlit