I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Corvallis” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Hooray! TODAY, illustrated by @steph-graegin.bsky.social, is featured in the El Reno Carnegie Library's inaugural StoryWalk on Sunset Trail. And LOOK is featured in the Wilsonville Public Library's StoryWalk in Tivoli Park! @simonkids.bsky.social @lookingglasslit.bsky.social

I'm attending “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON” on July 17 - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home. Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

Fun to see TODAY featured in the El Reno Carnegie Library's inaugural Storywalk on Sunset Trail! @simonkids.bsky.social @steph-graegin.bsky.social @lookingglasslit.bsky.social www.news9.com/story/68669e...

The 35 richest Republican members of Congress have a net worth of $2.5 billion.  They stand to gain from the GOP budget's tax cuts that disproportionately help the rich.  Meanwhile, they're cutting Medicaid and food assistance for millions of their constituents.

Hooray! LOOK is featured in the current STORYWALK® at Tivoli Park in Wilsonville, OR. And...I'll be reading LOOK at storytime this coming Saturday, June 28th at 11am at the Wilsonville Public Library. I hope you'll bring your littles and join me. @simonkids.bsky.social @lookingglasslit.bsky.social

What I fear Trump will do with his new war with Iran https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-i-fear-trump-will-do-with-his

MAGA is destroying America day by day for the benefit of the wealthy with the blessing of the ignorant and cowardly. Vote out every member of Congress who isn't raising holy hell right now. wapo.st/3T8gMxY

Please enjoy a dorky author enjoying her window display at Kidsbooks Vancouver! (Edgemont location) signed copies of WHAT FISH ARE SAYING at both locations! #kidlit #fish #marine @sourcebooks.bsky.social @lookingglasslit.bsky.social

On June 6th at WorldPride in DC., we are joining @immdef.bsky.social & @votesaveamerica.crooked.com to demand justice for Andry, a 31-year-old gay makeup artist from Venezuela, and the many others who were disappeared to El Salvador. Join us: www.mobilize.us/hrc/event/79...

It's a BIG day at Picture Book Summit as we reveal the theme of this year's online #writingconference for #picturebook creators. Join us on Oct 4, 2025, for: BIG, BOLD, & BRAVE: SUPERCHARGE YOUR PICTURE BOOKS! Early Bird registration begins 6/12! #amwriting #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky

Out today! I’m going to celebrate with a cold dip in the North Pacific and a (very short) party with whoever is under the waves making noise 🤣! 1/3 #fish #oceans #reefs #kidlit #librariansofinstagram #teachers #worldoceanweek

Excited to see LOOK among the nominees for the Kentucky Bluegrass Award! @simonkids.bsky.social @lookingglasslit.bsky.social

BUT!! You will be pleased to hear that I DID in fact post a new #KidLitConfections recipe to my blog today! Watermelon Lime Sugar Cookies, which I paired with a very sweet picture book about mindfulness: TODAY by @gabisnyder.bsky.social & @steph-graegin.bsky.social #KidLitChat

This is such a gorgeous book! LOOK by @gabisnyder.bsky.social with artwork by Samantha Cotterill is a beautiful way to talk about patterns and enjoying the world around you. 📚👍 #kidlit

CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up. Tomorrow is the cloture vote. KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️ Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill. Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.

Last night I stood up for those who need Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. Democrats will never abandon the fight to make sure every American has a safe, healthy, and financially secure life. #ISaidWhatISaid

Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…

Happy book birthday to IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY: POEMS OF POSSIBILITY, with poems selected by @charleswaters.bsky.social and Irene Latham and stunning illustrations from Olivia Sua. We had a wonderful book launch yesterday, hosted by @thewritingbarn.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social

It's 8:00 ET on the LAST DAY to join #12x12PB! Let's clock how #picturebook author @gabisnyder.bsky.social's membership helped her go from brand new writer to multi-published. Join us at 12x12challenge.com/m...#12x12PB!#picturebookefore it's too late! #kidlit #kidlitart #writingcommunity

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I love leaving voice mails for my senators where I say things like "the USPS is very important to our country" as if I'm helping a small child with a book report or describing our civilization to an alien

Hey, I'm going to do this, and I hope you will too. Not because I think a one day pause will be a devastating blow, but because coordinated action takes practice, and if you don't do the small stuff, you will have a harder time gearing up for the big stuff.

Hooray! My copy of CAN YOU IMAGINE? The Art and Life of Yoko Ono arrived! This gorgeous picture book was written by my talented critique partner @lisatolin.bsky.social and illustrated by @yasimamura.bsky.social Highly recommended! @simonkids.bsky.social

Murphy: "Donald Trump's contempt for the rule of law is unprecedented. What we are all watching right now is Donald Trump throw away the idea that laws apply to everyone equally. And it is astonishing to watch so many of my Republican colleagues fall in line."

Rough-skinned newt! I saw four of these cuties on my run-walk yesterday. ❤️

Find out how her membership in #12x12PB helped author @gabisnyder.bsky.social improve her writing, research agents, and get #picturebooks published! youtu.be/ohS7qQAm_44. Then be sure to join us at 12x12challenge.com#12x12PB#picturebooks#kidlit #kidlitart

This isn’t Donald Trump’s America. This isn’t any president’s America. It’s ours, and we the people will fight for it.

Thank you, libraries and librarians, for providing a welcoming space for everyone in our communities and for defending the freedom to read! Librarians rock! @authorsabb.bsky.social Special shout out to the Corvallis Public Library!

A federal judge extended a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration’s plan to overhaul the USAID, which would put a quarter of its employees on leave and recall overseas staff within 30 days.

Parents who want their children to have the freedom to read— we need to be as organized and loud as the (smaller in number) parents who want to ban anything they disagree with. Tell your child’s teachers and librarians that you have their back (as a Valentine’s Day treat).

They want to ban and censor our stories. They want us to disappear from the narrative of this country. Then we need to keep telling our stories. We can not let them erase us! Writers, artists, musicians - this is the most important time to keep creating our art!

Thrilled that TODAY has been chosen as one of the Best Kids’ Books about Mental Health of 2024 from the Child Mind Institute! Explore the full list at childmind.org/article/the-best-kids-books-on-mental-health-of-2024 @simonkids.bsky.social @steph-graegin.bsky.social @lookingglasslit.bsky.social

Many are asking: “What can I do now?” Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-what-you-can-do

Congrats, @heatherkinser.bsky.social! 🤩

I'm excited to share that LOOK was selected for the 2025 Texas 2x2 Reading List! You can see the full list here, along with links to the fun 2x2 coloring hat and 2x2 one-pager activities for each of the selected titles: txla.org/current-list/ @simonkids.bsky.social @lookingglasslit.bsky.social

AABB stands with our trans members, friends, colleagues, heroes, and the countless trans Americans who will be affected by this needlessly cruel Executive Order from the Trump Administration. We are proud to do so alongside so many of our comrades in the fight against book bans.

ACTION NEEDED TODAY - THE CLOCK IS TICKING TO OVERTURN TWO NEW STATEWIDE BOOK BANS AND RETURN DECISION-MAKING TO LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS Click now to send an email today: letutahread.org/localcontrol @wgawest.bsky.social @authorsguild.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social @ncacensorship.bsky.social

An amazing #WorldReadAloudDay with visits from @gabisnyder.bsky.social @elainebvickers.bsky.social @fleurbradley.bsky.social The students were thrilled to hear the stories and hear from these wonderful authors! #WRAD

A tremendous thank you to the many humanitarian heroes around the world fighting to save lives in the face of such callous disregard for human life. Read more: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

February = Nonfiction Fest time! Daily posts by wonderful kidlit authors. Yes, please! I’m in!

Another way to support LA: @gallerynucleus.bsky.social is hosting an online charity exhibition of art through 3/25. Lots of #kidlit artists. gallerynucleus.com/events/1073?...

I'm thrilled to announce my newest picture book, BREATHE, coming in spring 2027! I can't wait to see how the talented Paige Keiser will illustrate this book! @simonkids.bsky.social @lookingglasslit.bsky.social *Background photo from one of my favorite Oregon Coast locations!* 🌊🌊🌊

President Trump's DOE has made themselves clear: they will support book banners in their efforts to strip our institutions of learning of the books that define them. So let us be perfectly clear: we're going to do whatever we can to try and stop them.

✨Ends today at 6PT/9ET✨ We’ve reached the $22,000 goal!!! 🥳 Can we get to $25,000?! www.32auctions.com/KidLit4Cease...

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

Happy first birthday to TODAY! I'm so proud of this joy-filled book about time and memory and I adore the beautiful illustrations by Stephanie Graegin! @simonkids.bsky.social @lookingglasslit.bsky.social @steph-graegin.bsky.social

My next book (illustrator) Families of a Feather will be having an event at Powell’s on March 8th! #kidlit #kidlitsky #booksky #childrensbook

I've collected accounts from trans folks inside US prisons facing Trump's brutal crackdown: trans women rounded up + placed in solitary before transfer to men's prisons; canceled medical appointments + loss of vital healthcare; vicious taunting "You're going to be a man," one guard told trans women