Abigail, from the YouTube channel 2 Kid Interviews, loves diverse #KidLit so much that they reached out and offered to curate a list of 10 diverse middle grade books for WNDB, showcasing some of their favorite titles that they think all kids should read and enjoy! 🧵

We’re ecstatic to share a first look at the cover for SAMPAGUITA AND THE FORGETFUL TIME TRAVELER by Eric Ruiz Roxas! Forthcoming from Ringtale Publishing (Nova Publishing Group) on March 31st, 2026! 🎨 Artwork by Karen Eduardda

9 Sensational Indigenous YA Books to Make You Think by G.M. DiDesidero from @bookriot.bsky.social : bookriot.com/sensational-... @epicreads.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social #BookSky #YABooks

It should come as no surprise that one of the WNDB staff’s favorite holiday activities is reading! We’re already lining up the books we plan to read and share this season, so scroll through ⬇️ and take a look at our selections! 🧵

Still thinking about the perfect bookish gifts to give this holiday season? WNDB has you covered! 🎁📚

LEGENDARY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN: INTERTRIBAL STORIES has been named one of the Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature Best Multicultural Children’s Books! @epicreads.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @ajeversole.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social #YABooks

It's here, it's here! Our annual Credit Bundle Sale starts today! 🥳 Today through December 11, stock up on audiobook credit bundles for yourself, or to gift this holiday season—all in support of your indie bookshop. ⁠ Pssst: We only do this once a year 🙃⁠

No matter which end-of-the-year holidays you celebrate, we have some ideas for diverse books you can read to enjoy the holiday season to the fullest! As always, this list merely represents a starting point for your reading! Feel free to reply/QT with your favorite diverse holiday books 🕯️🕎🎄🎆

#GivingTuesday may be over, but you can still take advantage of this incredible offer from @libro.fm! Give a story, get a story 📖 All December long, when you donate $50+ to We Need Diverse Books, you’ll receive a complementary audiobook from LibroFM as a thank you! 📚 bit.ly/DefendOurStories#GivingTuesday

🔭 EDUCATOR GIVEAWAY! Don’t miss your chance to win 5 copies of THROUGH THE TELESCOPE: MAE JEMISON DREAMS OF SPACE, written by Charles R. Smith Jr. and illustrated by Evening Monteiro! Educators and librarians can enter using the application form below ⬇️ 💫 bit.ly/ThroughTheTel...

This #GivingTuesday, consider helping We Need Diverse Books to Defend Our Stories! 📚 bit.ly/DefendOurStories#GivingTuesday, What does it really mean to Defend Our Stories—and how can your donation make a direct difference? Here are just a few ways your dollar makes a huge difference! ⬇️

Learn more and donate: blog.libro.fm/readers-givi...

At a time when many are working to make access to reading more difficult, we are proud to support organizations pushing back ❤️ Donate $50+ to the participating organizations this month, and you'll receive an audiobook thank you gift from us ⬇

This #GivingTuesday, consider helping We Need Diverse Books to Defend Our Stories! 📚 bit.ly/DefendOurStories#GivingTuesday, What does it really mean to Defend Our Stories—and how can your donation make a direct difference? Here are just a few ways your dollar makes a huge difference! ⬇️

Chicago Public Library names LEGENDARY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN (Heartdrum @epicreads.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social) to its list of the Best Teen Fiction books of 2025: view the whole list: www.chipublib.org/news/cpl-bes... #BookSky

Have you been wanting to discover publishers that center Indigenous storytellers? Good news! You can now find a list of publisher spotlights on Indigenous Reads Rising! 📚 indigenousreadsrisin...

This Thanksgiving — and always — we’re grateful to all of you who champion diverse books every single day 🧡📚

Not only do we need diverse books, but we need to defend diverse stories and storytellers. Join us in fighting back. 🧵 📚 bit.ly/DefendOurStories

☁️ COVER REVEAL ☁️ Take a look at the beautiful cover for STORIES ARE THE HEART OF THE WORLD, written by Laurel Goodluck and illustrated by Nicole Neidhardt, forthcoming from Simon Kids on May 5th, 2026! 📖 bit.ly/StoriesAreThe...

🚨 U.S. high school seniors, don’t miss your chance to apply for a $10,000 scholarship through Penguin Random House’s annual Creative Writing Awards! 📝 bit.ly/CWA2026

Your impact at WNDB never goes unnoticed! Here are ten amazing things that you’ve made happen this year alongside WNDB 📚🎉

Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations! For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE. Imagine what we could do with $$$ www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/

★ “A rapturous reflection on community worth holding close to one’s heart.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred) HERE COME THE AUNTIES! by Cynthia Leitich Smith & Aphelandra (Heartdrum, 2026). Ages 4-up. @harperkids.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @aphelandraw.bsky.social #KidLit

🏳️‍⚧️ November 13th - 19th is #TransAwarenessWeek! While trans people (and trans stories) deserve far more than just your awareness, here’s a list of books by and/or about trans people and trans experiences that have been published (so far) in 2025! 🧵

🚵🏻‍♂️ COVER REVEAL! 🚵🏻‍♂️ We’re proud to share a first look at RIDING THE TRAIL, a groundbreaking nonfiction book from Cherokee Nation co-authors Traci Sorell and Will Chavez, forthcoming from Charlesbridge Publishing in 2026! ✨ bit.ly/RidingTheTrail

This week's Picture Book Month theme is Indigenous Heritage! From the joy of the ribbon skirt to the beauty of a winter night and the strength of your own heart's rhythm, these picture books are gorgeous celebrations of Indigenous and First Nations voices and cultures.

🔔 Adopt-a-Library updates + Announcement! Last year, WNDB announced our Adopt-a-Library grant program, where we select one library in need to receive $10,000 in books, resources, technology, & materials to help make their library a welcoming and inclusive space for their students. 🧵

🌿 30 educators have a chance to win a copy of BRAIDED ROOTS by Pasha Westbrook and Madelyn Goodnight! Each winner will also receive an exclusive art print featuring artwork from the book, courtesy of Scholastic 🖼️ Full details below: 📗 bit.ly/BraidedRoots

This Native American Heritage Month, we encourage you to learn more about Freedman & Black Natives! Visit IndigenousReadsRisin... for an insightful article on the history of Native Freedman and the legacy of Black Natives as well as related book lists for children, tweens, and teens.

✨ COVER REVEAL ✨ Take a look at the beautiful cover for I AM THE RIVER: SARAH E. RAY AND THE BOB-LO BOAT by Leah Henderson, Patricia Lee Gauch, and Kristle Marshall, a biographical picture book forthcoming from Levine Querido on January 6th, 2026! 🌊 bit.ly/IAmTheRiverBook

With roughly 42 million people across the U.S. losing access to food assistance amid the federal government shutdown, it’s more important than ever to educate ourselves about the realities and impacts of food insecurity in our communities. Here are some resources and reading suggestions ⬇️

🚨 WNDB is committed to providing emergency grants to diverse authors & illustrators, publishing professionals, and educators experiencing dire financial need due to loss of SNAP benefits. We are now open for a new round of emergency grants, between $250 and $1,000 each. 💻 bit.ly/WNDB-emergency

“warmth and beauty” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books @poetnikki.bsky.social @stacyvwells.bsky.social @eblewis.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social #BookSky

👻 Want to know what really scares us here at WNDB? Every Halloween, cities and communities set up haunted houses, people dress up as monsters, and we watch spine-tingling movies that make even the bravest grown-ups jump. But here’s what *really* scares us at We Need Diverse Books:

Cover Reveal! AN EXPANSE OF BLUE by Kauakanilehua Mahoe Adams, art by JT Ojerio (Heartdrum, 2026). Powerful, romantic debut novel-in-verse about a Native Hawaiian girl's fight to find belonging in a fracturing family. #BookSky @epicreads.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social

Celebrate the #Halloween season with these diverse books! Whether you’re looking for something cute or creepy, this list has something for readers of any age and scare-level 🎃📚

🧡 COVER REVEAL 🧡 Don’t miss Brian Young’s groundbreaking YA debut, SHARDS OF SILENCE, forthcoming from Heartdrum (HarperCollins) on May 5th, 2026! 🎨 Cover art by Lynnette Haozous 🖼️ Cover design by Laura Mock 📖 bit.ly/ShardsOfSilence

It’s still #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth! If you want to add (even more) books written by Filipino American and Filipino authors to your TBR, here are 24 suggestions to get you started!

You’ve heard of book banning, but have you heard of soft censorship? WNDB is collecting information on the soft censorship of diverse books across the US. Have you witnessed soft censorship in your community? Consider sharing your experience with WNDB ⬇️ 📚 bit.ly/SoftCensorship

Think you can spot the lie? 🤔🔎

ON THE BLOCK is now available in paperback! Don’t miss your chance to own this inspiring middle grade anthology that follows the loosely interconnected lives of multigenerational immigrant families living in the same apartment building 🏢 bit.ly/OTBPB

Here’s your first look at IN THE COUNTRY I LOVE by Alaa Al-Barkawi, a heartrending debut about two Iraqi American best friends confront who dark truths about their families in the wake of a devastating crime. Forthcoming from Peachtree Teen on May 26th, 2026! ✨ bit.ly/InTheCountryI...

Are you attending #AASL25 this weekend in Saint Louis? We Need Diverse Books will be hosting a general session on Friday, October 17th, starting at 8 AM! Start your Friday at the AASL conference with a conversation that brings stories to life for learners. 📚 📅 Friday, Oct. 17 ⏰ 8 AM

Celebrate Indigenous storytelling this #IndigenousPeoplesDay — and every day! — with these new and upcoming releases from Heartdrum! Here’s every Heartdrum title that’s been published in 2025 — as well as a look ahead at forthcoming 2026 Heartdrum titles that you can pre-order today!

🛻 COVER REVEAL! 🛻 WNDB is excited to give you all a first look at the cover for WAYS PAPI SAYS I LOVE YOU by Delia Ruiz and Carlos Vélez Aguilera, a heartfelt picture book celebrating the father-daughter bond forthcoming from Charlesbridge on March 24th, 2026! ✨ bit.ly/WaysPapiSays

Our ability to read freely matters this #BannedBooksWeek — and beyond. Show your support for banned books and the freedom to read all year long with our new Bonfire designs! Available as ringer tees, unixsex tees, crewneck sweatshirts, hoodies, and more! 🛍️ bit.ly/WNDB-store

To aid folks in their ongoing education regarding the nature of book bans and censorship this #BannedBooksWeek (and beyond), we’re giving away a bundle of nonfiction and fiction books about the ongoing fight against book bans! Check out our post on Instagram to enter ⬇️ 📷 bit.ly/47dZjvJ

#BannedBooksWeek is the perfect time to add a challenged book (or two) to your shelf. We’re partnering with @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social to offer you 20% off select challenged titles from now until October 19: bookshop.org/info/banned-...

🔔 Apply for a Walter Dean Myers Grant today! The Walter Dean Myers Grant program was established to provide grants of $2,000 each to promising diverse writers and illustrators who are currently unpublished. Follow the 🔗 below (also in our bio) to apply ⬇️ 💻 bit.ly/WalterGrantsApp

🚨 Applications for Penguin Random House's 2026 #CreativeWritingAwards are NOW OPEN! Seniors from U.S. public high schools can apply today to win $10,000 in scholarship funds. Application and scholarship details can be found at the website below ⬇️ 💻 bit.ly/CWA2026#CreativeWritingAwards