Educator Guide by Odia Wood-Krueger (Métis) available for LEGENDARY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN (Heartdrum, 2025)--book info & Qs, activities & read-alikes: b0f646cfbd7462424f7a-f9758a43fb7c33cc8adda0fd36101899.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/teaching-gui... @harperstacks.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social

Want a chance to win one of five copies of THE GOLDEN BOY’S GUIDE TO BIPOLAR by @sonorareyes.bsky.social? Check out our Instagram post to enter! #BookGiveaway 📚 bit.ly/46nVsdV

Proud to offer an intro to this important guide from @freedomreadproject.bsky.social - for more information - go here! www.freedomtoreadproject.org/turning_the_...

Need inspiration and actionable advice for fighting back against book bans in your local community? Don’t miss the newly-released BAN THIS!, out now from Lerner Books! 📘 https://bit.ly/Ban-This

Since 2016, we’ve worked with over 100 writers & illustrators to help kickstart their careers through our Mentorship Program! These are just a few names out of so many incredibly accomplished and talented mentees we’ve had the honor of working with over the years. 💻 bit.ly/2026Mentorship

Today marks the first day of #LatineHeritageMonth! We’ve put together a (non-comprehensive) reading guide to help grow your TBR this Latine Heritage Month – and beyond!

It’s Back-to-(Magic)-School Season and we have some ideas for diverse magic school stories you can read! Many of these titles are part of our ongoing fundraising campaign to send care packages with magical books to queer, trans, & nonbinary youth. Learn more below! ⬇️ ✨ bit.ly/MagicCarePack...

I loved being part of this, such a joy to be surrounded by diverse stories and magical authors.

Today, we partnered with @authorsabb.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social and @ncacensorship.bsky.social to send Florida’s school leaders a reminder to uphold their oath and respect the constitutional rights of their students.

WNDB and four fellow book advocates have signed onto a joint advocacy letter addressing Florida school boards and demanding that books illegally banned under HB 1069 are returned to shelves. The full letter can be found on our website (also 🔗 in bio) 📝 www.diversebooks.org...

🔔 The third author panel in our “Magic Stories are for Everyone” series is officially available to stream on YouTube starting today! ✨ bit.ly/MagicStories3

✨ General Session Spotlight! ✨ Kick off Friday at #AASL25 with bestselling authors Soman Chainani & Ellen Oh, librarian Lauren Mobley, and moderator Jordan Lloyd Bookey for a powerful convo on representation in lit. 📅 Oct. 17 | ⏰ 8 AM #LiteratureForAll @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social#AASL25

Thanks for all of the support and enthusiasm for last week's launch of LEGENDARY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN (Heartdrum, 2025)! ★ “Superlative.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review ★ “A essential purchase.” —Booklist, starred review Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Kids’ Indie Next List #BookSky

Thanks to our friends at @fiercereads.bsky.social, we’re excited to give away 10 copies of Angeline Boulley’s newest release, SISTERS IN THE WIND! Check out our Instagram post linked below to enter ⬇️ bit.ly/464DahN

🔔 Now accepting 2026 Mentorship applications! Want to participate in our annual Mentorship Program, where we pair emerging writers & illustrators from diverse backgrounds with experienced professionals in the field? Visit the link below (🔗 also in bio) to apply today! 💻 bit.ly/2026Mentorships

WNDB is immensely excited to congratulate Zarlasht Niaz, one of our 2024 Walter Grantees, on being named the Associates of the Boston Public Library Writer-in-Residence for 2025 - 26!

Everyone can contribute something to the fight, but because certain actions tend to get all the coverage, it can be easy to feel shut out. So here's a thread of ways to help that do NOT include: Going anywhere Calling anyone Writing anything If you want to help, we want your help. Let's go....

Happy #Bookbirthday to the paperback edition of BLACK GIRL YOU ARE ATLAS by Renée Watson and featuring fine art by Ekua Holmes! This Coretta Scott King Honor Book and winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award is a thoughtful celebration of Black girlhood.

Wishing a very happy #PubDay to our latest Heartdrum release, LEGENDARY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN, a collection of interconnected stories featuring the voices of both new and acclaimed Indigenous writers and edited by @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social! 💚 bit.ly/3UPMf90

It’s a new school year at IndigenousReadsRising.com! Check out these terrific titles (and more!) along with educator resources. #KidLit #BookSky

Meet our 2026 Mentors! Through our annual Mentorship Program, we pair aspiring creators with published authors to hone their craft, learn about publishing, and launch their careers. Applications for our 2026 Mentorship Program will open soon in early September, so get ready to apply 📝

@jessicakhoury.bsky.social ‬on why she created a fantasy world where all kids are welcome to contribute their (magical) music to this symphony we call life! 📚💖✨ Support WNDB's Magic Stories are for Everyone care package initiative by donating to our latest fundraiser: 🏳️‍⚧️ bit.ly/MagicCarePackages

Pre-order the audio of LEGENDARY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN for acting by Tiffany Ayalik, Katie Anvil Rich, Darrell Dennis, Kinsale Drake, Elva Guerra, Mapuana Makia, Jessica Matten, Jesse Nobess, Tanis Parenteau, Rainy Fields, Isabella Star, Delanna Studi, Shaun Taylor-Corbett, Erin Tripp and Jordan Waunch.

August is Women in Translation Month! #WITMonth is an annual celebration of women writers from all around the world who write in languages other than English. We’ve put together a list of 15 books originally written in non-English languages that have been translated & re-published throughout 2025!

Sept./Oct. Kids’ Indie Next List Preview from the American Booksellers Association include LEGENDARY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN, ed. by Cynthia Leitich Smith & SISTERS IN THE WIND by Angeline Boulley: www.bookweb.org/news/septemb... #Booksky #YALit @harperkids.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social

🔔 Our Back to School Bonanza Giveaway is officially open! WNDB is thrilled to give away more than 10,000 books to schools and libraries nationwide! If you’re an educator based in the U.S. who would like to enter, sign up for our educator newsletter (also 🔗 in our bio)! 🍎 bit.ly/BTSBgiveaway

🔔 Introducing the 2025 attendees of WNDB’s Black Creatives Revision Workshop! In partnership with Penguin Random House, the twelve selected 2025 attendees will revise their finished manuscripts over a six-month period with guidance from a dedicated mentor and through faculty-led seminars.⁠

THE LIGHT LOOKS LIKE ME is a powerful anthology written by queer youth for queer youth (and for readers of any age!) Because these essays offer hope and validation to young queer folks, we asked three of the anthology’s contributors what advice they have for queer youth. 🌈 bookshop.org/a/10378...

Wishing a happy book birthday to @clarakiyoko.bsky.social and her newest novel, SONG FOR GHOSTS, available from Abrams Books today! Clara is a former WNDB mentee (mentored by our very own Dhonielle Clayton!) and we couldn’t be more excited to celebrate her new release 📚❤️ 👻 bit.ly/SongsForGhosts

🍎 Here’s a sneak peek at 12 of the titles that will be up for grabs in our upcoming Back to School Bonanza giveaway for educators! (Coming soon!)

@bydonmartin.bsky.social talks about why representation in books matters and why all magic kids deserve magic stories 📚💖✨ If you want to help WNDB send magic stories (like Don's!) to trans & nonbinary youth, consider supporting our new bookish care package initiative: 🏳️‍⚧️ bit.ly/MagicCarePackages

LEGENDARY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN hits shelves on August 26th! Here’s a special look at the amazing Indigenous authors featured in this all-new anthology from Heartdrum, along with a teaser of their stories 👀💚 ✨ bit.ly/LegendaryFryb...

“Taco Knights, A Mexican Romeo and Juliet, Goats: Ten Children’s Books to Read in August” by Caroline Carlson at Lit Hub: lithub.com/taco-knights... @vikingbooks.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social

What if we told you that WNDB will be giving away ✨10,000 books✨ to educators this August? 👀📚 Well, believe it, and get ready to enter our Back to School Bonanza Giveaway — one of our biggest giveaways ever! Coming soon!

🔔 The second author panel in our “Magic Stories are for Everyone” series is officially available to stream on YouTube starting today! ✨ bit.ly/MagicStories2

Such a great idea. Please donate if you can!

The time for disability justice, as it always has been, is now. Disability justice underlines and ties together all anti-oppression movements. If you want to learn more about #DisabilityJustice and how you can support disabled communities, any of these 18 books would be a good place to start!

You can look cool AND stay cool this summer with our new designs on Bonfire! ☀️📚 Check out our Bonfire storefront to snag any of these new summer styles, available as lightweight tees or tank tops (and more)! 🛍️ bit.ly/WNDB-store

Summer is the season for reading 😎☀️📖 (We don’t make the rules!) Here’s what the WNDB staff is reading this season! Have you kicked off your #SummerReading plans yet?

@danasimpson.com ‪reminds us that we’re all cool enough to be friends with a unicorn! 🦄🌈📚 If you want to help WNDB send magic stories (like Dana’s!) to trans and nonbinary youth across the country, support our new bookish care package initiative: 🏳️‍⚧️ bit.ly/MagicCarePackages

Congrats to KA Cobell! LOOKING FOR SMOKE (Heartdrum, 2024) has been named to the all-read list for the Whippoorwill Award, recognizing rural representation. #booksky #yabooks #rural #rurallife #bookawards @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social

WriteGirl is Seeking Women and Gender-Expansive Volunteer Writing Mentors! Get inspired! Make an impact! Support the voices of teens and be part of a positive community of creative writers! Learn more about this volunteer opportunity and apply at the link below ⬇️ 📝 www.writegirl.org/vo...

This is amazing!! 🤩🤩🤩

I have a tank top from @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social that gets constant compliments so here's their store if you want to get your own: www.bonfire.com/store/we-nee...

Heartdrum picture-book cover reveal! HERE COME THE AUNTIES, written by Cynthia Leitich Smith, illustrated by @aphelandraw.bsky.social (Heartdrum, Feb. 10, 2026). Now available for pre-order! @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social #booksky #kidlit

❄️ COVER REVEAL! ❄️ Feast your eyes on the perfectly wintery cover for COME CATCH A DREAM by Brittany J. Thurman & Islenia Mil, a delightful new picture book about chasing your dreams and taking second chances, coming out from Greenwillow Books on November 11th! ⛸️ https://bit.ly/3U4XFoU

This #NonbinaryPeoplesDay, why not celebrate with any of these nonbinary books that have been released (or will be released) in 2025? Whether you’re looking for new releases with nonbinary characters or you simply want to support books written by nonbinary authors, we’ve got you covered! 💛🤍💜🖤

As part of WNDB's recent #MagicStoriesAreForEveryone initiative, we’ve launched a new resource on our website called Messages of Hope, where published authors who write for teens and kids can share their support and love for LGBTQIA+ youth 💙🤍🩷 🏳️‍🌈 bit.ly/WNDBMessagesO...

July is #DisabilityPrideMonth and we’re celebrating by sharing these 30 books about disability for you to read (or pre-order) this month and beyond! 🩶❤️💛🤍💙💚

This Prime Day (& every day): ➡️ Support the small businesses making a positive difference ➡️ Get book recs from people who actually read—not algorithms ➡️ Visit your indie, immerse yourself in books, maybe chat with real people, & leave feeling happy ➡️ Support your indie with audiobook purchases