If you can’t say something nice, please don’t say anything at all.

Thanks for the shout-out on your latest podcast, @fuse8nkate.bsky.social! That was incredibly nice of you. And thanks for every podcast every week. It's a must-listen for #kidlit folks.

Whoever decided not to close the exhibition with Kaori needs their head examined. #WorldFigure

I've just been looking at that Fear/Gibson lift throughout the season - earlier, his arms were clearly, although slightly, bent. They looked perfectly straight in the Olympics free dance, but of course they bombed so badly no one thought about it. #WorldFigure

Is Lara Naki Gutman's Jaws program my favorite free skate of the season? Why yes, yes it is. #WorldFigure

Well, that was a very menny event, which I think we all expected. #WorldFigure

I wish very much that the producer would leave the shot on the skater after they finish, showing emotion, rather than cutting to coaches and audience. They can show boring audience shots while the athlete is bowing. I don't understand why they always do this. #WorldFigure

My mortal enemy, at it again...

A good piece about this issue.

Post a gif of who you wanted to be as a kid.

So students will only be allowed to read books by white men (+3 white women). In addition, book banners include any books by or about LGBTQ+ people as intrinsically "sexual," so, not allowed in schools. #StopHR7661

Here is the 5Calls page about this where people can easily find their rep’s info and use the script they’ve provided: 5calls.org/issue/federa...

There's a typo here, it's HR 7661. The issue remains critical though.

The national book-banning bill is out of committee and headed to the House for a vote. Take action NOW! Follow @aabbri.bsky.social for more.

"more than just an ordinary butterfly book. It’s a nature sketch book, a poetry journal, and an invitation to observe nature more closely." tinyurl.com/mcvakbkh @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social @blueslipmedia.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social #TLsky #Skybrarian #edusky #kidlit

Well, fer Jiminy's Cricket. There's still a foot of snow on the ground almost everywhere, but one warm day and this fella jumped up and bloomed itself in a little sunny corner. I'm in shock.

#WorldFigure update: Madison Chock/Evan Bates out, Caroline Green/Michael Parsons in - update per USFS, not reflected in the ISU entries list yet Latest entries here: live.rockerskating.com/competition/...

The Skating Session reports that Alysa has withdrawn from worlds, and Mark Hanretty mentioned that Chock and Bates will not compete in Prague either and then apologized and said he shouldn't have said anything. It will all be clear soon enough!

And here's Rio's short, that I really want to go viral. #WorldJFigure www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PCr...

I just had to go back and watch Rio's skate again, got goosebumps again. That 2nd triple axel landed *right* on the music!! It's so great to have fabulous people coming up from juniors to root for going forward. #WorldJFigure

Hah, I love the Welsh dragon on the fan banners for Rio. #WorldJFigure

Rio Nakata was STUNNING. I literally got goosebumps halfway through. That first quad Sal! #WorldJFigure.

Q&A with Melissa Stewart and Sarah S. Brannen about their new children's picture book, MONARCH AND MOURNING CLOAK: A BUTTERFLY JOURNAL. @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social @mstewartscience.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mrxphhft

Gosh, Rio Nakata takes my breath away. I can't wait to see him on the senior circuit. That short program deserves to go viral. #WorldJFigure

I'm watching Junior Worlds, on and off... I already have 3 new favorites, Daiya Ebihara, Jiarui Li, and Artur Smagulov (despite the (many, serious) mistakes). And extra credit to Matias Lindfors for the paint on his face to match the voidy program. #WorldJFigure

Melissa tells a part of the story behind our new book. When we first shared the dummy with our critique group, two people cried and three people said they wanted to start nature journals. @simonkids.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social

Goodness, Nikolaj Memola got a buzz cut and dyed it blond. Well, if you can't get to the Olympics in your home country because you're injured, get a haircut, I guess.

There are so many good books out today! Happy #bookbirthday @jarrett-lerner.bsky.social and @supriyakelkar.bsky.social's ROOHI AND NATE, @underwoodwriter.bsky.social's TINY GARDEN, Loree Griffin Burns' EXTREME BIRDWATCHING, and of course @mstewartscience.bsky.social's MONARCH AND MOURNING CLOAK :)

Happy book birthday to all of these incredible client titles!! 🥳🎉 Available in bookstores and libraries everywhere.

It's here! MONARCH AND MOURNING CLOAK: A BUTTERFLY JOURNAL emerges from its chrysalis today!

While she was there for the Today Show, Alysa Liu told NBC that she would like to compete at the 2030 Olympics. "I like France..." And they repeated what she said at the closing ceremony in Milan:

Big weekend coming up! On Saturday, @mstewartscience.bsky.social and I will launch MONARCH AND MOURNING CLOAK: A BUTTERFLY JOURNAL at @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social! 11 am. On Sunday, I'll be reading and signing LOLLY ON THE ICE at The Book Shop of Needham, 2 pm. You're invited to both of these!

Inspired by Paula.

So I had two main ideas about promoting Lolly on the Ice. 1. Have it published right before the Olympics. 2. Have an American woman win the figure skating gold medal. So I would just like to take a moment to thank THE MAGNIFICENT ALYSA LIU for doing her bit for me. 🙂 Photo by YantsImages

Oh, I loved The Egypt Game so much as a kid. I read it again as an adult... still good!

"These bills aren’t about removing books; books are just one of the tools. These bills are about the complete and total erasure and removal of queer people from American life."

~What an amazing combination of poetry, art, and information! @mstewartscience.bsky.social & @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social #kidlit #picturebooks #picturebooknonfiction #kidslovenonfiction @simonkids.bsky.social @blueslipmedia.bsky.social geolibrarian.blogspot.com/2026/02/wild...

I'm seeing more book reviews blatantly written by AI. (Not just books; I just read a review of an opera production that included a paragraph explaining what opera is. Sung without amplification. Everyone dies at the end). What do y'all think? You know what I think of course.

This very Saturday I'll be at the lovely Beacon Hill Books in Boston, talking about skating and reading LOLLY ON THE ICE! And the weather forecast is great! 11 am.

Just one more week until it hits bookshelves! It's been a 16-year journey, so I just can't wait to share this book. @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social @blueslipmedia.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social #TLsky #Skybrarian #bookrecommendation #edusky #kidlit

In interviews with PEN America, authors who have experienced book bans called it a creativity killer. While many said they refuse to self-censor, they still find themselves second-guessing their choices and bracing for backlash. Read the full story at: pen.org/book-bans-ki...

Strange that I haven't seen this being talked about elsewhere. Alysa said it on live TV, talking to Andrea Joyce on NBC while the US athletes were waiting to go into the stadium.

Hey Northeast Alysa Liunatics, do you know she will be performing in the Skating Club of Boston's Ice Chips shows this very weekend? Info at icechips.org.

This is the limpest, dullest closing ceremony I've ever seen. The athletes look bored to death.

Alysa Liu just said she has no plans to retire and can't imagine not skating next year, and that she'd love to compete in another Olympics. Yay!

Fantastic piece. www.si.com/winter-olymp...

This event had everything! Even an F-bomb from the women's champion.

I missed most of the women's free stuck in traffic (bad accidents) and got to my computer just in time for Isabeau. But so far this event seems EPIC. #MilanCortina2026

I feel the need to share this with all the new skating fans; Nathan Chen's Olympic gold medal-winning 2022 free skate. 5 quads (he did 6 in 2018). I love the way the first combination lands on the beat. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLyG...