🦁 The New York Public Library announced their best books of 2025! Their teen list includes the following books from Pennsylvania authors: 📙 They Bloom at Night by @nvtran.bsky.social 📙 Ban This! by Christina Ellis et al. 📙 Fight AIDS! by Michael G. Long 📙 Loudmouth by @dheiligman.bsky.social

I am thrilled that Loudmouth: Emma Goldman vs. America (A Love Story) is on the JWA Book list for winter! @mackidssl.bsky.social @fiercereads.bsky.social @macmillanaudio.bsky.social You can read it or LISTEN to it!

Signing at 2:30 today! @ncte.org @mackidssl.bsky.social #kidlit #nonfiction #emmagoldman #loudmouth

Hope to see you in Denver! A Loudmouth badge is waiting for you.

Lots of great books here! Shoutout to fellow #nonfiction #kidlit #authors @dheiligman.bsky.social @CandaceFleming @debbielevy.bsky.social @annbausman.bsky.social Thank you @ala-booklist.bsky.social #WhoOwnstheMoon #spaceexploration #spacelaw #MegaKidLitFeed www.booklistonline.com/products/981...

Thrilled that the New York Public Library chose Loudmouth as one of the best books of the year--and named it a top ten teen book. Thank you! @mackidssl.bsky.social www.nypl.org/blog/2025/11...

Thrilled that the New York Public Library chose Loudmouth as one of its best books of the year, and even named it a top ten teen book. www.nypl.org/blog/2025/11...

Just strutting my NYPLBESTBOOKS Button.

Congratulations, Susan!

Can't wait for @ncte.org annual next week. Here's my schedule. Will I see you there? (Thanks for the beautiful graphic, @mackidssl.bsky.social !)

Mamdani's "Aunties." Wes Moore for Prez? Texas legislators a liberal can love. Mexican Prez. Claudia Sheinbaum groped. New books. Little girls and their "Girl Dads." open.substack.com/pub/lettycot.... Letty Cottin Pogrebin praised LOUDMOUTH in her latest newsletter! @mackidssl.bsky.social

I was so busy BEING there at @usbby.bsky.social I forgot to take photos. If anyone has some of my panel, please send! Thank you. Here are some slides from our talk about #Kidlit #nonfiction @mackidssl.bsky.social

DYK that Helen wang started the #namethetranslator hashtag? Lots of top Shenjeng books are translated from around the world. #IBBYRegional

Getting ready to hear a conversation among Katherine Paterson, Claudia Lepman Logan and Christopher Franceschelli moderated by Marc Anderson #IBBYRegional25

@usbby.bsky.social Katherine Paterson is in the room.

@usbby.bsky.social Working on my part of this presentation about #kidlitnonfiction The inside story of how we #kidlit creators think about our books, including Ann Bausum @cylev.bsky.social @dashkaslater.bsky.social Ray Anthony Shepard, Carole Boston Weatherford & more. #nonfiction is SO important

@usbby.bsky.social Working on my part of this presentation about #kidlitnonfiction The inside story of how we #kidlit creators think about our books, including Ann Bausum @cylev.bsky.social @dashkaslater.bsky.social Ray Anthony Shepard, Carole Boston Weatherford & more. #nonfiction is SO important

Yay! Please let me know what you think of EG!!

We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:

Tomorrow—a new book festival in Philly for #kidlit authors. I’ll be talking about history, research, resistance, loudmouths….

Why do I keep getting emails from a tractor supplier and Dick's Sporting Goods? I would think the algorithm would do a better job. Is this just another sign of decline?

This is what resistance looks like. Bravo!!!!

ICE agents get the NYC salute

I treated myself to a new fountain pen & it came today. It's a red Pilot Metropolitan with a stub nib, also called an italic nib. I got Iroshizuku Momiji to go with it. I'm very happy. It's the little things, friends. #fountainpens

Looking forward to this @usbby.bsky.social #nonfiction for kids has never been more important. @mackidssl.bsky.social #teachers #librarians #booksky #kidlit

What a great deal, MA teachers & librarians!!

Don't tell Trump or Speaker Johnson or Kristi Noem... But NYPD said there were no arrests at the peaceful No Kings protest in New York City...

Necesito comprar más libros de Español

Hint: it was either me or Chris.

Starting a new book....

LOL

NEW YORK FRIENDS: www.eventbrite.com/e/author-deb...

Sorry for the fuzzy image. But what I say isn't fuzzy. And there is a whole great playlist of other authors, mostly #Kidlit and #Yalit saying why books MATTER and should not be BANNED! #bannedbookweek xoxo

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NYC area friends: I hope march on the 18th #nokings and then come hear about how #EmmaGoldman started it all. Details here:

@bartography.bsky.social look what I found!

Do you want the chance to get a free copy of Loudmouth AND find out how @bartography.bsky.social and I "match"? Sure you do. (You'll also find out I was not a perfect child.) Read his latest post: chrisbarton.info/how-do-we-ma... #teachersky #booksky #librariansky So many other skies....

Do Chris and I match? There's only one way to find out... Read our weird and shall I say Unique... conversation below! #booksky #kidlit #Yalit #doctors #libriansky #Spanish

EveryLibrary's Executive Director, John Chrastka, discusses why he believes in libraries. www.everylibrary.org/i_believe_in... via @everylibrary.bsky.social

I loved this book, The Husbands, by @hollygramazio.bsky.social so did my great, keeper of a husband! Funny, poignant, beautifully written. Just what I needed. #booksky

So exciting when a new book is out in the world! #booksky #librariansky #yalit

🔥 Top Campaigns, Last 24 Hours: 1️⃣ “ICE Brutality and Deaths Demand Oversight” (+4,067) 2️⃣ “Stand Firm: Don’t Cave to Trump’s Shutdown Lies and Threats” (+351) 3️⃣ “Pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act — End the Distractions” (+326)

Thank you for reading Loudmouth, Melissa. I keep getting comments from people about how relevant Emma Goldman is today. I'm wondering how librarians and history teachers will use the book in years to come. #skybrarian #history #ushistory #booksky #YAlit

Thank you for reading, Melissa! Emma was a fascinating person to spend time with!

Thank you, Melissa! #booksky #skylibrarian #YAlit #nonfiction

We stand in support of the librarians and teachers who are doing their part to share a love of reading with their students, and we believe that all readers deserve access to an inclusive selection of titles. Prepare to celebrate Banned Books Week this coming Oct 5-11: bit.ly/4gBiTp4 #edusky

It's good to laugh every once in a while. My agent sent these cards as a book present.