Because efforts to ban books that center disabilities have an outsized impact, this #DisabilityPrideMonth we've curated a reading list of banned books with characters who are neurodivergent or who have a physical, learning, and/or developmental disability: bookshop.org/lists/disabi...

Former Pierce County Library Manager Lavonnia Moore was called into the office to speak with Three Rivers Library System Dir Jeremy Snell, who told her she was being let go over a book that was part of a summer reading display, When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff www.slj.com/story/Georgi...

Jeffries is now naming and shaming House Republicans in swing districts and citing figures of how many of their constituents will lose healthcare and food assistance

11:15 PM Pacific Time: phone rings. It's my 22yo son, who lives in Boston. Me (does the math. It's-2AM-in-Boston-omg-is-he-in-the-hospital-has-he-been-mugged-has-he-been-arrested-what's-going-on): Tai? Tai: Ughhh... Me (panicking): Tai! Are you okay? What's wrong? Tai: I HATE MY APARTMENT.

forgot to tag #kidlit ;)

So...how are things looking for MG graphic novel authors (as opposed to author-illustrators)? I'm thinking acquisitions, advances, debuts vs established names, etc. Asking for a friend.

It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.

Recent Releases to help you celebrate #AANHPI Heritage Month! #aanhpiheritagemonth #booksky

For all my #kidlit author friends out there! A school cancelled this author's school visit bc of DEI-related nonsense. Her contract protected her. www.slj.com/story/My-Sch...

The best LOTR thread

I started taking improv classes and power-lifting classes about 8 weeks ago and it is so fun to be such a beginner at something that you get measurably better every week. Highly recommend.

Keep up the good work, everyone!

Congratulations to Colorado for signing a bill limiting school library book bans!

Hey, bookish community. Are there any YA novels out there about trans girls who are athletes? #kidlit

This moment when the penny drops that trying to implement bathroom bans is an impossibility for the former Tory Chief Secretary Simon Clarke is delicious.

Just want to give a Friday shoutout to all the booksellers, librarians, and teachers out there on the front lines fighting for kids' right to read books that reflect their experiences and/or expand the boundaries of their empathy. #kidlit

Walz: If you say you love freedom but you don't believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love is not freedom, it is privilege.

I wrote an open letter to my fellow book ppl because no one is coming to save us. We have to save us. And I am weary of waiting for my colleagues to join the fight. Any fight. I chose book bans, but you don't have to www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/4/17/an-open-letter-to-my-fellow-book-creators

I generally avoid engaging with right wing buffoons online because they don't care and won't listen but every once in a while I can't help myself and then I instantly regret it and wish I'd spent that time clipping my toenails or unloading the dishwasher or checking the cat for ticks.

A film that takes place where you're from

North Carolina! A censorship bill moved out of committee yesterday and could be up for a vote later today! Get on the horn to your reps if you can! www.wral.com/story/nc-bil...

All across the country, library advocates are speaking up in their local papers, reminding their communities why federal funding for libraries is so important. Use our new LTE toolkit to raise your voice in your own community: www.ala.org/sites/defaul... More tools: ala.org/showup #ForOurLibraries

It's a small act of resistance but I like it. See replies for links to videos of the crosswalk voices www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2025/04...

If this made you mad a week or so ago and you're a Harper Collins author, please consider signing this letter @michaelleali.bsky.social put together. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

It's easier to stand up to bullies with a bajillion dollar endowment in the bank. Still. Go Tigers. #princeton www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...

CA Border Patrol claimed it's attack on the Central Valley farm working community in Kern County was targeting criminals. Turns out that wasn’t true, they were just profiling farm workers. We must confront this injustice head on!

Hello Again Ohio! Here are some talking points to contact your state reps about the absolutely disastrous budget bill. If you're an author, you can join AABB to coordinate & organize. We are strongest together! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

In Sleeping While Standing @TakiSoma shares the key moments that shaped her—with honesty, humor, and heart. Told in 4-page stories. Published by @AveryHillPubl #comics #graphicNovel https://averyhillpublishing.bigcartel.com/product/pre-order-sleeping-while-standing-by-taki-soma

How Will the IMLS Cuts Impact Your Library? SLJ wants to share the stories of how the loss of funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services—including Laura Bush Foundation grants —will impact your library and community. www.slj.com/story/newsfe...

Happy Trans Day of Visibility 2025! Children's Just Like Queen Esther by Ari Moffic and Kerry Olitzky (text) and Rena Yehuda Newman (illustration) Atara loves to wear her crown - to the library, to the dentist, even to her swim lessons. It gives her confidence, and shows the world that she is a…

This list. These books!

Good news out of Iowa! Big thank you & congratulations to the advocates who worked on this! It is abundantly clear these bans are unconstitutional, but that won't stop them from trying. We need to be just as organized & just as relentless. Good job team!

#Massachusetts folks: Advocates are hosting an emergency rally for Rumeysa Ozturk in Powder House Square Park in Somerville this evening at 5:30PM.

We are in the midst of what many consider the most promising pancreatic cancer cure research in decades. This is literally joining the War on Cancer on the side of cancer. It's happening in multiple departments. They're also attacking mRNA fax science which is the heart of the possible breakthrough.

The Alabama public library service board of trustees recently voted to withhold state funding from the Fairhope public library after complaints from conservative parents about books in the teen section

A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education. This is updated regularly!

Someone please tell me where she got this shirt. (literally every t-shirt site on the interwebs is now selling a version lol)

Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.

*TRIGGER WARNING: MENTIONS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE* Okay, I'm ready to talk about it. Some of you know this already, but: 1. On the evening of February 16th/morning of February 17th, I was attacked by an ex boyfriend. He is 440 pounds and 6ft 6". I am 137 pounds and 5ft 6".

MOMO ARASHIMA DUELS THE QUEEN OF DEATH launches next week! Here are two of my favorite quotes. #kidlit

As @rosiesrambles.bsky.social once said, "Don't delete the part of you that's cringe. Delete the part of you that cringes." #kidlit

ALWAYS ALWAYS credit the illustrator and designer! If you haven't communicated w the designer (sometimes that happens), ask your editor for their name.

Reminder to editors, agents, art directors on Bluesky who have #MSWL lists or look for writers and illustrators (for PAY, not just contributor copies etc). You can check if you can post to my feed here blueskyfeedcreator.com/p/debbieohi.... #WriterSky #ArtistSky #CallForSubmissions #CallForArtists

Book bans impact public libraries & bookstores, but it’s school libraries where they are rampant ❤️‍🩹 Many kids are unable to make it to the public library. They can’t drive, often times the library isn’t in walking distance. It’s not that their grown-ups don’t want them to be library kids. 🧵 1/11

I wonder what it's like never to be surprised/excited when a character in a show/movie/book shares your identity. "Hey did know that show has straight white Christian people in it?" "Wait, really?" "They're the main characters!" "WHAT that's so cool! We *definitely* have to watch it."

sometimes I'm tempted to call my rep/senator and simply scream into the phone "JUST DO SOMETHING ALREADY!"

Eagles receiver AJ Brown was spotted reading an advance copy of MOMO ARASHIMA DUELS THE QUEEN OF DEATH! Here he is telling QB Jalen Hurts, "Momo is so relatable, tho!"

She’d never cut it as a librarian

Sam Subity has done this amazing data compilation about MG in 2024. www.samsubity.com/mg-landscape...