#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-...

“Instead of looking to these untested technologies being pushed by corporate executives, Kaiser management should be working with us to ensure that issues like safe staffing and wage theft aren’t impacting patients and nurses.” patch.com/california/s...

This year's billionaire's budget defunded people's basic needs. $3 million from the Dignity Fund means seniors go hungry. It's unconscionable.

In case you missed it: @bookriot.bsky.social featured DANILO WAS HERE by #SerendipityLit author Tamika Burgess on a recent list highlighting middle-grade reads by Latine authors! Read it here: bookriot.com/middle-grade... DANILO WAS HERE is available now from @harperkids.bsky.social.

TK is my favorite Korean-English translator right now. Consider a follow & check out this giveaway!

3 Titles About Tweens Living with Incarcerated Parents | Middle Grade Spotlight

Climate activist Bill McKibben to Houston: It’s solar’s time to shine www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...

BIG NEWS! I've moved my Imagination Soup newsletter with all my new book reviews to Substack! If you’re a children’s book-loving literacy advocate parent, grandparent, teacher, or librarian, join me for good books, printable resources, giveaways, and more! open.substack.com/pub/imaginat... #kidlit

42 Stellar Middle Grade & Hi-Lo Titles | SLJ 2025 Stars So Far www.slj.com/story/42-ste...

Love this post from @annbraden.bsky.social. #EduSky "When life shows you how fragile it can be, it shapes you as a person. This is what I explore in my newest book INTO THE RAPIDS. It’s a survival story, but it’s also about how there’s more to life than just survival."

So illustrator @falynnk.bsky.social & I have our first graphic novel coming out in March, and there are YETIS!! You can pre-order CAMP MONSTER as part of this week's @barnesandnoble.com preorder sale if you'd like! Just use the code PREORDER25 through 9/5. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/camp-monst...

The wonderful @colbysharp.bsky.social giving the sweetest shout-out to my forthcoming middle grade novel, BIRDY (out 2/17/26) #lbyr #readbirdy #bookposse #christyottavianobooks #lbyrfacultylounge #authorsofbsky

Snackable Manga: Quick Reads That Hit the Spot | Mondo Manga www.slj.com/story/snacka...

Guess what?? The Gate, the Girl and the Dragon GIFT BOX is now available! Great for a holiday gift (be an early bird) or a special present—this box is VERY limited, so order yours now: highfivebooks.org/products/gif...

Early chapter books buff.ly/68VVvzN via A Kid's Book A Day #ReadYourWorld #chapterbooks #reading #newrelease

I once had a fight with my publisher's lawyer over what constitutes "fair use." He said reprinting 4 lines of a poem without the poet's explicit permission was too much. But AI gobbling up whole books now counts as "fair use." Something is definitely wrong with US copyright law.

The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss. A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Educators suggest ideas that can easily be incorporated into daily lessons without disrupting the flow of instruction. @larryferlazzo.bsky.social

I’m seeing reports that they have settled at $3,000 per work, and if so, I need to see the settlement amount

"But, Matthew, what is "acting right" when it comes to books?" Here's a handy guide adapted from Ranganathan: 1. Every book its reader 2. Every reader its book 3. Don't like a book, don't read it 4. Let other people read what they want 5. Libraries are for everyone

These bright additions to picture book series will allow children to go on new adventures with familiar characters.

A key to Namibia's wildlife recovery is the model of community-based natural resource management. But a recent 11-year dry spell has tested the resilience of the model and the people and natural systems that depend on it.

Major brands launched the Aceh Sustainable Palm Oil Working Group to align with a road map for deforestation-free palm oil in the Indonesian province. The initiative aims to boost the livelihoods of farmers, protect high conservation value forests, & help producers comply with new global rules.

I've loved sea stars my whole life. So when I found out that @biographic.bsky.social was getting exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the scientists tracking a notorious sea star killer, I knew we had to send the best of the best. Enter @craigwelch.bsky.social. A must read:

I first pitched this piece as a story on how aardvark burrows are like the airports of the zoonoses world, with all sorts of creatures (and their microbes) mixing and mingling in tight spaces www.biographic.com/aardvark-bur...

New K-Pop Books You Have to Read This Year bookriot.com/new-k-pop-bo... Feat. The Band by Christine Ma-Kellams, I'll Love You Forever by Giaae Kwon, and ASAP, Axie Oh's sequel to XOXO.

NME gives ‘RUNSEOKJIN_epTOUR’ 4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Jin live in London: a refreshing, charisma-filled concept that’s not without spectacle.” www.nme.com/reviews/live... #진 #Jin #BTS #방탄소년단 #DS_BTSJin #music #RunSeokJin_EPTour #musicsky

Jin live in London review: BTS star offers solo stardom and silliness www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/jin-li...

Top 10 Best Picture Books for Starting School buff.ly/gNkoOwj via @pragmaticmom #ReadYourWorld #startingSchool #picturebooks #BackToSchool

Back to School Picture Books buff.ly/g4fWaGM via @pragmaticmom #ReadYourWorld #picturebooks #BackToSchool

Unmasking the Sea Star Killer www.biographic.com/unmasking-th...

Librarian Leads Reading Garden Project www.slj.com/story/Librar...

We can still save the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Here's a practical guide to what to do right now to save not just the agency's funding but its future all together. Part of this is messaging on reauthorizing the Museum and Library Services Act. bookriot.com/we-can-still...

Over on Instagram, I made a handy and highly sharable carousel about how we can still save the Institute of Museum and Library Services, if you'd like to pass that to your friends, family, and networks there, too. nb: it's "of" and not "for," but I'm not editing. www.instagram.com/p/DL5UK0KxQbM/

Researchers working to improve knowledge of the Belalanda chameleon’s distribution were excited to find three of the rare reptile in the PK32-Ranobe protected area. But Ranobe’s forests are under pressure & captive breeding & a revised area management plan are key to ensure the species’ survival.

Here are my reviews of 8 new AANHPI middle grade books! What would you add to the list? #kidlit bookriot.com/new-middle-g...

🗳️ Final results of 2025 South Korean presidential election Lee Jae-myung wins with 49.42% of the vote Kim Moon-soo: 41.15% Lee Jun-seok: 8.34% Kwon Young-guk: 0.98% Source: National Election Commission Read our analysis here: www.csis.org/analysis/sou...

"Picture books are a magic portal to the unknown world." — @yukoart.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/05/cald...

[Weverse Magazine] #jhope returns to the stage and brings hope with him A review of j-hope Tour ‘HOPE ON THE STAGE’ in SEOUL ▶️KOR: bit.ly/4dEGLq3 ▶️ENG: bit.ly/43BqDB3 ▶️JPN: bit.ly/4mEZyWw

'HOPE ON THE STAGE' in OSAKA Short Film #오사카r_부릉부릉부릉‼️🛻💨 #楽しかった🙌🏻 ( youtube.com/shorts/BRCk7... ) #제이홉 #jhope #BTS #방탄소년단 #HOPE_ON_THE_STAGE_TOUR_OSAKA #HOS_TOUR_OSAKA

For Pride: “Are you a boy or a girl?” One of the first questions neighbourhood children asked me after my family’s arrival in London from Cairo when I was seven. It stunned me. I ran home to my parents and told them I couldn’t understand the kids.

#BBCNews - These women helped bring down a president - now they say they feel invisible www.bbc.com/news/article... They protested against president Yoon, who insisted South Korea was free of sexism - despite the deep discrimination and flashes of violence that said otherwise.

South Korea votes June 3. What do Lee Jae-myung, Kim Moon-soo, and Lee Jun-seok stand for and what issues could decide the race? Find out on The Capital Cable #113 featuring: 🔹 Aram Hur 🔹 Scott Snyder 🔹 Mark Lippert 📆 5/22 • 9:30 am EDT Register: www.csis.org/events/south...

Villagers in Blatten, Switzerland, were evacuated earlier this month after authorities warned a nearby glacier was on the brink of collapse – one of many becoming less stable as global temperature rise

Bay Area friends! I'll be at @greenapplebooks.bsky.social on Thursday, June 12th at 7pm. Thrilled to be in conversation with the brilliant @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social, author of The Pacific Circuit. Free to attend, or stream it online: greenapplebooks.com/event/2025-0...

How about you don't use AI art for your podcast about children's literature ON WHICH YOU INTERVIEW AN ILLUSTRATOR OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. How about it, folks?

If you don’t want to take the booster don’t. But to prevent adults from having the choice is depraved.

A battle over this Inner Richmond wall speaks to a very San Francisco crisis www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

What Kind of Seafood Is Sustainable?

An interview with a fired EPA environmental justice program analyst 🎁 defector.com/an-interview...