Thank you! This is a book that changed my life as an author and I’m forever grateful to Ada, Favio and the amazing Recycled Orchestra!

Looking forward to seeing so many friends tomorrow at #nErDcampCT!

Nice thing about being a teacher is you get a front row seat to witness the obvious fact that the world keeps churning out good, curious, ethical people.

How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?

If I decide one day that speed limits don't apply to me and break them at will, I will get a ticket. If I ignore tax laws, I will go to jail for breaking tax laws. These people are breaking the law and we should use that language to describe their actions

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com How Americans and the world handle Donald Trump "will determine much about the next four years, and it will ask much from all of us," the New York Times editorial board writes. "We must meet the moment." Read more here: nyti.ms/4hrd4Kd

Thank you @librarykirkl.bsky.social for this incredible review of #Lifeboat5! @simonkids.bsky.social

Congrats @mrschureads.bsky.social for your Schneider Family Book Honor for Louder Than Hunger! So happy for you!

Thank you, Jessica!

Massachusetts readers - Please join me and 60 other great authors this Saturday, December 14th in Newton for the first Newton Children's Book Festival! Signed books make GREAT gifts! newtonchildrensbookfest.com

Me too. Will you have tape? Haha!

Thank you, Kristin! Glad you could join us at #NCTE!

Hello to all my new followers! I’m excited to see many friends I knew on that old site that we x-ed out of our lives.Glad you’re here!

And Wired story here: www.wired.com/story/press-...

Helpful wise words. Thanks, Kate!

I created this starter pack for #VerseNovel authors yesterday while waiting in car line to pick up my daughter. If you see authors who are here who I’ve missed, could you tag them so I can add them? ❤️ go.bsky.app/HJUWbCY

*New* on my blog: I'm excited to host the official #PBRisingStars Mentors Announcement: debbieohi.com/2024/02/pb-r... This 3mo picture bk mentorship program pairs authors, illus, & author-illus w/ experienced mentors for one-on-one development. Organized by @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social & Kailei Pew.

Can't wait to talk to kids in Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin this Wednesday for World Read Aloud Day! #WRAD #WorldReadAloudDay

Happy to see #Wojtek, my favorite bear, mentioned in this article about heroic wartime animals. There's a book in each one of these brave critters! #BrothersinArms #HarperCollins historyfacts.com/world-histor...

Congratulations to Dhonielle Clayton. What a feature in today’s New York Times! www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/b...

Axolotls forever!

I look forward to this all year. Why have just a Top Ten when you can have 31 Days and 31 Lists? afuse8production.slj.com/2023/11/30/t...

Can't wait for WRAD! (Thanks, Kate!)

Thanks to Fresh Bookology www.bookologymagazine.com for highlighting @fuse8.bsky.social's list of #kidlit statues in the US: tinyurl.com/yacck98u Know others? Let Betsy know!

I always love reading Travis Jonker's Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children's Books of the Year. Here's to books that push the limits, that flex our imaginations! 100scopenotes.com/2023/11/21/t...

#NumbertheStars by #LoisLowry may be my fav #HF #MG book. It's why I wrote #HarboringHope, a #NF story of a girl in the Danish Resistance. And now, oh my stars! We are BOTH speaking Sun, 11/19 @MJH NY Book Festival. I'm at 11am and #LoisLowry at 3pm. Join us! tinyurl.com/3n29nbaa

This weekend!

Congrats, Melissa!

Great cover!

Congratulations to all the nominees! tinyurl.com/2r9fevew

Congratulations @deborahfoster.bsky.social! You are the winner of this #Giveaway! Please DM your address.

One more day for this #GIVEAWAY in honor of the #vets in our lives.

Celebrating #VeteransDay this week by hosting a #GIVEAWAY--the TRUE story of #Wojtek the bear and the soldiers who loved him. Illustrated by the amazing #JamieGreen. Follow, repost and tag a friend by 11/11, 5pm EST. US only. #WWII #HarperCollins

TX to CT's Westport Library for including #HarboringHope in this awesome list! #Kidlit #BestBooksof2023

World Read Aloud Day is coming 2/7! Thanks to @katemessner.bsky.social for organizing author and illustrator volunteers. I'm in! Looking forward to seeing you there!

This is fascinating.

Thanks for helping us all navigate, Debbie! All these tips are super helpful. I'm excited to connect with other #kidlit friends and I LOVE doing school visits for grades Pre-K through 8th. susanhoodbooks.com

#SteveSheinkin does it again! Don't miss his new book IMPOSSIBLE ESCAPE, a #NF book about a teenager who escaped Auschwitz and got the word out to the world about what was happening there. See more about Steve's process here: www.thebiographyclearinghouse.org/impossible-e...

Nice to see so many #kidlit friends here!