Holiday PB Countdown: The Book of Candles: Eight Poems of Hanukkah, @laurelsnyder.bsky.social Leanne Hatch, Clarion Books #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Hanukkah #winter. 📚

Share your light. And have some of mine…

It’s been over a decade since the morning shows stopped having the Newbery/Caldecott winners on, the day after the announcement. Remember how exciting that always was? (1/3) #alayma #newbery #caldecott #kidlit

What a crazy wonderful Hanukkah miracle. Thank you, @kellyclarksontv.bsky.social!! Still pinching myself! m.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ4G...

'For humanities departments to continue to matter, they must challenge the modern world rather than accommodate it. Indeed, the most useful lesson the humanities have to offer today is a profoundly countercultural one: Difficulty is good, an end in its own right.' 2/2

'As a humanities professor myself, the biggest danger I see to the discipline is the growing perception, fueled by the ubiquity of large language models, that knowledge is cheap—a resource whose procurement ought to be easy and frictionless.' 1/2

214 Democrats signed a discharge petition to force an up-or-down vote on extending Affordable Care Act tax credits to make sure tens of millions of Americans don't experience skyrocketing health insurance premiums. They just need FOUR House Republicans to join them. ☎️ Call YOUR rep at 202-224-3121.

Are you in Mesa County, Colorado? Your public library board is about to be overtaken with extremists. Get to the board meeting TOMORROW to speak up and out about what's going to come if these two get appointed. annelandmanblog.com/2025/12/maga...

Let’s go!

Light to *everyone* tonight. All the light. A little more each day!

Threads is really a cesspool, huh? Just came here to thank @bsky.app for being a little better.

It was a difficult morning to get up and do a #Hanukkah storytime. But I was so glad to be there. Stories and light and community are so healing, perhaps most of all when the instinct is to isolate and hide. Thanks to The Book Bird for creating that space!

We live in a country where moments ago a national cable television news channel interviewed two survivors of tonight's mass shooting at Brown University who had both survived mass shooings at SEPARATE HIGH SCHOOLS before this experience.

And yet in RFK Jr’s recent MAHA report, published by the White House, called “Make Our Children Healthy Again,” there was not a single mention of guns Not one mention of the top cause of child death in America It’s almost as if they don’t actually want to do anything to improve children‘s lives

I newslettered! Why is that always so hard, to make a monthly newsletter? Why is it harder for me than other kinds of writing? Does anybody else struggle with this? laurelsnyder.substack.com/p/the-year-i...

I can’t believe it’s true, but if you turn on Kelly Clarkson on Monday, you might see little ol’ me! (FYI it’s just two minutes at the very end!)

Thank you so much, @thehornbook.bsky.social !

Have you thought about making a donation to Gaza as a holiday gift this year? For Hanukkah, I’m donating to Gaza Soup Kitchen and you can too! www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-...

I made a long-form comic book! It’s a romance! Teens fall in love! Hijinks! Transmasc non-binary love interest! Mother-daughter bonding! Idyllic wintry vibes! Five starred reviews from trade publications! bookshop.org/p/books/ange...

THE BOOK OF CANDLES: EIGHT POEMS FOR HANUKKAH by @laurelsnyder.bsky.social illus by Leanne Hatch is a fresh, accessible collection celebrating the meaning & joy of Hanukkah traditions. The art is equally appealing, making this a recommended collection for December. #EduSky 🍎 #KidLit 📚👍 #Libsky

OOOooOOOooOO yes! Thanks to @colleenaf.bsky.social we have merch for @authorsabb.bsky.social that financially benefits Authors Against Book Bans, now! a lovely gift for yourself or the book creator in your life! www.customink.com/fundraising/...

So yeah, #baltimore has a very magnificent/unusual new bookstore! The Ivy Bookshop is popping up in Mount Vernon for the holidays! #books #bookstores #smallbiz #independentbookstores

About time!

2026 is going to be a *great* year to run for office. @runforsomething.net will help you. Filing deadlines are coming up fast - it's just barely not too late to get started. runforwhat.net

@theatlantic.com offers an AI “summary” of this article in case you don’t want to read it. 🙄

What a wonderful morning at @oldtownbooks.bsky.social,celebrating #SmallBusinessSaturday with wonderful book people and the sweetest kids!

@tastinghistory.bsky.social thanks for the inspiration!

Omg I almost just got scammed by the “Fulton County Police Department” for failing to appear for jury duty. They were SO sophisticated and complex. Basically a theater company. Be careful, people!

Very grateful to @matthewcwinner.bsky.social for this very thoughtful conversation about Jewish joy in this complex moment (among other things), and for just being a total mensch. He brings so much light to the world! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Forgive all my glowing, but I am having a very very shiny week in bookland. This love for The Book of Candles just came in from the @washingtonpost.com @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social

If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand” Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.

First review is in for Shrinking Violet, and it's a ⭐ from Kirkus. So very happy!

The entire US economy is propped up by a product so toxic and insidious that everyone has to go on a weekly scavenger hunt just to remove it from products they're already using.

Tremendous call to action to fight book banning from by @maggietokudahall.bsky.social at the ALAN Breakfast as she accepts the ALSN Award on behalf of @authorsabb.bsky.social “The function of literature is not to instill obedience.”

socialism + rizz is a tough combo to beat

Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.

<wriggles eagerly> bookshop.org/p/books/shri...

If you’d like to express your support for Ms. Moore, you can send a letter in advance of this evening’s board meeting: [email protected]

I love that the south’s resistance is showing the world just how gerrymandered we are, and how suppressed our vote. #charlotte #raleigh #northcarolina

Please spread the word about tomorrow's library board meeting in Pierce County, GA, where LaVonnia Moore was fired for a display that included Kyle Lukoff's wonderful, "When Aidan Became a Brother." @authorsabb.bsky.social #aabb #glaad #freadom #bookbans #georgia #lgbtq #Librariansareamazing

Oh my heart.

Oh, interesting question!

I can’t help wondering about whether there’s a relationship between the Ossoff attacks this week (though he didn’t vote with the GOP), and MTG’s attempt to rebrand. A lot of bots out here stirring us up.

I’m supposed to fly out of ATL on Thursday for book events Friday to Monday. Should I try to stick with my plan, or get in the car at the crack of dawn Thursday? #shutdown #booktour #ack!

Three nights!! I did wake up at 4 am, but just read my book and then fell back to sleep.

I've slept two nights in a row without any sort of sleep aid. For me, this is unusual. The one big difference? I stored my phone in another room. Can I do it again? We'll see...

Hey, friends! My (very very occasional) newsletter is up, with dates for #hanukkah #bookstore events to celebrate "THE BOOK OF CANDLES: 8 Poems for Hanukkah." Come say hi, do some holiday shopping at a wonderful indie bookshop, & maybe sign up for my newsletter! open.substack.com/pub/laurelsn...