Reached the end of today's reading, and found this amazing sponsor acknowledgement. Thank you to Primo beer for this book

Today's reading: a book that was given to my father the year I was born

So stoked that the kids of Hawaiʻi selected LEI AND THE FIRE GODDESS as their 2025 Nēnē Award recipient! And congratulations to @claribelortega.bsky.social for receiving the award for the graphic novel FRIZZY! #808READS #hawaiilibraries #808libraries

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What are you reading this month? I've read @makana-yama.bsky.social 's Hammajang Luck and need to pick up The Off-Season.

Digesting my newest edit letter with a gassy dog is a special kind of lovely-awful

Thank you to @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social whose mentorship program connected me with @alangratz.bsky.social and for @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social whose mentorship program connected me with @andreaywang.bsky.social And of course MGwaves and the other amazingly helpful kidlit creatives! #kidlitchat

Hi 👋 I put together a starter pack to spotlight Pacific Islander authors for anyone wanting to discover and uplift PI literature. Say hi & follow along to celebrate PI! And if you're a Pacific Islander book creator, reach out to be included :) go.bsky.app/HFSy2tG #books #authors #pasifika

So happy to hang with these lovely people!

I figured it out! Pronunciation guides now available under the Educator tab at MaliaMaunakea.com

Has anyone seen pronunciation guides up on author websites? Please share them! Trying to figure out if I should put some links for audio pronunciations on my individual book pages or under the Educators tab

Share five 2023 middle grade novels you've read or are excited to read! 1. Momo Arashima Steals the Sword of the Wind 2. Lei and the Fire Goddess - @maliamaunakea.bsky.social 3. Nic Blake and the Remarkables 4. The Guardian Test 5. The Otherwoods - @justinepwinans.bsky.social

Who else is headed to #NCTE23? I'd love to connect IRL! I'll have collectable postcards from Punky Aloha to give away at the Penguin Young Reader Booth. Details below!

Just registered for my final class in my Hawaiian Studies AA degree! I graduate next spring :) And now back to NaNo...

Giddy up

Just finished Ronnie Riley's book JUDE SAVES THE WORLD and it was FABULOUS! Go get yourself a copy or request it at your library.

What is one of your favorite ways to treat yourself for reaching milestones? Nearing the end of revisions (I hit page 200 or 269), time for a small reward. I LOVE ume candy. #NaNoWriMo is coming soon! #kidlit #revisions #mghub #umecandy

Getting the chapters in place! #NaNoWriMo starts next week🥳

Planning for #NaNo has commenced.

Alright, I think I'm going to try fast draft my next book idea for #NaNoWriMo. Anyone else participating? I need to start plotting it out. I may not use the official website, just try write it on my own and track it using Scrivener.

Anyone here on Kauaʻi? I'm heading to #HanapepeArtNigh at 5pm to hang by @talkstorybooks (Talk Story Bookstore). If I miss you here, maybe you could come say hi at one of these other places? I feel like this is one of those old "missed connections" ads :)

Kicking off TODAY (last week was bonus!) I'm traveling across Oʻahu, Kauaʻi, Maui, Molokaʻi & Hawaiʻi Island to meet 2700+ students & give them all a FREE BOOK! Thanks to my partners @diversebooks and @WAACvisits & support from Estée Lauder Companies + The Ruby & Hart Foundation

I got my revision in for LEI 2 yesterday!!! I invite you all to celebrate with me by reading a great book. I'm going to start @justinepwinans.bsky.social 's Bianca Torre is Afraid of Everything! What are you reading? (let's celebrate other authors!)