Today we remember the six million Jewish people murdered during the Holocaust. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day and every day, we recommit to standing up against antisemitism and ensure that the horrors of the Holocaust are never forgotten.

Grateful that the Champlain Valley School District (VT) is pushing back against this attempt to ban trans girls from girls sports, as well as several districts in California. www.sevendaysvt.com/news/trans-a...

So proud of my state's efforts to protect trans youth!

I'm gonna read a boatload of queer books. And write some too. I'm looking forward to both. Happy New Year.

2025 was *brutal*, in all those personal hard to explain ways I don’t really share online. It was also marbled with love and little moments of sweetness that made it survivable. I don’t know if I have the right to expect better in 2026, but I’m gonna look hard for the love

The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.

I went to bed last night thinking about the shooting at Brown University and woke up to the news about the shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia. This is a sick planet. George Carlin said it best: "Save the planet, we don't even know how to take care of ourselves yet."

Please consider signing this petition to stop this debate and read the comments from alumni and students at the school expressing their thoughts on why this event should not be happening at their public high school. www.change.org/p/stop-the-w...

A local Irvine high school's Turning Point USA club has organized a debate on “transgenderism and same sex marriage”. Not only are people’s lives and identities not up for debate, but this is also dangerous, thinly veiled bigotry. I have friends with queer kids at this school and I'm livid.

I've got a poem in NO BRAIN THE SAME. I'm so excited for everyone to see this special book next year!

Shabbat Is and Just Shy of Ordinary made this list!

Happy news! THE BI BOOK by Cynthia Alonso and me made ALA Booklist’s 2025 Editors’ Choice Books for Youth list! We are honored! Congratulations to all the creators of these fantastic books! ✨ tinyurl.com/5xkyavh6 #kidlit #booksky

Oh hey, another reason to hate this timeline - attempts to deport people INDIGENOUS to North America. Make it make sense

🤡 🤡 🤡 I am literally supposed to travel out of the country next week. Someone go to DC and smack these policymakers upside their heads for me pls

made a simple yet quick fan-art drawing of Millie from Just Shy of Ordinary (⁠ㆁ⁠ω⁠ㆁ⁠) author of the book; @sassinsf.com #justshyofordinary #fanart #bookfanart

Ughhh. So, what, this means the passport I paid for is unusable AGAIN?

I thought when I wrote Ana on the Edge, we wouldn’t still be talking about trans folks’ place in sports half a decade later. Yet here we are. This is such a disappointing decision, to restrict those competing in women’s skating events by the sex on their original birth certificate.

I actually love hearing other languages. There are so many of them and they’re beautiful. Getting mad about it is a skill issue. And to be clear, that skill is empathy.

Again, there is nothing controversial in @sassinsf.com's MG books! Just positive representation of queer kids! QUEER KIDS ARE NOT CONTROVERSIAL OR POLITICAL. This list includes so many award winning books, as well as things like Elmo teaching kids about Covid. ABSURD. Ashamed of my home state.

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Cool cool cool, I guess it had to happen sometime. My book Just Shy of Ordinary has been slated for removal (aka is being banned) from a Texas library, along with other titles centering diverse characters. Not surprising, just disappointing.

Congrats, Lanaisha! 🥳

On a happier note, Ana on the Edge made me a published author 5 years ago today. No matter how many places it gets challenged or banned, it’s still finding the readers who need it, and I have so many teachers, educators, parents, etc to thank for that 🩵

👇Quote from ANA ON THE EDGE by @sassinsf.com. This book should not be banned. sassinsf.com/books/ana-on...

I must point out that @sassinsf.com's author's note at the end of ANA ON THE EDGE is worth the read and masterfully discusses the nuances of gender identity. I've given that book to multiple adults who have questions about trans kids' experiences specifically so they can read that author's note.

There is nothing remotely "controversial" in @sassinsf.com's ANA ON THE EDGE. Just a 12yo navigating the world of competitive ice skating and exploring gender. It's a beautiful read. I'm proud to have worked with A.J. on it. Horrific that a teacher would be put on leave simply for shelving the book.

I've read two of the books in this case, @sassinsf.com's ANA ON THE EDGE and @kylelukoff.bsky.social's TOO BRIGHT TO SEE, and they are so, so good. Some kids will really relate to them, and other kids will learn what it's like to be a person like the character in the book. All good. Right?

Ana on the Edge is about a 12 year old ice skater navigating being nonbinary in a gendered sport. The fact that it's considered controversial enough to reprimand and put a teacher on leave over simply having it in her classroom library is incomprehensible to me.

Come join @toddparr.bsky.social and me tomorrow to acknowledge the impact banned books have on our community while celebrating love, identity, and the profound importance of inclusive stories.

October 5-11 is Banned Books Week, an opportunity to resist censorship and celebrate the freedom to read. Tune in to panels with LBYR authors @katherinelocke.bsky.social, @toddparr.bsky.social, and @sassinsf.com for @everylibrary.bsky.social's virtual Banned Books Week Festival. 🧵

Smiling big because I’m finally holding my friend @sassinsf.com’s BEAUTIFUL picture book SHABBAT IS! So proud to add this to our home library alongside his incredible middle grade books. Welcome to the PB club, Andrew, and congratulations!!! ❤️ #kidlit #booksky

Look, I'll take my joy where I can find it these days Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Sonya's illustrations are STUNNING. Go make friends with her so you can say "I knew her when" 😁

My debut picture book, SHABBAT IS ..., releases today 😊 Available where all books are sold. And here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/a-j-s...

What in the utterly petty hell is this nonsense, Florida 😒

Found this gem on the shelf at Face in a Book in El Dorado Hills. One of my favorite MG writers and this book is so much fun! @sassinsf.com #middlegradereads #shelfie #shelfiemonday

@sassinsf.com Congrats! Your book Ellen Outside the Lines has been selected as a 2025-26 Oregon Battle of the Books selection. OBOB has over 30K participants annually, with 750 schools fielding 8,000 teams of students. We're excited to share your book with Oregon readers!

Guess who's going back to the passport office tomorrow yet again. Someone light a candle for me or something, I am literally leaving on a trip on Friday and I want this nonsense done with 🕯️

Oh hey look, I'm in this one 🙃 (subtly - I'm the declarant from Vermont) If you don't think it's a big deal that the government is refusing to issue me a passport that matches all my other legal identity docs, a reminder that some of us travel internationally for work or other reasons and now can't

It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins

As far as I've seen, no one who's tried to correct their passport has been able to do so, despite the order being explicitly clear that it is effective immediately Hopefully we'll have updated guidance soon, but the the government not complying with a court order that supersedes an EO is still WILD

SHABBAT IS... by @sassinsf.com is "a picture book that’s as warm as fresh-baked challah" and "a lovely affirmation of both individual practice and communal connection", according to @publisherswkly.bsky.social 🥰 Forthcoming September 2, 2025! awfulagent.com/ebooks/shabb...

featuring ELLEN OUTSIDE THE LINES by @sassinsf.com ✨

New blog post: Great picks for kids for vacation, including books by @rrremylai.bsky.social, @as-king.bsky.social, @sassinsf.com, @dhonielle.bsky.social, @rebstead.bsky.social, @wenmass.bsky.social, Siobhan McDermott, Katherine Rundell, and Allie Millington. www.lisayelon.com/blog/summer-...

Bookshop is hosting a Pride Month sale with some excellent titles! Among them are @dirtbagqueer.rocks's NYT bestselling debut ONE OF THE BOYS, as well as ATHLETE IS AGENDER, a Junior Library Guild Selection, featuring essays by Isaac Fitzsimons and @sassinsf.com 🏈 🏳️‍🌈 💜 bookshop.org/lists/pride-...

You can pick up @dirtbagqueer.rocks's ONE OF THE BOYS, @sassinsf.com's JUST SHY OF ORDINARY, and ATHLETE IS AGENDER (featuring essays by A. J. Sass and Isaac Fitzsimons) in this Pride sale on @bookshop.org!

I’m not putting anyone on a pedestal but at every opportunity to be a shithead who throws marginalized people under a bus this man chooses the opposite and he’s wildly popular because of it and I don’t understand what about that isn’t clicking for other dems

We are a group of LGBTQIA+ middle grade book creators who are hosting this giveaway to support the LGBTQIA+ community this Pride month. By entering this giveaway, you could win a copy of all the LGBTQIA+ middle grade books below! Details: tinyurl.com/mg-giveaway

Today’s the day! THE BI BOOK by Cynthia Alonso & me is officially out in the world! I hope this book helps readers and their families feel seen and loved! Thank you with all my heart for supporting our special book! 🌈💖🌈 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/713504... #kidlit #booksky