Ok Kanopy I have some questions. Nothing against I Want My Hat Back, but why did you put it in the "Kindness and Generosity" category? #skybrarian #kidlit #tlsky

My daughter required 16 books before bed tonight. 😅 Good thing I've been training for this book marathon for years so my stamina was up to the task. #kidlit

Just read The Girl in the Lake by @booksandbighair.bsky.social highly recommend it to #mglit readers looking for horror and supernatural. It does a great job having genuinely scary moments without being too scary. #skybrarian

So...new Pantomime is up on US Netgalley. In many ways, it's scarier releasing a book with a nonbinary, intersex protagonist than it was the first time around 12 years ago, so help signal boosting appreciated. Queer magic circus, coming of age, cosy-adjacent. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

It’s National Library Week! Whether you’re at home or traveling, take a moment to visit a local library. Don’t have a library card? Get one — even if you don’t know what to check out just yet. It’s the first step into a world of discovery! #NationalLibraryWeek #LibrariesAreEssential #FundLibraries

My coworker made this dragon for our book drop and it is giving me life! Named Ed after Ed Emberley. Notice how all the arrows point to the slot #tlsky #skybrarian

Most banned books feature people of color and LGBTQ+ people, report finds

Did you know that Central Park was built on the site of a thriving community called Seneca Village whose residents, most of whom were Black, were forced out to clear the way for the park? I'm so looking forward to this MG mystery, coming from @dancingofpens.bsky.social in April!

Here is some Monday joy! Tapirs are endangered, one was recently born at this Zoo. It is ADORABLE! I've been watching it on TikTok

Nose to Nose by Thyra Heder is a #picturebook with a lot of kid appeal. At first glance it's about dogs communicating with pee. On a deeper reading it's about rumors, welcoming strangers, and giving second changes. Would be great for an SEL lesson! #kidlit #tlsky

In love with the gorgeous illustrations and lyrical language in this #picturebook about what to do when you have a storm in you and how to help others find their voice and ask for help. A Voice in the Storm by Karl James Mountford #kidlit #tlsky

Black history teaching resources from the Library of Congress.

I still don't think people get how far-ranging the anti-book bills filed in Texas this session are. This won't just affect school libraries. It's a five-alarm fire for booksellers, public libraries, parents--anyone who cares about the right to read. #BookSky #BannedBooks #Freadom

Now more than ever.

As we celebrate Black History Month, we remember Arna Bontemps, a Harlem Renaissance figure and librarian at Fisk University, who preserved Black culture and history for future generations. #BlackHistoryMonth #CulturalPreservation

Recently finished Playing the Cards You're Dealt by @varianjohnson.bsky.social Really lovely #mglit story that manages to tackle serious issues like parental alcoholism while also being about family, friendship, and spades. The narrator is excellent and adds a lot of humor. Recommended! #tlsky

Four more books have just been banned statewide in South Carolina. These must be removed from every public school in the state. These are four more books added to the previously banned seven title. All the new books banned? By queer and/or authors of color. bookriot.com/four-more-bo...

Wow! Awful Library Books archive = 💎 Just spent 10 minutes perusing when I should have been moving on to some other tasks. I saw a book about deadliest karate moves ever that was…quite the book… What/why of #weeding. I think I’ll be dipping into that site every now and then for some amusement.

Celebrating history shapers like John Lewis and Mae Jemison and lesser-known individuals with comparable impact, such as playwrights August Wilson and Lorraine Hansberry, and engineer Raye Montague, these 28 titles share the lives, struggles, and triumphs of notable Black Americans.

I've been tracking when and where my books are getting banned in the US since 2023. My books are all about queer teen girls and/or Asian Americans. Here's my latest update: As of today, my books have been censored in 96 cases across 20 states. www.malindalo.com/blog/2025/2/...

Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜 The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization. Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵

The political challenges to DEI efforts coincide with a downturn in kids' book sales, and demands to remove books featuring POC and LGBTQIA+ characters from schools & libraries. Latinx in Publishing couldn’t offer its publishing fellowship this year because it couldn’t secure publisher funding.

I recently read Sofia Acosta Makes a Scene and it's more relevant now than ever. A great read about ballet, sewing, friendship, and immigration. Highly recommended! #mglit #tlsky

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion. Now More Than Ever. | From the Editor

Happy Black History Month! Here’s how I plan to celebrate:

So honored to be buzzing around this list in such esteemed company! 🦍💜 If you want to catch up on some of last year's best #kidlit, click through for recommended titles by @erinentrada.bsky.social, Jasmine Warga, Mac Barnett, B.B. Alston, and many more.

PEN America's Most Frequently Banned Picture Books Center on Gay and Transgender People but Also World War II History, a Boy Mermaid and (Horrors!) a Goblin’s Rear End #BannedBooks #NotAHoax pen.org/press-releas...

What does #YoungTeenLit look like? We’ve started a list of new titles mixed with tried-and-true favorites from our school libraries. What titles for ages 12-15 that hit our criteria are we missing here so we can grow our list to help MG librarians? #tlsky #skybrarians #mglit #kidlit #schoollibrarian

The best part of a new tea cup is getting to decorate it

Perfect by @wakatb.bsky.social and Yuko Jones is about how there's more to life than being perfect. I love the details in the illustrations especially in the before and after of the room (look at the Daruma) and I totally want to make that fox dress for my daughter! #kidlit #kidlitfashion

Join me in helping world-class librarians (including @librarianjones.com, @andrea-trudeau.bsky.social, & @captainlibrary.bsky.social) build world-class libraries in Kenya. Donate here www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...