A dear (and brilliant) friend, @circussparrow.bsky.social, made this beautiful animatic for Rialto! Beware spoilers...but if you've already read the book, LOOK LOOK LOOK! (I may have cried a little.)

“What if Frog is being chased by a big animal with many sharp teeth? What if he is being eaten up?” cried Toad.

Our take is go to an indie bookstore, get a recommendation from a bookseller, & spend the rest of the afternoon reading outside, perhaps after acquiring a tasty beverage & treat from a local cafe.

“Now I can save tomorrow for something that I really want to do.” “What is that?” asked Frog. “Tomorrow,” said Toad, “I can just take life easy.”

“Shut up!” screamed Toad.

Today's stack: mysterious magic! geekdad.com/2026/05/stac...

Oh this is delicious. Start your week off right and savor this.

The ambassadors of young people's literature I know and respect relentlessly and vociferously defend book access. The ambassadors of young people's literature I know and respect are relentlessly and vociferously condemning, denouncing, and working to defeat HR 7661. Silence is complicity.

This year, be sure to honor mom with the gift any mom loves most: paid parental leave, single-payer healthcare, and unquestioned bodily autonomy.

Toad sipped his tea. “Frog,” he asked, “are you making this up?” “Maybe yes and maybe no,” said Frog.

“I am sorry,” gasped Frog, “but I could not catch your list.” “Blah,” said Toad.

If you're as frustrated and angry about the Virginia ruling as I am, please consider this a reminder: Adopt two House candidates, and adopt two Senate candidates. Do it now.

RIALTO by @katemilford.bsky.social ( @clarionbooks.bsky.social / @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/2026-s... #HBSummerReading #SummerReading #HBFamilyReading #FamilyReading #kidlit #MiddleSchool

This week on the podcast, Matt and I unpack storytelling secrets that make BIG TROUBLE IN LITLE CHINA such a bizarre blast -- with special guest @katemilford.bsky.social! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...?

“I hope that if I bang my head against the wall, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.

Frog and Toad sat on the porch, feeling sad together.

This question is going to haunt me all day as I slowly realize how many objects I am beefing with

GET IN LOSER WE’RE MAKING ZINES

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

Toad went to Frog’s house. He found a note on the door. The note said, “Dear Toad, I am not at home. I went out. I want to be alone.” “Alone?” said Toad. “Frog has me for a friend. Why does he want to be alone?”

I want to be clear that I don’t have anything against any of their books. Publish all the books you want, but don’t market them by shitting on other people‘s work. In the midst of an unprecedented national book banning crisis, anyone calling any book unclean is carrying water for censors.

April #NotesfromtheHornBook: Elissa welcomes readers to the 2026 #HBSummerReading list - dive in! www.hbook.com/story/2026-s... #HBFamilyReading #SummerReading #FamilyReading #kidlit #yalit @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social

I’m big on helping kids understand they should have agency

Stephen King: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the sleepwalkers King: it's about these cat vampire people Poe: oo! what do they look like? King: kinda like cats King: but gross Poe: i don't understand

“Use AI to brainstorm but not to write.” “Use AI to help you outline but not to write.” These are commonly proposed as “ethical” ways for undergrad students to use AI, but I’m sorry, brainstorming & outlining are just as integral to writing as the actual construction of sentences.

when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters

Check out our editors’ picks for the best Summer Reads for kids and teens! buff.ly/UzQtSi9

“I am right here,” said Frog.

No sleep til

A thread of my critiques of your "safety" guidelines from four months ago: bsky.app/profile/greg...

god this guy rules

This is Spot. He politely offered to protect you during your run. This is what's known in the business as "securing the perimeter." 14/10 you're welcome (IG: spot_the_whippetmix)

Grok told a simulated delusional AI user concerned that a dark entity was trapped in their mirror that they were likely being haunted by a doppelgänger, citing Malleus Maleficarum and suggesting they smash a nail through their mirror while reciting Psalm 91 backwards: futurism.com/artificial-i...

Last April event of the RIALTO tour! Today I'm speaking at the Edmonson branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library at 4! In person attendees get a free copy while supplies last, but you must RSVP: share.google/pL1CKWFW2rum...

TONIGHT! My old hometown bookstore, where I worked after college but before moving to NYC, is hosting me at 6pm! I'll be telling stories and signing books, and I have a whole stack of Rialto Park tickets...come hang out if you can!

TODAY AT 430! Come hang out with @kristintubb.bsky.social and me at @parnassusbooks.bsky.social! Can't wait to see you!

Heading out for a pretty intensive tour week and my suitcase is too heavy which I hope means I packed enough of the right combination of things but really I suspect means the opposite

Morning, everyone.

The April leg of the RIALTO tour continues! I'll be at @parnassusbooks.bsky.social on Tuesday, April 21, in conversation with @kristintubb.bsky.social! Come join us if you can (but space is limited, so please RSVP: Registration: Kate Milford | Parnassus Books share.google/x7ZGL3bKuyat...

Yep.

@bradlander.bsky.social at today's @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social rally at City Hall Park. Organizers including @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social are calling for a morartorium on "A.i." in the NYC public schools.

When asked how she feels about cleaning up AI translations, @marianallanos.bsky.social said she gets hives. 😂 And no wonder! Such a creative translator and author! #SCBWI

“Don’t tell me you’ve been using particle board in here,” said the 55-year-old woodworker

TONIGHT! Come join @adamgidwitz.bsky.social and me at McNally Jackson Seaport at 7pm to celebrate the launch of RIALTO! Come for stories, treats, and the chance to explore a bit of the Roaming World in person! How, you ask? Come tonight and find out!

RIALTO arrives tomorrow! Join @adamgidwitz.bsky.social and me at @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social's Seaport location at 7 for an evening of storytelling and celebration!

My first sighting of RIALTO in the wild, at the South Jersey Children's Book Festival!

This book, you all. It has my whole entire heart.

Four days to the official launch of RIALTO, but the tour starts tomorrow! I'll be at the South Jersey Children's Book Festival from 1-4pm (shhhh WITH RIALTO, THREE DAYS EARLY). Come on out and say hi!