Book bans impact public libraries & bookstores, but it’s school libraries where they are rampant ❤️‍🩹 Many kids are unable to make it to the public library. They can’t drive, often times the library isn’t in walking distance. It’s not that their grown-ups don’t want them to be library kids. 🧵 1/11

“Do not bend your neck for that which cuts necks.” A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.

Re-upping this. We need experts in media literacy & stewards of the freedom to read now more than ever.

So happy to be at #NCTE24! If you’re around this afternoon, come get a signed book from me!

I hadn't planned on joining Bluesky, but a scammer created the account @csoontornvat to impersonate me, so here I am. Here's a photo of my dog so you know it's really me. And if you could please report that other person, I'd appreciate it!