Currently rereading this beauty by @donalynbooks.bsky.social and Teri Lesesne and remembering my personal joy of learning from them at literacy conferences. I wish more people knew that helping kids LOVE reading is part of the job. 📚❤️

A contemporary grammarian chat with @whitneylarocca.bsky.social and Patty McGee YouTube: bit.ly/4uxZQ5i Spotify: bit.ly/47cDr3x or wherever you get your podcasts #grammar#PatternsofPower#NotYourGrannysGrammar#ela

MANY thanks to the incredible educators and librarians who shared and supported CLAYMATES @mrschureads.bsky.social @heisereads.bsky.social @colbysharp.bsky.social @donalynbooks.bsky.social @margiemyers.bsky.social @lkliterary.bsky.social @hansonhallway.bsky.social & many others. See you in April!

I keep encountering new spec fic mags just sort of randomly on my feed, so let me remind y'all that I cover short spec fic for Reactor and I want to read your issues! Editors, pls connect via contact form about reviewer copies. Authors and readers, link me in the replies bookjockeyalex.com/contact/

My latest commentary, in @slj.com with @tasslyn.bsky.social on the Mahmoud v Taylor decision. These wonderful books -- and their authors -- deserved better.

Hyun Sook and I can't be at @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social annual, but we did draw our last appearance on stage at a @libcomix.bsky.social panel with @jerrycraft.bsky.social into an upcoming book!

Sad to learn that Wonderopolis is closing at the end of July. What an incredible resource! I wonder if government funding cuts are the reason...https://familieslearning.org/blog/ncfls-digital-learning-platform-wonderopolis-to-close/

This article was a labor of love, & I’m so glad it’s published! It’s OPEN ACCESS, so please feel free to download and share! Article Link: ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #Literacies #EnglishEducation #Colonialism #TextSelection #Afrofuturism #AcademicSky #EduSky

2025 Boston Globe–Horn Book #Nonfiction Honor Book: UP, UP, EVER UP!: JUNKO TABEI: A LIFE IN THE MOUNTAINS by Anita Yasuda; illus. by @yukoart.bsky.social (@clarionbooks.bsky.social / @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/presen... #BGHB25 #kidlit @bostonglobe.com

2025 Boston Globe–Horn Book #Nonfiction Honor Book: UPROOTED: A MEMOIR ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR FAMILY MOVES BACK by @ohtruth.bsky.social (Roaring Brook/ @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/presen... #BGHB25 #kidlit @bostonglobe.com #graphicmemoir

I’m mentoring a few job-seekers & noticing a generational divide in expectations. I’m curious, if you reach the interview stage of a job search, do you expect to be notified when the position has been filled? Do you follow up? Do you just assume after a period of time that you weren’t hired?

“Building off the work of: Katy Wishow, Shana Frazin, Donna Santman, & Gaby Layden.” Read Gwen’s article for Edutopia here: edut.to/4jz9uy4

The Hajj Begins On Jun 4th – Here Are Related Teaching & Learning Resources larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/06/01/t...

June 8th Is World Oceans Day – Here Are Teaching & Learning Resources larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/06/01/j...

Congratulations to #BankStreet's 2025 inaugural Youth Choice Award winner, “Louder Than Hunger” by @mrschureads.bsky.social. This new award honors an outstanding book on sensitive subjects written for a youth audience. Read more: s3.amazonaws.com/bankstreet-w... @bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social

It’s been more than 5 years since my previous fiction picture book was published (FIRE TRUCK VS. DRAGON, the week the pandemic officially began 😑), so it feels great to at last be within 2 months of the 7/15 publication day for WE MATCH!

Good morning! I'll be on @velshi.com on MSNBC today talking about book bans and my novel Last Night at the Telegraph Club.

Imagine every author with books in your school library came to the next faculty meeting and you had to explain why stealing their work to train LLMs is OK at your school. What would you say? I’m open to reasonable arguments. I see folks skirting this issue, so I’m asking outright.

I’m in Washington DC tonight for meetings at the Library of Congress tomorrow. We’ve all just learned that Dr. Carla Hayden was fired via email. I’m honored to have met Dr. Hayden and learned from her. This is horrible news.

35 Great New Titles, Including a YA Novel from Brain Selznick and an Adult Book from John Green

The Freedom to Read Foundation annually distributes $1,000 Krug Memorial Fund programming grants to support activities that raise awareness of intellectual freedom and censorship issues during BBW (Oct 5-11). Libraries, schools, and non-profit community orgs can apply. www.slj.com/story/Amicus...

Happy School Library Month! www.ala.org/aasl/advocac...

Happy Opening Day! While you wait for a game, take a look at @workmanpub.bsky.social Barnes & Tuya's WHO GOT GAME: BASEBALL. Thanks, @yabookscentral! @serendipitylit.bsky.social msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2025/03/open...

Here’s a thread of books I’ve read in 2025 that I’ll keep adding to, in case there are fellow family saga lovers out there to share and recommend. First up, fun and easy bc that’s what I needed. Emily Henry’s Happy Place.

National Poetry Month is coming up & we have an amazing preorder gift for my new novel THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES! Preorder from your favorite bookstore & Bloomsbury will send you a pocket poetry notebook w/ writing prompts & blank pages for your own poems! Details here: www.formpl.us/form/5094781...

“The first people a dictator puts in jail after a coup are the writers, the teachers, the librarians —because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.” —Madeleine L’Engle

Congratulations to @elanakarnold.bsky.social!! HARRIET TELLS THE TRUTH is the winner of the 2025 Golden Kite Sid Fleischman Award for Humor from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Way to go, Elana!

Looking for some recent picture books that support social and emotional learning and positive identity development? Check out @donalynbooks.bsky.social's most recent Substack. donalynmiller.substack.com/p/growing-to...

Feel like this book is more relevant than ever right now. We are getting a reminder of what the world was like before vaccines.

For Americans wishing to donate to Ukraine, may I suggest that you donate here: usukraine.org

If you were in Congress, what would you do for the State of the Union? What do you think Dems should do?

I successfully removed permanent marker off this dry erase easel by scribbling over it with a dry erase marker to rehydrate it, then erasing. I’m definitely listing this as one of my library accomplishments this week. What’s your favorite trick like this?

I’m looking for ideas for a graphic novel display that isn’t superheroes and onomatopoeia bubbles. Any suggestions for a fun display filled with memoirs and other GN?

We’ve been hearing from many you that when you call your reps about the budget resolution, Republican staffers are now pushing back to claim the budget does NOT cut Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, etc. Clearly a memo went out to all Republicans to have their staff gaslight their constituents... (1/x)

We are proud to support the @uabookbans.bsky.social Book Résumé Database, which has been a crucial resource for teachers, librarians, parents, and community members for one year this month. Defend the freedom to read with resources supporting 560+ titles here bit.ly/BookResumes #UniteAgainstBookBans

It's #FreedomToReadWeek! Learn more about the censorship challenges that Canadian publishers are facing. Give some love to @orcabook.bsky.social ❤️ www.capitaldaily.ca/news/victori...

It's more important than ever that we find spaces that celebrate community and support independent voices. @donalynbooks.bsky.social has created a wonderful resource, a list of reader-friendly platforms and apps that allow us to connect with one another. donalynmiller.substack.com/p/beyond-the...

YALSA’s Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults List includes two Heartdrum novels—REZ BALL by Byron Graves and LOOKING FOR SMOKE by KA Cobell. Find the lists (top ten and full): www.ala.org/yalsa/best-f... #youngadultbooks #yabooks @byrongraves.bsky.social

Named one of The Root’s 100 Most Influential African-Americans of 2020, A writer and a poet, L.L. McKinney is an advocate for equality and inclusion in publishing and is the creator of the hashtags #PublishingPaidMe and #WhatWOCWritersHear. Learn more at "Pearl's & Ruby's."

The 34th Annual Reading the West Book Awards Longlist: readingthewest.com/35th-annual-... Titles include my ON A WING AND A TEAR and Heartdrum's LOOKING FOR SMOKE, WHEN WE GATHER, AND I AM OSAGE: HOW CLARENCE TINKER BECAME THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN MAJOR GENERAL. #kidlit #awards

This past year, I had the honor of chairing the Notable Children's Books committee. We were tasked with creating a list of the best books published for children in 2024. If you're as into children's books as I am, you may want to check out the list here: www.ala.org/alsc/awardsg...

Beyond the Algorithm: Reader-Driven Spaces for Book Lovers open.substack.com/pub/donalynm... @thestorygraph.com @bookshop-org.bsky.social @pangobooks.bsky.social @silentbookclub.bsky.social @libro.fm

What's on the agenda tonight? 🗓️ We hope it's joining our Bluesky #T2Tchat! Moderators @teachwitht.bsky.social and @abpaul3.bsky.social will lead an exchange of ideas for honoring Black history this month and all year long!

TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LIBRARIANS! This giveaway of dozens of signed books is for you. ❤️ Because #AuthorsLoveTeachers #Edusky #Teachers #kidlit lyndamullalyhunt.wordpress.com/2025/02/14/a... Please share :)

Had a chance to read an ARC of @authorgracelin.bsky.social's new MG novel THE GATE, THE GIRL, AND THE DRAGON and it's such a beautifully woven story of healing and adventure and hope. Coming in May from @littlebrownyr.bsky.social! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

The Stonewall Inn released a response to the National Parks Service removing the word transgender from the park outside of the Inn. A great reminder that we have to look after each other

This Valentine's Day Weekend, I celebrate the joys of being partnered with another reader for more than 30 years. In my newsletter post: open.substack.com/pub/donalynm...

The SLJ reviews editors rounded up our reviews of the books lauded at the 2025 Youth Media Awards. Here, the reviews of the Asian/Pacific American Award and Honors winners.