The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

I get too much satisfaction using Amazon to find books, then ordering them from my local indie. I think I might be petty. 📚

ALA celebrates today's ruling in federal court in RI permanently blocking the Administration's actions to dismantle IMLS. ALA Pres. Sam Helmick: "This victory belongs to all of us, and we build the future of our libraries together." Read our full statement & take action: www.ala.org/news/2025/11...

The oil companies could say NO in a display of solidarity as they have drastically expanded their renewable efforts in the past decade. But they’d all have to band together.

Education matters. 🙄

That’s one way to look at it. 🤣

….intercontinental cattle drives…🤣🤣🤣

Seriously…how did we get here?! Oh yeah, we neglected to elect a sane and highly qualified woman.

AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

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Happy November! 🍂 I'm Rachel and I love drawing picture books! Am open for picture books, board books and any kidlit-art-related projects. Website: rachel-foo.com Agency 💼 : astound.us/publishing #art #illustration #kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitartpostcard

Hey! It's #KidLitArtPostcard day. I'm an author/illustrator of books for kids. I try to work texture and color into everything I do. I love manuscripts that are quirky, funny, and have a load of heart. I'm rep'd by @jenrofe.bsky.social of @andreabrownlit.bsky.social. ✨ www.twofishillustration.com

Happy #KidLitArtPostcardDay again

Hello art directors and editors of kid lit land! I’m Emma, a children’s book author-illustrator. I especially love stories featuring cute critters with heaps of humour and heart. #KidLitArtPostcard #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #kidlitartist #scbwiart #scbwi

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day. This illustration is from 'Maeve and The Meadow Mysteries' a story about a magical meadow, growing up and finding yourself, that I am currently developing. theremaybecats.com Agent: [email protected] @carynwiseman.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Thank you to @sanders.senate.gov for joining hundreds of union Starbucks workers last night after we announced our supermajority-approved strike authorization. If Starbucks doesn’t finalize contracts and end union-busting, we’ll be ready on November 13! ✊

Big things are happening…

Finally an election night to smile about. Historic victories for women, for fundamental rights, for hope. 💙

A Guide to the Biggest Young Adult Book Releases Wrapping Up 2025 — And How to Read Each Series | Us Weekly buff.ly/6CUv5JV

World Series, Game 7: Go Blue Jays!

Cynthia Leitich Smith @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social reflected on her experiences as a prominent Indigenous children’s and young adult author at the iSchool’s 33rd annual Spencer G. Shaw Lecture: ischool.uw.edu/news/2025/10...

Booker Foundation Announces Children’s Prize buff.ly/nUHD6af

Go Birds!🦅

Link to see the letter and the full list of names who signed: protectnps.org/2025/10/23/p...

October 23, 2025 The Honorable Doug Burgum Secretary Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W. Washington D.C., 20240 Dear Secretary Burgum:

Absolutely beautiful rendition of Oh Canada. 👏

I mean…good to know the priority is the ballroom. That seems critical for the majority of families.

The fall 2025 season of indie bookselling conferences across the U.S. concluded on October 16 with a Heartland Fall Forum that emphasized booksellers’ bonds with one another and their local communities

Out today: BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2025, edited by... me! So so many great stories in here. I can't wait for you to discover them and their talented writers.

★ In MAGICK HOODOO CHILD, an “immersive intergenerational work,” Amber McBride, making a picture book debut, and illustrator Violeta Encarnación “weave community, spirituality, and love for the natural world into a summer’s worth of connections and practices” buff.ly/HYVYloi

New data shows the cost of Republican plan to jack up health care prices: – Premiums will more than double – A 60 year old couple would have to pay $22,600 more a year

Jane Goodall lives on through her extraordinary work and legacy. There are so many wonderful books about this trailblazing conservationist. Here is one of my favorites if you want to share her story with little ones. amzn.to/4gUVy1C 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚

This behavior would never fly in any professional organization in the world. A CEO publicly mocking other executives with racist memes. Why do we accept it in government?

If the afterlife is part of your belief system, imagine Jane Goodall and Steve Irwin hanging out today 💜

Elsewhere Editions Introduces Esteemed Chinese Picture Book Creator to U.S. Readers buff.ly/BPHmrCa

Welcome to the World! A very happy book birthday to THE FAMILY TREE written by @audreyvernick.bsky.social and Liz Garton Scanlon and illustrated by Fiona Lee. Congrats to Audrey, Liz, and Fiona! Huzzah!

Happy book birthday to @danielmiyares.bsky.social's How to Say Goodbye in Cuban!

Manuscript currently out with 15 beta readers. We shall see!

5-Day Giveaway! My young adult novel EDDIE'S WAR is FREE on Kindle for 5 days, today through Thurs., Oct. 2, 2025, 11:59 PM PDT. www.amazon.com/Eddies-War-C...

Absolutely beautiful. #womensart

Love this. Go ladies!! #womeninscience #womenleaders

Lynn Faust loved fireflies as a girl and noticed their dazzling display in Elkmont, a community in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. When Elkmont was shut down, Lynn discovered that these fireflies were unique with a synchronous pattern and wrote to scientists about this discovery.

The #PocketBear tour is coming to an end! 🧸💛 I'll be at @childrensbookworld.bsky.social in LA this afternoon: www.childrensbookworld.com/event/kather... Tomorrow, the tour wraps up at the #LagunaHills Community Center, with OC Public Library & Creating Conversations: ocpl.org/page/author-...

Always a writer, no matter what. 👏🏾

When authoritarianism is on the rise, you can count on the richest, least vulnerable men on the planet to be the biggest cowards.

Two book birthdays to celebrate today! @cornelia-illo.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social @jemiscoe.bsky.social

Fantastic cover.

Long live middle grade books!

Lovely to see this piece about Middle Grade in Publisher's Weekly, with words of wisdom from our very own @ksonnack.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

A new picture book from @laurelsnyder.bsky.social! Congratulations to Laurel and illus. Leanne Hatch on the release of THE BOOK OF CANDLES: EIGHT POEMS FOR HANUKKAH. Young readers should have access to books that reflect and expand their worldview. Happy book birthday and welcome to the world!