Hello Local Readers! Follow Mass Authors Against Book Bans here & on Instagram to stay up to date on Right to Read legislation in Mass. And contact your Rep!

We must keep publishing. Reading is the foundation of everything. And it begins with our children. I believe publishing will bounce back. So will we. My heart is with all those who are struggling right now.❤️

SCOTUS ruled against authors and creators yesterday in Cox v. Sony, limiting our ability to hold internet providers accountable when they look the other way while piracy runs rampant on their networks.

Join us! It’s going to be fun because revision is where the fun begins.

Day 21 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth featured CAN YOU IMAGINE?: THE ART AND LIFE OF YOKO ONO by @lisatolin.bsky.social ; illus. by @yasimamura.bsky.social (Atheneum/ @simonkids.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit

Gorgeous cover!

NYC No Kings march today photographed by Adam Gray: www.instagram.com/p/DWcf2Xmj-UL/

Your beginning, most of the time, is temporary. It’s important, but so is finishing the story.

Whoa! can’t believe how greatly uneven sports still is between men and women. It’s nice to know they had greatness in their corner.

Remembering Byrd Baylor, American activist and author whose #picturebooks reflect her love of and appreciation for the Americana southwest and its close association with its native cultures. She won Caldecott Honors for WHEN CLAY SINGS 1973. #childrensbooks #kidlit #kidlitart

Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings

I haven’t shared art in a little while, so here’s an illustration that I did for my friends at Love Your Magic in Boston. Gotta love the hand games from childhood! 💖 #kidlitart #illustration

A new exhibition at Yale Library highlights notable corrections ranging across centuries from writers like James Joyce, Upton Sinclair and Nicolaus Copernicus.

Amazing! Love this company and the writing opportunities, and connections to publishers, that it gives writers. @literarysafari.bsky.social Congratulations!

There are real American heroes all around us if we pay attention. techcrunch.com/2026/03/24/k...

February #HBHerald featured Black main characters www.hornbookguide.com/site/?review... #HBGuide #kidlit #HBBlackHistoryMonth @simonkids.bsky.social @simonteen.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinteen.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social

Be on the lookout!

Come join us April 8th for the first Hangout with Kid’s Book Revisions Plus’ own Emma Dryden, Harold Underdown, and me!!! But, you gotta sign up for the newsletter so we can inform you about what’s happening as we get closer. kidsbookrevisions.com/newsletter-s... See you soon!!

Support your local bookstore! If your local bookstore is @barnesandnoble.com, you can get 25% off all preorders using code PREORDER25-and it works for THE DINO DOOR by @reneekurilla.bsky.social & me! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dino-d... #kidlit @andreabrownlit.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social

“Hero” librarian won’t comply with order to remove LGBTQ+ books from kids section www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/03/hero...

“If these six debuts are anything to go by, this year promises a literary abundance, with compelling debuts to meet every reading desire.” —YA Debuts: 6 Teen Novels That Exceed Expectations by Laura Simeon from Kirkus Reviews: www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea... #YABooks

What are your favorites?

Honored to be a part of this recent episode of the Chalk and Ink podcast on vulnerability and mental health in children's literature. www.buzzsprout.com/1335571/epis...

In 1976 I dined at a French bistro in NYC to celebrate book contract #1. Dinner was superb & my first book was made more special by a blurb from Gwendolyn Brooks—encouragement for my journey. These memories are wrapped up with Dial Press, the first publisher to believe in me. Sorry to see Dial go.

Really?

Happy Birthday to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and a massive thank you to her for inventing rock and roll She was born on March 20th, 1915

Love this initiative!

Indies Choice Book Awards “celebrate the best adult fiction, adult nonfiction, children’s picture books, middle grade, young adult, debut adult and debut children’s voted by indie booksellers: www.bookweb.org/indies-choic... @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @epicreads.bsky.social #YABooks #Books

National Library Legislative Day may be done, but its impacts are still being felt! Nearly 200 ALA advocates joined us in DC to Show Up #ForOurLibraries. ALA's Lisa Varga has the scoop for American Libraries: https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/library-advocacy-on-capitol-hill/

It won’t be long! Counting down the days to the release! And then what? A poetry reading and party, of course!

The U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce endorsed HR 7661, a bill to withhold federal education funds from public schools alleged to have “sexually oriented materials” in their library collections.

ICYMI in Feb #NotesfromtheHornBook: 6 picture-book biographies celebrating women in arts professions, educators, + activists www.hbook.com/story/newsle... @simonkids.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social @monicaclarkrob.bsky.social @senickel.bsky.social #WomensHistoryMonth

We all need humor right now, especially our kids. Josh Funk is it!!

I am over the moon about this! Kidlit still lives and will continue to grow! Hope to see you all at our first hangout!

It's Monday! What are you doing this week to make the world a better place for reading & books? Contacting your elected officials about relevant legislation? Putting up or stocking a little free library? Hyping the books you love? Something else?

Gallery Kids has acquired Ridiculous Raps & Rhymes, a "riotously funny" new poetry collaboration from former Children’s laureate Michael Rosen and rapper, educator and literacy champion MC Grammar 👇 #BookSky

Some great novels here! Congrats.

This is incredibly cool! I love seeing movement in art – and such a recognized and fun brand.

Love independent book publishers. Keep going!

Elizabeth Alker has won the RPS Storytelling Award for her book Everything We Do Is Music, joining the dots between classical and pop music. 🥂 royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/rps_today/ne...

An open letter to Grammarly and other plagiarists, thieves, and slop merchants: www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

Horror is my absolute favorite!

Day 8 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth features MAGIC IN A DROP OF WATER: HOW RUTH PATRICK TAUGHT THE WORLD ABOUT WATER POLLUTION by @jwbottom.bsky.social ; illus. by Susan Reagan (Rocky Pond/ @penguinkids.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit

Yes! 😂😂😂 I bet there are a lot of us out there like this.

Geeking out over *the* phenomenal @authorgracelin.bsky.social, who illustrated the Children’s Book Week poster (among many things), including the spine of my middle grade novel SISTERS OF THE NEVERSEA (Heartrdum) and super excited for Children’s Book Week from May 4-May 10, 2026! #KidLit

Gotta keep those middle graders reading!

Amazing event with a wonderfully wide perspective!