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I read THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES by @katemessner.com with the kids over the weekend, then made the Wright, Algonquin, and Iroquois cookies. I love it when recipes in kids’ books are actually delicious! (I adore this book. It’s the 2nd time I’ve read it this year and it was even better as a reread.)

Happy Book Birthday to THE OCEAN: EXPLORE A WATERY WORLD (Nomad Press) for kids ages 9-12 by @lmperdew.bsky.social 🥳 The wonders await! @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social #EduSky #KidsLoveNonfiction #STEM #STEAM #environmental #KidLit #OceanEducation #OceanConservation #Education

Happy book birthday to Christian Robinson's DAD!

We have a Book Birthday! Eva To The Max by publishes today!! Love this one!! 🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁 @rebeccacaprara.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social #bookposse #kidlit #mgbooks #mgclassroompicks

Book Birthday Alert!!🌟🌟 Deepa m.d. by Priya Swaminathan publishes today!!🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈 @simonkids.bsky.social #bookposse #mglit #kidsbooks #mgbooks

Happy Book Birthday, Kauakanilehua Māhoe Adams @kauawrites.bsky.social! AN EXPANSE OF BLUE (Heartdrum, 2026) is Kaua’s debut YA novel and has received starred reviews from Booklist, PW and Shelf Awareness. ★★★ #BookSky @epicreads.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social

LOTS going on with the NY Freedom to Read Act. Something needed right now from *librarians and educators who work in NYS only*. Can you fill out this survey for @nyclu.org and share it with other NYS librarians/educators? Sent it to each other please! x5h4gde8rss.typeform.com/to/cRdPf2Gp

Read THE WHALE’S TALE AND THE OTTER’S SIDE OF THE STORY, a new picture book by @katemessner.com w/art by @brianbiggsstudio.bsky.social yesterday. Such a clever way to look at perspective & the power of words! Our readers are going to love this one. #kidlit 📚👍

Since we've been bugging you to send postcards to your House Representative, we made this downloadable design for you to print your own. Print a few at home for your house or bring it to a local print shop for wider distribution. What to write?...

HR7661 Postcard - Google Drivedrive.google.com

I heard @samiraahmed.bsky.social say this at AASL23 and it’s stuck with me ever since. I have it tattooed on my wrist as a reminder. Don’t waste the gifts you’ve been given. Use them for good.

Thoughts on gatekeeping, children's books, diverse voices, and how you can create a picture book that somehow, remarkably, gets everything right, all at once. I review the latest from @annewynter.bsky.social & Micha Archer: #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/05/08/r...

Review of the Day: While We're Here by Anne Wynter, ill. Micha Archer - A Fuse #8 ProductionThoughts on gatekeeping, children's books, diverse voices, and how you can create a picture book that somehow, remarkably, gets everything right, all at once.afuse8production.slj.com

If you're part of the kidlit community, you probably already know our current "ambassador" declared in a new book that 94.7 percent of kids' books are "crud." It was a careless and harmful thing for someone in that role to say in this moment, and I've been thinking about where we go from here.

When we write for children, we write to lay aside our own ego, our own platform, our own importance. The child who reads our books should not be thinking about the book's author at all. Only the child matters - their imagination, their sense of wonder, their precious and growing Mind. That's it.

I love the way Meg Medina used her time as National Ambassador for Young People's Literature to lift up so many voices in our amazing community of creators. Such a great example of what leaders do when they're offered a platform. Check out her interview series here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Cuéntame! Let’s Talk Books with Meg Medina - YouTubewww.youtube.com