#Kidlit

Léonicka

leonicka

So this obviously sucks but is also emblematic of a bigger problem I find in demands for diversity: When a non-Black “expert” is societally pressured to work with Black people

Dr. Sami Schalk is Stressed

DrSamiSchalk

The fabulous @VilissaThompson is going to be an auntie so here is my list of progressive baby books I buy for all my niblings as their resident queer/glitter auntie. I’ll

Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp 🇪🇺 🌍

RuthAhmedzai

I buy a lot of books. Never seem to read any of them as I'm always translating something else/on twitter/falling asleep mid-sentence This year I thought I'd keep track of

The Mythoversal Project

InMythology

A thread about our newsletter article by @tem2 on the 12/27 @WSJ Opinion piece by #kidlit book reviewer @MeghanGurdon about #DisruptTexts and an alleged banning of Homer's Odyssey.https://mythoversal.substack.com/p/banning-homer W

Ada Hoffmann

xasymptote

Fuck it.AUTISTIC AUTHOR POSITIVITY THREAD YOON HA LEE!Does things with space opera that will make your EYES CROSS! Does them with fantasy short fiction too! Nominated for the Hugo and

Jesse Singal

jessesingal

1/ Many YA Twitter blowups are not organic expressions of anger, but are rather coordinated in closed backchannel settings beforehand. Here's a post from KidLit Alliance, a Facebook group, organizing

Heather T. Smith

Heather_T_Smith

For I Read Canadian Day I'd like to highlight some amazing picture books starting with The Funeral by @MrMattCJames. My fave moment is when Norma practices her sad face in

Andrea Williams

AndreaWillWrite

Y'ALL! I have a cover! And a preorder link!https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250623720ALSO! A thread about Effa and this book and why this book is so important.https://twitter.com/MacKidsBooks/status/1275549575349239809 I majored in sp

S. K. Ali

SajidahWrites

Some authors to read on I Read Canadian day —and beyond! Graphic 1: @JLMatherWriter @s_raughley (cont'd in pic tags)Also, a thread: 1. As a Canadian, a parent, a teacher, a

Javier Ruedas

jruedas1

I’m working on a #nonfiction #kidlit #biography of Roman Empress Galla Placidia and I don’t tweet about it nearly enough.I thought I’d write about the powers at her disposal as

Ebony Elizabeth Thomas

Ebonyteach

(Not just a single moment in time. The violence preceded the Greenwood Massacre, and it has echoed to our present time. This *is* the USA. Please, good people, resist mainstream

Anna Meriano

AnnaMisboring

Seems like wifi is back so here goes nothing! TEXAS AUTHORS WHOSE BOOKS YOU SHOULD BUY NOW to learn about real life Texas:*that i can think of off the top

Rachel Gutin 🏳️‍🌈

Rachel_Gutin

The eighth panel I attended at #ConZealand this year wasn’t technically a panel. It was a dialogue between @doctorow and @Ada_Palmer entitled “Corey Doctorow and Ada Palmer Discuss Censorship and

Melanie says SUPPORT FAIRFIGHT TO WIN GEORGIA!

MLConklin

Dear 2021 Debuts,It's your debut year, a wonderful and stressful time in your life. I may not be able to hold your hand in person (yet), but here are a

Minh Lê

bottomshelfbks

Early bird registration for #Kweli21VIRTUAL ends Sun (1/24) so now’s your time: Go register for one of, if not THE, BEST EVENTS IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE! http://www.kwelijournal.org/2021-kweli-color-of-childrens-literature-conference ht

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