Thrilled sharing this story of an extraordinary artivist whose work centers marginalized people, giving them a voice & visibility through muralism. Telling truth to history using scale and beauty! Collaborating with the talented @artsypabster.bsky.social. Thanks to Mekisha Telfer and MacKids Books!
New book deals for @kyomaclear.bsky.social @audreyhelenweber.bsky.social @michaelgenhart.bsky.social @artsypabster.bsky.social + more buff.ly/OlJTxl6
Celebrating the 30th birthday of the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award. In such wonderful company! Aida Salazar Duncan Tonatiuh Xelena Gonzalez Maira Meza Bea Zamora Adriana M J Garcia Beatriz Gutierrez Carmen Tafolla David Bowles Guadalupe Garcia McCall Yuyi Morales Zeke Peña
Austin/San Marcos/San Antonio friends! Join in this beautiful celebration of a man and the children’s book award named in his honor. Dr. Tomás Rivera was a writer, educator, and fierce advocate of the Mexican American experience, passionate about creating room for underrepresented voices. 🙏🏽📚❤️
The recent removal of our flag from the 🏳️🌈Stonewall National Monument🏳️🌈 is a disgraceful attempt at erasure. It is a powerful reminder that we must continue to show up and fight back. Books that showcase 🌈queer history🌈are essential as part of telling American history. #lgbtqpride #lgbtqrights
Celebrating Bad Bunny, his music, togetherness, Puerto Rico, the Americas, and Spanish. 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 #badbunny #togetherweareamerica #spanishlanguage
Thank you 🌈📚Rainbow Round Table of the American Library Association 🌈📚 for including EDIE FOR EQUALITY on the 2026 Rainbow Book List. @leeandlow.bsky.social #cherylthuesday Per ALA’s introduction, “… the continued existence of the Rainbow Book List is both necessary and intentional.” 🏳️🌈❤️🏳️🌈
Honored to be a #pbrisingstars Mentor, particularly for the 5th and final year of this amazing program! Thank you to @kidlit411.bsky.social for hosting our announcement! Check out the incredible 40 mentors that will be participating. Best of luck to all prospective applicants!! pbrisingstars.com
Our baby is having a baby!! We are so thrilled for Gabby & Patrick. They are going to be wonderful parents. And together with Ruth & John, we're going to be grandparents!! The entire (matching) family is beyond excited. Woohoo!!
❤️🍼❤️🍼❤️ #gaygrandpa 🏳️🌈
Super fun to see EDIE FOR EQUALITY: EDIE WINDSOR STANDS UP FOR LOVE as a #PADIBA2026 Commended Book. Thank you #PADIBA. Thank you #ReadYourWorld Thank you @leeandlow.bsky.social Thank you #CherylThuesday Thank you #EdieWindsor! ❤️🏳️🌈🙏🏽📚
It’s a wrap. Ending a lovely holiday break with some local fun: an amazing exhibit featuring Manet and Morisot at #LegionofHonorMuseum, dinner at #santung, and #Lightscape2025 at Golden Gate Park. May 2026 bring more light than darkness…and some wisdom. 🙏🏽 Happy New Year! 🎉
Hey, Boo! A rainy walk in the woods near our house, only to encounter a sweet surprise from our neighbor, Arthur Radley. Love it when a fictional character enters real life. 🙏🏽📚❤️
Look who made it into the @nytimes.com Crossword Puzzle! Would you have gotten this one? Read all about #EdieWindsor (in my book #EdieforEquality) and how she changed history in this country! @leeandlow.bsky.social #lgbtqicon #marriageequality #lgbtqrights
Portland Art Museum delivers! What a gem. And some cool street art. Fun times with family. 🙏🏽❤️🎨
30 years ago you came into our lives - in a stocking. Our Christmas baby. How did we get so lucky? Now you’re all grown up, married, and a teacher. May you have the Merriest Birthmas ever!! ❤️🎄❤️🎄❤️
It’s tamalada season! There’s Rosie (my mom) still active in the kitchen. Pick up a copy of MAY YOUR LIFE BE DELICIOSA and enjoy the holidays! 🫔❤️🙏🏽
Super fun. Super festive. Super gay. 🏳️🌈 What a treat to witness the love and joy flowing from the voices of the #SFGMC (San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus). With friends, lovely to support my husband, a singer member! ❤️ Catch a holiday show if you can. The feeling will linger within you forever. 🎶
Look who I ran into at the Social Justice Children's Book Fair! Thrilled to share space with these amazing creators. It’s holiday season: check out this selection of picture books for gifts! 📚Thank you to all who worked tirelessly to organize this important community event.
#authorsagainstbookbans
Probably the most impactful book fair I know. Come visit an array of amazing creators at the #SJCBF (Social Justice Children’s Book Fair). Storytime, music, art activities, author panel discussion, books for sale - perfect for holiday gifts, and plenty more! Hope to see you there! 🙏🏽❤️🏳️🌈📚
So thankful to @leeandlow.bsky.social for publishing EDIE FOR EQUALITY: EDIE WINDSOR STANDS UP FOR LOVE. Thanks to #LKBF for hosting my book signing at #NCTE25. Most of all, thank you to all the teachers/real heroes who share LGBTQ+ stories with their students despite the adversity they face. 🙏🏽🏳️🌈📚❤️
Good times at #NCTE25! What a joy to meet and reconnect with amazing creators. And their books!! @mikejung Andrea Y Wang Rafael Lopez @kevinmaillard Jason Chin Sanjuana Carrillo Rodriguez Sara Fajardo Juana Martinez-Neal - Author Illustrator Mariana Llanos LópezdeCastilla David Bowles Lulu Delacre
Hope to see old friends and make new ones at #NCTE2025 in Denver! See you soon. #dreamboldly @leeandlow.bsky.social
Look forward to seeing friends at #NCTE2025! Come to our Roundtable on Friday at 3:30. And I’ll be signing copies of EDIE FOR EQUALITY on Friday at 5:00pm. 🙏🏽🏳️🌈❤️ @leeandlow.bsky.social
Many people have been involved in the fight for 🏳️🌈same-sex marriage 🏳️🌈. Today, SCOTUS rejected an attempt to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges. I wrote EDIE FOR EQUALITY to share how Edie made same-sex marriage happen. Obergefell, “There would be no Obergefell without Edie.” @leeandlow.bsky.social
Dream Boldly #NCTE2025! Come to our Roundtable event. I’m pleased to be sharing this space with so many wonderful Latinx creators. In particular, I’m honored to co-present with Dr. Sanjuana Carrillo Rodriguez as we discuss “Picture Books for Inspiration, Joy & Family Connection.”
Celebrating LGBTQ History Month! Thank you Mombian for including EDIE FOR EQUALITY: EDIE WINDSOR STANDS UP FOR LOVE among these wonderful titles! Check out these informative reviews. #lgbtqhistorymonth #marriageequality #lgbtqrights
Thank you SCBWI CA/San Francisco North & East Bay Region for this wonderful conference. Fun to run into friends Meera Sriram Cindy Derby Monica Wesolowska and meet the lovely Deborah Underwood. Love learning from so many talented creators. The KidLit community is filled with such generous humans. 🙏🏽📚
Twins. Happy birthday to us. Our wish today: May we all turn out in record numbers at #NoKings protests, in solidarity, and make our voices heard - all the way to the voting booth.
🙏🏽🎂❤️
Super fun week of Broadway and off Broadway theatre in NYC!! 🍎❤️🍎 Recommend them all!
Not planned, but spent #BannedBooksWeek in NYC in the company of incredible creators - who continue to put books in the world that represent marginalized voices. Books that will end up in the hands of young readers - who will see themselves and not-themselves on the pages.
