Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author

Why Did These Authors Have Their School Visit Canceled? They Were Talking About Their Book About Book Bans. Country Club Elementary School in California's Bay Area canceled an author visit moments before it began. Why? It covered book bans.

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🎃 Spooktacular trunk-and-treat at the Broken Clock Brewing on Oct. 26! Chilled with kidlit friends, handed out candies and swag, sold and signed books, and cheered for people who won books in a drawing. Thanks, Read with Me MN and Broken Clock Brewing. #kidsbooks @kidscanpress.bsky.social

🇵🇭 October is #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth and it was a pleasure to serve as guest of honor at the Cultural Society of Filipino Americans’ gala Oct, 25. I delivered remarks and inducted the new and returning board members at the Kentucky Derby-themed event. Thanks, CSFA.
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Photos from the MN STEM Book Fest at The Bakken Museum in Minneapolis on Oct. 12. Fun day with friends, families, readers of all ages, and the STEM and literacy community! Thanks, The Thinking Spot and @thebakkenator.bsky.social. #stemeducation @kidscanpress.bsky.social @capstonepub.bsky.social

🎃 Looking forward to this event this Sunday!

🇵🇭 October is Filipino American History Month. I was a guest on one of my favorite podcasts! 🙂 Thanks to Stephanie Affinito, host of the KidLit Love podcast.
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One of my favorite Rolling Stones songs..
🎶 “No, you can't always get what you want.
You can't always get what you want.
You can't always get what you want.
But if you try sometime, you'll find
You get what you need!” 🎵 What’s yours?

MN STEM Book Festival | The Thinking Spot Minnesota's First Annual STEM Book Festival!

Looking forward to being one of the guest authors at this event! Can’t wait to listen to the science-related panels, participate in activities, and do a book reading and signing. I’m highlighting Tara & the Towering Wave and Can You Discover and Alien. www.thethinkingspot.us/event-detail...

Speak Out Against Censorship and Speak Up for the Banned Authors that Inspire You During Banned Books Week Oct. 5-11 As book bans continue to spread at an unprecedented pace– according to PEN America’s latest report—the writers group is urging the public to speak out to defend the freedom to read at public events na...

"As book bans continue to spread at an unprecedented pace — according to PEN America’s latest report — the writers group is urging the public to speak out to defend the freedom to read at public events nationwide during #BannedBooksWeek and beyond..." pen.org/press-releas...

🇵🇭 October is Filipino American Hisfory Month. It’s heartwarming to see these books. Honored to see What Lolo Wants included. Love to my fellow FilAm creators and kababayan. Keep creating and sharing your stories! www.instagram.com/reel/DPSKVuB... @scbwi.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social

Vocabulary word of the day: Accountability - Taking ownership of one's actions, decisions, and resulting outcomes. Includes accepting responsibility for successes and failures, committing to correcting mistakes, and being answerable for one's duties and behaviors to others or to a greater good.

Can’t wait to do this with my fellow FilAm authors! October is Filipino American History Month. We’re coming together to share content from #filam creators all month! Follow #FAHMbookstatour and #Filtheshelves! @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social

Sometimes, shaking your head or rolling your eyes isn’t enough. Sometimes, you have to use humor to get through things and maintain sanity. #humor #humorismedicineforthesoul #funnies #laugh #laughoutloud

So You Want to Write Books for Kids?
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
6:30PM – 8:00PM

Part of the Our Stories, Ourselves series collaboration with More Than a Single Story that highlights BIPOC writers and artists through panel conversations and writing workshops. hclib.bibliocommons.com/events/68a7a...

Thanks to the Anderson Center in Red Wing for a fun day at the Minnesota Children's Book Festival last Saturday! Did a presentation and read my book, What Lolo Wants, to festival goers and connected with families, educators, and librarians. @kidscanpress.bsky.social @capstonepub.bsky.social #kidlit

YouTube video by Diana Simon Psihoterapeut Brené Brown on Empathy vs Sympathy

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2025 MN Children's Book Fest - Anderson Center at Tower View FREE family-friendly event on Saturday, September 13, 2025. The Minnesota Children's Book Festival features hands-on art activities and the best new books for kids and middle-grade readers from Minnes...

See you there!
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So You Want to Write Books for Kids? Part of the Our Stories, Ourselves series collaboration with More Than a Single Story that highlights BIPOC writers and artists through panel conversations and writing workshops. Join moderator Sun Yu...

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I’ll be on the “So You Want to Write Books for Kids?” virtual panel with my fellow Minnesota BIPOC Kidlit Creators on Oct. 7. See also other presentations by other members. For more details, visit the Hennepin County Library website. @hamlinemfac.bsky.social #kidlit
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‘It's up to us’: Student Organizer Uplifts Community to Defend Free Expression - PEN America It's up to us to advocate for the values that we believe in. There's a lot to lose, and young people are going to feel the brunt of that loss.

“It’s up to us to advocate for the values that we believe in,” says Stanford student organizer Turner Van Slyke. PEN America’s Clare Carter sat down with Turner to discuss organizing for freedom of expression and academic inquiry in higher education. Read more here: pen.org/student-orga...

The cat's out of the bag. The book banners who told you they were just banning "pornography" are now targeting books about cats and other domestic animals. And even after a visit to the Brooklyn Cat Cafe with Raj Haldar we can't find a good reason why. More at: pen.org/why-ban-book...

PEN America Criticizes "Alarming" and "Dismissive" Language on Book Bans by U.S. Education Department - PEN America Kasey Meehan, director, Freedom to Read, at PEN America, said: "For over three years we have countered rhetoric that book bans occurring in public schools are a “hoax.” They are absolutely not. This k...

PEN America responds to action taken today by the Department of Education dismissing complaints about book bans and referring to them as a “hoax”:

"All students deserve to see themselves and the world around them reflected in the books shelved within their public schools.“ pen.org/press-releas...

2025 MN Children's Book Fest - Anderson Center at Tower View FREE family-friendly event on Saturday, September 13, 2025. The Minnesota Children's Book Festival features hands-on art activities and the best new books for kids and middle-grade readers from Minnes...

Honored to be one of the featured authors at this year’s Minnesota Children’s Book Festival!

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White t-shirt, dark blue tote bag, stickers, and buttons with Banned Books Week 2025 theme, "Censorship is so 1984, read for your rights." The word "censorship is repeated with a red line drawn through it. T-shirt features the Spanish version, "La Censura es tan 1984."

Get ready for #BannedBooksWeek with 20% off everything at librarygiftshop.org through August 18. Every purchase helps power our advocacy for libraries nationwide.

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The Great North Star Read Together Planning Team

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Come join the fun at Mall of America this Saturday!

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“Golden” has been on repeat in my brain for days! But I don’t mind. Maybe with everyone around the world loving the Huntrix’s songs, humming them, singing them day and night wherever we may be, we are also helping protect the Honmoon! #ilovekpopdemonhunters

Join us for story time fun at @mallofamericaa.bsky.social this Saturday! @kidscanpress.bsky.social @mnbipockidlit.bsky.social @mprnews.org @mnbipockidlit.bsky.social