@padmatv.bsky.social
THE BRIDGE HOME, BORN BEHIND BARS, SAFE HARBOR, A TIME TO DANCE. WNDB Walter Award winning writer, reader, poet, oceanographer, yoga teacher. K-12 Education. Science, nature, music, art. DEI. “Stories are ships on which we sail oceans of hope.”
Censorship is an ongoing fight as we see with efforts to introduce a national censorship bill (sponsored by Mike Johnson). Hope to see you at @litartsri in just over a week Sat 7 Mar 1 pm., and whether I do or not, please ask your representatives to vote against H.R. 9197 #VoteNoHR9197 #VoteNo9197
A joy and honor to speak at #YALSummit2026 #YALSummit26 this morning. Resources I mentioned are available at www.padmavenkatraman.com
#YALSummit2026 8 am EST tomorrow!
#HBBlackHistoryMonth: November/December 2025 #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for @caroleweatherford.bsky.social and Frank Morrison about FAMILY FEAST! (Crown/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/author... #BlackHistoryMonth
So excited to speak alongside #ReneSaldana #LeilyaPitre and
#MaggieTregre for the online Summit on the #Research and #Teaching of #YoungAdultLiterature Feb 26-27. Organized by #GretchenRumohr and others. Lots of great panels! Registration and information:
www.yalsummit.org/home
Ran out to get a gift today- RAN by #AnnPatchett! Was thrilled to see #BannedTogether #candlewickpress with @halseanderson.bsky.social ‘s blurb prominently displayed and friends like @ritawilliams.bsky.social and Lesa cline-ransom ‘s book face out! ❤️ #ToadstoolBookstore
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So grateful to hear this! Thank you 🙏🏾
6th 📖of the week
Safe Harbor, @padmatv.bsky.social
is a moving NIV. Geetha & mom move to the US after her parents divorce. She struggles finding her place but w/ Miguel, a seal, music, & a beach clean-up she makes her way. @penguinkids.bsky.social #LiteracyAdvocate #SchoolLibrarian
Grateful for all the great news this week! #SafeHarbor is an #alanotable and #NCSS Notable book, too! Thanks #ALA #americanlibraryassociation #NationalCouncilSocialStudies #ALANotableBook #NCSSNotableBook #SafeHarborBook
Thank you for adding Safe Harbor to your list! 🦭
I’ve been off this platform and locked out of X for quite a while. Im happy to say I’m back here. I haven’t gotten back into the other yet. Today, I finished GN Millie of the Manor and Octopus Moon. Next up, Safe Harbor by @padmatv.bsky.social @nancypaulson07.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social
Another @padmatv.bsky.social book to love! My #TBR list just keeps on growing.😁
#BookSky #WriterSky #KidLit ##WritingCommunity
From January/February #HBMag @bostonglobe.com – @thehornbook.bsky.social #BGHB #Fiction honoree Guojing's speech for OASIS www.hbook.com/story/oasis-... #BGHB25 #kidlit @mackidsbooks.bsky.social
SAFE HARBOR is an #ALANotableBook 🙏🏾🌞🌞🌞🙏🏾
Some mornings just feel so heavy. Last night I dreamt about the kids who have survived the terrible violence in Palestine but who will continue to suffer from it all thier lives www.bbc.com/news/article...
Important article by Kelly Jensen:
Must read for #authors #illustrators #editors #publishers #kidlitcommunity about anti-egalitarian anti-truth clauses that go against #FReadom & deny #science
bookriot.com/texas-esc-1-...
@heykellyjensen.bsky.social @bookriot.bsky.social @bookriotpod.bsky.social
Love you @mrschureads.bsky.social
Two Questions and Two Sentence Starters with Newbery Medalist Renée Watson mrschureads.blogspot.com/2026/01/newb...
So proud of our daughter, who led a #walkout at her school yesterday to raise awareness about #ICEviolence.
Here’s a spread inspired by a photo taken at the first #protest she organized many years ago (in Daddy Speaks Love, Leah Henderson, illustrator EBLewis , publisher @nancyrosep @penguinkids ).
2 pm
RI statehouse
Jan 30
Yesterday was a good day. A picture book I art directed received an ALA American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor. Grateful to have been part of this one. Jacket and case covers below.
💙❤️ #kidlit
Look forward to this event hosted by #LitArtsRI at which I will discuss, along with other authors, the continuing fight for #FreedomToRead and the incredible contributions of my co-leader @ri_aabb @jbradley.bsky.social who unfortunately won’t be there in person.
Back home after a trip to India and back to protesting against injustice.
Want to join me for this #Indivisible Rhode Island event? #StopFundingIce
mobilize.us/s/lLY9BU
Pulled out of line for a domestic flight and asked to show my passport. Did so and still pulled to the side and told the supervisor needs to check this out.
Looking for ways to support the people of Minneapolis?
STAND WITH MINNESOTA has created an excellent database of carefully vetted (except for the individual GoFundMe pages) ways to provide assistance.
Our neighbors need our help. This is how we can.
www.standwithminnesota.com?fbclid=IwY2x...
Library workers are burned out, and they're clear on what's creating some of the worst mental health conditions both inside and outside the library.
Here's what they had to say, as well as ways and means by which library worker mental health can be improved. This is a call to action.
So happy to be part of this! Thanks!
New blog post: What reading animal are you? Link in comments #bedesreads #goallin #nationalyearofreading2026
