@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
27.02.2026 16:18 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
A joy and honor to speak at #YALSummit2026 #YALSummit26 this morning. Resources I mentioned are available at www.padmavenkatraman.com
27.02.2026 16:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#YALSummit2026 8 am EST tomorrow!
27.02.2026 00:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Must Read 2026 Picture Books
youtu.be/BX-YAYaAkOo
#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
26.02.2026 20:28 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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
16.02.2026 14:45 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0🌞🌞🌞
15.02.2026 20:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0So grateful to hear this! Thank you 🙏🏾
15.02.2026 17:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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
15.02.2026 17:20 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Thank you for adding Safe Harbor to your list! 🦭
13.02.2026 21:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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
12.02.2026 22:03 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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
10.02.2026 19:48 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
SAFE HARBOR is an #ALANotableBook 🙏🏾🌞🌞🌞🙏🏾
07.02.2026 20:29 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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...
03.02.2026 11:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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
31.01.2026 18:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Two Questions and Two Sentence Starters with Newbery Medalist Renée Watson mrschureads.blogspot.com/2026/01/newb...
31.01.2026 16:25 — 👍 19 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 1
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
Jacket design for Braided Roots.
Case design for Braided Roots.
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.
28.01.2026 13:10 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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.
24.01.2026 23:46 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 4 📌 0
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!
20.01.2026 06:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Image of cartoon zoo animals, text reads: The Reading Zoo: What kind of reader are you?
New blog post: What reading animal are you? Link in comments #bedesreads #goallin #nationalyearofreading2026
16.01.2026 11:42 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0