Mark Holtzen

Petting Queen Lola is a mentally healthy way to absorb the daily news of the regime. #lifebalance

Show Up For Our Libraries! By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administration's Executive Order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer. ALA American Library Association. #ForOurLibraries

🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen.

Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it.

Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

YouTube video by MeidasTouch Bernie Leads POWERFUL RALLY in GOP TERRITORY

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BIG NEWS! Registration isn't yet available (but will be soon!) for our Tuesday, April 8th Connect:

Newbery Honor author and National Book Award finalist Gary D. Schmidt will talk about his novel, The Labors of Hercules Beal, from idea to completion, as well as answer your questions. #SCBWI #kidlit

Democracy is what’s up.

Queer kids need to have access to books that celebrate their lives and value their existence.

Queer kids need to know that these books exist.

Banning books is not about books.

Banning books is about the erasure of identities.

The nazis banned books.

Erasure is the precursor to eliminationism.

Deadlines for sure. Extra motivation and hope helps. :)

View from the back of a conference presentation room showing backs of people's heads and a large screen with the title slide: Engaging the In-Between: Combatting the Middle Grade Reading Crisis with a graphic Wi2025, Denver CO.

Just sat in on a terrific (and packed!) @americanbookseller.bsky.social Winter Institute panel called "Engaging the In-Between: Combatting the Middle Grade Reading Crisis" & want to share some highlights & thoughts. (thread)

I have 1000s of books on different Goodreads lists, but I'm finding it difficult to justify giving Bez*s any more of my time or attention (or money) -- I signed up with @thestorygraph.com today and I'll be logging my reads and to-reads there. Join me: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/jedi...

#MSWL Day 2025: Search Tips & Features This is "#MSWL Day 2025: Search Tips & Features" by The Manuscript Academy on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2025! 🎉

This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share!

Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106

Here’s our Bluesky search guide: youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE?...

I’ve been keeping this blog (www.erikbrooks.com) since 2005 and will put in a little extra time this month to spruce it up! A quick new header is in place to reflect a pivot from Instagram and Facebook. I’m ramping my illustration work back up again and can take this chance to try some new things.

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@erikbrooksbooks.bsky.social Here’s a platform Martha B has started for creatives. joyfulresistance.honeycommb.com/posts/16162668

Here Is a Book by Elisha Cooper In a winningly granular work that shows how components make up a whole, Caldecott Honoree Cooper uses list-forward lines and thu...

★ A “child’s imagination is set alight” in Elisha Cooper’s “winningly granular” picture book HERE IS A BOOK

Nice to be in front of kids. We talked characters and what they love, taking that away, ticking clocks, and endings. Invented Jackson’s beloved anime is ripped away when the power goes out. Favorite moment: kindergartener said at the end: "I've never stood this close to someone so famous before."

I thought you should know that in 2024 New Jersey, Minnesota, Illinois, California, and Maryland have all enacted legislation that bans book bans & censorship in both, school and public libraries, and protects librarians.

Anti-freedom to read legislation is not a niche issue, y'all. It's a bellwether. It's a tell. It's anti-education and anti-empowerment. It's anti-exploration, anti-other, anti-empathy. And it's anti-honesty. Keeping an eye on -- and speaking up against -- this legislation is part of the resistance.

Buying from a local indie trailsendbookstore to #readfreely. I read what I want. If a book is not for me, I put it down. @authorsagainstbookbans @americanbooksellers @ABFEFreeExpression

First school visit in a while coming up. Our book got a story walk!