Jen Gennari

Today, THE TENTH MISTAKE OF HANK HOOPERMAN is out in paperback!

I'm so excited for Hank's story to find new readers.

Thank you to everyone who has shared this book with a kid who needs it. buff.ly/NEdyV9h @randomhousekids.bsky.social #BookSky

Cover of MG novel Stifled by Jennifer Gennari

Teachers and librarians, do any of you want to read the companion to MUFFLED? Madge, Amelia’s loud friend gets her own story in STIFLED! #bookposse ARCs arrive next week!

Cover of MG novel Stifled by Jennifer Gennari

Teachers and librarians, do any of you want to read the companion to MUFFLED? Madge, Amelia’s loud friend gets her own story in STIFLED! #bookposse ARCs arrive next week!

We are super excited about new things we're adding!

This year, you can sign up for your FREE #MSWL trend report. See, visually, what agents are asking for--and if your genre is growing. Yes, it includes pie charts.

First report next week! Sign up here:
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Rümeysa Öztürk on How ICE Detention Impacts Child Development ICE has detained 3,800 children since mid-January. Rümeysa Öztürk reflects on how that negatively impacts kids.

"We must all ask ourselves: is this really the world we want for our children — one where they are afraid to go to school, home, hospitals, neighborhoods, playgrounds, museums, and libraries for fear of immigration detention?"

Children don't belong in immigration detention.

Sorry to parachute in and out, #kidlitchat It's dinner time in CA. Happy reading and baking, all!

Looks great!! #kidlitchat

I have a recipe from an old blog, that uses only 1.5 cups of any GF blend (Bobs Mill) and then 1/4 cup each tapioca, potato starch, flax meal #kidlitchat

Thank you! It's a companion to MUFFLED 😍#kidlitchat

#kidlitchat For those who haven't heard, there will be an official #MSWL day on Thursday this week. If you're currently in the query trenches or will be soon, it's a great resource and may put some wonderful agents on your radar based on what they're looking for.

This book stole my heart! Huge fan! #kidlitchat

Sounds great! Can you share the wardrobe change? #kidlitchat #curious

Say hi to your daughter for me! Celiac here, too. 👋(And psst: I'm working on a book now about a fifth grader with celiac disease who vehemently tells her friends she is NOT sick.) #kidlitchat

Incredible movie. Moved. Enraged. Inspired. All the things! #kidlitchat

I am so thrilled to share the cover of my next MG, STIFLED! 😍#kidlitchat @simonkids.bsky.social

Amazing! It's rainy here in the Bay Area and I baked bread (gluten-free!) #kidlitchat

Just a reminder as we look forward to this weekend...

We're going to win. There's a ton of hard work ahead of us & a lot more really bad days, but we've won before, with less resources & more capable foes. So we will win again.

Every reader of every age will have access to the books they need.

I’m so excited to share the cover of my next #kidlit book! Thank you to Javier Perez and Catherine Laudone @simonkids.bsky.social 😍

@matthewcwinner.bsky.social

Overcoming Prejudices with Kaz Windness Podcast Episode · The Children's Book Podcast · 02/17/2026 · 30m

Now a fan! Thanks for this great conversation 💗@kazwindness.bsky.social @boydsmills.bsky.social

Grace Lin (@authorgracelin.bsky.social) and I are offering a guest spot on our #BookFriendsForever podcast, and I'm offering an AMA! Lots of other great items to bid on here: bookloversforliberation.com

View of Angel Island from Sausalito

Whenever I need a reset— #optoutside

Every news item
steely blade thrust into flesh
cut out core-rot

[imagine an 🍎 with a bruise]

#HaikuSaturday

Exactly where my thoughts went today as I begin to compose my haiku!

We can use our words
to build up or to tear down...
How will you use yours?

#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #Poetry
#WritingCommunity

A Sanctuary for Storytellers: Authors Alison Green Myers & Alexandra Villasante Discuss Scholarships & Rebranding Boyds Mills Retreat Center - Cynthia Leitich Smith By Mitu Malhotra Today, I am excited to welcome authors Alison Green Myers and Alexandra Villasante, who both work at Boyds Mills, formerly known as the Highlights Foundation—a space synonymous with c...

Must read! Our own Alison Green Myers and Alexandra Villasante sat down with Mitu Malhotra of Cynsations (and also one of our Retreat Assistants!) to talk about our new name, scholarships, and some great upcoming workshops! 

cynthialeitichsmith.com/2026/02/a-sa...

2026 Climate Fiction Prize longlist announced - The Climate Fiction Prize The Climate Fiction Prize will support societies to fully grasp the climate change threat and to embrace its solutions through great stories.

The power of fiction! Specifically #clifi Check these titles out. And hooray for Awake in the Floating City by Susanna Kwan

I don't see why an injunction could not be written to forbid ICE from ever using tear gas. (I mean, I know one could be written, but one not vulnerable to being stayed.)

As we see in MN, courts are reluctant to micromanage ICE. But given ICE's actual remit and authority, it doesn't need it.

The Newbery Honor books are: ‘The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli’ by Karina Yan Glaser; ‘A Sea of Lemon Trees’ by María Dolores Águila; ‘The Teacher of Nomad Land’ by Daniel Nayeri; and ‘The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest’ by Aubrey Hartman #ALAyma

It should enrage and galvanize the entire nation, not just Minneapolis.