Nimblewitlit Mag-Issue 1: Taking a Stand NOW LIVE

I found this interesting. - k

Opportunity for your kids to learn with our EIC @melruthwrites.bsky.social — TOMORROW!!! Spread the word, please!

And here’s a great list of Middle Grade authors published and unpublished, but all part of the @middlegradehub.bsky.social group!
#KidLit #MG #authors

Canvas is used widely in my district for middle school and high school, I need to read more about this

After leading banned book club for almost a year, people always want to know why a book was challenged or banned, and for me the most basic answer is:

This book (or things that happen in the book) made someone uncomfortable.

And that’s really it.

Ways to support banned authors: buy their books, request them at the library, post about them on social media, sign up for their newsletter, invite them to speak in person or virtually

Want to support authors whose books have been banned? Here’s how YOU can help:

✅ Leave positive reviews
✅ Leave positive reviews
✅ Leave positive reviews 😉

Every voice matters. Every book challenged deserves defenders.

#BannedBooks #FreedomToRead #SupportAuthors

Book cover for Just Jaime by Terri Libenson

Book cover for Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Being Good by Louie Stowell.

Book cover for Freddy vs School by Neill Cameron

Book cover for Steady for This by Nathanael Lessore

Inspired by @louiestowell.bsky.social’s post this morning - what book do you recommend to kids who think reading isn’t cool? #KidsBooksFriday #KidLitUK #KidLit #BooksAreCool

KidLit Deconstruction Zone Podcast Episode 5: Tools for Engaging Endings. Art by Melissa H. Mwai (2025). Featuring book covers: Lucky Duck, Mossy and Tweed: Crazy for Coconuts, Don’t Cause Trouble, and Everything We Never Had

Dear #bluesky #kidlit writers:

If you need inspiration to finishing out your story, check out the KidLit Deconstruction Zone Podcast. Our new episode airs July 31!

linktr.ee/kdzpodcast

Which #children’sbooks would you love to see the KDZ crew dig into next?

#writers

Taking recs: book or series of books for a ten year old boy with above average reading ability.

Picture book/set for 5yo boy.

(I do have ideas but I like to see if someone suggests something new!) #BookSky

Author tells the story of fossil finder Mary Anning in ‘Jurassic Girl’ Michele C. Hollow always knew she wanted to be a writer. A South Orange resident for 30 years, she grew up in the Bronx and became interested in reading because of her dad. “Books were really impor…

Another positive review of my middle grade book, Jurassic Girl. It focuses on fossil hunter Mary Anning & how the scientific community didn't believe a girl from a poor family could make such a discovery. Today, Anning is known as the Mother of Paleontology.
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Fantastic resource for anyone interested in #KidLit, available to Premium Members. Includes updated Market Survey info, agents directory, reviewers directory, best practices in indie publishing, etc.

Sal from Blueberries for Sal Breaks Her Silence Thank you for coming to my press conference. Many people describe the Caldecott Honor–winning tome by Robert McCloskey, which recounts my harrowing...

"Truth is, inadvertently switching places with a bear cub and almost being raised and/or eaten by a literal mama bear was a traumatizing experience for me, one which nobody seems to understand."

Every summer I think I'm going to post about my Teen Summer Reading program and every year that fizzles out quickly. But we could all use some good news. Today I had 38 teenagers at our kickoff who decorated cupcakes at my library. Including my volunteers I have 67 teens signed up for summer so far.

This sounds amazing!

- Signed, Parent of a Teen

Christy Mandin spoke with PW about her new book ‘Millie Fleur Saves the Night,’ the origins of her protagonist who champions the ostensibly unlovable, and the pressures of creating a sequel buff.ly/xLAEpJO

Just tagged alllll of her books on Libby bc my kid would LOVE them! ( - K)

#DisabilityAwarenessMonth

I’m going to donate any royalties from sales of my book this month to @meactnet.bsky.social, who make my #disabled life a bit easier to bear.

Please buy a book or two so I can donate more than $0.30.

Don’t have a linktree, so I Will link various purchase options below.

Picture books on a front-facing display at a public library: How Sweet the Sound, Summer's Magic, and The Unstoppable Jamie.

Picture books on a front-facing display at a public library: Our Mother's Names, Marley's Pride, Welcome Home Esmerelda, and Popo and MeiMei Can Help.

Got to display new #PictureBooks today and here's what I put out, a thread. Love when I get to display books that mirror as many children as possible and the bonus is to find new-to-me writers and illustrators, or promote ones I already enjoy! #KidLit #libraries
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We are officially OPEN to submissions for Issue 7: Fire through 7/31! 🔥 Creative kids ages 5-13, send your writing, art, and photos for consideration. Also, check out our cover art contest, open through the end of July. Keep shining! ✨
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#kidlit #parents

Patron at the desk asked me where to find “the classics” in the library. Like, just in fiction, or…?
As w/many library questions, the best answer is “that depends.”
She mentioned Austen and Donna Tartt, no other specifics. What she *wanted* was to read more in gearing up for college. A thread. 🧵 1/

So excited to bring Ruby's story into picture book form. Get ready to fall hard for Lita Judge's beautiful illustrations! 💙🐘

Our interview on @mrschureads.bsky.social's blog: mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/06/cove...

The book is out on 3/17/2026. To pre-order: www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

Image of starry night sky by Canva.

between dreams
all I hear is
crickets

#haiku
#HaikuSaturday

Congrats!

Powerful. Congrats on publication, and putting yourself out there!

A crumpled yellow paper with blue lines that reads “if you’re reading this, you can still stop them.”

It’s the 9th anniversary of me finding this note in a planter outside of a Best Buy. One day I will write a book with it as a prompt.

Gov. Kotek signs 27 new Oregon laws covering book bans, health care and more Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed 27 new laws, addressing education, health care, housing, and veterans' services, including an anti-book ban measure.

Excellent news for Oregon! Governor Tina Kotek signed the state's Freedom to Read bill, SB 1098, into law!

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@everylibrary.bsky.social

Will have to check this one out. My kid was recently inquiring about breeding cats! #BannedBooks(?)

Photo of the author holding a copy of her middle grade graphic novel, LU AND REN'S GUIDE TO GEOZOOLOGY. The cover features two 12 year old girls running across a grassy lakeside with giant smiling axolotls in the background.

Any ARC sharing groups out there willing to consider my recently-published newly-no-longer-advance copy of my MG fantasy graphic novel? Reply or DM if you're down!
#BookPosse #LitReviewCrew #BookAllies #BookExpedition #BookExcursion #KidLitAlliance #KidLitExchange #BookVoyage #BookSquad #BookTrek

Sign up for Colleen Paeff's newsletter for a chance to win her latest picture book biography, FIREFLY SONG, along with a firefly field guide for grown-ups written by Lynn Frierson Faust, the subject of Colleen's book! #giveaway #smokymountains #summernights #entomology

Inside view of the steering column and dash of an old-timey red car. Sign in window says “Taxi” and there are red dice hanging from the rear view mirror.

Reminder: Submissions are currently OPEN on theme: #Nostalgia - Poetry, fiction, CNF, and visual art/photography!

Submit here:
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