Laurie Morrison

Philly! Please join me in conversation with @lauriemorrison.bsky.social at Children’s Book World at 7pm 8/19 to celebrate the release of Lilac and the Switchback. Pls consider pre-ordering from CBW for signed copies plus swag! @holiday-house.bsky.social #versenovels #middlegrade

Thank you so much for recommending KEEPING PACE!

Tell the Senate today, before it’s too late, to REJECT Vought’s nomination to lead #OMB.

Demand your two Senators and your Representative speak out against Musk’s unlawful takeover of our government.

When you are done with that, call the White House. We know #Trump hates bad press and this admin is capable of folding in the face of enormous public backlash.

#ElonMusk is an unelected oligarch with no legal authority to access our government’s most sensitive data, payment and communication systems, yet he now has the untethered ability to use these systems however he pleases.

Grateful for Heather Cox Richardson’s thorough and expert summaries, as terrifying as they are to read lately. It’s hard to know what to know what to focus on w/ so much awful chaos but I will definitely call my reps today about the what the “DOGE” has done. Please read this if you haven’t already.

Opinion | Don’t Believe Him (Gift Article) Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

Again. Call your reps. This should scare all of us.

SOURCE: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

Authors Against Book Bans Our Mission Statement We are Authors Against Book Bans. We, a coalition of writers, illustrators, anthology editors and contributors, and other book creators, stand united against the deeply unconstit...

Btw Authors Against Book Bans ( @authorsabb.bsky.social ) might seem kid lit driven bc so many challenges are happening in schools, but I think every author should consider joining. Book bans are bad for everyone.

www.authorsagainstbookbans.com

Book bans are not a hoax. I’m committed to continuing to fight for the freedom to read (and write!) and am so grateful for independent bookstores and for the beautiful diversity of books that are available for kids and teens today.

Stopped by Head House Books to celebrate the right to #readfreely with @authorsabb.bsky.social & picked up a copy of @chadgalucas.bsky.social’s YOU OWE ME ONE, UNIVERSE. I loved THANKS A LOT, UNIVERSE, which is warm, funny, & a perfect antidote to toxic masculinity & I can’t wait to read the sequel.

The Kidlit for Los Angeles auction is NOW OPEN!

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Auction runs Jan 20th - Jan 26th.

#kidlit

Seems like the perfect time to remind you that we are accepting proposals for our annual NCSS conference in DC. Share widely!

“Because democracy depends on it.”

www.socialstudies.org #ncss25 #socialstudies

A peach colored graphic with a sidebar on the left-hand side showing an illustration of hands reaching up towards the sky. The hands are in all different shades of brown. On the right-hand side is a title that says, “22 Books about Civil Rights,” followed by an illustration of books lined up on a shelf.

Here are 22 books about the civil rights movement – and the continued fight for civil rights – to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy as a legendary civil rights leader!

Perfect for today or any day of the year 📚

56 Small Tasks to Be Proactive Against Book Censorship in 2025 and Beyond: Book Censorship News, January 3, 2025 Choose one task each week of 2025 for a year full of anti-book censorship activism and advocacy.

Not everyone can run or sit on a board.

Good thing there are literally dozens of other proactive means of defending libraries and schools!

Here are but 56: bookriot.com/56-small-tas...

Book covers with confetti behind them and text reading "Favorite reads 2024".

Completely unorganized and unscientific list of my favorite reads of 2024! @choldenko.bsky.social HANK HOOPERMAN, Philbrick's WILD WAVE, Hashimoto's OFF THE MAP, @deborahhopkinson.bsky.social THEY SAVED THE STALLIONS, Lakritz's THIGNS THAT SHIMMER, @jewellparkerrhodes.bsky.social WILL'S RACE TO HOME

Thank you! I’m so honored that you included KEEPING PACE!!

So honored to see KEEPING PACE on this awesome list! Thanks, @imaginationsoup.bsky.social!

Rebecca Solnit: When the Hero is the Problem For an embodiment of the word singlehanded you might turn to the heroine of the recent movie Woman at War. It’s about an Icelandic eco-saboteur who blows up rural power lines and hides in scenic sp…

“Positive social change results mostly from connecting more deeply to the people around you than rising above them, from coordinated rather than solo action… Our largest problems won’t be solved by heroes. They’ll be solved, if they are, by movements, coalitions, civil society.”

This was so lovely!! 💚

Me too! So fun to see you!!

Thanks, Marie!!

Thank you so much!! 💚

Thanks, Mae!! 💚

I’m so honored!!

KEEPING PACE is one of School Library Journal’s best middle grade books of 2024! They call it “a knockout upper middle grade novel!” I am SO honored and grateful to be on this list and in this *incredible* company. Thank you, SLJ! #kidlit

www.slj.com/story/best-m...

Thank you, @imaginationsoup.bsky.social!!

Oh my goodness! Thank you, Melissa! That means so much to me coming from you (and thank goodness for dark mode)!

Hope to see you there, Melissa!!

Oh wow!! Erin, it’s stunning!