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This Sunday! 🌞🫧🌈 🤸🏽‍♂️🎉 I'll be vending at the biggest street festival in the East Bay, the Solano Stroll, a mile of entertainers, music, shops, 400+ unique vendors, wrestlers, kitten adoptions, food & more on Solano Ave in Berkeley/Albany.

Come say hi 🎈 I'll be at 1573 Solano Ave, off Peralta Ave.

To the people who keep saying the country will not survive, you are wrong. The people will survive and the country will as well. Elaine Brown who was the Chairman of the Black Panther Party did a lecture on the long memory.

Hey everyone. I need some help on my animated short in the coming weeks. I currently have 847 frames of animation as flagged for hiring out. If your work fits the below description please email me your reel!

If you have any questions reply here or DM me! I can provide examples or answer questions.

170 Black-Owned Bookstores in the US | Find Independent Bookstores Near You Explore 170 Black-owned independent bookstores across the U.S. Find your nearest store and support local businesses today!

This is 4 Black/African Diasporic author/illustrators. The AALBC-African Amer Literary Bk Club keep a list of #BlackOwned bookstores across N.America. If ur starting out, reach out 2 them. Maybe they'll carry your book. aalbc.com/bookstores/l... #selfpublishing #kidlitpublishing

YouTube video by Danongan Kalanduyan and the Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble - Topic Kapagonor

Kulintang sounds like this, in the hands of the Godfather of American Kulintang music, Danongan Kalanduyan

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In the words of my teacher Danongan Kalanduyan, “pre-colonial, pre-Islamic, kulintang is Filipino music and it belongs to all of us.”

My life has been blessed by kulintang music and Danny is the godfather of American Kulintang music.

It is in his memory that I keep doing what I do

Fantastic thread on #kulintang music, and how it came to the Filipinx American diaspora via the lineage of culture bearer Danongan "Danny" Sibay Kalanduyan. Give @kulintronica.bsky.social a follow for more.

“Children’s picture books are a glorious art form,” writes National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Mac Barnett | Washington Post

And this one too, followed all in a snap — love these kinds of resources on Bluesky!! Thanks Dr Flowers

I hit that Follow All button so fast. How cool 🤩

A library's ROI goes much farther than the revenue they bring in. Including library as place.

And remembering friends' and colleagues' origin stories including libraries well. They are an agent of upward mobility, where there are only so many such agents remaining.

Thank you so much for sharing, Tricia! And hopefully we'll be on the same coast one day.

🇵🇭 This Sat, I'm hosting Filipino Storytime at the @sfpubliclibrary.bsky.social Main. Travel the PH through stories & crafts. Free to attend!

Sat, Jan 25, 1-2 pm
SFPL Main, Children's Center
100 Larkin St, 2nd fl

#Filipino #Filipinx #FilipinoKids #Filipinokidlit #SanFrancisco #SFPL #Families #Free

Honored to be part of the team going to Cagayan de Oro City today to assist in this project by the NHCP to equip select historians of Mindanao, Sulu, and Palawan for their training on Local History. Historical awareness leads to mutual understanding, empathy, justice, & ultimately, progress. 🇵🇭

Illustrator Contact Form Hello! My name is Brian LaRossa, I’m executive art director in Scholastic’s hardcover picture book group, where I’ve worked for 20 years. I oversee our Branches and Acorn imprints which are beginning ...

It’s #portfolioDay! I will be scrolling.

Illustrators, I’m an executive art director at Scholastic who oversees picture books and beginning readers (www.brianlarossa.com/work/scholas...). Interested in working together? I’ve created a contact form just for you! 🤗

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It’s really been hard recently. Sending you a hug Rob. I’m dreading next week but also know we’ll find ways to be ok and more than ok

Nice to meet you here, Macky!

Colorful pink and orange graphic with circle patterns and a picture of the Department of Make Believe storefront. Text reads: Children's Media Maker January Meetup! Wednesday, January 15 5:30-7:30 pm at the Department of Make Believe Swan's Market Oakland Logo for the Children's Media Association Bay Area Chapter in the upper right corner

✨🧒🏻👦🏾👧🏼✨ Are you a kid's media maker? Join the Bay Area Chapter of the Children's Media Association for a community meetup and conversation.

Wed, Jan 15, 5:30-7:30 pm
🦄 Department of Make Believe
546 9th St, Oakland

Light refreshments will be served. Thanks to Chapter 510 for sponsoring the space 🙏🏼

These are so charming! 😍

Why / What / How - Essential Product Information, Ladislav Sutnar, ca. 1942 Single folded sheet printed in two colors (orange and black). Front reads: "why? what? how? essential product information" in black over large white outlined "epi."

We asked a lot from you over the last two months. Now let’s hear from you! What do you want from us in 2025?

What should we share on social media?

What should we add to the Online Archive oa.letterformarchive.org?

What should we write about in our blog letterformarchive.org/news/categor...?

Happy New Year from the Izu Shaboten Zoo!

I can guess the plot of DON'T EAT BEES... poor Chip! 😆 Also I must buy this immediately.

ArtOfRobertTrujillo - Etsy Shop Original art, prints, bk marks, stickers, and books by ArtOfRobertTrujillo located in Oakland, California. Speedy replies! Has a history of replying to messages quickly. Rave reviews! Average review rating is 4.8 or higher

If you wanna get something from my shop this year, Dec 19th is the last day to do it. After that I'm taking a much needed break. www.etsy.com/shop/ArtOfRo... #workingartist #kidlit #artprints #stickers #careeradvice #customart

Studies in contact sociolinguistics in Brazil | Cadernos de Linguística

Brazil’s linguistic diversity reflects centuries of interaction among Indigenous, Afro-Brazilian, and immigrant communities. This study focuses on how Portuguese and other languages evolved through historical and cultural exchanges. By Savedra, Christino, Spinassé, & Araújo.
#langsky #linguistics

We Asked: What’s Your Go-to Book to Gift Little Kids? Toy designers, booksellers, editors, authors, illustrators, and other cool parents on their favorites to give for holiday and birthday gifts.

Best Books to Gift to Little Kids 2024 | @strategist nym.ag/3OmhDsw

South-Asian KidLit Illustrators (Active) Join the conversation

I've made a STARTER PACK of active South-Asian #kidlit
#illustrators here on BlueSky! ✨

Feel free to check it out and follow them! I will add more as more artists join here and are active. If you are one and would like to join, please let me know! 😊

#kidlitart

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When I was a buyer at a large indie, my rule of thumb was:

1 preorder: huh, let me take a closer look at this one
2 preorders: we need to stock this book
3 preorders: we should order enough to face this out
4+ preorders: this should be on front-of-store display

Ey #kidlit folks on BlueSky, in case you're not following us on IG or FB-"The Social Justice Children's Bk Fair" in the #bayarea is happening and were starting to feat some of the guests! Here's poet Aida Salazar www.instagram.com/p/DChq706T7F... #socialjusticechildrensbookfair

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These are both lovely books ❤️
#FilipinoKidLit