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What is YOUR favorite banned book?

Here are a few of the answers we heard from attendees at this year's @bkbookfest.bsky.social.

Leave a comment to tell us yours.

#BannedBooksWeek #FreeTheBooks #CensorshipIsSo1984

Poster for The Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards event on October 11 at The Bardavon, featuring authors and speakers like Margaret Atwood.

The Eleanor Roosevelt Center in partnership with PEN America, presents the 2025 Banned Book Awards! ervk.org/banned-books

The ceremony will celebrate authors and activists who are bravely fighting for the right to have their incredible stories heard.

A fight for our rights: Youth fighting book bans. A conversation with student leaders moderated by Banned Books Week youth honorary chair Iris Mogul. October 8, 2025, 3:00 p.m. CT. Register: bit.ly/YouthFightingBookBans

TOMORROW: Join #BannedBooksWeek youth honorary chair Iris Mogul & student advocates from around the country for a conversation about how young people can fight book bans! 10/8, 3pmCT

bit.ly/YouthFightingBookBans

#BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984

w/ @ncacensorship.bsky.social

This presentation & hands-on workshop is for illustrators looking for ways to use their valuable skills to engage audiences. Register: www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...
Free for premium members.
#kidlit #kidlitart #scbwiaccounts #kidlitmegafeed #kidlitillustrators @elizabethsavanella.bsky.social

There's a lot to study from Zohran Mamdani's electoral victory, but I'm particularly interested in its graphic design. Vivid, unexpected colors. A hand drawn feel that nods to the grassroots nature of the campaign, with nods to old NYC bodega signage, metro cards, and even old Bollywood posters.

Great post with a lot of information from some of our local #WestchesterCounty #librarians ! If you are a #librarian, what are your thoughts? Thank you to our blog editor, Anne Brady! #library @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitmegafeed @scbwi.bsky.social

Just like clockwork, #kidlitchat day is here! Join us here on Bluesky today and every Tuesday at 9 PM Eastern/6 PM Pacific for an hour of chat with your #kidlit friends and family (and strangers, I suppose. But that won't last). We all hope you can join us. And I'll see you then!

Playing around and having some fun. #poetry #shapes

Colorful quilt of a nighttime scene with Harriet Tubman in an orange jacket and purple dress carrying a rifle. She is leading other figures who walk behind her.

Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

Emily Paxman stands, holding a canvas poster of the cover of her book, Death on the Caldera. The book cover features a train pulling up through the mist, surrounded by a border of striking red and gold art deco designs and dark, foreboding mountains. Emily is wearing a gold and gray dress and her hair is curled real pretty.

DEATH ON THE CALDERA PUB DAY AND SWAG GIVEAWAY!!!

Today Death on the Caldera publishes. I love this book so much and hope you will too.

I'm doing a swag give away to celebrate! Art cards! Bookmarks! Bookplates! Click the link for details!

docs.google.com/forms/d/1dSM...

@titanbooks.bsky.social

I wrote a poem today. That’s all I’ll say about that.
#poemsformyself

@scbwiwestchester.bsky.social hears Scholastic's Executive Art Director @brianlarossa.com speak on "Design Can Make or Break Your Picture-Book-Dummy" in Sleepy Hollow. Learning about typography & lettering in children & adult books! Pictured w/Brian: @kmarcuswrites.bsky.social #scbwi #kidlitart

This is the best team crossover video I've ever seen.

🐚🌊 MEET THE ARTIST🌊🐚
I want to reintroduce myself since I recently connected with some new folks on here! For those who don't know me, my name is Shelley Hanmo, the artist behind Junonia Arts. I am a storyteller, #illustrator, #designer and #educator.
#meettheartist #paperartist #paperart #kidlitart

This is now a hybrid event! Please join us virtually on 6/14/25!
@kmarcuswrites.bsky.social #kidlit @scbwi.bsky.social #kidlitmegafeed #scbwiaccouts

This is going to be a great in person event with @brianlarossa.com @kidlitart.bsky.social @kmarcuswrites.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator #childrensillustrator @scbwi.bsky.social @scbwilongisland.bsky.social

Sweet! Frankenstein's Matzah was selected for the 2025 CBC Favorites Award list!
@cbcbooks.bsky.social
#kidsfaves #teacherfaves #kidlit #frankensteinsmatzah #kidlitart
@lernerbooks.bsky.social
#jewishjoy #stem #nonbinary

Frankenstein's Matzah: A STEM Passover Storytime Don't Pass-over a good time with a fantastic local author; come listen to K. Marcus read her amazing picture book Frankenstein's Matzah and perform accompanying Super Seder Science experiments!

I'll be at the #WhitePlains Library 4/10/25 doing science from #FrankensteinsMatzah: A Passover Parody.Need a nontraditional book? Then Frankenstein's Matzah is for you! #eventsforkids #KidLit #kidlitart @keshetlgbtqjews.bsky.social Kveller.com #stem #jewishjoy @lernerbooks.bsky.social

Our First Ever Kidlit Open Mic By Judy Shemtob  Many thanks to the SCBWI Westchester’s Regional Team, who collaborated with Hudson Valley Writers Center (HVWC) on the recent Kidlit Open Mic. Readers were invited to sign up …

Thank you @judyabeloveshemtob.bsky.social for a great write-up! @kmarcuswrites.bsky.social #kidlitcommunity #kidlit #kidlitart #writingcommunity @scbwi.bsky.social #kidlitopenmic @hvwriterscenter.bsky.social

If you see this, post your green art! #KidLitArt

@SCBWI New Mexico #writingcraft webinar.
To register: bit.ly/4iczejx
#kidlit @scbwi.bsky.social #writingcommunity #voice #craft
#kidlitart #scbwinewmexico

DINOSAUR LADY | Kirkus Reviews A new picture-book biography of the pioneering scientist and finder of bones.

Today is Internal Day of Women and Girls in Science.

I give you Dinosaur Lady by Linda Skeers.

A nonfiction children’s book about Mary Anning, who, at 12 years old, discovered the first plesiosaur skeleton in 1811.

#childrensbooks
#womeninstem
#booksky

Vote today #westchestercountyny #yourvotematters

The #lkbf25 Publishing Auction is LIVE! Auction proceeds benefit the Latinx Kidlit Book Festival, a 501(c)3 nonprofit literacy organization. In addition, a portion of the proceeds will go toward providing new books for schools impacted by the Los Angeles fires.
You can bid on some amazing items!

Welcome to 2025 Author sponsor Gea Meijering! Written by a mother of a dyslexic son and illustrated by dyslexic artist, Hacking the Code is an empowering story that shows how every brain works differently.

readyourworld.org/2025-author-...

#ReadYourWorld #Ad #kidlit

Unlikeable, Interesting, and Imposing Thinking about character development

It’s Monday so it’s time to think about your characters! Thank you @saraharonson.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #writingcommunity #kidlitcommunity

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Creative Unblockings by Kathy Halsey A re you overwhelmed with all the ways you can improve your writing life in 2025?  Relax, today's post is about how to engage in other creat...

A helpful post from @infowoman.bsky.social groggorg.blogspot.com/2025/01/crea... #creativeunblockings #makeart #kidlit #kidlitart #writingcommunity

I like to take walks and take photos to #creativeunblock

Dinosaur Pie by Jen Wallace, illustrated by Alan O’Rourke Dinosaur Pie by Jen Wallace, illustrated by Alan O’Rourke. Little Island, 2024. 9781915071491  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4 Format: Paperback Genre:  Fantasy What…

DINOSAUR PIE from @littleislandbooks.bsky.social "a good purchase for upper elementary schools or public libraries that cannot get enough humorous fantasy books with dinosaurs” ysbookreviews.wordpress.com/2024/12/22/d...

It's my first #bookbirthday! #picturebookbirthday #jewishjoy #kidlit #kidlitart #writingcommunity #passover #frankenstein #frankensteinsmatzah #intergalacticafikoman @lernerbooks.bsky.social @kveller.bsky.social #prideinstem #nonbinary #nonbinarypicturebook #stemforkids @thewritingbarn.bsky.social

cover of Haberman's EXPECTING JEWISH!: A MILLENNIAL MOM'S PRACTICAL GUIDE TO HOW JUDAISM CAN BE A BLESSING TO NEW MOMS AND MOMS-TO-BE white background, pink text. Image of pregnant woman with shoulder length brown hair, wearing star of david necklace, holding baby bump with both hands; wearing a long blue/white dress/gown; flowers bloom behind her

Marion Haberman's EXPECTING JEWISH! is the best resource for practical advice and helpful insight on preparing for motherhood from a Jewish perspective.

www.benyehudapress.c...
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