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Becky Levine @beckylevine.bsky.social · 5d

Incredible. Probably the most amazing ending keynote I've ever experienced.

Becky Levine @beckylevine.bsky.social · 5d

Had an amazing day at the #scbwiohionorth conference. The books (and the fantastic critique inside the folder!) are my physical takeaways, but I'm also refueled with happiness, inspiration, and hope. Huge thank you to all the SCBWI folx and the faculty who made this conference happen.

Two books, DATING AND DRAGONS by Kristy Boyce and BE THE LIGHT: HOW SHE BECAME ANGELA DAVIS, plus a green folder with a butterfly bookmark and an SCBWI sticker.

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DongWon Song @dongwon.bsky.social · 7d

Hello! I'm open to unsolicited submissions for the first time in ages...

Looking for: Adult Epic Fantasy and Horror only

Guidelines are here: www.dongwonsong.com/submission-g...

Submission Guidelines — DongWon Song

www.dongwonsong.com

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Becky Levine @beckylevine.bsky.social · 13d

❤️

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13d

1. Great news for trans students in Chicago.

Chicago Public Schools has announced it will defy Trump's demand to ban trans youth from bathrooms.

Trump will now pull millions in federal funds.

"Our district will not back away from doing what we know is right."

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Chicago Public Schools Defy Trump, Reject Trans Bathroom Ban Demands

The school system has refused to capitulate, despite Trump pulling back millions in federal funds.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Inked Voices @inkedvoices.bsky.social · 13d

This upcoming YA workshop with Linda Camacho, senior agent at Gallt & Zacker Agency, promises to be fantastic! And we've a couple of spots still open! Perfect for querying writers or those planning to query soon this workshop comes with a unique query opportunity! app.inkedvoices.com/event/worksh...

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 15d

From my sketchbook today: how I feel just before checking the headlines each day.

Pen: Pentel Pocket Brush.
Pencil: Caran D'ache Luminance 6901

Sketchbook page showing rough illustration of person nervously starting to open laptop. Handwritten text reads "How I feel just before checking the headlines each day."

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Chris Barton @bartography.bsky.social · 15d

Did you see @fuse8.bsky.social's SLJ article and accompanying post about tackling complicated topics in NF for kids? They *can* carry heavy things -- it's up to authors to find the right way to hand those to them. #TLSkyChat afuse8production.slj.com/2025/08/27/t...

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Becky Levine @beckylevine.bsky.social · 15d

Chapter books are wonderful!

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Becky Levine @beckylevine.bsky.social · 15d

I have the best homework. #kidlit 📚 👍🏻 #chapterbook

Book cover of DRAGON MASTERS: SAVING THE SUN DRAGON by Tracey West. Cover art shows two children on a flying, white dragon with yellow and black wings. The child in front is a girl with brown skin and straight, black hair, and the child in back is a boy with white skin and curly, brown hair. On the ground below the dragon is a pyramid and a few trees. Additional text & graphics on the cover identify the book as published by Scholastic and as part of the BRANCHES line of chapter books.

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American Association of School Librarians (AASL) @aaslala.bsky.social · 15d

A library card = more than books! 📚 It unlocks e-books, audiobooks, research tools & more. What underrated resource are you highlighting this month?
https://bit.ly/3BcM6px

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Becky Levine @beckylevine.bsky.social · 15d

If you want a mood lift, watch Jimmy Kimmel's opening monologue from last night.

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Becky Levine @beckylevine.bsky.social · 17d

There are good people in the world.

Wary of changes under Trump, 'citizen historians' are documenting the Smithsonian

Historians and citizens who say they are concerned about the Trump administration's pressure on the Smithsonian are working to document exhibits, as they exist today, throughout the museum network.

www.npr.org

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Becky Levine @beckylevine.bsky.social · 21d

Exactly.

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Becky Levine @beckylevine.bsky.social · 21d

This newsletter makes a big contribution to my sanity. ❤️

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Becky Levine @beckylevine.bsky.social · 21d

Sharing a link where you can send comments to ABC and express your opinion on their decision re Jimmy Kimmel's show. support.abc.com/hc/en-us/req...

Submit a request – ABC

support.abc.com

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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 22d

The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

WGA Statement on ABC's Decision to Pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WGA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

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Traci VW Creations @tracivw.bsky.social · 22d

Ooh, fun. I may find a bit of time to do this!

Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social · 22d

🎨 It’s a Draw This In Your Style! Create your own version of this image. I'll pick a favorite on Sept 30th & send the artist a signed and personalized copy of my new book PIGGY BANK SAVES THE DAY!

Rules in the comments ⬇️

#dtiys #drawthisinyourstyle #artchallenge #artprompt #illustration #kidlitart

Draw This in your Style
You could win a signed book!
#birdboy_dtiys

Collage and paint image of a boy wearing a crown, riding on a colorful flying bird

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Becky Levine @beckylevine.bsky.social · 22d

So true.

Becky Levine @beckylevine.bsky.social · 25d

My nephew recommended BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN by M. L. Wang to me, and it is one of the most brilliant fantasy/sci-fi novels I've ever read. Heads up, it's grim, and the ending is VERY bleak, especially with the way life feels these days. But, to me, the ending felt absolutely right for the story.

A red background with a black & gray city skyline. The silhouette of woman with a coat blowing out behind her walks away from the front of the cover.

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Becky Levine @beckylevine.bsky.social · 26d

I loved this book so much when I was little. ❤️

Nancy Hudgins @nancyhudgins.com · 26d

🎈Today is Else Holmelund Minarik’s birthday.🎈 This first-grade teacher walked into #UrsulaNordstrom’s office with a manuscript written in blue crayon. Ursula saw in it the first book for the I CAN READ! series. LITTLE BEAR, illus. by Maurice Sendak, published in 1957. #kidlit #kidlithistory

The cover, by Maurice Sendak has a dark blue background with light blue vines surrounding an oval with a white background. In the oval, the title is in reddish-brown color; the author and illustrator names are in black. In the center is a mother bear in a chair holding Little Bear on her lap. A scroll saying "A I Can Read Book" is centered underneath the oval. This cover is the current one, not the original.

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aneelee @aneelee.bsky.social · Sep 9

We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent. - Sonia Sotomayor