Ellen Oh
@ellenoh.bsky.social
I write MG & YA books that win awards from people not related to me. Founding member of WENEEDDIVERSEBOOKS. Fight Book Bans!!!
I'm going to regret saying this but if you are using AI to write anything important, you are intellectually deficient or morally corrupt or inexcusably lazy.
May 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I'm going to regret saying this but if you are using AI to write anything important, you are intellectually deficient or morally corrupt or inexcusably lazy.
Over on IG I've been posting an AAPI book a day to celebrate AAPI heritage month. They are all kid lit and YA books except for 1 adult book I snuck in there, but it is by a YA author so it still counts. The beautiful thing is I have more books than days to celebrate. I couldn't do this 20 years ago.
May 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Over on IG I've been posting an AAPI book a day to celebrate AAPI heritage month. They are all kid lit and YA books except for 1 adult book I snuck in there, but it is by a YA author so it still counts. The beautiful thing is I have more books than days to celebrate. I couldn't do this 20 years ago.
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THIS WEEK: House Republicans are deciding how many families and senior citizens they’ll kick off Medicaid, SNAP, early education, and countless other programs that working families rely on — all to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
Call your representative NOW if you live in a GOP district.
Call your representative NOW if you live in a GOP district.
CALL NOW: Tell your Republican Representative You Don’t Want To Pay The Price For Their Billionaire Tax Breaks
indivisible.org
May 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
THIS WEEK: House Republicans are deciding how many families and senior citizens they’ll kick off Medicaid, SNAP, early education, and countless other programs that working families rely on — all to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
Call your representative NOW if you live in a GOP district.
Call your representative NOW if you live in a GOP district.
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Just learned about HJ Res. 54, which aims to put an end to corporations being treated as people. If you have 5 min, call your rep (#s at reps.fyi or 5calls.org) and ask them to support it. Or send them an email, or use @resist.bot. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
May 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Just learned about HJ Res. 54, which aims to put an end to corporations being treated as people. If you have 5 min, call your rep (#s at reps.fyi or 5calls.org) and ask them to support it. Or send them an email, or use @resist.bot. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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Our statement regarding the firing of Dr. Carla Hayden (continued)
May 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Our statement regarding the firing of Dr. Carla Hayden (continued)
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We Need Diverse Books is proud to stand with Dr. Carla Hayden, who started her career as a children’s librarian in Chicago and who became the first woman and first Black appointee to serve as the Librarian of Congress.
Find our statement below ⬇️
Find our statement below ⬇️
May 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We Need Diverse Books is proud to stand with Dr. Carla Hayden, who started her career as a children’s librarian in Chicago and who became the first woman and first Black appointee to serve as the Librarian of Congress.
Find our statement below ⬇️
Find our statement below ⬇️
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ON THE BLOCK: STORIES OF HOME edited by @ellenoh.bsky.social (Crown/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/2025-s... #SummerReading #HBFamilyReading #FamilyReading #kidlit #Intermediate #MiddleGrade
May 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
ON THE BLOCK: STORIES OF HOME edited by @ellenoh.bsky.social (Crown/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social) www.hbook.com/story/2025-s... #SummerReading #HBFamilyReading #FamilyReading #kidlit #Intermediate #MiddleGrade
The whole King drama really encapsulates why we should never idolize people. Because they will always disappoint you. After all, they are human. I wish he had listened to marginalized voices and just apologized instead of doubling down. Now an author I loved since I was a child, is no longer a fave.
May 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The whole King drama really encapsulates why we should never idolize people. Because they will always disappoint you. After all, they are human. I wish he had listened to marginalized voices and just apologized instead of doubling down. Now an author I loved since I was a child, is no longer a fave.
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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Thanks to the Howard County Public School System, on Friday April 25, @ellenoh.bsky.social and I will be keynoting the HCPSS Pride "Reimagine the Rainbow Community Event" at Centennial High School in Maryland.
Registration for this event is required
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Registration for this event is required
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Registration for the HCPSS Reimagine the Rainbow Community Event on Friday, April 25th, 2025
Thank you for your interest in attending the HCPSS Reimagine the Rainbow Community Event. Please read this form thoroughly before making and submitting your selections.
This event will be held in-p...
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April 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Thanks to the Howard County Public School System, on Friday April 25, @ellenoh.bsky.social and I will be keynoting the HCPSS Pride "Reimagine the Rainbow Community Event" at Centennial High School in Maryland.
Registration for this event is required
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Registration for this event is required
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
April 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
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I cannot convey enough how grateful I am to the millions of you all supporting us with your time, resources, and energy.
Your support has allowed us to rally people together at record scale to organize their communities.
All with an average donation of $21.
THANK YOU & Pa’lante 🙏🏽♥️
Your support has allowed us to rally people together at record scale to organize their communities.
All with an average donation of $21.
THANK YOU & Pa’lante 🙏🏽♥️
News: AOC had her strongest ever quarter, raising over $9.5m from 266k individual donors for an average of just $21.
AOC doesn’t take a dollar from lobbyists or corporate PACS. Our top donor professions are teachers and nurses. 64% were first time contributors.
AOC doesn’t take a dollar from lobbyists or corporate PACS. Our top donor professions are teachers and nurses. 64% were first time contributors.
April 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I cannot convey enough how grateful I am to the millions of you all supporting us with your time, resources, and energy.
Your support has allowed us to rally people together at record scale to organize their communities.
All with an average donation of $21.
THANK YOU & Pa’lante 🙏🏽♥️
Your support has allowed us to rally people together at record scale to organize their communities.
All with an average donation of $21.
THANK YOU & Pa’lante 🙏🏽♥️
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I hope everyone remains safe and also that people know that a corporate spaceflight of only women astronauts for a company owned by a deeply destructive billionaire who is enabling fascism is just public relations for fascism and has absolutely nothing to do with feminism
April 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I hope everyone remains safe and also that people know that a corporate spaceflight of only women astronauts for a company owned by a deeply destructive billionaire who is enabling fascism is just public relations for fascism and has absolutely nothing to do with feminism
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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
Dear all women,
If you get married, KEEP YOUR NAME!
If they want to take away our right to vote, then let's make Mrs. an obsolete honorific.
If you get married, KEEP YOUR NAME!
If they want to take away our right to vote, then let's make Mrs. an obsolete honorific.
April 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Dear all women,
If you get married, KEEP YOUR NAME!
If they want to take away our right to vote, then let's make Mrs. an obsolete honorific.
If you get married, KEEP YOUR NAME!
If they want to take away our right to vote, then let's make Mrs. an obsolete honorific.
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NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services.
The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
April 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
NEW: ALA is going to court to stop the President’s attempts to illegally dismantle the Institute of Museum & Library Services.
The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
The President does not have the authority to destroy a federal agency. That's why we're taking action with our co-plaintiff @afscme.bsky.social. #ForOurLibraries (1/3)
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I have been saying this when I call my reps to yell at them. Now I can say "As Justice Sotomayor says..."
Call your reps and demand they call for the release of Mahmoud Khalil and all of the other detained students as well as the folks sent to the concentration camp in El Salvador.
reps.fyi
Call your reps and demand they call for the release of Mahmoud Khalil and all of the other detained students as well as the folks sent to the concentration camp in El Salvador.
reps.fyi
Sotomayor: "The implication of the Government’s position is that not only noncitizens but also United States citizens could be taken off the streets, forced onto planes, and confined to foreign prisons with no opportunity for redress if judicial review is denied unlawfully before removal"
#BREAKING: 5-4 Court, with Barrett joining the three Dem. appointees in dissent *vacates* Chief Judge Boasberg’s temporary restraining orders in the Alien Enemy Act cases. Judicial review must be available, Court holds, but has to come through habeas petitions:
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
April 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I have been saying this when I call my reps to yell at them. Now I can say "As Justice Sotomayor says..."
Call your reps and demand they call for the release of Mahmoud Khalil and all of the other detained students as well as the folks sent to the concentration camp in El Salvador.
reps.fyi
Call your reps and demand they call for the release of Mahmoud Khalil and all of the other detained students as well as the folks sent to the concentration camp in El Salvador.
reps.fyi
I've been screaming inside my head so much I can't think anymore. I hate what's happening to us so much. Even ice cream and donuts can't make me feel any better. The only thing that makes me feel a modicum of happiness is this:
April 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I've been screaming inside my head so much I can't think anymore. I hate what's happening to us so much. Even ice cream and donuts can't make me feel any better. The only thing that makes me feel a modicum of happiness is this:
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WNDB is excited to share a first look at the cover for THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR by Ellen Oh! Forthcoming from @harperkids.bsky.social this Fall!
📅 Releasing September 30th, 2025
💻 Pre-order > bit.ly/3Rq7E6Q
📅 Releasing September 30th, 2025
💻 Pre-order > bit.ly/3Rq7E6Q
April 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
WNDB is excited to share a first look at the cover for THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR by Ellen Oh! Forthcoming from @harperkids.bsky.social this Fall!
📅 Releasing September 30th, 2025
💻 Pre-order > bit.ly/3Rq7E6Q
📅 Releasing September 30th, 2025
💻 Pre-order > bit.ly/3Rq7E6Q
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To kick off the inaugural #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay, WNDB is also committing to donating 10,000 diverse titles across the country in 2025. We believe that diverse books ought to be read and celebrated, especially now as book bans disproportionately target them.
Thank you for all your support!
Thank you for all your support!
April 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
To kick off the inaugural #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay, WNDB is also committing to donating 10,000 diverse titles across the country in 2025. We believe that diverse books ought to be read and celebrated, especially now as book bans disproportionately target them.
Thank you for all your support!
Thank you for all your support!
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Today is #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay!
If you’re celebrating, tag us so we can follow along with the festivities!
Unsure of what to read? We’ve recommended titles for all ages, and you can win ALL of them in our special giveaway, only on Instagram 🎉
🎁 bit.ly/4cd5vVE
If you’re celebrating, tag us so we can follow along with the festivities!
Unsure of what to read? We’ve recommended titles for all ages, and you can win ALL of them in our special giveaway, only on Instagram 🎉
🎁 bit.ly/4cd5vVE
April 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today is #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay!
If you’re celebrating, tag us so we can follow along with the festivities!
Unsure of what to read? We’ve recommended titles for all ages, and you can win ALL of them in our special giveaway, only on Instagram 🎉
🎁 bit.ly/4cd5vVE
If you’re celebrating, tag us so we can follow along with the festivities!
Unsure of what to read? We’ve recommended titles for all ages, and you can win ALL of them in our special giveaway, only on Instagram 🎉
🎁 bit.ly/4cd5vVE
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It’s no joke, our friends at @bookshop.org are helping us celebrate #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay with a special promo code! 🛍️📚
Shop Bookshop.org on April 3rd and use the code “WNDB25” at checkout to get 15% off your purchase!
Shop Bookshop.org on April 3rd and use the code “WNDB25” at checkout to get 15% off your purchase!
April 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It’s no joke, our friends at @bookshop.org are helping us celebrate #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay with a special promo code! 🛍️📚
Shop Bookshop.org on April 3rd and use the code “WNDB25” at checkout to get 15% off your purchase!
Shop Bookshop.org on April 3rd and use the code “WNDB25” at checkout to get 15% off your purchase!
They're consolidating & hoarding generational wealth & power. That's what these tariffs & tax breaks are all about. All the money & power will remain in their families for generations while the rest of us can't break out of the neverending cycle of debt & poverty. And we simply let them do it to us.
April 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
They're consolidating & hoarding generational wealth & power. That's what these tariffs & tax breaks are all about. All the money & power will remain in their families for generations while the rest of us can't break out of the neverending cycle of debt & poverty. And we simply let them do it to us.
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It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
April 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
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