Michelle Cusolito ❌👑
@mcusolito.bsky.social
Award-winning author of books for kids. Educator. Science Communicator. Ocean Evangelist. Preorder JELLYFISH SCIENTIST and IN THE WORLD OF WHALES. Adjunct @SimmonsUniversity MFA. Rep: @jmcgowanbks #SciComm she/her
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This is not to say the 8 books are not influential (although I’d debate you on a couple). And I’m not gonna list the dozens of alternative options that could have been selected. But there ARE dozens. I’m sure the folks who put this list together put a lot of thought into it. Just not enough.
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is not to say the 8 books are not influential (although I’d debate you on a couple). And I’m not gonna list the dozens of alternative options that could have been selected. But there ARE dozens. I’m sure the folks who put this list together put a lot of thought into it. Just not enough.
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There are 8 picture books on this list. None were created by women. After everything we’ve been through the last decade, this is an enormous oversight. What @slj.com has just said is that only men are influential in the world picture books. And I’m not okay with this.
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
There are 8 picture books on this list. None were created by women. After everything we’ve been through the last decade, this is an enormous oversight. What @slj.com has just said is that only men are influential in the world picture books. And I’m not okay with this.
Tomorrow!
Looking forward to this @ncte.org panel and meeting all of the panelists 💫
@macappiello.bsky.social
@moyuksel.bsky.social
@mcusolito.bsky.social
@pamismylmnop.bsky.social
#kidsbooks #picturebooks #sciencebooks #scienceforkids #WomeninSTEM 🧪 #science #booksky #ncte #STEM
@macappiello.bsky.social
@moyuksel.bsky.social
@mcusolito.bsky.social
@pamismylmnop.bsky.social
#kidsbooks #picturebooks #sciencebooks #scienceforkids #WomeninSTEM 🧪 #science #booksky #ncte #STEM
November 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Tomorrow!
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SATURDAY AFTERNOON at the @ncte.org conference in Denver 💫
Come say Hi to me and my fellow panelists, @mcusolito.bsky.social, @mnewsome.bsky.social, and @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social!
#ncteconference2025 #nctedenver #science #booksky #teachers #kidsbooks #picturebooks #kidlit
Come say Hi to me and my fellow panelists, @mcusolito.bsky.social, @mnewsome.bsky.social, and @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social!
#ncteconference2025 #nctedenver #science #booksky #teachers #kidsbooks #picturebooks #kidlit
November 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
SATURDAY AFTERNOON at the @ncte.org conference in Denver 💫
Come say Hi to me and my fellow panelists, @mcusolito.bsky.social, @mnewsome.bsky.social, and @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social!
#ncteconference2025 #nctedenver #science #booksky #teachers #kidsbooks #picturebooks #kidlit
Come say Hi to me and my fellow panelists, @mcusolito.bsky.social, @mnewsome.bsky.social, and @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social!
#ncteconference2025 #nctedenver #science #booksky #teachers #kidsbooks #picturebooks #kidlit
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Looking forward to this @ncte.org panel and meeting all of the panelists 💫
@macappiello.bsky.social
@moyuksel.bsky.social
@mcusolito.bsky.social
@pamismylmnop.bsky.social
#kidsbooks #picturebooks #sciencebooks #scienceforkids #WomeninSTEM 🧪 #science #booksky #ncte #STEM
@macappiello.bsky.social
@moyuksel.bsky.social
@mcusolito.bsky.social
@pamismylmnop.bsky.social
#kidsbooks #picturebooks #sciencebooks #scienceforkids #WomeninSTEM 🧪 #science #booksky #ncte #STEM
November 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Looking forward to this @ncte.org panel and meeting all of the panelists 💫
@macappiello.bsky.social
@moyuksel.bsky.social
@mcusolito.bsky.social
@pamismylmnop.bsky.social
#kidsbooks #picturebooks #sciencebooks #scienceforkids #WomeninSTEM 🧪 #science #booksky #ncte #STEM
@macappiello.bsky.social
@moyuksel.bsky.social
@mcusolito.bsky.social
@pamismylmnop.bsky.social
#kidsbooks #picturebooks #sciencebooks #scienceforkids #WomeninSTEM 🧪 #science #booksky #ncte #STEM
Norther Lights over Massachusetts!
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Norther Lights over Massachusetts!
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If you vote in Massachusetts, call your state senators. #ReadFree
Yay Massachusetts! Amendments added to the bill, "An Act Regarding Free Expression." They make the bill even stronger. Please contact your STATE Senator & urge them to support the bill with these amendments. Directions: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi... #ReadFree #FReadom #AuthorsAgainstBookBans
NEW Call to Action to Protect the Freedom to Read
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November 12, 2025 at 12:48 AM
If you vote in Massachusetts, call your state senators. #ReadFree
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Action needed from Massachusetts voters! #FreedomToRead @authorsabb.bsky.social
Yay Massachusetts! Amendments added to the bill, "An Act Regarding Free Expression." They make the bill even stronger. Please contact your STATE Senator & urge them to support the bill with these amendments. Directions: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi... #ReadFree #FReadom #AuthorsAgainstBookBans
NEW Call to Action to Protect the Freedom to Read
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November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Action needed from Massachusetts voters! #FreedomToRead @authorsabb.bsky.social
Action needed from Massachusetts voters! #FreedomToRead @authorsabb.bsky.social
Yay Massachusetts! Amendments added to the bill, "An Act Regarding Free Expression." They make the bill even stronger. Please contact your STATE Senator & urge them to support the bill with these amendments. Directions: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi... #ReadFree #FReadom #AuthorsAgainstBookBans
NEW Call to Action to Protect the Freedom to Read
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November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Action needed from Massachusetts voters! #FreedomToRead @authorsabb.bsky.social
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UPDATE! Several senators have filed amendments that, if passed, will significantly strengthen the bill! Please urge your senator to vote for Amendments 1, 4, 5, 6, and 18. This must be done before Wednesday, so the sooner the better. More details...1/5
URGENT Call to Action: The Senate version of the S.2696 is moving out of committee BUT this version does not include any protections for book creators and only contains weak first amendment protections. The timing is tight: please email your senator before Wednesday, Nov. 12! More info:
URGENT Call to Action - Email Your Senators! — Mass Freedom To Read
Mass Freedom To Read learned late on Thursday that An Act Regarding Free Expression (renamed S. 2696) has moved out of the Senate Ways and Means Committee and will be going to a floor vote next Thursd...
www.massfreedomtoread.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
UPDATE! Several senators have filed amendments that, if passed, will significantly strengthen the bill! Please urge your senator to vote for Amendments 1, 4, 5, 6, and 18. This must be done before Wednesday, so the sooner the better. More details...1/5
Yay Massachusetts! Amendments added to the bill, "An Act Regarding Free Expression." They make the bill even stronger. Please contact your STATE Senator & urge them to support the bill with these amendments. Directions: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi... #ReadFree #FReadom #AuthorsAgainstBookBans
NEW Call to Action to Protect the Freedom to Read
preview.mailerlite.io
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Yay Massachusetts! Amendments added to the bill, "An Act Regarding Free Expression." They make the bill even stronger. Please contact your STATE Senator & urge them to support the bill with these amendments. Directions: preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi... #ReadFree #FReadom #AuthorsAgainstBookBans
I’m thrilled to have our book listed among all of these wonderful books!
Teachers! Librarians!
It's time for the Sibert Smackdown.
The perfect Mock Sibert activity for kids who love nonfiction.
tinyurl.com/3c9harym
@sarahalbee.bsky.social @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social @juanamartinezn.bsky.social @safajarwrites.bsky.social @rajanilarocca.bsky.social @mcusolito.bsky.social
It's time for the Sibert Smackdown.
The perfect Mock Sibert activity for kids who love nonfiction.
tinyurl.com/3c9harym
@sarahalbee.bsky.social @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social @juanamartinezn.bsky.social @safajarwrites.bsky.social @rajanilarocca.bsky.social @mcusolito.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I’m thrilled to have our book listed among all of these wonderful books!
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“Authors are a party harmed by censorship” author Padma Venkatraman #IBBYRegional2025
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“Authors are a party harmed by censorship” author Padma Venkatraman #IBBYRegional2025
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And we’re off withe a panel discussing #FightingTheRisingTide of #censorship with panelists from RI
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
And we’re off withe a panel discussing #FightingTheRisingTide of #censorship with panelists from RI
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
These are the books I assigned for week two of our study of picture books. We expanded our learning to include some early readers. (This is for Writing 1 in the @simmonsuniversity MFA in writing for Children and Young Adults). #ChildrensLiterature #KidLit #Picturebooks
November 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
These are the books I assigned for week two of our study of picture books. We expanded our learning to include some early readers. (This is for Writing 1 in the @simmonsuniversity MFA in writing for Children and Young Adults). #ChildrensLiterature #KidLit #Picturebooks
Today is #WorldJellyfishDay! A great day to introduce young readers to Maude Delap, a pioneering scientist from rural Ireland who was the first person to raise them in captivity through their full life cycle. She did this back in 1899! #kidslovenonfiction #STEAM #JellyfishScientist
#SteamTeamBooks
#SteamTeamBooks
November 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Today is #WorldJellyfishDay! A great day to introduce young readers to Maude Delap, a pioneering scientist from rural Ireland who was the first person to raise them in captivity through their full life cycle. She did this back in 1899! #kidslovenonfiction #STEAM #JellyfishScientist
#SteamTeamBooks
#SteamTeamBooks
I spent much of today reading a dense science proposal for a project I’ll soon be part of, and I couldn’t be happier to nerd-out like this. (Even as some aspects of the project are too complex for me to understand right now. But I’ll get there.) Wheeee…. #SciComm 🌊
November 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I spent much of today reading a dense science proposal for a project I’ll soon be part of, and I couldn’t be happier to nerd-out like this. (Even as some aspects of the project are too complex for me to understand right now. But I’ll get there.) Wheeee…. #SciComm 🌊
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Live in Eastern MA? Mark your calendars for this fun family event!
newtonchildrensbookfest.com
#edusky #tlsky #skybrarian #kidlit
newtonchildrensbookfest.com
#edusky #tlsky #skybrarian #kidlit
October 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Live in Eastern MA? Mark your calendars for this fun family event!
newtonchildrensbookfest.com
#edusky #tlsky #skybrarian #kidlit
newtonchildrensbookfest.com
#edusky #tlsky #skybrarian #kidlit
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There are more than 100 marine research institutions in the United States and they’re under threat from Trump’s attack on science funding. 🌊
Saving science by the sea
As funding for science tightens across the United States, attention has turned to pressures faced by universities and biomedical research institutions. An often overlooked part of the nation’s science...
www.science.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 AM
There are more than 100 marine research institutions in the United States and they’re under threat from Trump’s attack on science funding. 🌊
So beautiful.
Spooky season royalty 👑🎃✨️
Atolla gigantea is the largest Atolla species found off the West Coast. This deep-sea crown jelly can reach a diameter of up to 15 centimeters (six inches) and is one of the most widely distributed jellyfish. The genus occurs worldwide, from the Arctic to the Antarctic.
Atolla gigantea is the largest Atolla species found off the West Coast. This deep-sea crown jelly can reach a diameter of up to 15 centimeters (six inches) and is one of the most widely distributed jellyfish. The genus occurs worldwide, from the Arctic to the Antarctic.
October 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
So beautiful.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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To publishers posting about newly-launched books: PLEASE include the names of the creators, not just the title of the book.
This not only helps boost authors & illustrators (who are going thru a rough time right now) but also shows that you support HUMAN creators.
Thank you.
This not only helps boost authors & illustrators (who are going thru a rough time right now) but also shows that you support HUMAN creators.
Thank you.
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
To publishers posting about newly-launched books: PLEASE include the names of the creators, not just the title of the book.
This not only helps boost authors & illustrators (who are going thru a rough time right now) but also shows that you support HUMAN creators.
Thank you.
This not only helps boost authors & illustrators (who are going thru a rough time right now) but also shows that you support HUMAN creators.
Thank you.
Last week I kicked off our study of picture books in my Writing 1 class. These are the books I shared with my students.
#PictureBooks #ChildrensLiterature #KidLit
#PictureBooks #ChildrensLiterature #KidLit
October 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Last week I kicked off our study of picture books in my Writing 1 class. These are the books I shared with my students.
#PictureBooks #ChildrensLiterature #KidLit
#PictureBooks #ChildrensLiterature #KidLit