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Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · 13h

Looking forward to being one of the guest authors at this event! Can’t wait to listen to the science-related panels, participate in activities, and do a book reading and signing. I’m highlighting Tara & the Towering Wave and Can You Discover and Alien. www.thethinkingspot.us/event-detail...

MN STEM Book Festival | The Thinking Spot

Minnesota's First Annual STEM Book Festival!

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 6d

"As book bans continue to spread at an unprecedented pace — according to PEN America’s latest report — the writers group is urging the public to speak out to defend the freedom to read at public events nationwide during #BannedBooksWeek and beyond..." pen.org/press-releas...

Speak Out Against Censorship and Speak Up for the Banned Authors that Inspire You During Banned Books Week Oct. 5-11

As book bans continue to spread at an unprecedented pace– according to PEN America’s latest report—the writers group is urging the public to speak out to defend the freedom to read at public events na...

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Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · 6d

🇵🇭 October is Filipino American Hisfory Month. It’s heartwarming to see these books. Honored to see What Lolo Wants included. Love to my fellow FilAm creators and kababayan. Keep creating and sharing your stories! www.instagram.com/reel/DPSKVuB... @scbwi.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social

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Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · 7d

Vocabulary word of the day: Accountability - Taking ownership of one's actions, decisions, and resulting outcomes. Includes accepting responsibility for successes and failures, committing to correcting mistakes, and being answerable for one's duties and behaviors to others or to a greater good.

Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · 8d

Can’t wait to do this with my fellow FilAm authors! October is Filipino American History Month. We’re coming together to share content from #filam creators all month! Follow #FAHMbookstatour and #Filtheshelves! @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social

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Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · 8d

Sometimes, shaking your head or rolling your eyes isn’t enough. Sometimes, you have to use humor to get through things and maintain sanity. #humor #humorismedicineforthesoul #funnies #laugh #laughoutloud

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신 선 영 辛善英 Sun Yung Shin @sunyungshin.bsky.social · 16d

So You Want to Write Books for Kids?
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
6:30PM – 8:00PM

Part of the Our Stories, Ourselves series collaboration with More Than a Single Story that highlights BIPOC writers and artists through panel conversations and writing workshops. hclib.bibliocommons.com/events/68a7a...

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Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks to the Anderson Center in Red Wing for a fun day at the Minnesota Children's Book Festival last Saturday! Did a presentation and read my book, What Lolo Wants, to festival goers and connected with families, educators, and librarians. @kidscanpress.bsky.social @capstonepub.bsky.social #kidlit

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Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · 27d

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Brené Brown on Empathy vs Sympathy

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Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · Sep 7

See you there!
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2025 MN Children's Book Fest - Anderson Center at Tower View

FREE family-friendly event on Saturday, September 13, 2025. The Minnesota Children's Book Festival features hands-on art activities and the best new books for kids and middle-grade readers from Minnes...

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Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · Sep 7

See uou there! www.instagram.com/p/DOTsq4AAUS...

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Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · Sep 1

Link: hclib.bibliocommons.com/events/68a7a...

So You Want to Write Books for Kids?

Part of the Our Stories, Ourselves series collaboration with More Than a Single Story that highlights BIPOC writers and artists through panel conversations and writing workshops. Join moderator Sun Yu...

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Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · Sep 1

I’ll be on the “So You Want to Write Books for Kids?” virtual panel with my fellow Minnesota BIPOC Kidlit Creators on Oct. 7. See also other presentations by other members. For more details, visit the Hennepin County Library website. @hamlinemfac.bsky.social #kidlit
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · Aug 21

“It’s up to us to advocate for the values that we believe in,” says Stanford student organizer Turner Van Slyke. PEN America’s Clare Carter sat down with Turner to discuss organizing for freedom of expression and academic inquiry in higher education. Read more here: pen.org/student-orga...

‘It's up to us’: Student Organizer Uplifts Community to Defend Free Expression - PEN America

It's up to us to advocate for the values that we believe in. There's a lot to lose, and young people are going to feel the brunt of that loss.

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · Aug 20

The cat's out of the bag. The book banners who told you they were just banning "pornography" are now targeting books about cats and other domestic animals. And even after a visit to the Brooklyn Cat Cafe with Raj Haldar we can't find a good reason why. More at: pen.org/why-ban-book...

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · Jan 24

PEN America responds to action taken today by the Department of Education dismissing complaints about book bans and referring to them as a “hoax”:

"All students deserve to see themselves and the world around them reflected in the books shelved within their public schools.“ pen.org/press-releas...

PEN America Criticizes "Alarming" and "Dismissive" Language on Book Bans by U.S. Education Department - PEN America

Kasey Meehan, director, Freedom to Read, at PEN America, said: "For over three years we have countered rhetoric that book bans occurring in public schools are a “hoax.” They are absolutely not. This k...

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Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · Aug 15

Honored to be one of the featured authors at this year’s Minnesota Children’s Book Festival!

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2025 MN Children's Book Fest - Anderson Center at Tower View

FREE family-friendly event on Saturday, September 13, 2025. The Minnesota Children's Book Festival features hands-on art activities and the best new books for kids and middle-grade readers from Minnes...

www.andersoncenter.org

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · Aug 15

Get ready for #BannedBooksWeek with 20% off everything at librarygiftshop.org through August 18. Every purchase helps power our advocacy for libraries nationwide.

White t-shirt, dark blue tote bag, stickers, and buttons with Banned Books Week 2025 theme, "Censorship is so 1984, read for your rights."
The word "censorship is repeated with a red line drawn through it. T-shirt features the Spanish version, "La Censura es tan 1984."

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Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · Aug 12

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The Great North Star Read Together

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Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · Aug 7

Come join the fun at Mall of America this Saturday!

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Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · Aug 6

“Golden” has been on repeat in my brain for days! But I don’t mind. Maybe with everyone around the world loving the Huntrix’s songs, humming them, singing them day and night wherever we may be, we are also helping protect the Honmoon! #ilovekpopdemonhunters

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Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · Aug 5

Join us for story time fun at @mallofamericaa.bsky.social this Saturday! @kidscanpress.bsky.social @mnbipockidlit.bsky.social @mprnews.org @mnbipockidlit.bsky.social

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Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · Jul 31

Great time at story time at the local @barnesandnoble, where for years I dreamed of seeing my book on the shelves. The store now has signed copies of What Lolo Wants, Teen Titans GO!: Mother Mae-Eye’s Creature Calamity, and Red Riding Hood! @kidscanpress.bsky.social @capstonepub.bsky.social #kidlit

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Cristina Oxtra, 🇵🇭 author @cristinaoxtra.bsky.social · Jul 23

What Lolo Wants is part of the beautiful book cover display in the AAPI Voices’ cabin at the @highlightsfound.bsky.social Honored to be in the company of such brilliant authors! Happy to contribute to the foundation’s efforts supporting writers of color. #aapi #aapivoices @kidscanpress.bsky.social

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