Sharing one of my favorite resources for #BannedBooksWeek: The "Book Résumés" initiative from @uabookbans.bsky.social.

Book résumés are a free resource for frequently-challenged books, complete with reviews, accolades, and more. New titles are added regularly!

Teachers and parents, if you shop on Amazon, you can find the hardcover editions of my #Dogtown books with @choldenko.bsky.social on sale for a very limited time. ❤️🐶

Check out the deal here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTVHCM8... @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

Did you know that ODDER was inspired by a real-life conservation success story from @montereybayaquarium.org?

By the early 1900s, central CA's population of southern sea otters was down to 50. Today, there are close to 3,000.

Conservation measures work. 💙🦦 @mackidsbooks.bsky.social #mglit

Honored to see #wishtree on this @mackidssl.bsky.social list of books for National Bullying Prevention Month. ❤️🌳

It's in such great company—@dashkaslater.bsky.social! @mikecurato.bsky.social! @jamesbirdbooks.bsky.social!

Click through for lots more:

We have a very important message for you this #BannedBooksWeek: Get involved! All week long we'll be sharing tips on books to read and how to join the fight for the freedom to read. ⁣
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#FreedomToRead #BooksNotBans #BannedBooks #ReadBannedBooks

Thank you both for reading! ❤️

I had a wonderful time with @kaaauthor.bsky.social at Kepler's Books last month, celebrating her fabulous #mglit book, POCKET BEAR!

It was also the anniversary of book 2 in our Dogtown series, MOUSE AND HIS DOG, which is now out in paperback.

Thanks to everyone who joined us. I loved meeting you.

The @mackidssl.bsky.social team has created a wonderful teacher's guide for my new novel, POCKET BEAR. 🧸🧵

Check it out—you'll find lots of great activities and discussion questions within: www.mackidsschoolandlibrary.com/pocket-bear-...

Teachers and librarians, don't miss this “Storytelling for Advocacy” webinar from @uabookbans.bsky.social during #BannedBooksWeek. You'll learn strategies to drive change, confront book bans, and more.

Learn more & register here: uniteagainstbookbans.org/educators-vo...

Don't miss this, LA folks! @childrensbookworld.bsky.social

Never before has access to so many stories been stolen from so many children. #bannedbooks

We also highlight what can be done — and how individuals, groups, and local communities can take action to fight censorship. To make your voice heard in the book ban debate, go to: pen.org/action. #CensorshipIsSo1984

This is a great deep dive into the complexity—and the importance—of efforts to save the orangutan in Borneo. Recommended reading. #SaveTheEndlings

This is a very bad ruling for all of us who value the First Amendment.

"There is no sharp line between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom. It’s a very blurry line, and it’s getting more blurry all the time."

A tremendous loss. 💔

Mychal Threets To Host ‘Reading Rainbow’ Reboot
www.slj.com/story/Mychal...

"Look, nobody's ever accused me of being a good dog.

I bark at empty air. I eat cat litter. I roll in garbage to enhance my aroma.

I harass innocent squirrels. I hog the couch. I lick myself in the presence of company.

I'm no saint, okay?"
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#mglit @harperkids.bsky.social

Classrooms, sign up for a free virtual visit and Q&A with me as part of @mackinlibrary.bsky.social's Storyteller Spotlight series!

I'll read from my new novel, POCKET BEAR. You'll also have a chance to win some POCKET BEAR prizes. 🧸💛

Learn more and register here: home.mackin.com/resources/st...

Are you hosting a Banned Books week event or display? Don't forget to add it to our free event calendar! bannedbooksweek.org/events/

#BannedBooksWeek is coming up, and if you want to get involved, this resource from @ncacensorship.bsky.social has some great suggestions for how to organize a Right to Read night in your community. uniteagainstbookbans.org/new-right-to...

@uabookbans.bsky.social

Ever wonder where book challenges are taking place?

This means the places meant to provide free, open access to stories, information, & ideas are being targeted the most. When public and school libraries lose books, entire communities lose opportunities for discovery, connection, & representation.

Here's a great reading list from the @harperkids.bsky.social team to help you celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in the classroom or at home. Something here for every kind of #mglit reader!

“Different languages, different food, different customs. That's our neighborhood: wild and tangled and colorful. Like the best kind of garden.”
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My novel #wishtree was published eight years ago today. I'm so grateful to all the newcomers and welcomers who have found and shared this story.

"All of these small acts add up and contribute to the collective big whole."

What a fascinating story about citizen science and biodiversity in Australia. #SaveTheEndlings