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Hannah Ann Krueger @hanzzkrueger.bsky.social · 3d

It’s Read-A-Thon Week for our Red Panda and #LunchboxSketches 💗📖

✏️🌈📚

#KidLit #KidLitArt

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 3d

I’m kinda on fire with these book cover remakes.

Here’s “Unicorn Playlist.”

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 3d

I don't usually get too worked up about book covers, but this edition of RF Kuang's Katabasis is stunning. Picked this up at my local indie bookstore recently and wow!

The book on a light tan fabric background. The layers of hell are illustrated with lots of color and detail.

The edges of the book. The top are flames, the bottom are ocean waves, and the long edge has both with silhouetted figures falling into fire and water. At the center is a plaque: Hell is other people.

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Lynn Lovegreen @lynnlovegreen.bsky.social · 3d

This is a great week to read the Alaska Authors Against Book Bans opinion piece. www.adn.com/opinions/202... #BannedBooksWeek #FreedomtoRead

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Anne Marie Pace @annemariepace.bsky.social · 3d

Having a book made into a TV show (and then another one!) was never on the bucket list. But since it has happened, I may as well enjoy it. The show is adorable! So much fun wordplay just like my books and just like the original animated show.

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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian) @comicslibrarian.bsky.social · 3d

I’m a little late, but happy Canadian Library Month to my Canadian colleagues! 🇨🇦📚

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:. ontario library association
#LibrariesForLife
celebrate
CANADIAN
LIBRARE
LE MOIS DES
BIBLIOTHÈQUES
AU CANADA
OCTOBER 2025 | OCTOBRE 2025

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Becky Calzada @becalzada.bsky.social · 3d

The book banning of Indigenous stories in libraries has impacts on readers| Removal of their stories continues the erasure of histories and contributions of Native Nations and their citizens

Thank you @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social for writing this Op-Ed

www.cherokeephoenix.org/opinion/opin...

OPINION: Banning books erases Native voices and experiences

Book banning is not new. A small minority seeking to decide and limit what the majority can access and read has existed for millennia.

www.cherokeephoenix.org

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Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · 3d

You know a book has to be good when the toddler stops his destruction of CandyLand to check it out.

The Book of Rules by @briangehrlein.bsky.social is a family favorite

#kidlit

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The Library Faery is on "Vacation" @libraryfaery.bsky.social · 3d

Only thing I bought at the festival - besides a burger.

He's about 4 inches tall.

Even Death likes a good book.

He's going the library next week.

#booksky

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Gabrielle Plastrik @gplastrik.bsky.social · 3d

Banned Books Week starts today
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bannedbooksweek.org

Banned Books Week | October 5-11, 2025

bannedbooksweek.org

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.

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SCBWI New Mexico @scbwi-nm.bsky.social · 8d

#Albuquerque Teen Club Book club visit Oct 4: Khadijah VanBrakle will discuss her newest YA novel, “My Perfect Family” (Kirkus starred review) as a special iteration of Read Between the Spines Teen Book Club.
libevents.abqlibrary.org/event/148921...
#books #kidlit #scbwi #YAlit

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SCBWI New Mexico @scbwi-nm.bsky.social · 5d

🥳🥂Radiant by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson won the inaugural Paul Rhetts Award in the 2025 New Mexico Book Awards. This award is given to the most highly rated book in the contest. Nelson’s was among 47 winners and 156 finalists in 39 categories.
nmwriters.org/nm-book-awar...
#books #kidlit #scbwi #YAlit

NM Book Awards - New Mexico Writers

NM Book Awards The New Mexico Book Awards, a nearly two-decades-old book competition, was slated to cease this year. Instead, it is under new management by New Mexico Writers, who will continue the mi...

nmwriters.org

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SCBWI New Mexico @scbwi-nm.bsky.social · 5d

Congrats to Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, Laurel Goodluck, Khadijah VanBrakle, Korie Leigh, Jennifer Bohnhoff, Linda Wilson, RJ Mirabel, and all winners/finalists of the New Mexico Book Awards! It’s great to see so many SCBWI NM members in the list.
nmwriters.org/nm-book-awar...
#books #kidlit #scbwi

Part of the website for the New Mexico Book Awards shows two winners,
Fatima Tate Takes The Cake by Khadijah VanBrakle and Radiant by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

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@ExlibrisMrHunt @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social · 4d

WAIT! Silly me. I did take Fri #LibrarianFashion photos—just saw them, totally forgot (been a bit out of it with distractions)…fresh haircut too.

Enjoy!

SHARE
your go-to (or occasional extra spiffy) library look, your librarian fit check??

(Gotta get back to @sartoriallibrary.bsky.social soon!)

Selfie: Tall guy me with trim l’il beard, faux hawk fade haircut, bright blue framed square lens glasses, royal-ish blue collared shirt with white not-quite-paisley-but-similar(ish) pattern, grey (machine made 😢) cardigan with black trim, bright two-toned pink tie with floral print and metallic tinged blue/black and silver/white accent lines and branches/leaves.

Snazzerific!

Photo looking down at bottoms of black Jean clad legs and wild zebra-esque print socks in bright pink, black, light blue and (not visible) yellow stripes.

Black Converse were not yet on my feet…

Close-up selfie, outfit/appearance as described previously, thumbs-up gesture prominent in foreground.

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 4d

Just posting this. Everyone knows why.

Text of the fourth amendment “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 6d

PEN America has released its annual report on the book banning crisis in K–12 public schools, naming the top five most banned titles and authors

U.S. Faces ‘Expanded and Escalated’ Book Censorship, PEN America Reports

PEN America has released its annual report on the book banning crisis in K–12 public schools, naming the top five most banned titles and authors. PEN found censorship increasingly routine; Florida,…

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Sean Foley Halloween @seanfhall.bsky.social · 6d

I'm going to keep posting old stuff and you can't stop me.
#halloween #kidlit #art

Drawing of a small ghost, witch and pumpkin with arms and legs sitting on logs roasting marshmallows over the fire. They are in the forest surrounded my falling leaves.

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MayumiSasage @mayumisasage.bsky.social · 6d

Hi, #KidLitArtPostcard Day!

I'm Mayumi, a Japanese #kidlit illustrator. Excited to take on new projects! Picture books, board books, and book covers are my favorite things to work on✨ #kidlitart

Rep'd by lovely @essiewhite.bsky.social
at @stormliterary.bsky.social

🌐 mayumi-sasage.com

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Kathy Fork @babyfork.bsky.social · 6d

‘Tis the season for spooky picture books! 👻🎃☠️

Here’s a nice selection at Grass
Roots Books in Corvallis, Oregon.

(And I’ve got a manuscript that would fit perfectly in that empty spot!) 🧙‍♀️

Halloween picture books on a shelf at Grass Roots Books in Corvallis, Oregon.

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 6d

🎃 31 Days of Halloween Books 🎃

Day 2: INSIDE A HOUSE THAT IS HAUNTED by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and illustrated by Tedd Arnold

Why I love it: The bold, super fun illustrations and rhythmic, predictable story engages preschoolers and encourages them to get involved!

#kidlit #booksky #halloween

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 6d

money where my mouth is: a book I really enjoyed lately was the House of Quiet by Kiersten White. fantasy mental illness, but still treated with compassion, and very very creepy, good mystery

Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 6d

for real I think the only thing outside of maybe authors being independently wealthy/famous that really actually moves books rn is word-of-mouth. we (I could definitely stand to do better on this) gotta talk up the stuff we like with our social networks (online or otherwise) haha

Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 6d

A Big 5 editor friend told me that one of her biggest frustrations is that since nothing is really working right now, it'd be a great time to throw everything at the wall and see what new ideas stick. But instead they just shrug and keep trying ideas from 20 years ago.

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Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Got kicked out of the library for a meeting.

Took 4 carts of stuff with me so I could keep functioning for the day - push one, pull another, two trips.

Ppl looking at me in the halls like, “Are we evacuating the building?" 😂

#LibraryLife #TravellingLibrary #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians

a man in a yellow jacket is pushing a cart full of luggage

Alt: a man in a yellow jacket is pushing a cart full of luggage while dragging a travel trunk.

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Kellie Nicely @kellienicely.com · 6d

Woolly Hare + Honey Pomelo 🐇

#drawtober #sketchtober #artober idk what -tober anyone is doing but hopefully doing a daily watercolor + ink thing (plus all my other backlog of work) #kidlitart #watercolor #art

watercolor & ink illustration of a woolly hare with 3 red honey pomelo slices and a half pomelo slice and a large pomelo behind it. ginkgo leaves are scattered about

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Sara Weingartner @saraweingartner.bsky.social · 6d

Happy October #kidlitartpostcard Day! Tricks and treats a teeny bit early.

I am an illustrator/author seeking representation for picture books and other illustration projects, www.saraweingartner.com.

#kidlitart #picturebookillustration #kidlitillustration #picturebook #Elephant #mouse #halloween

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