Thank goodness children like Alfredo's siblings born in the US are US citizens. #14thAmendment #BirthrightCitizenship #birthright #kidlit @msmirelle.bsky.social

#THEYOUNGESTMARCHER keeps marching. Glad to be here w/ @dontate.bsky.social @bartography.bsky.social @poetnikki.bsky.social @gailjarrow.bsky.social @dheiligman.bsky.social @epartridge.bsky.social & more. #kidlit #Megakidlit @caroleweatherford.bsky.social www.nypl.org/books-more/r...

The NSK Neustadt finalists have been announced! #kidlit worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/news-an...

World Literature Today Announces Finalists for 2027 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, by the Editors of WLT

Finalists for the 2027 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, sponsored by World Literature Today, were announced today at the University of Oklahoma.

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From M/J #HBMag #25YearsOfSibert Issue "#HBWhatWeveLearned: What We Learned from Ben Shahn" by 2022 #SibertAward winners @cylev.bsky.social + Evan Turk: "His work was an amplifier for his most cherished beliefs, and that is something I think all artists can aspire to." www.hbook.com/story/what-w...

What We've Learned: What We Learned from Ben Shahn

From the May/June 2026 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: The Sibert Award at 25.

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Thank you @thehornbook.bsky.social @EvanTurk @EmmaLedbetter #Sibert

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From M/J #HBMag #25YearsOfSibert Issue "#HBWhatWeveLearned: What We Learned from Ben Shahn" by 2022 #SibertAward winners @cylev.bsky.social + Evan Turk: "His work was an amplifier for his most cherished beliefs, and that is something I think all artists can aspire to." www.hbook.com/story/what-w...

I haven’t weighed in on The Crud because I’ve been weighing the evidence. After reading the article in The NYT, I believe that saying “I should have used a different argument” does not equate to “I was wrong.” It conveys, “I still believe what I said. I wish I had said it better.” #kidlit #thecrud

Co-author/husband, Sandy Levinson, quoted in the #NewYorkTimes #FaultLinesintheConstitution #kidlit #constitution #guardrails #dosomething @PeachtreePub Stop Whining About Guardrails. Become One Yourself. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/o...

Opinion | Stop Whining About Guardrails. Become One Yourself.

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60 years ago next month, Barney gave us this chair as a wedding present because we had no furniture.

I am honored to serve with these very illustrious writers and illustrators on the 2027 NSK Neustadt Jury. #youngadult #kidlit www.neustadtprize.org/2027-nsk-jury/

2027 NSK Jury - Neustadt Prizes

Phil Bildner is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books for young people including the NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Honor–winning middle-grade novel A High Five for Glenn Burke, the Marga...

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Following suggestion of @katemessner.com this #kidlit #ambassador recommends #TheRememberingCandle @alisongoldberg.bsky.social #beansmbassador

Following suggestion of @katemessner.com this #kidlit #ambassador recommends #GatherGrateful @meganlitwinbooks.bsky.social #beansmbassador

@diya25.bsky.social thank you for reposting!

Book #15 (or so) from husband @SanfordLevinson. #WhoTellsYourStory #monuments #streetnames #holidays

"The family made national headlines after being taken by ICE during a routine immigration appointment. The family was detained in Dilley TX, while the oldest son, Antonio, was held in Raymondville. "The family and Antonio were later released and reunited..." www.valleycentral.com/news/local-n...

McAllen mariachi brothers to open for Kacey Musgraves at Texas shows

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The McAllen mariachi brothers — Antonio, Caleb and Joshua Gamez-Cuellar — are opening for American singer-songwriter Kacy Musgraves next month at Texas’ old…

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We are preparing to transform the moon and Mars. The public must have a say in this future | Ben Bramble #WhoOwnstheMoon @PeachtreePub #kidlit #spacelaw #spacetravel #Artemis

Threats to Library Funding End With Settlement by Trump Administration www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/a... #kidlit #alllit #presidentialoverreach

Threats to Library Funding End With Settlement by Trump Administration

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Between the launch of #ArtemisII #spaceexploration #spacelaw #WhoOwnstheMoon @margaretquinlin.bsky.social and @SCOTUS #birthright #citizenship @Atheneum @msmirelle.bsky.social #kidlit #Megakidlit my books are feeling mighty proud.

This is for booksellers, so if the book isn't available to the trade market it won't be on this list. It does include books that are Out of Stock Indefinitely (which means mostly out of print). Here's a PDF: drive.google.com/file/d/1KJJb... and a spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Supreme Court, do not make a lie of this book. #freetolearn @Atheneum @MirelleOrtega #birthright @AlfredoLopez

Yes, that's a sperm whale calf being kept afloat by cooperating whates....One of the most beautiful ocean experiences of a lifetime! Whale midwives unite! 🥰🥰🥰 #ocean #whales #STEM #midwives www.npr.org/2026/03/27/n...

Scientists watch sperm whales work as a team to assist a birth

An unprecedented look at the birth of a sperm whale found that mother and calf were supported by other whales throughout the process.

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Stephen Miller Asks Why Texas Pays to Teach Undocumented Children www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u... #undocumented #children #righttogotoschool @AlfredoLopez #PlylervDoe #SupremeCourt #14thAmendment #equalprotectionofthelaws #FreetoLearn @Simon&Schuster @MirelleOrtega #kidlit #Megakidlit

Stephen Miller Asks Why Texas Pays to Teach Undocumented Children

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What a deLIGHTful book! Thank you @DawnQuigley @cynthialeitichsmith @HeartDrum! #kidlit #MegaKidlit @wndb.bsky.social #Ojibwe

What an honor to be on a panel with @kadirnelson @johnparraart.bsky.social @annebroylesauthor @tucsonfestivalofbooks #nonfiction #kidlit #Megakidlit #spaceexploration #spacelaw #Constitution @PeachtreePub @WalkerBooksUS

Me wearing my kid-friendly comet jacket sitting between two astrophysicists at the Tucson Festival of Books—the first time they’ve had a kidlit writer on the Science Stage with grown-up writers! #WhoOwnstheMoon @MargariteQuinlinBooks @PeachtreePub @WalkerBooks @SaradiSalvo

@rachel.b.levinson @BrennanCenterforJustice quoted by @heathercoxrichardson #legaldefinition #domesticterrorism

As a #kidlit writer who focuses on #history #politics #law, I don't customarily have a book reviewed in Science magazine. This book of our "lively" book really pleases me. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Science stories for young readers

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Thank you @DanaTelep @HillcrestElementary @WacoISD for inviting me to talk with kids about #FreetoLearn #TheYoungestMarcher #socialjustice #birthrightcitizenship

Daughter Rachel @brennancenter.org on #domesticterrorism #freespeech #firstamendment rollcall.com/podcasts/equ...

Does labeling protest ‘domestic terrorism’ weaken national security — and First Amendment protections?

And does the Trump administration’s expansive definition of the term clash with First Amendment rights? Rachel Levinson-Waldman explains on Equal Time.

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We've had a day to pull a few things together, so here's a thread some more targeted info opposing the potential national book ban just proposed in the House of Representatives.

Thank you, CCBC, for choosing #WhoOwnstheMoon as one of the best books published last year! @margaretquinlin.bsky.social @jenswanbooks.bsky.social @Peachtreepub #spaceexploration #spacelaw #spacedebris #spacetourism ccbc.education.wisc.edu/recommended-...