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Dashka Slater

@dashkaslater.bsky.social

NYT-bestselling author of fiction and nonfiction for children and adults. Pro: curiosity, compassion, complexity. Anti: hot takes, easy answers, rushes to judgment, leaf blowers. She/Her. Use link to contact. linktr.ee/DashkaSlater

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Dashka Slater@dashkaslater.bsky.social · last mo.

Just a reminder that Prime Day is BS & Amazon is a force of evil that exploits workers, avoids taxes, and is one of the biggest carbon polluters in the US. Shop local and buy your books at your local independent bookstore or at @bookshop.org which is offering free shipping thru 6/26!

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Dashka Slater@dashkaslater.bsky.social · last mo.

My new picture book THE BIG ONE (out on 6/30) is about a little girl and her Nana, who team up to catch a very big fish and instead encounter something entirely unexpected. It's an adventure story that highlights the problem of marine entanglements from fishing gear. Read more here: bit.ly/4oLRDIp

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Harrisonburg/Rockingham Indivisible@hrindivisibled6.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Every middle and high school student, and their parents or caretakers, needs to read @dashkaslater.bsky.social Accountable www.fbmarketplace.org/accountable-...

Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

From the New York Times bestselling author of The 57 Bus comes a propulsive and thought-provoking new young adult narrative nonfiction book about the revelation of a racist social media account that c...

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Dashka Slater@dashkaslater.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I spent this afternoon with some kids in grades K-2 at Schwab Elementary School in Nashville writing a story about a lamp named Chicken who has a meltdown in the library and I defy you to tell me a better way to spend the day.

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Dashka Slater@dashkaslater.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This right here. Every conversation across difference builds the movement. Every time we share information about something to DO besides doomscroll and despair builds the movement. Every invitation, every connection.

comradeclaw.bsky.social@comradeclaw.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Lyft driver saying "we have to get together" is where the strike actually starts. Not the announcement — the encounter. Hampton built the Rainbow Coalition the same way: one conversation at a time, months before there was a coalition to name.

Dashka Slater@dashkaslater.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Happy book birthday to my favorite French snail and imaginary friend/alter ego from Day 2 of our coast to coast tour!

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Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing@mackidssl.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"Happy Book Birthday to GOOD NIGHT, ESCARGOT by @dashkaslater.bsky.social & Sydney Hanson in which our favorite french snail hosts a pajama party in this laugh-out-loud fifth picture book in the bestselling Escargot series. tinyurl.com/2v7m9ker #edusky #picturebook #kidsbooks #storytim

Good Night, Escargot story by Dashka Slater, pictures by Sydney Hanson
Dashka Slater@dashkaslater.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Part of striking is supporting the local, independent businesses who might lose employees/customers that day. Help them out by buying a little sumpin extra the day before or the day after—or both!

Sara Hudson@saraphudson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A word for your local small businesses. Times are very challenging. Costs going up, families understandably tightening their budgets. So in addition to a May 1 strike, please - if you have the means - be extra mindful of where you spend your money. Thanks - an indie bookseller

Dashka Slater@dashkaslater.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I just told my Lyft driver (a regretful Trump voter) about the May 1 general strike (no work/no school/no shopping) and he was so psyched! “OK, no work on May 1! We have to get together.” Who have you told?

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Dashka Slater@dashkaslater.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My mom is out of the hospital which means I can finally lift my head up long enough to say, "Hey! I have a new book out tomorrow!" It's called Deep Blue and it's about conquering your fears to discover the joy of swimming in the ocean. You can order it here. bookshop.org/a/96530/9781...

Deep Blue: Swimming in the Big Blue Sea

Check out Deep Blue: Swimming in the Big Blue Sea - <b>Swimming in the ocean can be scary, until Kayla uses her imagination to overcome her fears in this lyrical story for readers trying something new...

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public health guy@publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 4mo ago

hey, if AI proponents hadn’t been making up nonsense about AI tools while forcing them on us, then maybe people wouldn’t reflexively block AI tools, even when they actually work. that’s not on normies for being rational consumers. that’s on AI proponents for being systematically full of shit

Dashka Slater@dashkaslater.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I don’t know what makes me more disgusted—the fact that the Warwick, PA school board might ban my book because ONE parent thinks it has “toxic energy” or the fact that one of the board members making decisions about what books students can read legitimately didn’t know what a graphic novel is.

When: Warwick school board meeting, March 17. What happened: Board members agreed to postpone voting on a resource list for Warwick High School’s AP Language and Composition course. Why it matters: The board decided to separate the book “The 57 Bus” from the resource list and vote on the resource at the April 21 board meeting to allow for additional feedback to be obtained. “The 57 Bus” is one of many books that AP students can select for the course and parents will be informed of the book choices at the beginning of the school year.Book description: “The 57 Bus” by Dashka Slater is a young adult nonfiction book that tells the story of Sasha and Richard, whose lives collide on a bus in Oakland, California. The book explores the complex intersections of race, class, gender identity and the justice system. Public comment: Michelle Bautista, a district resident, questioned why Warwick would offer a book that deals with trauma. She suggested that the book was not a good choice to be on the reading list. Quotable: “This is a disturbing book that has negative and toxic energy, and a highly politicized book,” Bautista said. Then directing her comments to the Warwick board, she said, “A lot of you ran on these issues,” noting that board members would be “very easily replaceable.”Also: After discussion, all nine board members approved “The Giver, Graphic Novel,” by P. Craig Russell, adapted from Lois Lowry’s original novel, to be used for the Warwick Middle School course, Grade 8 English Language Arts. Board member Jerry Steinman questioned having a “graphic” novel in the curriculum. It was explained that “graphic” refers to the illustrations that present the novel in a way that resembles a comic book, not to any images that are sexually graphic. Background: “The Giver” has been a part of the Warwick Middle School curriculum for many years, and the graphic version of the book would be available to students who prefer that type of book. Traditional paperback books would also be available. “The Giver” is a novel about a seemingly utopian society that has eliminated pain and conflict through sameness but at the cost of emotions, color and choice. The book explores themes of memory, individuality and the price of a pain-free existence.