Rachel Diebel

@diebelra.bsky.social

Children’s book editor, bisexual, spreadsheet aficionado. She/her.

Immigrants have always been a beautiful and important part of the American community. Here are 12 books celebrating friends and family who took a chance on a dream. We hope these books can provide a starting point to talk with young readers about what they’re seeing in the world around them (🧵1/3)

I is for Immigrants by Selina Alko 
Joyful ABC Journey 
Ages 0 - 3WE ARE AMERICAN, TOO written by Kristen Mei Chase and pictures by Jieting Chen 
A Chinese American girl rallies against Asian hate
Ages 4-6
HOME IS IN BETWEEN written by Mitali Perkins, Pictures by Lavanya Naidu
A first-generation immigrant child learns the meaning of home
Ages 3 - 6
BETWEEN US AND ABUELA written by Mitali Perkins, pictures by Sara Palacios
Love overcomes border fences
Ages 3 - 6

SO EXCITED to announce my debut, WHEN YOU WRITE BACK, has found a fabulous home with @diebelra.bsky.social at Feiwel & Friends! Can't wait to share this book with the world! Big thanks to the amazing @lecrockett.bsky.social!! @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @triadaus.bsky.social #writingcommunity 💙📚💙

Children's Bookshelf@pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · last yr.

New deals announced for @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social @ashleybelote.bsky.social @elisaboxer.bsky.social @hannaneier.bsky.social + more in the latest Rights Report buff.ly/lHrYBvy

Just one of the many reasons football will have a massive fight on its hands if it tries to ban trans women. Here's Man City's Kerstin Casparij, dedicating her goal today to trans people

Started 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁, stuck in the 𝙏𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙚 later on. 1⃣ goal, 1⃣ point.

Sometimes there are bigger, more important things than football.

My goal today was dedicated to all my trans siblings, who’ve had an incredibly tough & heartbreaking week. You have all been on my mind and in my heart, you deserve so much more than what this government & society is giving you. I’m so incredibly proud of the trans existence within the queer community, and I’m proud of all trans women - you are women no matter what anyone says

No Other Land Co-Director Yuval Abraham: "The foreign policy in this country is helping to block this path. Why? Can't you see that we are intertwined? There is another way. It's not too late for life, for the living. There is no other way."

NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%. https://propub.li/43487Tj

Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.

ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.

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