i’m sorry, what do you mean the co-owner of the kelly clarkson bird store in brooklyn is ALSO the author of dragons love tacos?!
elm // em dickson
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elm like the tree. nonbinarian school librarian. magister of kidlit MAMFA via simmons. sailor. seabird. selkie. scrivener. scholar. ATHLETE IS AGENDER ‘25 – Christy Ottaviano Books/Little, Brown BYR BEYOND THEY / THEM ‘25 – Andrews McMeel seeking rep
does anybody have some spare F&Gs they’d like to donate to a good cause? i’m teaching a middle school elective next year re: bookmaking and i’d love to do some collage work with them! any children’s lit things out there we can cut up? 👀👀
it’s almost time for my annual cry about a nonexistent musical about groundhogs and i for one cannot wait
question: imagery / iconography ideas to convey the historical fiction genre that aren’t eurocentric?
elf on the shelf has gone way too far “my elf this” “my elf that” “my elf had three babies” “TRIPLETS?” ENOUGH!!!!
in absolutely devastating news i have lost my 857 day duolingo streak
for those keeping track: i have now read 114 picture books so far this summer in preparation for my fourth graders’ mock caldecott project picture book readers: what are your favorite 2025 releases? 👀👀
manifesting my future creation of an eclectic kids’ bookstore called the emporium
i think the first time i get tagged as an author in a pride book post i’ll probably cry
Happy pub day to @mlereads.bsky.social and Beyond They/Them! We love this book and hope you do too💘 publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/book/beyond-...
Beyond They/Them - Andrews McMeel Publishing
Beyond They/Them is a captivating, gorgeously illustrated book celebrating 20 trailblazing nonbinary, genderqueer, and two-spirit individuals who have left an indelible mark on music, sports, film and...
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elm // em dickson@mlereads.bsky.social · last yr.IT’S MY BOOK BIRTHDAY!!!! 🥳🌈✨ it’s hard to express what it means for this book to be out in the world today. amidst all the attacks on genderdiverse people not just in the states but around the world, this book is a reminder that “nonbinary people have always been here & can be found everywhere.”
IT’S MY BOOK BIRTHDAY!!!! 🥳🌈✨ it’s hard to express what it means for this book to be out in the world today. amidst all the attacks on genderdiverse people not just in the states but around the world, this book is a reminder that “nonbinary people have always been here & can be found everywhere.”
📚 🥳 🎂 ATHLETE IS AGENDER with @katherinelocke.bsky.social Nicole Melleby, @sassinsf.com Karina Manta, Isaac Fitzsimons, @mlereads.bsky.social @v-e-tirado.com 📅 5-15-25 @ 7:30p ET Register FREE + pre-order option! 🌈 xuyx9zzuvpq.typeform.com/to/IWF6eaWK?... @lbschool.bsky.social
wait so what does one wear to a launch event. when one is the author. hypothetically
kids these days with their memes. they don’t even know about bredlik
three girls are painting a garage door in front of a house while another girl sits on the sidewalk .
ALT: three girls are painting a garage door in front of a house while another girl sits on the sidewalk .
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Cat Winters@catwintersbooks.bsky.social · last yr.Movie you've seen more than six times, no Star Wars or Trek or LOTR.
Mentally, we all need to prepare for this to be a typical 5-4 split in SCOTUS. We also need to remember that when it is, enforcement will be school-district level, and it will be specific to the ruling itself. Anything beyond that will tell you everything you need to know about the school itself.
Phil Bildner@philbildner.bsky.social · 2y agoInclusive Education. Today, the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor. In light of recent decisions, I am so concerned about what an unfavorable ruling will mean for LGBTQ+ students. Here is the position of the American Psychological Association. www.apa.org/about/office...
8 newly released or soon to be released middle grade books containing trans rep:
And the right response to transphobes is *always* to uplift trans voices, as a reminder that we have always been here and we will always be here. So here's another stack of recommendations of trans and nonbinary writers writing amazing, fantastical, magical stories for kids.
Hey Blueksy, if you're looking for magic books and magic school books that *aren't* horribly exclusionary, let me share some fantastic examples with you. #BookSky 💙📚
damn the mysterious benedict society really does land spectacularly in these days + times
#kidlit hive mind: i need recs for early middle grade fantasy in the vein of legends of lotus island with LESS THAN 200 PAGES again: LESS THAN 200 pages help me out??
The R.M.S. Titanic departed on its maiden voyage 113 years ago today. Though life was different back then, the social divisions on board the boat can teach us more about modern life now than ever. This poem is from my latest novel, UNSINKABLE CAYENNE. #kidlit
so excited for this!!! 🥰🌈✨
Bookelicious@bookelicious.bsky.social · 2y ago📚 🥳 🎂 ATHLETE IS AGENDER with @katherinelocke.bsky.social Nicole Melleby, @matokah.bsky.social Karina Manta, Isaac Fitzsimons, @mlereads.bsky.social @v-e-tirado.bsky.social! 📅 5-15-25 @ 7:30p ET Register free + pre-order option! 🌈 xuyx9zzuvpq.typeform.com/to/IWF6eaWK?... @lbschool.bsky.social
📚 🥳 🎂 ATHLETE IS AGENDER with @katherinelocke.bsky.social Nicole Melleby, @matokah.bsky.social Karina Manta, Isaac Fitzsimons, @mlereads.bsky.social @v-e-tirado.bsky.social! 📅 5-15-25 @ 7:30p ET Register free + pre-order option! 🌈 xuyx9zzuvpq.typeform.com/to/IWF6eaWK?... @lbschool.bsky.social
has anyone written an author letter that goes out with preview copies? i’m just nervous and have no idea what to say!
IMLS represents 0.0046% of the federal budget! Museums employ 726,000 people and generate $50 billion in economic activity. Look at and save your IMLS state by state data to see how your state benefits from IMLS (before it’s taken down). www.imls.gov/map
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The words of Nikki Giovanni for Trans Day of Visibility
![I think the transgender kids are the bravest kids right now that we see; they’re as brave as my generation was in breaking down segregation. They’re breaking down—I don’t have the word for it right now—but it’s gender prejudice, and [the idea that] somebody has decided that they can tell you who you are, what your name should be, and how you should look.
And those youngsters are saying, “No, I can decide who I am, what my name should be.” Everybody’s mad at me like, You should be a girl because we’ve decided you’re a girl. And they say, “Well, who the hell are you?” I can decide that I’m a boy. And if it makes me happy, what does it mean to you? And I can decide that my name is John. And if you don’t like that my name is Geraldine, why can’t you name yourself? And if the people who know you and love you—or have to talk to you, maybe they don’t even love you but they have to talk to you—you can tell them, “This is my name, and I would like to be referred to in that way.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ykfmixrgdpqrz3d5n7qnzfqq/bafkreieyny6b426wt7yanvwv2uvbi4gm5ofyk7istzf3dcx3oi47v474cm)
oh look it’s me :)) featured by wndb :)) kind of a dream?!
We Need Diverse Books@weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 2y ago8 newly released or soon to be released middle grade books containing trans rep:
several ppl featured in BEYOND THEY/THEM have requested copies?! what?! like i know it’s trans day of visibility & all but these ppl are definitely not supposed to know i exist?! what is going on?!
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public