Manju Beth Howard
@manjubeth.bsky.social
Indian American Writer of PB, CB, MG & Poetry SCBWI Indiana RA Inked Voices PB & MG Critique Groups Experience in DEI, Theater, Marketing & Graphic Design Improv Team, Dog Walker & World Traveler
Teachers! Librarians! Scientists! This is a TEDTalk you won't want to miss. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5cd... Stay curious, my friends. #tlchat #tlsky #skybrarian #edusky
Science is for everyone. Even you! | Jennifer Swanson | TEDxNorthwesternU
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Jane Goodall + International Primate Day = Kinder World
We're celebrating International Primate Day with some of the rescued chimpanzees at Tchimpounga Sanctuary – and with one very important message for you. These and the other brave primates there have been rescued from different situations and scenarios, but now all are safe. Photos: Fernando Turmo
Your #Vote Matters!
Senator Mark Warner@markwarner.bsky.social · 2d agoWow. A whistleblower is confirming our fears: millions of Americans may not receive their mail-in ballot ahead of the midterm elections thanks to Trump’s new policies. They are openly trying to silence your vote. We will keep fighting back. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/u...
Having the lines mellifluously read aloud is even better for engagement and entertainment. #kidlit #poetry #voice www.slj.com/story/22-aud...
22 Audiobooks for Young Fans of Poetry and Novels in Verse
Check out this roundup of poetry audiobooks, all published throughout this year. Some fiction and some nonfiction, some silly, others mightily serious, some somber, others utterly stupendous.
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One more spot open #kidlit illustrators!
Manju Beth Howard@manjubeth.bsky.social · last wk.#Illustrator Event! Karina Granda, Art Director at LBBYR will give 7 written portfolio critiques. On November 14th, each illustrator will have 15 minutes to discuss their artwork and written critique one-on-one with Karina during the two-hour virtual roundtable event. www.scbwi.org/events/INSCB...
Another day. Another recall. Can't wait until this Administration is Recalled! #Vote
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 6d agoGroundwood Books is open to submissions from August 1–September 30. #kidlit houseofanansi.com/pages/ground...
Inside India's textile workshops, sheets of foam are cut, heat molded and hand stitched into mats before they ever reach a store shelf.
All these secondary plots complement and deepen the main narrative arc. #mglit www.writingmastery.com/blog/craftin...
Crafting Effective Subplots
Master crafting compelling subplots! Explore different types of subplots, their functions, and examples to deepen your novel and heighten its tension.
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Perfecting your Pitch Editor, author, and educator Emma Walton Hamilton will show you how to distill your story into a clear, compelling pitch that highlights its hook, heart, and market appeal without giving away the entire plot. #kidlit www.scbwi.org/events/MD-pe...
ATTN TEXANS: check your voter registration ASAP, even if you don’t think you were impacted. 1.2 million is a lot of people! www.votetexas.gov/register-to-...
More than 1.2 million Texans' voter registrations are suspended
Some voters dropped from Texas voting rolls may not be aware until they show up to cast a ballot. More than 1.2 million Texans are on the state's Voter
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"Publishing works best when both sides remain open, collaborative, and thoughtful. The process is less about surrendering artistic identity and more about helping the book become its strongest possible self." #kidlit emmawaltonhamilton.com/blog/how-muc...
How Much Creative Control Do Authors Really Have? - Emma Walton Hamilton
Aspiring authors are often nervous about the possibility of losing creative control once they enter the publishing world. Will editors change everything? Will illustrators change the vision? Will publ...
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Climate change is causing glaciers to retreat and become less stable, upping the odds of catastrophic collapses. www.wired.com/story/rising...
How Rising Temperatures Likely Contributed to Nepal’s Deadly Flood
Climate change is causing glaciers to retreat and become less stable, upping the odds of catastrophic collapses.
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Science Friday is diving into the ocean for our next Book Club pick! 🌊 Helen Scales (@helenscales.bsky.social) gave us a sneak peek into her incredible book, "What the Wild Sea Can Be: The Future of the World's Ocean” and will be answering your questions in a livestream next month.
The field is set and I’m ready to bring this election home.
A "blood moon" is a-risin'. This week, 96 percent of the moon will be eclipsed, turning its milky face a bloody red. Here’s how to see it.
You need to see the ‘blood moon’ lunar eclipse this week
This near-total eclipse will be visible from the Americas, Africa and Europe—here’s how to see it
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Indonesia says it has only 1325-1648 elephants left the wild. That's down from 2400-2800 in 2007, a decline of 41-45%. New story by @rochmyaningsih.bsky.social for @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/08/only...
Only 1,325-1,648 wild elephants left in Indonesia, government says
A new 10-year plan for elephant conservation released by the Indonesian government places the country’s wild elephant population at an estimated 1,325-1,648 individuals. The previous figure, published...
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The Supreme Court did not ban mail-in voting. It did not eliminate absentee ballots. It did change election procedures 71 days out from election day! Here's Indiana's New #Vote by Mail Rules - www.in.gov/sos/election...
Absentee Voting
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#Illustrator Event! Karina Granda, Art Director at LBBYR will give 7 written portfolio critiques. On November 14th, each illustrator will have 15 minutes to discuss their artwork and written critique one-on-one with Karina during the two-hour virtual roundtable event. www.scbwi.org/events/INSCB...
“They’re totally missing any sense of stewardship toward the ocean that supports all of us and belongs to all of us.” insideclimatenews.org/news/1808202...
NOAA’s New Priorities Put Profits Ahead of Marine Protections - Inside Climate News
The agency directed the nation’s regional fisheries councils to scrap certain marine protected areas, remove species from conservation lists and expand commercial fishing operations.
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If you want to go to a trade school, great? Think college isn’t for you? Ok. But that’s not what this is, this is the government trying to do culture war social engineering while also staring down their noses at poor kids and preemptively deciding things like: I don’t want you as my doctor, next
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoBASH: One of the things that's happening is there's a push to start students down a trade school track as early as elementary school. Is that too early? LINDA McMAHON: I don't think so BASH: But elementary school? McMAHON: I think you can have some introduction of skilled trades in elementary
What Donald Trump is doing to innocent children is morally abhorrent.
AI-infused Harassment Strikingly, every single one of the many smart glasses videos we found were captured by teen boys — and their bad behavior was overwhelmingly directed at girls. futurism.com/artificial-i...
Teen Boys Are Using Meta Glasses to Harass and Bully Girls at High Schools and Middle Schools
Teen boys are using Meta's AI glasses to harass and bully victims -- overwhelmingly girls -- at middle schools and high schools.
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