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Author Padma Venkatraman

@padmatv.bsky.social

THE BRIDGE HOME, BORN BEHIND BARS, SAFE HARBOR, A TIME TO DANCE. WNDB Walter Award winning writer, reader, poet, oceanographer, yoga teacher. K-12 Education. Science, nature, music, art. DEI. “Stories are ships on which we sail oceans of hope.”

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Betsy Bird@fuse8.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The sole Frog and Toad title to win a Newbery Honor (NOT a Caldecott) and we're gonna discuss it today. Are these their strongest stories? Is there a dud in the batch? We talk it over on the @fuse8nkate.bsky.social podcast. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/06/15/f...

Fuse 8 n' Kate: Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel - A Fuse #8 Production

The sole Frog and Toad title to win a Newbery Honor (NOT a Caldecott) and we're gonna discuss it today. Are these their strongest stories? Is there a dud in the batch? We talk it over.

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Author Padma Venkatraman@padmatv.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thanks for publishing our commentary @providencejournal.bsky.social Let’s #fightcensorship and #ProtectPublicSchools and #ProtectPublicLibraries End prejudice and end hate 🌈 #authorsagainstbookbans @aabbri @riaabb www.providencejournal.com/story/opinio...

Federal bill could preempt RI's Freedom to Read law | Opinion

A proposed federal bill, HR 7661, could force schools to ban books on sexuality or transgender people to get funding, the authors say.

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Shannon Gibney@shannongibney.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thanks to my friend and colleague Dr. Silvia Schultermandl, I got to deliver the opening keynote at the University of Munster American Studies conference on kinship tonight. My children were in the audience, and everyone was so gracious and supportive about my work around the kinship of loss. 🙏🏾

A woman talks at conference podium.Photos of three generations of family members posted on an auditorium screen.A woman talks at a podium at a conference.
Author Padma Venkatraman@padmatv.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Standing in solidarity with MTA Rank and File for Palestine actionnetwork.org/forms/stand-...

Stand in Solidarity with Members of the Massachusetts Teachers Association Seeking to Endorse the Campaign to #DroptheADLfromSchools

On Saturday, May 9, 2026, over two-thirds of the delegates at the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) Annual Meeting voted in a straw poll to endorse the campaign to #DroptheADLfromSchools. In a...

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Betsy Bird@fuse8.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Don’t use bicycle slang. Leave that to the boys." We have a ribald and wonderful conversation with @brennajeanneret.bsky.social about her latest picture book, bikes and all. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/05/26/d...

"Don't scream if you meet a Cow." A Bike Is Not Just a Bike Q&A with Brenna Jeanneret - A Fuse #8 Production

"Don’t use bicycle slang. Leave that to the boys." We have a ribald and wonderful conversation with Brenna Jeanneret about her latest picture book, bikes and all.

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Betsy Bird@fuse8.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"what I think is most impressive is the fact that countries worldwide collaborate, exchange climate action ideas, and help one another find solutions." We talk green roofs and alleviating climate anxiety with Victoria Tentler-Kryov today. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/05/07/g...

Green Roofs Galore: It's an OUR CITIES DEPEND ON US Q&A with Victoria Tentler-Kryov - A Fuse #8 Production

"what I think is most impressive is the fact that countries worldwide collaborate, exchange climate action ideas, and help one another find solutions." We talk green roofs and alleviating climate anxi...

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