Susan Hood
@susanhood.bsky.social
Award-winning children's book author of LIFEBOAT 12, ADA'S VIOLIN, ALIAS ANNA, HARBORING HOPE, THE LAST STRAW, SHAKING THINGS UP, and more. Rep: Brenda Bowen, The Book Group. susanhoodbooks.com New: LIFEBOAT 5!
Thank you! This is a book that changed my life as an author and I’m forever grateful to Ada, Favio and the amazing Recycled Orchestra!
Simon Smith@smithsmm.bsky.social · last yr.“Ada’s Violin” by @susanhood.bsky.social and #SallyWernComport is a fantastic true story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay. It is full of dreams. It celebrate a community that put its children first and gave them hope. The vibrant collage art makes the book sing #PicturebookPage
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million. How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65 Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
If I decide one day that speed limits don't apply to me and break them at will, I will get a ticket. If I ignore tax laws, I will go to jail for breaking tax laws. These people are breaking the law and we should use that language to describe their actions
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com How Americans and the world handle Donald Trump "will determine much about the next four years, and it will ask much from all of us," the New York Times editorial board writes. "We must meet the moment." Read more here: nyti.ms/4hrd4Kd
Opinion | Now Is Not the Time to Tune Out
Trump’s presidency demands your attention.
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Congrats @mrschureads.bsky.social for your Schneider Family Book Honor for Louder Than Hunger! So happy for you!
Massachusetts readers - Please join me and 60 other great authors this Saturday, December 14th in Newton for the first Newton Children's Book Festival! Signed books make GREAT gifts! newtonchildrensbookfest.com
Me too. Will you have tape? Haha!
Josh Funk@joshfunkbooks.bsky.social · 2y agoThis Saturday I'll be here 📍
Thank you, Kristin! Glad you could join us at #NCTE!
Kristin Ziemke is having a BOOK LAUNCH@kristinziemke.bsky.social · 2y agoJust finished Lifeboat 5 by @susanhood.bsky.social! Heard her speak at #ncte24 on books to celebrate forgiveness and I’m so glad I picked it up! WWII TRUE STORY of 2 girls who attempted to flee England & travel to 🇨🇦 but their ship was struck by a German torpedo. Perfect for 4th-8th. #kidlit
Hello to all my new followers! I’m excited to see many friends I knew on that old site that we x-ed out of our lives.Glad you’re here!
And Wired story here: www.wired.com/story/press-...
Senate Democrats Are Running Out of Time to Pass a Shield Law to Protect Journalism
The PRESS Act, which would protect journalists from government spying, enjoys broad bipartisan support and has passed the House—but it’s unclear whether the Senate will take it up.
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Helpful wise words. Thanks, Kate!
Kate Messner@katemessner.com · 2y agoWriter friends! If you're having a tough time focusing on your novel right now, try doing some writing off-draft, in a separate document. Here are three Small Assignments you can try to keep working, even when it's hard to focus: 1/4
I created this starter pack for #VerseNovel authors yesterday while waiting in car line to pick up my daughter. If you see authors who are here who I’ve missed, could you tag them so I can add them? ❤️ go.bsky.app/HJUWbCY
*New* on my blog: I'm excited to host the official #PBRisingStars Mentors Announcement: debbieohi.com/2024/02/pb-r... This 3mo picture bk mentorship program pairs authors, illus, & author-illus w/ experienced mentors for one-on-one development. Organized by @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social & Kailei Pew.
Can't wait to talk to kids in Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin this Wednesday for World Read Aloud Day! #WRAD #WorldReadAloudDay
Happy to see #Wojtek, my favorite bear, mentioned in this article about heroic wartime animals. There's a book in each one of these brave critters! #BrothersinArms #HarperCollins historyfacts.com/world-histor...
Congratulations to Dhonielle Clayton. What a feature in today’s New York Times! www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/b...
The Book World Still Isn’t Diverse. Dhonielle Clayton Is Trying to Change That.
Her solution? A packaging business that sells ideas for commercial genre fiction featuring characters from broadly diverse backgrounds.
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I look forward to this all year. Why have just a Top Ten when you can have 31 Days and 31 Lists? afuse8production.slj.com/2023/11/30/t...
Can't wait for WRAD! (Thanks, Kate!)
Kate Messner@katemessner.com · 3y agoTeachers & librarians! Hundreds of authors have signed up to offer free virtual read-alouds for LitWorld's World Read Aloud Day in February! If you'd like the full list & authors' contact info, it'll be in my email newsletter next week! Sign up here: katemessner.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Thanks to Fresh Bookology www.bookologymagazine.com for highlighting @fuse8.bsky.social's list of #kidlit statues in the US: tinyurl.com/yacck98u Know others? Let Betsy know!
I always love reading Travis Jonker's Most Astonishingly Unconventional Children's Books of the Year. Here's to books that push the limits, that flex our imaginations! 100scopenotes.com/2023/11/21/t...
#NumbertheStars by #LoisLowry may be my fav #HF #MG book. It's why I wrote #HarboringHope, a #NF story of a girl in the Danish Resistance. And now, oh my stars! We are BOTH speaking Sun, 11/19 @MJH NY Book Festival. I'm at 11am and #LoisLowry at 3pm. Join us! tinyurl.com/3n29nbaa
