Sometimes all you need is the space to write and an encouraging note from someone you admire very much.
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Sometimes all you need is the space to write and an encouraging note from someone you admire very much.
#writing #litfest2025 #lighthousewritersworkshop #booksky
This week, I officially started working with @ghostslazy.bsky.social to bring one of my favorite manuscripts to life! Stoked to work with this talented artist on Marnie & The Floating Thoughts, coming soonish to a Kickstarter near you.
#BookSky #PictureBooks #ReadingWithZ #SelfPublishing
New Yorkers, I’m part of a group called NYC Public Library Action Network. We want mayoral candidates to commit to dedicating one half of one percent of the city’s annual expense budget to our libraries. Check out our letter and sign on here!
A toddler wearing a pink fuzzy sweater crawls over picture books, with her mother cross-legged nearby
Grateful for the flexibility work gives me. Took Z to library storytime today. She pulled 5 books out to bring home, with absolutely no rhyme or reason.
I'm exhausted & sad, so discovering these stories with her will be a small bright spot this weekend.
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I am so, so, so angry. You probably are too. I threw together a few thoughts for this new issue of Reading with Z. There's too much to cover, but every little bit we do to resist MATTERS.
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A call to action: Our organizing sister Danielle Monique has posted this brave and insightful essay on her experience working at the Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). We salute her courage and honesty. KEY POINTS INCLUDE: —SCBWI leadership planned to put out a post supporting Israel as it was committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. —After Daniel Monqiue spoke about this and other forms of zionism and racism at the org, SCBWI fired her for “insubordination.” — The CA Civil Rights Board has opened a case on SCBWI related to this
While this is not a call for a full boycott of SCBWI, we urge members of the kid lit community to consider how we use our platforms, who we uplift, what messages we're sending with our words and actions. SPEAK OUT! Over a year ago the children of Gaza held a press conference to beg the world to stop the genocide against them. The world, including SCBWI and PEN America, ignored them. But we don't have to. SPEAK OUT!
We believe the kid lit community needs to have an open, honest dialogue about organizations that represent us openly supporting genocide, including the murder of tens of thousands of children, and internally punishing pro-Palestinian voices. We cannot claim to be on the side of humanity, or children, or freedom, on the one hand and support all the opposite things with our actions. When we continue to invest our energy, time, money, creativity, and names to organizations that support genocide, we deepen our own complicity and help whitewash the ongoing atrocities
We believe we can do better, as authors, illustrators, readers, publishers, a community, we can do better. We can choose where we give our resources, how we speak out, how we respond to silence and silencing.
The Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) planned to put out a statement supporting Israel while it commits genocide. Danielle Monique spoke up and was fired for insubordination. We have to do better in the kid lit community.
The second issue of Reading with Z went out today! If you're shopping for little ones, I've got a little guide for you at the end of the newsletter on great books for last-minute gifts! #picturebook #giftguide #kidlit #readingwithz
Two kids hold up books. Text reads "our work has never been more important. A future built in literacy is a brighter future for all." The Reading Partners and Colorado Gives Day logos are at the bottom.
My day job is fundraising for Reading Partners CO, an incredible org working to make sure we have a literate society, with a focus on serving systemically disadvantaged youth. Please join me in making a donation today. As a bonus, all gifts will be doubled today, up to $6k!
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I actually had to put a Tile on my cat because he kept locking himself in random closets for hours at a time. He hates it, but we lose him less now.
A small child runs down a walkway between bookshelves
Seeing how happy my kid is in a bookstore always gives me hope that I'm doing *something* right. #readingwithz #childrensbooks #thebookies #indiebookstores #shoplocal
Today is gross, and I debated my timing here. But reading builds empathy and understanding. That's what I want for my kid & for our world. So picture books matter! First edition of my newsletter with pb reviews launches tonight #pb #childrensbooks #readingwithz
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Perfect spooky season story!
Adorable! Good luck :)
Cute! Love the illustrations. Good luck!
This looks beautiful! Good luck!
I love this idea!
Tazzy, an energetic pup, is challenged by anxiety when her family makes a big move. With the help of friends new and old, she learns how to manage her awful tizzies. TAZZY IN A TIZZY combines gentle messages about mental health and the power of community. #skypitch #sel #own #dis
Our narrator introduces us to the "boring" items in their home that hold unseen beauty. HIDDEN TREASURES is a story of discovery, creativity, and love, that teachers can use to guide a unique show&tell and families can use to share memories across generations. #skypitch #c #i #sel
Marnie is practically bursting with great ideas. But she has a problem: Her ideas float away before she can act on them. MARNIE & THE FLOATING THOUGHTS is an accessible entry point for children and caregivers to learn about executive dysfunction. #skypitch #sel #own #dis