Teachers and librarians, the wonderful @MacKidsSL team is running a great "Series Starter" sweepstakes right now—you could win the first Doggo & Pupper book for your students, plus lots more. 📚🐶🎉
Enter here: bit.ly/ShortandSweetSeries#kidlit
Congratulations, Cece Bell, winner of a 2024 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books Award for Animal Albums! 🎖️
For more content visit: ow.ly/fRFi50U0ISg
Complete list: nytimes.com/card/2024/11/08/…
ALT For My Students,
After the Election
There are still your stories, still stars
in the pine trees. There are still children
making their way back from school, trying
not to step on cracks in the sidewalk,
believing it matters. There are still mothers
kneeling in the ruins, promising
the gunshots aren't coming.
There are still fathers
alone in the night, the wounds in them
like mule-deer in the orchards, trying not
to clack their antlers. There is still
the heart, the moon.
Come, loves, let's stand here
after madness. The world
is not over, only broken.
There are old books, there are horses
in the lemon trees. There are children, still,
waiting in the classrooms, looking up
with tired eyes full of wonder.
Look at them. There is work we have to do.
—Joseph Fasano
"My boughs had never been more laden.
My heart had never been more hopeful.
Because as each child, as each neighbor, as each stranger, placed a wish upon me, they looked at Samar and her parents and said the same thing:
'STAY.'"
🐦⬛🌳🦨
@MacKidsBooks#mglit
What a lovely story of reforestation in Rio de Janeiro and "ecosystem restoration as a tool for fighting the climate crisis." 💚 theguardian.com/global-devel…
One-day sale! Ebook readers, if you haven't already read DOGTOWN, my first #mglit novel with Gennifer @choldenko, it's on sale for $2.99 today only. ❤️🐶
Download here: bit.ly/4fd31Hn@MacKidsBooks
Writing these books with Gennifer @choldenko has been magical. Wallace West's illustrations are absolutely delightful. 🐶🐭
My thanks to everyone who has picked up a #Dogtown book. We're doggone grateful for you all. 💙 @MacKidsBooks
I'm honored to be attending the @ncte Annual Convention in Boston later this month! #NCTE24
Teachers, I can't wait to connect with you. Here are the sessions you can find me at: s1.goeshow.com/ncte/annual/2…
"If we can teach empathy—that every non-human life matters—I think people and tigers will be better off."
A thoughtful piece here from @SmithsonianMag on conservation programs in India that are helping humans and tigers to coexist. #SaveAllSpeciessmithsonianmag.com/science-n…