Happy Book Birthday to SUMMER OF THE TREE ARMY! Congrats, Gloria Whelan & @KirbiFagan!!🌲Sleeping Bear Press SCBWI Michigan

"We can ban all the books they want," she said. "But young people are going to be thinking about these things. And it behooves us to help them." --Michigan children's book author, Jean Alicia Elster

Great interview! Lovely person, effective volunteer and rising children's book author.

A NEW #PBL activity on #LitLinks: Discover the surprise inside the stomach of a #seaturtle Skills include #observation #analysis #writing #scicomm patriciamnewman.com/?p=10348 @SuzanneLipshaw SCBWI Michigan PB Rockiteers 22 #preservicelit #STEMeducation #kidlit #PlasticFreeJuly

Tossing eco-friendly confetti for Nancy Castaldo!! Check out this fantastic #informational book #biodiversity Isle Royale #naturalists 🐺 🐮

My heart breaks for the children in Cassville, Missouri who can now be victims of sanctioned physical assault in their learning environments. reuters.com/world/us/misso…

Emily Golightly (she/her/hers) has chosen wonderful books! Newport Elementary School @authorjasonchin Vivian Kirkfield @HeartRoot_Fire Kaylani Juanita @jtbigelow Luisa Uribe @youngvoart John Schu Veronica Miller Jamison 🎨 Illustrator 👩🏽‍🎨 @EngageReaders @opifan64 @SCBWI #SCBWI #BookTwitter #Librarian #Librarians 1/5

More books! Hilda E Burgos Gaby D'Alessandro Shelly Anand 🍉 Nabi H. Ali @dbhiguera @juliperdomob Erin Entrada Kelly Carlos Hernandez (on hiatus) ✍🏽🎓🎮 @larissatheule scbwi #SCBWI #BookTwitter #Librarian #Librarians #AuthorsOfTwitter #BookTwt #ChildrensBooks #BIPOC #Latinx #AAPI #LGBT #LGBTQIA 3/5

Even more books! A.J. Irving 🩷💜💙 @SarahBskating @holichiwa @thaolamdraws Amy Timberlake jon klassen @dbhiguera @KV_Writes ✨⭐️DanaSanmar⭐️✨ scbwi #SCBWI #BookTwitter #Librarian #Librarians #AuthorsOfTwitter #BookTwt #ChildrensBooks #BIPOC #Latinx #AAPI #WNDB #LGBT #LGBTQIA 4/5

For more information about the scbwi IMPACT & LEGACY FUND scbwi.org/scbwi-impact-a… Promoting all Affinity Groups #RepresentationMatters #Disability #BodyPositivity #MentalHealth #SocioEconomics #Religions #BIPOC #Latinx #AAPI #Native #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality 5/5

Our E & I Team, in partnership with Dr. Currie is presenting "Your Story Represented," showing kids all the possibilities that are open to them. There will be a historical presentation on Elizabeth Denison Forth - among the first black women to own property in Michigan!

Thanks for the intro, SCBWI Impact and Legacy Fund. Let’s do some good stuff together.

Can’t wait to get my hands on this!

Don't miss out!!

About 70 students currently in line to register to vote at Michigan State University. East Lansing clerk has set up a satellite office, and MSU Vote is giving kids golf cart shuttle rides across campus.

School library friends, ⬇️⬇️⬇️mark your calendar for the next cycle of school librarian mini library grants, sponsored by the SCBWI Impact and Legacy Fund SCBWI Impact and Legacy Fund 📚 So happy to help give access to good books for all children ♥️

Fantastic news!!! So happy for you, Federico.