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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The National Book Foundation has revealed the five finalists for the 2026 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature buff.ly/MTKeTAr

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Lisa Cowan Pineo @lisacowanpineo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

National Little League Month celebrates the values or yourth sports, where teamwork and friendship fosters a sense of belonging. Here are children's books about playing little league baseball, softball or t-ball. ⚾ Book lists in ALT text. #nationallittleleaguemonth #littleleague #kidsbooks #booksky

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Kids book list
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POW! by Charles M. Schulz
STRIKE ZONE by Mike Lupica
DIEGO CHASE, SECOND BASE by Katy Duffield & Karl West
MIAMI JACKSON MAKES THE PLAY by Patricia & Fredrick McKissack
THE GIRL WHO THREW BUTTERFLIES by Mick Cochrane
THE MISSING MITT (HARDY BOYS) by Franklin W. Dixon & Scott Burroughs
STRIKE THREE, MARLEY by John Grogan et al.
THE BASEBALL MYSTERY by Elaine Heney
PLUNKED by Michael Northrop
THE BERENSTAIN BEARS PLAY T-BALL by Stan & Jan Berenstain
FLAT STANLEY AT BAT by Jeff Brown & Macky Pamintuan
ZOMBIE BASEBALL BEATDOWN by Paolo Bacigalupi

THE DOG THAT PITCHED A NO-HITTER by Matt Christopher& Steven Bjorkman
PLAY BALL by Matt Christopher
FORCE OUT by Tim Green
PETE THE CAT: PLAY BALL by James Dean
MY NEW TEAM (LITTLE RHINO) by Ryan Howard & Krystle Howard
THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL by Anita Yasuda & Jorge Santillan
THE DISTANCE TO HOME by Jenn Bishop
FUZZY BASEBALL by John Steven Gurney
SOAR by Joan Bauer
NO FEAR (KING OF THE BENCH) by Steve Moore
ANYBODY'S GAME by Heather Lang & Cecilia Puglesi
STEP UP TO THE PLATE, MARIA SINGH by Uma Krishnaswami

HOW OSCAR INDIGO BROKE THE UNIVERSE (AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN) by David Teague
BASEBALL BUZZ by C.C. Joven
A LONG PITCH HOME by Natalie Dias Lorenzi
OUT OF LEFT FIELD by Ellen Klages
THE RHINO IN RIGHT FIELD by Stacy Dekeyser
DUGOUT: THE ZOMBIE STEALS HOME by Scott Morse
LUPE WONG WON'T DANCE by Donna Barba Higuera
GET A GRIP, WIVY COHEN by Sarah Kapit
LIFE IN THE BALANCE by Jen Petro-Roy
MUCH ADO ABOUT BASEBALL by Rajani LaRocca
FAST PITCH by Nic Stone
IT'S A HIT by Arin Cole Barth & Marika Barth

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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.

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Jenn Bishop @buffalojenn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Totally normal thing to put the MLB trade deadline in your planner so you can know when to stop worrying the Reds will trade Spencer Steer or Hunter Greene.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I can't breathe the air, I can't eat lettuce, I can't afford gas, and my kids have measles. But at least now our soldiers will have enough testosterone.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Meanwhile, here’s how Ohio’s governor, a Republican, responded to today’s decision.

X post from Jonathan Martin: Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued the following statement on the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Mullin v. Doe, regarding Temporary Protected Status (TPS):

"Today, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling allowing Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to be canceled or expire.

"Today’s decision is a legal decision. As I have stated in the past, the policy to remove these individuals from this country is a mistake.

"As a result of today’s ruling, the over 10,000 Haitians who have been living in Ohio (mostly in the Springfield area) legally through TPS will now be here illegally and will be subject to immediate deportation. This also means that while these Haitians were working and contributing to our community and economy yesterday, today it is now illegal to employ them.

"The situation in Haiti could hardly be much worse. The violent gangs run most of the country. The government barely functions. And, the economy is in shambles.
"Further, our federal government has an advisory against traveling to Haiti, and our Federal Aviation Administration prohibits U.S. carriers from flying there because of the danger to planes of being shot at by the gangs.

"But, more importantly, changing the immigration status of these individuals is not in the best interest of the United States nor Ohio."

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 16/06/2026

I keep seeing book banners framed as concerned parents. I've talked with dozens of political operatives who ban books, not a single one of them has been a parent of a child in said district. If they have offspring at all, they're 47 years old, and have been no contact since the divorce.

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Misty Wilson @mistywilsonwrites.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

COVER REVEAL for my new middle grade graphic novel with @downpourdw.bsky.social!!! a fictionalized version of my real-life story, when i found out the person i grew up believing was my dad wasn't actually my bio dad. releases 2/23/27 with harpercollins!

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Cover Reveal: Almost True by @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social Illustrator Credit: Jen Bricking Designer Credit: Michelle Cunningham Interview: mrschureads.blogspot.com/2026/06/almo...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/06/2026

exactly the right response

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Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Please tell the young people in your life that Victor Wembanyama loves to read. Please tell the young people in your life that Victor Wembanyama loves to read books. Read like Wemby. Books save lives.

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

RIP Marjane Satrapi

Marjane Satrapi artwork from Persepolis showing you girl in hijab w “pink is not ded” on back. She is being grabbed by women in hijabs

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NPR @npr.org · 04/06/2026

Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker was perhaps most well-known for the graphic memoir, and subsequent film, about her life during the Iranian revolution in 1979. n.pr/4e4ODBQ

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Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis,' dies at 56

Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker was perhaps most well-known for the graphic memoir, and subsequent film, about her life during the Iranian revolution in 1979.

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Newly released Fox News poll shows Sherrod Brown (D) leading Sen. Jon Husted (R) by 8 points in the red state of Ohio.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 03/06/2026

What's happening to CBS News is what the tech oligarchs call "parallel" strategy. Buy an existing institution, gut it, and convert it into a right-wing zombie version of itself. They are doing this to media, government, education, biotech, defense tech, etc. Some call it the "Network State."

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 03/06/2026

The absolute bottom of the journalistic barrel is people in the media chiding Scott Pelley for having the gall to confront Bilton. If you want a job licking boots, become a bootlicker. You’re not a journalist.

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Cover Reveal: How To Build a Miracle by @lyndamh.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2026/06/how-... Illustration Credit: Martin Haake

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 29/05/2026

BREAKING: Janice, last surviving member of rock group Dr. Teeth & the Electric Mayhem, disavows any connections to 250th anniversary concert promoted by WH 👇

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Jenn Bishop @buffalojenn.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Hacks finale. <3 <3 <3 Love that show. Love those women. Love their unabashed takedowns of AI this season.

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Tim Karr @timkarr.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

60 Minutes' Sharyn Alfonsi pens a goodbye note slamming Bari Weiss' actions against her "as a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize factually accurate reporting." Read the rest:

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

TLDR: call your house reps to demand they vote NO on 8705 and 7661 Call your senators to demand they vote NO on 2616 All three seek to ban books nationally. All three are the fever dream of bigots. All three must be stopped.

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Joy McCullough @joymccullough.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Happy book birthday to KESTREL TAKES FLIGHT!!! Kestrel is my 7th MG novel but my 1st MG in verse! I hope you'll check it out! It's a JLG Gold Standard Selection w/a star from @thehornbook.bsky.social. And yes, I AM wearing both a sweater and dress I made to match the book!

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

🚨Bad news. A THIRD National book banning bill has passed committee in the house.🚨 Meet the CHARLIE act that will prohibit the teaching of what they call: equity ideology (not white supremacist jingoistic history) More from @authorsabb.bsky.social when we have it. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

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Lee Cronin’s Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

$2.5 trillion well spent.

AI Overview

There is exactly 1 letter "r" in the word "cookie" (c-o-o-k-i-e).

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

The thing about AI is that it’s that episode of the office where Michael listens to every step his GPS tells him even as he sees that he’s driving into a lake except the gps is AI bros and Michael is every ceo of every industry for some reason

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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

On the one-year anniversary of EMPIRE OF AI, I am so, so excited to announce The AI Resist List, a new project that documents examples of resistance to the AI empires around the world 😍 airesistlist.org

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Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

CALL YOUR REPS NOW! SPREAD THE WORD! HR 2616 was snuck onto the calendar for a vote TOMORROW. This is a pro book banning bill which seeks to ban ALL books by or about trans individuals.

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Jenn Bishop @buffalojenn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

::GROANS FOREVER:: Are we going to lose the entire month of May? Asking for a friend.

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Ok. We all had our day to talk shit and be angry. But it's Wednesday now and I'd love to encourage the kidlit community to focus on our real fight. There are now 2 book banning bills introduced on the federal level. 7661, which we largely know about but now 2616, too. It's call your reps o'clock!

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Barbara Dee @barbaradee.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

My hero, Amanda Jones (@librarianjones.com) and I chat on the podcast Always Authors—about Judy Blume, dogs, social media, the terrors of public speaking, and why kids aren’t reading these days.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Apparently, journals, universities and publishers cannot do it but the Oscars can

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/04/2026

“We could see the largest drop in Black representation since the end of Reconstruction." Garrison Hayes, Ari Berman, and Pema Levy discuss the Supreme Court's death blow to the Voting Rights Act of 1965—the law that defeated Jim Crow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajPY...

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“We Could See the Largest Drop in Black Representation Since the End of Reconstruction.”

YouTube video by Mother Jones

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

We must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Oscar Isaac was in the Criterion Closet and he’s the first guy who I think properly understood that he gets all the movies for free and just overloaded the bag

Oscar Isaac shoving movies into a bag that can’t take it anymore

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Sarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

10+ home runs and 8+ SB before team’s 30th game of season, since modern SB rule adopted (1898): 2026 Elly De La Cruz 2002 Vladimir Guerrero 1997 Larry Walker 1996 Barry Bonds 1995 Mo Vaughn 1987 Eric Davis 1922 Ken Williams

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Jenn Bishop @buffalojenn.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Happy cathartic crying to the new Noah Kahan album day to those who celebrate.

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Jenn Bishop @buffalojenn.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Is it just me, or do Sal Stewart and Spencer Steer sound like a pair of private eyes in a film noir?

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Just remember, whatever stats ALA drops, the reality is even worse. A not insignificant number of schools don't report to ALA, and ALA doesn't have the staff in OIF to go out and track down this information. This looks bad, but it's likely worse. www.ala.org/news/2026/04...

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American Library Association releases 2025 Most Challenged Books List as National Library Week Begins

State of America’s Libraries Report reveals 4,235 unique titles challenged in 2025, marking the second-highest total on record

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Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

As the editor of a book on this list, allow me to say again that book banning is a catastrophe for freedom of speech in America. There is no silver lining. It's all harm. You can fight back by calling your reps to demand they vote against HR 7661, which is effectively a national book banning bill.

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The 11 most challenged books of 2025, according to the American Library Association

The ALA says 4,235 titles were challenged at U.S. libraries — the second-highest year on record. Forty percent of the challenged works involved LGBTQ+ subjects or the experiences of people of color.

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Sarah Aronson @saraharonson.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

When The Wire was on, I used to blog all the time about the things I was learning about writing. Today is The Pitt's turn. saraharonson.substack.com/p/writing-le...

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Writing lessons from The Pitt

What I learned from this series

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 18/04/2026

New on the Anthropic settlement from the @authorsguild.org : over 91% (!!) of eligible books were claimed as of the claims deadline (I would not have predicted such a high number!) Looks like the payout will be close to the $3000 originally estimated authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

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Anthropic Settlement Update: 91.3 Percent of Books Claimed in Settlement - The Authors Guild

Yesterday, class counsel in the Bartz v. Anthropic lawsuit filed papers apprising the court that 440,490 of the 482,460 eligible works had been claimed—a remarkable 91.3 percent rate (the typical clas...

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Jenn Bishop @buffalojenn.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I finally did this week and now I can't stop. 7 episodes in the past three days. pretty sure i'll be caught up by the end of next week. it's phenomenal -- most captivating TV i've watched in ages, and I watch a not-small amount of TV

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Jenn Bishop @buffalojenn.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I went and checked my email newsletter to see what I did, because I was pretty sure I didn't use my home address. Mailchimp seems to have accepted this:

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