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Librarianchica @librarianchica.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

September is here, gente! We are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with picture books that focus on Latinx history and experiences! 16. APAPACHO LOVE, 2026 Author: @cynthiaharmony.bsky.social Illustrator: www.erikameza.com #booksky 📚💙 #picturebooks

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Penguin School & Library @penguinschoollib.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

A heartwarming tale of a girl waiting for her beloved Papá to return when the monarchs fly south to their home in Mexico. FOUR STARS for Cynthia Harmony and Devon Holzwarth's A FLICKER OF HOPE: A STORY OF MIGRATION.

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skooks @skookses.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

30) "A Flicker of Hope" by Cynthia Harmony illus by Devon Holzworth: A simple but beautiful juxtaposition of the migration patterns of monarch butterflies with the migration of human field workers from Mexico to the US.

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Cynthia Harmony @cynthiaharmony.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

So excited to team up with @aventurasenesl.bsky.social and be part of the most wonderful @lkbfstorytellers.bsky.social again! This one is all about 🩷 porque los latinos sabemos y vivimos este tema, no se lo pierdan!

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Mx. Maggi Rohde @cephalophore.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

A FLICKER OF HOPE by Cynthia Harmony. A girl experiences her father’s long journey to the US for seasonal work with patience and hope. The connection to monarch migration and the seasonal colors in Holzwarth’s illustrations make this a compelling read. #kidlit www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...

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A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration

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Mama Nona @mamanona.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Today’s #readaloud

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Maritere R. Bellas @maritererbellas.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Excited to be back with my occasional Pa'Lante IG Live Series highlighting Latinx/BIPOC authors and #biligualparenting resources. Our guest this WED is author @cynthiaharmony.bsky.social Join me and learn more about Cynthia, her books, motherhood and more. 4pm pst #writingcommunity #auhtorslife

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Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Happy Book Birthday to Apapacho Love by @cynthiaharmony.bsky.social & Erika Meza, a gorgeous picture book featuring a Mexican American family that’s as comforting as a warm embrace—great for readalouds, storytime, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and baby gifts! #edusky #valentinesday bit.ly/4591U8W

A story about hugs from the heart

Apapacho Love

written by Cynthia Harmony
illustrated by Erika Meza

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Cynthia Harmony @cynthiaharmony.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Librarian, educators & bookseller friends... APAPACHO LOVE Digital Arc is now available on Edelweiss. Hope you can take a look and give some 💗 to this book about love, when we need it most! Coming out in 7 weeks from @fsgbooks.bsky.social Gracias y apapachos 🤗 www.edelweiss.plus#keywordSearc...

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Dear parents: You see all this stupidity going around? Please read to your kids. Let them see you reading. Keep books around. Buy them books if you can. Show them how cool the library is. Tell them book banning is bad. Make reading part of their lives. It helps make good people.

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Bruce Hinze @brucehinze.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

We’re thrilled to share a first look at the beautiful cover for APAPACHO LOVE, written by @cynthiaharmony.bsky.social and illustrated by @erikadraws.bsky.social! APAPACHO LOVE will be published by FSG Young Readers and released on January 13th, 2025. 📖 Learn more: bit.ly/4kkpl4s

Graphic with a swirling background made up of alternating light pink and dark pink stripes. At the top, in curved yellow letters are the words, “Cover Reveal.” Beneath is a thumbnail image of the book cover for “Apapacho Love,” written by Cynthia Harmony and illustrated by Erika Meza. The cover shows a Latine child embracing their parent in a warm hug, as yellow sparks and squiggles emerge from behind them. At the bottom of the graphic is the book’s release date, which is January 13th, 2026.

Graphic with a swirling background made up of alternating light pink and dark pink stripes. At the center is a pink box with rounded corners containing a brief synopsis for the upcoming picture book, “Apapacho Love,” written by Cynthia Harmony and illustrated by Erika Meza. The summary reads as follows: “Every day for Luna starts and ends with Mami’s apapachos. Her warm cuddles fill Luna's heart, like stars fill the sky. They make her feel safe. They make her feel seen. But, oh no, Mami has to take a trip! What will Luna do without Mami's hugs? Maybe…apapachos can come from other people, too. Like Abue’s, which makes Luna feel brave. And Daddy’s, which makes her giggle. Not to mention her dog, Benito’s wet nuzzle which tells her to rise and shine with a smile. It turns out even when Mami’s far away, her love is all around. Apapacho love is everywhere! A gorgeous picture book featuring a Mexican American family that’s as comforting as a warm embrace – great for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, and baby gifts!”

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Cynthia Harmony @cynthiaharmony.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Tucson friends: workshop for children Saturday March 15th 2.30pm Education Room 349 and book signing, see you soon! #kidlit #booksigning #tucsonfestivalofbooks

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Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Here’s what I (truly!!!) don’t understand — why? Isn’t? There? Backlash???! Like WHY IS IT ALLOWED??? TO JUST REVERSE??? A CENTURY OF DIPLOMACY??? OFFEND OUR ALLIES??? SIDE WITH OUR ENEMIES??? WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS HAPPENING????

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 28/02/2025

For the record, do I think a one-day boycott is going to make much of an economic impact? No. Do I think that a sort of "Baby's First Boycott," performative though it is, might be useful to make some folks aware of the impact of their economic power, and how it might be wielded politically? Maybe.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Striking how easily you can get millions of people to vote for a boot on their own face just by lying to them about the boot going on someone else's face.

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Cynthia Harmony @cynthiaharmony.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Because young people dream, hope, and dare. I was one of them when I voted in my first presidential election in Mexico, my generation didn’t listen to the “adults” and ended a 70 yo corrupt regime. Young people hold change and stories can reaffirm and strengthen that truth.

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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

PEN America: Trump Administration’s EO, 'Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling,' claims to undo indoctrination, but in fact enforces its own ideological conformity on public education and poses a serious threat to free expression in education. pen.org/press-releas...

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White House Executive Order Risks Pushing Diverse Viewpoints, Identities and Histories Out of Classrooms Nationwide - PEN America

The Trump Administration’s Executive Order, ‘Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling’, claims to undo indoctrination, but in fact enforces its own ideological conformity on public education an...

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Christopher Pepper (He/Him) @mrpepper.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

“President Trump issued an executive order to find out what education funds he can legally rescind based on curriculum he doesn’t like. Existing law already answers that question — nothing.” - California Dept. Of Education

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

What can you do about book banning? How can you support essential public institutions of democracy like public libraries and public schools? Want to understand why "school choice" is an outright lie? I've got OVER FOUR YEARS of those answers and more in this pinned thread.

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Rhode Island Authors Against Book Bans @aabbri.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Authors Against Book Bans responds to the DOE statement supporting book banning in American public schools

The Authors Against Book Bans statement about the DOE rollback on Book Bans is on our Instagram account now, and will be disseminated to media outlets tomorrow.

AUTHORS AGAINST BOOK BANS
RESPONSE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION’S STATEMENT SUPPORTING BOOK BANS IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS

Today, the Department of Education announced plans to dismiss eleven outstanding complaints against book bans, and to eliminate the position of Book Ban Coordinator at the Office of Civil Rights (OCR). This distortion of the intended work of the OCR–the protection of civil rights and students’ freedoms in our nation's schools–is negligent, grossly un-American, and in direct conflict with freedom of speech, a bedrock right enshrined in the Constitution.

Authors Against Book Bans unequivocally stands against all such attempts at censorship and discrimination. We stand with families, students and educators across the country who exercise free speech every time they open a book, and with the 71% of Americans who are opposed to book bans. Book bans do not protect children; history teaches us that they are a terrifying step toward tyranny.

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Sarah Aronson @saraharonson.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

In case you missed this quote:

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JLMeyer @jenniferlmeyer.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Book people!! Check this out about getting books to LA❤️

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Cynthia Harmony @cynthiaharmony.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

A FLICKER OF HOPE wins an NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book award!! And it was also included in the Chicago Public Library Best Books of 2024! 🎉 🎉 www.nsta.org/outstanding-... www.chipublib.org/news/cpl-bes... #kidlit

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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12 2025

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 13/09/2024

(ugh, has exacerbated***) it's a messy time to be a creator, so as always, my plea to you is to be vocal about the art you enjoy -- like excessively vocal. support creators in whatever way you can: sign up for newsletters, repost their work, request books/comics from your local indies & libraries

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 10/09/2024

To complete the causal chain: 1) Writing/illustrating children's books is noble. 2) It's noble because it can lead children to become readers. 3) Readers benefit from reading. 4) Nations benefit from readers. 5) An electorate who reads freely and for pleasure is less likely to fall prey to fascism.

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Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic @grubreport.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

"...the website formerly known as twitter - is an absolute dumpster fire. I wouldn't participate in a pitch event on X if you paid me actual American dollars. The publishers who are still there are making a mistake and should STOP being there. For real." www.tumblr.com/literaticat/...

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Ask the Agent:

I have been out of the publishing scene for two years due to life. Where does publishing live nowadays on social media? Is twitter still the preferred platform to interact and follow folks in the pub…

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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social · 02/08/2024

"Make being a book banner an unelectable offense, and we still stop seeing candidates use bans as a springboard for their own political relevance." Thank you for this piece, Maggie! #BanBookBans

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 17/07/2024

If you're feeling like Project 2025 is farfetched and won't reach fruition, I beg you to read this essay from Kelly Jensen about how the framework for it has been built under and around us for years. It's achievable bc facets of it have been ACHIEVED. wellsourced.substack.com/p/youve-alre...

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You've Already Been Living The Project 2025 Test Drive

Shock over public school closures, public library book bans, ending of child labor laws–this *is* the plan.

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Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social · 10/07/2024

Authors of critically acclaimed (but not best-selling) children's/YA fiction: Consider applying for PEN's Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Grant -- apps close 8/1 More info here: pen.submittable.com/submit/28910... A list of past winners here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEN%2FP... ht @sn0vember.bsky.social

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PEN America - 2025 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Grant for Children's and Young Adult Novelists

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 27/06/2024

If you're an author/anthology editor or contributor/translator/illustrator and ESP if you are one of those and reposted this post, PLEASE join us: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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AABB Author Sign-Up Form

Hello! We're Authors Against Book Bans, a group of authors who’ve come together to protect and promote the freedom to read on both the national and local levels. We’re creating a network of authors to...

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Cynthia Harmony @cynthiaharmony.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

Oh so happy to see A Flicker of Hope included in this list, both audiobooks narrated by Victoria Villarreal in English and Spanish are absolute gems! And it was such a treat to get to record my own author's note! bookriot.com/compelling-n... #kidlit

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11 Compelling Nonfiction Audiobooks for Children

These weird, wacky, and compelling nonfiction audiobooks for children will have kids reciting fun facts all summer.

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Read Your World @readyourworld.bsky.social · 30/04/2024

Don't miss our IG live with @cynthiaharmony.bsky.social & Devon Holzwarth, Thurs., 5/2/24, 2 pm ET! A Flicker of Hope is a heartwarming story about migration and the power of family and nature, both of which know no borders: www.instagram.com/readyourworl... #ReadYourWorld #kidlit

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Carmela Simmons Writes @carmelasimmons.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

@cynthiaharmony.bsky.social Your new Flicker of Hope looks spectacular! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ¡Felicitaciones!

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Cynthia Harmony @cynthiaharmony.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

Mi Ciudad Sings is a Wonderbook, so kids can listen to the audio while reading (brilliant!) Librarians and teachers can foster literacy and bilingual skills 👇 shop.playaway.com/products/mi-... And A FLICKER OF HOPE and UN ALETEO DE ESPERANZA will be sublicensed in the Spring too! 🥳

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 05/12/2023

World Read Aloud Day is coming up on February 7, 2024, and hundreds of authors & illustrators have volunteered to Zoom into classrooms & libraries for virtual read-alouds on that day! Want one to visit your readers? Here's all the info: katemessner.com/zoom-with-an...

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

As this wild weekend of holiday shopping approaches, don't forget to visit your local bookseller and purchase an incredible amount of books. BE WARNED. Being mean to an indie bookseller this weekend results in an ancient curse that renders you unable to write a synopsis.

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 17/11/2023

If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement on days they want to take up scorpion petting." - @lianabrooks.bsky.social Thanks also to those contributing to the Bluesky community's KidLit/YA Book Recommendation Feed !

Drawing of crazed-looking face wearing glasses, with messy purple and blue hair, with handwritten quote: "If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement on days they want to take up scorpion petting." - by Liana Brooks. Drawing by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. A paint brush lies on the drawing.

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