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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

There are still so many amazing queer 2026 releases to look forward to in the second half of the year! That's why we’ve compiled a handful of upcoming releases for each month between now and the end of the year that you can proudly pre-order today 😉🌈📖🧵

Light purple graphic with curved rainbow stripes cutting across the top half. Beneath the rainbow is an illustration of an open book with a rainbow-colored heart displayed on the pages, followed by the title “Thirty-Six Books to Pre-Order with Pride”.

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

We've pulled phone scripts for all three book banning bills into one place. Use them, adapt them, share them with your community

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Phone Scripts for Calling Representatives - Google Drive

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Devyn Douvier 💖💜💙 @devyndouvier.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Today I went in two local bookstores with my six year old. These two short shopping trips brought up the questions “What is liberation?” “What is facism?” And “What is ICE and why isn’t it welcome here?”. And this is why I will always support my local bookstores.

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education. This is updated regularly!

Image of the tops of books in a herringbone pattern. They are in a rainbow gradient. The center of the image has a green textbox with the words "Resources for fighting book censorship, library challenges, and more."

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

Here's a video explainer for the now THREE federal book banning bills that could impact EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE NATION.

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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

HR 2616, text below, just passed today in the House. Now it's time to call your Senators & tell them to vote NO ON HR 2616/S 2251 (and the very similar bills: HR 2617 & HR 7661 which aim to ban all trans books from every public school in the country!) www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

A BILL

To require public elementary and middle schools that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to obtain parental consent before changing a minor’s gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form or sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms.

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Parental Rights Over The Education and Care of Their Kids Act ” or the “PROTECT Kids Act”.

SEC. 2. Parental consent requirement related to gender markers, pronouns, and preferred names on school forms and sex-based accommodations.

(a) Requirement.—As a condition of receiving funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), a public school that receives funds under such Act shall obtain parental consent before changing a covered student’s—

(1) gender markers, pronouns, or preferred name on any school form; or

(2) sex-based accommodations, including locker rooms or bathrooms.

(b) Definitions.—In this section:

(1) COVERED STUDENT.—The term “covered student” means a minor who is—

(A) an elementary school student; or

(B) a student in any of the middle grades.

(2) ESEA TERMS.—The terms “elementary school”, “middle grades”, and “parent” have the meanings given such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).

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Devyn Douvier 💖💜💙 @devyndouvier.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This! I feel this is my bones, both as someone who is writing the kind of books I needed as a child, and as the mother of a child who is currently fixated on a children’s book about quantum physics.

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Devyn Douvier 💖💜💙 @devyndouvier.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

My six year old asked if he’s a teenager yet and I laughed. Then he asked if he’s halfway to a teenager and I almost cried.

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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Was going to repost without a quote, but then realized I did want to add something for my audience specifically: KidLit folks, I know many of you are there. I can't stress enough, I will not read your Substack or share it. We are frontline defense for children. Get out of the Nazi bar, *please*.

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Devyn Douvier 💖💜💙 @devyndouvier.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I can’t think of a better time than #BannedBooksWeek to share this announcement . What started as a poem about LGBTQIA+ book bans back in 2023, will now be a picture book illustrated by Evan Turk! So grateful to @agentstefanie.bsky.social and Millie Von Platen for believing in this book!

Deal announcement reads “Millie Von Platen at Astra House has acquired world rights to We Will Not Hide Our Pride by debut author Devyn Douvier (l.), illustrated by Evan Turk, celebrating the diverse achievements of the LGBTQ+ community past and present and affirming all that is possible for children to achieve, even in the face of prejudice. Publication is planned for spring 2028; Stefanie Molina-Santos, now at Looking Glass Literary Agency, represented the author while at Ladderbird Literary Agency, and Brenda Bowen at the Book Group represented the illustrator.”

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School Library Journal @slj.com · 19/07/2025

The nine picture books cited in Mahmoud v. Taylor are not pornography. Nor are they obscene. "What is obscene is a Supreme Court decision that denies the basic humanity and equality of LGBTQIA+ people."

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The Ugly Stereotype Beneath the Supreme Court Ruling on LGBTQIA+ Books

The nine picture books cited in Mahmoud v. Taylor are not pornography. Nor are they obscene. What is obscene is a Supreme Court decision that denies the basic humanity and equality of LGBTQIA+ people.

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Leilani (she/her) @glittergremlei.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” Baldwin said it best.

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Jeremy O'Kelley @jeremyokelley.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

In a culture where the leaders proclaim empathy a sin, kindness becomes punk rock.

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

If you think anyone deserves to suffer or die because they live in the South, please block me.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins

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Courtney Nguyen @fortydeucetwits.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

i am BEGGING you before you pop off about paywalls to go to your local library's website and scroll through their digital resources. mine gives me access to NYT, WSJ, WaPo and if its linked with PressReader or a similar app, all the news magazines, sports, fashion, hobby etc. FOR FREE.

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Halloween Rex @katyrex.meatjacker.social · 30/05/2025

With alt text for our comrades who use screen readers ❤️

Flyer: Finland Didn't End Homelessness With Magic.

They Just Didn't Treat It Like a Business Plan.

You can still run a café. Start a band. Sell socks online. Capitalism still works in Finland.

But they decided that housing people didn't need to turn a profit.

Because sometimes, the moral thing is the practical thing. And no one thrives when their neighbour is sleeping in a tent by the river.

You can't KPI your way out of a crisis. Sometimes, you just have to give a damn.

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Devyn Douvier 💖💜💙 @devyndouvier.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I absolutely adore this book! And the author is pretty great too. ❤️ @sabrinashahauthor.bsky.social

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Chloe Ito Ward @chloeitoward.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

#Kidlit friends 💔 Please share this far and wide Our dear friend, Trenise Sabin, was the victim of a major burglary over the weekend. She and her husband Travis have lost everything— from clothing and appliances to irreplaceable items from their recent wedding and the urn gofund.me/ce50d993

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Medusa's Minion @medusasminion.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Now is a good time to support your favorite small, indie, BIPOC-owned, queer-owned, disable-owned businesses & mutual aid groups! Here's a list of local St. Louis groups I made a while back. Please share your fave businesses & mutual aid groups. sarajschmidt.wordpress.com/st-louis-mut...

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Chris WoooOOOOooomack @hollowoak.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

The kids on Tumblr know what's what

Tumblr post by:
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Jun 18, 2024

i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: what we want is for these things to be run like a HOUSEHOLD… a home. A household still has a budget and an income and resources to manage; all the moving parts are the same but the focus is different.

a business will let every person in it die a terrible death if it makes the business profit. A household will spend it’s last dollar to keep the people in it safe and healthy.

A household will use money as a resource to add value to the lives of the people in the household. A business will use people as a resource to add monetary value to the business

We don’t want a government run like a business, we want a country run like a household. Because we live here.

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing

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Dana Alison Levy (she/her) @danaalisonlevy.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

CALLING ALL #kidlit #edusky #schoolvisit #booksky #kidlitsky #skybrarian peeps! Please join this incredible lineup of authors in our first ever FREEDOM READ-IN on MAY 9! 📕Free 📙All day (10-3 EST) 📘Virtual 📗All ages Morning: crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1 Afternoon: crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso

Support Freedom to Read Efforts Across the US
Freedom Read-In
20 Acclaimed Authors - 5 Hours
Free, Live, Online Event
May 9 2025 10-3 ET

Authors Against Book Bans

FREEDOM READ-IN
MORNING 10:00AM-12:45PM ET
10:00: Padma Venkatraman & Jeanette Bradley
Introductions & Tribute to Floyd Cooper 10:15: Federico Erebia, Pedro & Daniel
10:30: Suma Subramaniam, Namaste Is A Greeting
10:45: Rajani LaRocca, Your One and Only Heart
11:00: Tara Dairman, The Girl from Earth's End 11:15: Debbi Michiko Florence, Jasmine Toguchi Flamingo Keeper
11:30: Sarah Brannen, Uncle Bobby's Wedding
11:45: Martha Freeman, The Trouble with Babies
12:00: Robin Stevenson, Pride Puppy & A Hug on the Wind
12:15: Lesa Cline-Ransome, Before She Was Harriet
12:30: Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Love in the Library

FREE, LIVE, ONLINE EVENT
SUPPORT FREEDOM TO READ EFFORTS ACROSS THE U.S.
Authors Against Book Bans
MAY 9, 2025 - 10-3

FREEDOM READ-IN
AFTERNOON 1:00PM-3:00PM ET
1:00: Veera Hiranandani, The Night Diary
1:15: Samantha Clark, Arrow
1:30: Juana Martinez-Neal, Alma and How She Got Her Name
1:45: Alison Green Myers, A Bird Will Soar
2:00: Lisa Stringfellow, Kingdom of Dust
2:15: Dana Alison Levy, Not Another Banned Book
2:30: Carol Boston Weatherford, Unspeakable: The Tulsa
Race Massacre
2:45: Margarita Engle, Drum Dream Girl

FREE, LIVE, ONLINE EVENT
SUPPORT FREEDOM TO READ EFFORTS ACROSS THE U.S.
Authors Against Book Bans
MAY 9, 2025

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Devyn Douvier 💖💜💙 @devyndouvier.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Today’s backpack contents are WAY better than yesterday’s. 🥰

12 thank you cards created by kindergartners

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Devyn Douvier 💖💜💙 @devyndouvier.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

I’ve officially reached my grossest parenting milestone yet. The school sent a letter home informing us there has been a case of pinworms. If you don’t know, I do not recommend googling. 🤮

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Devyn Douvier 💖💜💙 @devyndouvier.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Defining someone’s humanity by their ability to pay taxes is absolutely inhumane.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Autism is not an "epidemic" because it's not a disease. Saying we don't know what "causes" it is absurd. It's genetic and, what's more, NORMAL FOR HUMAN BRAINS TO BE DIFFERENT FROM ONE ANOTHER.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

These are the Democrats who voted for the SAVE act which will disenfranchise tens of millions of people, including married women who changed their maiden name: Jared Golden (Maine), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.), Henry Cuellar (Texas) Ed Case (Hawaii).

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

can't normalize without normies. make your peace with this now

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Lee Fischer @leefischer.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Maddow spends the first 6 min laying groundwork before JAW DROPPING SMACK YOUR HEAD connection of dots in Trump's moronic mind. youtu.be/MJbZCbBLqkk MSNBC: The ridiculous real story behind the tariff plan that turned Donald Trump into a global disaster

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The ridiculous real story behind the tariff plan that turned Donald Trump into a global disaster

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 04/04/2025

Quick vocabulary lesson for those who get caught up in acronyms and forget... Diversity means welcoming & valuing people from all different backgrounds. Equity means fairness. Inclusion means not leaving kids out. And providing for those with special needs.

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Guido Eekhaut @eekhaut.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Borrowed this from someone...

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Zuck said Meta is in a "partnership" with White House; Google is following suit. They are all that stand between you and Trump admin data grabs. Here's a resource collection of non-US services to replace email, search, docs, music, video, backups, and more: www.wired.com/story/trump-...

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How to Avoid US-Based Digital Services—and Why You Might Want To

Amid growing concerns over Big Tech firms aligning with Trump administration policies, people are starting to move their digital lives to services based overseas. Here's what you need to know.

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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Mahmoud Khalil is a legal, permanent U.S. resident and is granted protection under the First Amendment. He is currently being detained without being charged with a crime. The reason for his arrest was due to his political speech. This is a violation of the First Amendment.

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

ONE parent. And in Florida, ONE man is responsible for 40% of all book challenges in the state. The book banners are a tiny minority. Make that clear by speaking up in favor of the freedom to read. (Email your school board!)

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Devyn Douvier 💖💜💙 @devyndouvier.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The five year old woke up at 1am and proceeded to tell me about the sunrise and sunset times on all the cities on Mars the Kepler planets for three hours. Love the content, but I do have a slight complaint about the timing of these conversations.

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Since we all should be currently boycotting Amazon, a reminder that Bezos owns Goodreads and there is a great, Black woman owned, alternative that you can easily migrate to. Highly recommend. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

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‘Reading is part of my identity’: the woman taking on Goodreads owner Amazon

Software engineer and developer Nadia Odunayo created the social media readers’ platform StoryGraph and its popularity has rocketed

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.

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Claudia Koerner @claudiakoerner.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

New (FREE) Portfolio Chats for underrepresented communities are coming up this Friday, March 7. Booking is open! Check out Owen Davey's Instagram (at owendaveydraws) for all the information. portfoliochats.appointlet.com/s/free-30-mi... #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #portfolioreviews

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Katee Robert @kateerobert.com · 28/02/2025

ANYWAY, did you know there's an extension you can put on Chrome that will connect with your local library system and when you go look at a book, say on AMZ, it will tell you if that book exists in the library system and if it's available? It's literally called Library Extension.

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