Reposted by @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.socialThe Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Today on #TheGreatReadingRoadTrip peruse our latest location-themed recommendations in the new #HBGuide Book Bundles: Washington (DC) sbee.link/c4xywj7ahr #HBBookBundles #kidlit #yalit 031
Reposted by @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.socialCreston Books @crestonbooks.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Fight for the Right to Read: Samuel Wilbert Tucker and the 1939 Sit-Down Strike for Library Ready Equality by @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.social and Michelle Y Green, illustrated by Kim Holt, was chosen as a 2026 @cbcbooks.bsky.social #KidsFavorite 052
Reposted by @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.socialCreston Books @crestonbooks.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Congratulations to @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.social Michelle Y Green & Kimberly Holt! FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO READ is a 2026 #KidsFavorite as noted by @cbcbooks.bsky.social 031
Reposted by @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.socialCreston Books @crestonbooks.bsky.social · 18/03/2026"All 3 creators visited the Alexandria Black History Museum on 2/28 for a family program" before writing & illustrating FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO READ: @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.social Tuskeegee Airman's daughter Michelle Y Green & Tuskeegee Inst grad Kimberly Holt www.alxnow.com/2026/03/11/n...alxnow.comNew children’s book tells story of Alexandria’s 1939 library sit-in | ALXnowA new children's book is highlighting the historic work of Samuel Wilbert Tucker, an attorney from Alexandria who pioneered one of the first library sit-ins against Jim Crow segregation. "Fight for th... 042
Reposted by @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.socialCreston Books @crestonbooks.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Just in time for #Thanksgiving you can hear a readaloud of FOOD FOR HOPE by @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.social mc.lernerbooks.com/nonfiction-n...mc.lernerbooks.comJoin Us for Nonfiction NovemberNonfiction November starts now. Sign up and join the celebration with weekly read-aloud videos! 042
jeffgottesfeld.bsky.social @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.social · 11/11/2025With gratitude to our vets on this Veterans Day. #HonorFlight. 020
Reposted by @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.socialPublisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Meet author @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.social from @crestonbooks.bsky.social yabookscentral.com/author-chat-...yabookscentral.comAuthor Chat with Jeff Gottesfeld (Fight for the Right to Read: Samuel Wilbert Tucker and the 1939 Sit-Down Strike for Library Reading Equality), Plus Giveaway~ US ONLY! – YA Books Central 012
Reposted by @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.socialElizabeth @elizabethwong.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Oh I forgot I used a goofy heashot. But well, that's me. I hope Carl Sandburg doesn't turn over in his grave. As an homage, he's a character in the play!! #booksky #carlsandburg #newmusical #dramaticpublishingcompany 041
jeffgottesfeld.bsky.social @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.social · 23/10/2025A beautiful star for the first advance review of HONOR FLIGHT (March, 2026, in @slj.com. @matttavares.bsky.social and @candlewickpress.bsky.social and I are thrilled. "It's an honor." Link to review in the Comments. 100
Reposted by @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.socialCreston Books @crestonbooks.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Mary R Lanni interviews author Jeff Gottesfeld youtu.be/LKtM-B3aasMyoutu.beAuthor Interview: Jeff GottesfeldYouTube video by @MaryLanniReads 002
Reposted by @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.socialCreston Books @crestonbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2025"Grappling w/ assimilation while retaining ties to beloved customs immigrants often walk...between 2 cultures creating communities that tie together the familiar & the new" @cbcbooks.bsky.social centers #kidsbooks on the theme of I'm Not from Here includes ours www.cbcbooks.org/cbc-book-lis... 052
Reposted by @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.socialPragmatic Mom @pragmaticmom.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Cover Reveal for Fight for the Right to Read buff.ly/GbZbnRs via @pragmaticmom @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.social #ReadYourWorld #coverreveal #literacy #picturebook #BlackHistoryMonth 051
jeffgottesfeld.bsky.social @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Cover reveal! Back in 1939, Alexandria VA opened a new public library that wouldn't admit African-Americans. These young Black men weren't having it. FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO READ. Creston, 9/9/25. Written with Michelle Y. Green, art by Kim Holt. #libraries #kidlit #reading #socialjustice 020
Reposted by @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.socialElizabeth @elizabethwong.bsky.social · 27/03/2025From the grapevine. Just heard from local librarian #LeonieJordan Sierra Madre Library did a play reading of "The World's Strongest Librarian." Yo that's the play adaptation me and TYA novelist #JeffGottesfeld collab'd on!!! Gotta tell Jeff. Syndrome. www.dramaticpublishing.com/browse/world...dramaticpublishing.comThe World's Strongest LibrarianIn this play about the power of books, muscles and human kindness, an unconventional librarian named Josh and the children who flock to his story time, stage 151
