Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The older I get, the more ambivalent I get about Christmas, I'm sorry to say. But BUT!!!! There is one place I still feel the magic and that is in picture books. ❤️🎄 I'm looking forward to this one by @alleannaharris.bsky.social 120
Reposted by Jerrold ConnorsVintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 13/08/2026Moro - Ambient Nuance [USA, American Primitive Guitar] (1979) redd.it/19c6q6t youtu.be/-5ZN9mU4qIwyoutu.beMoro - Ambient Nuance [USA, American Primitive Guitar] (1979) 053
Reposted by Jerrold ConnorsVintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 13/08/2026Red Shadow - Understanding Marx [US, State Socialist Lounge] (1975) redd.it/7gnzyg youtu.be/Hz6c6kaFG5Eyoutu.beRed Shadow - Understanding Marx [US, State Socialist Lounge] (1975) 062
Reposted by Jerrold ConnorsPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 01/08/2026"Mildred Pitts Walter, a Los Angeles schoolteacher who grew up in the Jim Crow South and wrote award-winning children’s books focusing on Black characters, filling a void in her students’ reading material, died on May 19 in Redwood City, Calif. She was 103." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/b...nytimes.comMildred Pitts Walter, Author of Books for Black Children, Dies at 103 (Gift Article)Teaching kindergarten in South Central Los Angeles in the 1950s and ’60s, she realized that her students were not represented in the books they read. So she wrote her own. 319182
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I mean, it's @connorratliff.bsky.social, right? #CoyoteVsACME 120
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Wow! Incredible STAMPEDE! buzz at the street fair! Thank you to all these readers! I'm blown away. 🥹 🥹 🥹 🥹 120
Reposted by Jerrold ConnorsThe Canadian Children's Book Centre @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Who remembers reading Amos’s Sweater? This hilarious picture book released In 1988 to a storm of praise. That year it would win the Ruth Schwartz Award, the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, and the Governor General's children’s literature prize for illustration! #FromTheCCBCArchives 052
Reposted by Jerrold Connorselia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Mona Khalil, Lebanon’s most well-known sea turtle conservationist, died of her wounds today after being injured by an Israeli strike I feel sick 1743882327
Reposted by Jerrold ConnorsEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 18/06/2026It's worth talking more about the hopeful possibilities I see for the future. In our grief over the slow collapse of our old system, many of us imagine only two possibilities: Either things get worse OR there's a restoration to the status quo circa 2016 or 2020, on which we can subsequently build. 216237
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 18/06/2026🎵 Baby, I hear the bigfoot callin' tossed salads and scrambled eggs... Yes! I will be taking part in the 4th Annual Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival. It's a few months away yet, so stay tuned for more info about STAMPEDE! specific programming. 110
Reposted by Jerrold ConnorsThomas Ragon @thomasragon.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Andrey Bray (1902-1979) 110018
Reposted by Jerrold ConnorsShay O’Reilly @shaygabriel.bsky.social · 02/05/2026What do you mean this is their “biggest fear,” the VCs are slavering for it! 1653274
Reposted by Jerrold ConnorsChuck Groenink @cgroenink.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Hilarious how many kids book people use substack for their little blogs 0123
Reposted by Jerrold ConnorsKasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 12/03/2026I'm trying to get Orsons vet trip and meds covered so I'm offering some simple $50 dollar ink drawing slots. $10 shipping if you want it sent to you. You can DM me or write a brief prompt on Kofi. ko-fi.com/killskerry 2476172
Reposted by Jerrold ConnorsWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 08/03/2026They had names. They had beautiful faces. And they had the same dreams as your kids - crushed when American "precision" bombs slammed into their Minab elementary school, killing 175 Don't blame AI for this. Blame the sick humans who see war as a game My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...inquirer.comAI error or not, Iran school bombing is a permanent stain on America’s soul | Will BunchA debate on AI in warfare obscures the truth about an Iran school bombing. U.S. humans are to blame for this war crime. 12455741962
Reposted by Jerrold ConnorsCaio Almendra @caioalmendra.bsky.social · 08/03/2026www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/...aljazeera.comAl Jazeera investigation: Iran girls’ school targeting likely ‘deliberate’Al Jazeera investigation raises questions over deadliest single attack of war that killed 165 schoolgirls and staff. 015484
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Award week seems (to me) to be a very tidy wrapping up of last year's work. I'm pleased and very grateful that the final bow on JIM! comes with this incredible quote: "...a blueprint for all future picture book biographies." Thank you, @cybilsawards.bsky.social and @achrishelton.bsky.social! 🦊⭐⭐⭐ 193
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 24/11/2025JIM! makes it onto its first Best of 2025 list. Thank you, Chicago Public Library for this wonderful honor! chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp... 192
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 20/11/2025The distance between Larry and Curly allowed a pie to shoot between them and hit a cameraman square in the face? Problematic Stooge gap 010
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 18/11/2025My favorite Carter Burwell work might be Norville's Suite from The Hudsucker Proxy but the The Wicked Flee from True Grit has been scratching an itch I've had lately. 220
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Still can't get over how good Abi's photos make my book look. 🧡💛 050
Reposted by Jerrold ConnorsJoumana Medlej @majnouna.com · 28/10/2025Is there anyone on Bsky who remembers this book? It's been out of print for a while, because it needs revising in the light of 5 more years of research & experience (including a proper translation of Umdat ul-Kuttab). Being unpaid work, I've simply not been able to prioritise this, so I've decided… 37740
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 10/10/2025James Marshall birthday celebration TOMORROW (Friday, October 10th) on my YouTube channel. I'll post the link tomorrow morning when I go live. I hope you can make it! 030
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 29/09/2025It's time to celebrate BIG RHINOCEROS LITTLE RHINOCEROS out next week from Boxer Books! Starting with THE ALL NEW BOOK TRAILER!youtu.beBIG RHINOCEROS LITTLE RHINOCEROS BOOK TRAILERYouTube video by Jerrold Connors 193
Reposted by Jerrold ConnorsMariana Avila @marianaavilal.bsky.social · 24/07/2025La Patita de canasta y con rebozo de bolita va al mercado a comprar todas las cosas del mandado 🎶🎶 Testing some watercolors today! 🥰 3286
Reposted by Jerrold ConnorsChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18/07/2025make art! if it's the end of the world, you might as well make art! if it's not the end of the world, then the future will be better because people made art right now! 6239801255
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Starting reading it but will hold off until I see the movie. Will admit, I am almost more excited to read the review. 010
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Back when I was mentoring, I used to advise aspiring picture book authors to study oral storytelling. The best way to do that? Attend storytelling events! Like this one (tonight!) with storyteller extraordinaire, Tim Ereneta. www.eventbrite.com/e/moonshine-...eventbrite.comMoonShine Stories: STRAWBERRY MOON, June 2025Tim Ereneta: "Tim is a contemporary, hip storyteller... original and authentic." ~ Gay Ducey, Bay Area Storytelling Festival 031
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 19/05/2025What's that? You're running out of ways to transport your favorite James Marshall picture books? May I suggest this vintage Viola Swamp tote bag? 🖤🖤 Come to my Zoom party for a chance to win this rare bit of picture book merch! Register below 👇 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 1102
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Did I mention the prizes include a signed copy of James Marshall's Hansel and Gretel that features an ORIGINAL James Marshall sketch? 👀👀👀 Come to the party! Sign up here!! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 182
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 16/05/2025STANLEY Q. STUPID SPEAKS!!! Tom Arnold gives me a shout out for my James Marshall biography. A true thrill! #JamesMarshall #JamesMarshallBio youtube.com/shorts/haF-k...youtube.comSTANLEY Q. STUPID SPEAKS!!!YouTube video by Jerrold Connors 000
Reposted by Jerrold Connors𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐨 & 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧 @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 12/05/2025Crazy how long this conversation has been going on 27178015132
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Join me on Zoom 🌟MONDAY MAY 19th🌟 for a JIM! pre-order party! Win points by playing games, answering trivia questions, BUYING MY BOOK, or by simply just attending. Trade in those points for prizes like original art & James Marshall-themed loot! Register below! 👇 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 272
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 25/04/2025As we approach #IndependentBookstoreDay, a reminder... 0103
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 18/04/2025The bricks might be a soup you make for your neighbor, five bucks given to a person in need's Venmo, guerilla street art posted in your community, support for your libraries, or participation in the ongoing economic blackouts. Metaphorical, multitudinous bricks, just waiting for you to huck 'em. 030
Jerrold Connors @jerroldconnors.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Agree. To me, that popular mantra "Creating is an act of resistance!" has felt increasingly hollow—an absolution for inaction. While, yes, I understand that being a creator in a culture of consumers is a defiance of sorts, the resistance we need now is more along the lines of bricks through windows. 010
Reposted by Jerrold ConnorsMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 17/04/2025I wrote an open letter to my fellow book ppl because no one is coming to save us. We have to save us. And I am weary of waiting for my colleagues to join the fight. Any fight. I chose book bans, but you don't have to www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/4/17/an-open-letter-to-my-fellow-book-creatorsprettyokmaggie.comAn Open Letter to My Fellow Book Creators — Pretty Ok MaggieInside me there are two wolves: the one that understands that the best activism happens behind closed doors and that everyone does what they can and that not everyone can be asked to do the same thing... 82156547
Reposted by Jerrold ConnorsFelipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 14/04/2025One thing I wish people understood about authoritarianism is life often looks more or less the same. Troops aren’t marching down the street every day; people go to restaurants, have their office jobs. But everyone knows that stepping out of line, even slightly, can derail your life with no recourse 111101083397
Reposted by Jerrold Connorssouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 14/04/2025The president told a Central American dictator to build five more massive slave labor camps to hold US citizens. 953225479146
