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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#kidlit to-do list for banned books week 5/5: Word of mouth is still the most powerful way to help a book do well. If you've read a great book by under-represented folks, talk up our stories of Queer Joy, Black Joy, AANHPI Joy, Indigenous Joy, Disabled Joy, Immigrant Joy, and more!

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#kidlit to-do list for banned books week 4/5: remember that book banning is not about the books - it’s an attempt to erase the recognition and visibility of the people represented by those books. Speak up for the books – and even more important – let’s speak up for each other.

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#kidlit to-do list for banned books week 3/5: thank a librarian (or many librarians) for having diverse books in their collection!

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#kidlit to-do list for banned books week 2/5: let your elected representatives know that you’ll be voting for the freedom to read: www.nobookbans.org

nobookbans.org

Vote for the Freedom to Read

We made it easy to take these four actions against book bans. Take action and vote for the freedom to read today!

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#kidlit to-do list for banned books week 1/5: if you want to join the offense for the freedom to read, please check out the program I co-founded, We Are Stronger Than Censorship. $160 donation buys 20 books to offset 10 book challenges! www.wearestrongerthancensorship.org

wearestrongerthancensorship.org

We Are Stronger Than Censorship

Join the campaign to fight against Censorship

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#kidlit peeps! I'm super proud to be part of the organizing team behind this free telethon-style "vote for the freedom to read" event - live, online, this Thursday Sep 22 from 2-4pm Eastern. Register here to join us: nobookbans.org

Show Up, Speak Up! Sep 24, 2-4pm ET
Vote for the Freedom to Read
A Virtual Community Action Telethon
Featuring: Judy Blume, Kat Radley (The Daily Show), Jerrold Connors, Jerry Craft, Alan Gratz, Shannon Hale, Martha Hickson, Ellen Hopkins, Amanda Jones, Adib Khorram, Maris Kreizman, Sarah MacLean, Don Martin, Julie Miller, Ann Patchett, Amanda Timpson, Edward Underhill

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

congrats on the great review - sounds luxuriant... (except for the eating lice part!)

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Hi #kidlit peeps - amid everything else, we need to raise our voices here in the USA to squash these two national book banning bills! Please sign the petition, contact your congressperson and senators, and spread the word. action.everylibrary.org/hr7661

action.everylibrary.org

Stop the Federal Book Ban Bills!

We made it easy to take these four actions to fight against HR 7661 and S 4925. Stand up for your right to read!

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

This is Super-cool! I'm fanboy-ing about this fan art! #kidlit

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

love this SO much! Thank you

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Wish you could attend a very Queer YA book publication party with no commute? We're on zoom in 20 min, celebrating A DIFFERENT KIND OF ENEMY, my *Gay Teens Save the World* action-adventure romance (2nd in the series). #Kidlit friends & allies, hope you can join! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

the welcome slide from the online party - starting with "welcome" and ending with a Q&A, and the cover of the novel A DIFFERENT KIND OF ENEMY

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Thanks for the kind words!

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Gay Teens Save the World! Get A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE by Jun 19 from 1 of 6 amazing Queer & Queer-Friendly bookstores for a chance to win a spy swag pack. Shout out to @utubookstore.bsky.social & my editor Devon! Contest details & RSVP for the free online celebration Jun 20: leewind.org #kidlit

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Gay Teens Save the World! Get A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE by Jun 19 from one of six amazing Queer & Queer-Friendly bookstores for a chance to win a very cool spy swag pack. Shout out to @highfivebooks.bsky.social ! Contest details & RSVP for the free online celebration Jun 20: leewind.org #kidlit

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Gay Teens Save the World! Get A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE by Jun 19 from 1 of 6 Queer & Queer-Friendly bookstores for a chance to win a very cool spy swag pack. Shout outs to @unabridgedbooks.bsky.social & CB Messer! Contest details & RSVP for the free online celebration Jun 20: leewind.org #kidlit

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Gay Teens Save the World! Get A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE by Jun 19 from one of six amazing Queer & Queer-Friendly bookstores for a chance to win a very cool spy swag pack. Shout outs to Queer Haven Books & CB Messer! Contest details & RSVP for the free online celebration Jun 20: leewind.org #kidlit

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Gay Teens Save the World - Get A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE by Jun 19 from one of 6 amazing Queer & Queer-Friendly bookstores for a chance to win a very cool spy swag pack! Shout out to Judging by the Cover! #kidlit Contest details and RSVP for the free online celebration Jun 20: leewind.org

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Get your copy of A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE by Jun 19 from one of six amazing Queer & Queer-Friendly bookstores for a chance to win a very cool spy swag pack! Shout out to #pagesabookstore and my artist brother John. #kidlit contest details & RSVP for the free online celebration Jun 20: leewind.org

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I'm so into the myth of the carp swimming up the waterfall and being transformed into a dragon as a reward, and just learned that's connected to these carp banners... love it!

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Gay Teens Save the World - join our Fan Art Contest to celebrate A DIFFERENT KIND OF ENEMY! Cheers to @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social for teaming up with me for the fan art contest #fanart #kidlit Contest details and RSVP for the free online celebration Jun 20, 2026 on my website: leewind.org

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

***Gay Teens Save the World*** It’s launch day for A DIFFERENT KIND OF ENEMY! #kidlit #ya #readqueerallyear #queerjoy #action #romance #grateful

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

great day at LA Times Festival of Books! super panel discussion with #kidlit authors @dansantat.bsky.social Stuart Gibbs, and Brady Smith, signing books for kiddos and this middle school librarian, and visiting with my local indie bookstore Pages!

me standing in front of the LA Times festival of books sign at the entrance fountain to the USC campus

Photo of me smiling with the middle school librarian who asked me to sign copies of the gender binary is a big lie and no way they were gay no way they were gay has a band book sticker on it and I'm so excited those kiddos have access to my Books books

Photo of the panel I moderated on the young adult stage sitting in directors chairs in front of the big orange sign under the white tent are from left to right: Stuart Gibbs, me, Dan Santat, and Brady Smith

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Can’t wait for the Sun panel I’m moderating with powerhouse #kidlit authors @dansantat.bsky.social Stuart Gibbs, and Brady Smith (YA Stage, 11:20am)… Look how good our new releases coordinate! (Theirs are all middle grade, mine is YA.) We'll talk adventure, humor, series, and much more -- join us!

four books, covers are all green with gray and brown details, clockwise from bottom left: APE ESCAPED by Stuart Gibbs, MAXWELL DARK: BAD BLOOD by Brady Smith, A FISHBOY NAMED SASHIMI by Dan Santat, and my own YA novel A DIFFERENT KIND OF BRAVE.

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

if you're interested in #kidlit translation, this sounds like a great opportunity!

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

happening right now - @leslea.bsky.social and me, part of the BookFest Spring 2026 online festival: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVpf... #kidlit #fightbookbanning So honored and grateful!

screenshot of Lesléa Newman and Lee Wind talking about Queer and Jewish #kidlit as part of Lee's being awarded the BookFest Honorary Achievement Award

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

In a world where… we need some Queer Joy, here’s the unboxing video for the ARC of my upcoming #kidlit YA novel, A DIFFERENT KIND OF ENEMY #ya #lgbtq #actionadventure #gayromance (librarian and bookseller friends, it’s on Edelweiss) Shout outs: CB Messer=cover art, Chicago Review Press=Publisher

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

H.R. 7661 is a government censorship bill targeting #kidlit that is heading for a vote in the US House of Representatives, and we need your help to stop it. 5calls.org helps you find and contact your rep. Spread the word. Support/follow orgs fighting #bookbanning like @authorsabb.bsky.social Thanks!

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

This was excellent - "Like the Pitt but it's a Bookstore" by author and indie bookstore peep kristinnilsenbooks.com kristinnilsenbooks.substack.com/p/like-the-p...

kristinnilsenbooks.substack.com

Like THE PITT. But it's a bookstore.

Or Bookselling in a Minneapolis ICE storm.

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

excellent post - thanks for all thar research; I will share

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

help fight a national (!) book banning bill: action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661 This impacts all of us in the #kidlit community: writers, readers, teachers, librarians, publishers, illustrators, translators, and on and on...

civicmail.org

Don't Ban Books in the United States

Across the country, politicians are trying to decide what Americans are allowed to read. Books are being pulled from school shelves, challenged in public libraries, and targeted for removal not becaus

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

she really looked like she was playing and having fun!

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

It's the stories of men who loved men, women who loved women, and people who loved without regard to gender -- including some really famous people you wouldn’t expect, like Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi, and Eleanor Roosevelt! @lernerbooks.bsky.social

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Want some instant-gratification stories of Queer love across time and around our world this Valentine’s Day? The digital audiobook for NO WAY, THEY WERE GAY? (#kidlit nonfiction for ages 11 and up) is on sale for 50% off www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

audiobooks.com

50% OFF No Way, They Were Gay?: Hidden Lives and Secret Loves (Queer History Project)

'History' sounds really official. Like it's all fact. Like it's definitely what happened. But that's not necessarily true. History was crafted by the people who recorded it...

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

looking forward to finally seeing this! The freedom to read is so important, and diverse #kidlit is crucial to creating a better, kinder, more just world...

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

agreed. They's so afraid of actual science, and empathy, and kindness... which should remind us how powerful it is when we share our pronouns, our gender (as distinct from our body), our books, and our belief in a community made stronger by our diversity

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

agree - great stuff here for #kidlit folks & readers, and a way to help out in this moment of manufactured, mean-spirited chaos...

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Little Free Library @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

We're hiring an intern! Our new Read in Color intern will assist the program manager and team with various aspects of the Read in Color program. This internship offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a movement that champions literacy and diversity. lflib.org/work-with-us

Little Free Library announces job openings with a colorful miniature library box illustration.

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Earlier this month I was in NYC, in a location from my upcoming A DIFFERENT KIND OF ENEMY, the sequel in my gay teen action adventure romance series that's an homage & critique of James Bond movies. #kidlit #queerjoy #ya

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

congrats! that's a great review, and the book sounds awesome

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

totally blushing at "queer YA icon" -- and very excited for this cover reveal for the gay teen action adventure romance sequel to "A Different Kind of Brave" -- "A Different Kind of Enemy" --thank you @lgbtqreads.bsky.social #kidlit

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

find your zone - cheering you on! #KidLitChat

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Thanks to you, @gregpincus.bsky.social and @bonnieadamson.com for holding the space for us all to be IN community togehter! #KidLitChat for the win!

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I do the 8am writing club - much more doable for me (especially with virtual/remote work.)

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I think the "perfect" amount of time is probably different for everyone. For me, I have no internal resistance to 12 minutes. (It doesn't feel daunting and I don't make up excuses about how I don't have 12 minutes.) I can almost always find 12 minutes in my day. #KidLitChat

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Lee Wind @leewind.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

that's good advice - I try to start every day with at least 12 min of me being a writer (a.k.a. writing), and then I feel like a writer with a day job, rather than a day job worker who also writes occassionally... (I do love my day job, but writing #kidlit is the work of my heart.) #KidLitChat

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