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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 20h

This week’s chalkboards at @curiousiguana.com as well as our Halloween window!

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 23h

Happy Spooky Month 🎃, #kidlitartpostcard ! This year's pic is loosely based on the Wild Hunt at Samhain Charlene Chua, illustrator + author Portfolio - charlenechua.com Rep' by Tracy Marchini Literary #kidlit #halloween #cats #art

Illustration of a young girl wearing some kind of armor, holding a spear and riding a big black cat. She is accompanied by 3 wolf puppies. In the sky are other adult riders of the Wild Hunt. A large full moon is in the night sky. Autumn leaves swirl about in the foreground.

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Mombian @mombian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

@melindabeatty.com's fun new picture book, What Is a Pirate? isn’t even out yet, but the school she herself attended has already disinvited her from an author visit bcs of concerns that some might take offense to the story’s gender-nonconforming protagonist. mombian.com/2026/09/30/a... #BookSky

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Author Disinvited from School Visit Over Gender-Nonconforming Character - Mombian

Melinda Beatty's delightful new picture book, What Is a Pirate? isn't even out until next week, but the elementary school she herself attended has already rescinded an invitation for an author visit b...

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 29/09/2026

I've been to the school board meetings and hoo boy, have I met that one person. 😬

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Utah added SEVEN more books to its state-mandated book ban list. Six of those titles are by women. 44 are now banned. This comes the week after a judge permitted a lawsuit brought against their book banning law to proceed. It's the busiest banning year for the state. bookriot.com/utah-bans-44...

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Utah Bans 7 More Books From All Public Schools; 44 Titles Now Banned Statewide

Last week, a judge approved a lawsuit against Utah's state-sanctioned book bans. This week, the state banned seven more books.

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 29/09/2026

It's a big ol' bummer. I was a LITTLE prepared for some pushback from conservative areas, but I WASN'T prepared for my own community.

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 29/09/2026

Happy book birthday to Stevie!

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 29/09/2026

Love an indie bookshop!! Thank you for the follow!

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 29/09/2026

Bear with me, this is a doozy, #kidlit folks. Censorship is alive, even in blue states.

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 26/09/2026

It is always exciting to get author copies!!

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 25/09/2026

Honored for WHAT IS A PIRATE? from myself, Stefano Tambelini and Little Bee Books to be included in @slj.com's list of Highly Anticipated Fall Picture Books!

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We need to start aggressively shunning anyone even remotely associated with private equity firms bc they are RUINING EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE AND I AM TIRED

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BrianMcLachlan @brianmcl.com · 17/09/2026

New webcomic day! This is a fun colour palette to work with. 3 more bonus panels here: tinyurl.com/bvx4ce97

Rogue's Garden copyright Brian McLachlan. Lesser-Known Tarot Cards. a 9 panel grid
1. The Haters. Two young women, one whispering into the ear of the other who smiles, holding a cup. Two cats rub up against their legs. They are catty.
2. Cheese. A wheel of cheese with a wedge out of it against a galaxy backdrop, a bottle of wine on each side, one pouring out red. Two rats run across the bottom.
3. Ol' Money Bags. A plump man waist high in gold coins and gems holding a bejeweled cup, wearing a plain grey tunic and a tied red bag over his head with one eye hole cut out. In the back, skeletons are part of the scene.
4. The Very High Priestess. A woman in blue and white robes with a large joint in her lap, wearing a marijuana leaf necklace. Her head from the nose up is in a green cloud that takes up the top of the panel. She sits in a garden or mushrooms.
5. Cup Swords. A guy is sword swallowing with a cup with a sword coming out of it.
6. Pontiff's side piece. An attractive woman, showing a bit of leg and showing off her jewelry A peacock spreads its tail beside her.

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 17/09/2026

Last year, we received a letter from HMRC about a tax dispute that we had...in 2007. We have now been living in the US since 2010.

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 17/09/2026

I truly need everyone I know to read this book so I can ask someone else the billions of hypotheticals that are gathering in my brain as I go along.

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

i love that this has had literally no impact on my day lol

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Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Piratical picture book process is the name of the game today. Two creators discuss everything from Edward Gorey to Muppet Treasure Island. I host a discussion between @melindabeatty.com & Stefano Tambellini about What Is a Pirate? #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/09/03/w...

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What Is a Pirate? Creators Melinda Beatty and Stefano Tambellini Hash It Out - A Fuse #8 Production

Piratical process is the name of the game today. Two creators discuss everything from Edward Gorey to Muppet Treasure Island.

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

never thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close.

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 12/07/2026

I'm not a religious sort, but if you want to be remembered well, do good.

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 12/07/2026

I would like us to leave the era of polite condolences for awful, awful people. This is how legacies are sanitized. Telling the truth about what people did in their lifetimes is VITAL for historical records.

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 12/07/2026

Jenny has been such a guiding light for so many of us!❤️

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 12/07/2026

The internet was made for moments like this.

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 08/07/2026

Frog spoke to Mitch McConnell for 20 minutes.

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 04/07/2026

Imagine looking at this and going, “No thanks.”

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 04/07/2026

The interventions are NOT working.

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 30/06/2026

CPSC is here to protect your children even if they are annoying and/or have bad vibes.

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 30/06/2026

I genuinely like this site! And I think you're right about the users--people looking for a gentler social media experience and an opportunity to create real community ended up here. The owners just seem to be entirely lacking in understanding of their own users.

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 30/06/2026

My husband calls that windsock a "breeze wiener" and now all the other pilots at his organization do too. 😂

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 29/06/2026

So, apparently this site’s social account decided to shitpost on Threads and then harass a user who pointed out their unwise social strategy. Why isn’t there ONE SOCIAL SITE on the internet that isn’t run by small, mean people who wouldn’t know community if it bit them in the ass?

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

🌈 If you see this, quote with your art to celebrate Pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #kidlitart #pridemonth

A giant rainbow cat leading a Pride parade with people and cats

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 28/06/2026

My folks used to take me to that when I was a kid and I remember it being AMAZING.

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 28/06/2026

I love that someone suggested zooming in on the guitarist's glasses to see that there is literally NO ONE watching.

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 28/06/2026

Celeste has done so much for other folks--please consider helping her to get to where she needs to be!

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Porter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

On July 17 we're talking about the freedom to read and raising money for @authorsabb.bsky.social This is going to be an incredible event (look at that lineup!) so don't forget to register for the Crowdcast.

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How to Defend Books Panel & Fundraiser for Authors Against Book Bans

Join Porter Square Books online for a panel discussion and fundraiser for Authors Against Book Bans.

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 26/06/2026

Those are not even my messages and that gives me second hand anxiety AND relief at the same time.

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Melinda Beatty @melindabeatty.com · 26/06/2026

Dan Quayle was the person Mike Pence called when he was being pressured to overturn the election results. The older politician reminded him of his duty to the Constitution and the American people. So, you know, we can probably let the potato thing go at this point. www.cnn.com/2021/09/14/p...

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Analysis: How Dan Quayle saved democracy. Yes, really. | CNN Politics

You probably haven’t thought about Dan Quayle in a really long time. After all, the Indiana senator-turned-much-maligned-vice-president under George H.W. Bush left national politics with exactly one t...

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