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Re-Imagining Migration @reimagining.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Multilingual Learner Advocacy Month 📚 Frontera by @julioanta.bsky.social & @jacobysalcedo.bsky.social is a must-read graphic novel for classrooms exploring immigration, identity & belonging. Our free study guide — co-developed with @sarakahmed.bsky.social — is ready to use!

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Teaching the Graphic Novel Frontera

HarperCollins Publishers and Re-Imagining Migration invite you to learn about teaching the graphic novel Frontera written by Julio Anta and Jacoby Salcedo. Julio and Jacoby speak with Author and…

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Re-Imagining Migration @reimagining.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Celebrate Diversity Month 📚The Arrival is a wordless graphic novel that places every reader in the experience of migration. @sarakahmed.bsky.social free classroom guide makes it ready to teach. Download here: reimaginingmigration.org/resource-ite...

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Teaching The Arrival

This guide transforms Shaun Tan’s powerful wordless graphic novel into an interdisciplinary learning experience centered on belonging and migration.

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Share My Lesson @sharemylesson.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

REGISTER for this webinar from @reimagining.bsky.social to help students analyze immigration headlines, question bias and build empathy. March 26, 2026 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT Register: sharemylesson.com/webinars/media-li… @sarakahmed.bsky.social @aft.org @texasaft.org

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Sara K Ahmed she/her 🍉 ✌🏾 @sarakahmed.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Thinking about classroom environment setup? Need an article to begin the year with staff? I wrote a piece about classroom environments & belonging. Here is a shareable/printable PDF link: bit.ly/418likC If you are an NCTE member it is in the new issue of CLASSROOM CORRIDORS.

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Belonging_ Classroom Environments Designed with Kids in Mind - Google Docs.pdf

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Sara K Ahmed she/her 🍉 ✌🏾 @sarakahmed.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Whatever the trend is in literacy, there’s always a blindspot.” Dr. Jan Burkins HKIS Literacy Institute

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Sara K Ahmed she/her 🍉 ✌🏾 @sarakahmed.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

In honor of the great, Nikki Giovanni, today’s Quickwrite was “Knoxville, Tennessee” (1943) Student pieces after reading the mentor.

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

"And Yet You Shine: The Kohinoor Diamond, Colonization, and Resistance is the story of the world-famous Kohinoor diamond, stolen from South Asia during British colonization but it is also our story." @supriyakelkar.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2024/05/and-...

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

An Open Letter to our Publishers has been sent to over 90 Publishing CEOs this morning in response to the concerns of our members. 1/4

With the election of the trump administration and its policies as embodied by Project 2025, we authors have deep concerns about how our publishers will be operating and how publishers will advocate for and protect authors. Trump's agenda explicitly calls for the criminalization of authors, teachers, librarians, and publishing professionals with the consequences including, "imprison[ment]," and being "classed as registered sex offenders" (pg 4 Project 2025)

For authors who are not citizens, this could also result in deportation. This promises to be a pro-censorship, pro-book-banning administration, and the successful implementation of its policies will require willing compliance of America's institutions, including its corporations.

The freedom to write is as important as the freedom to read. We have been heartened by many publishers' willingness to engage in legal and legislative pathways to fight book banning and want to be sure that you will double-down on your fight during this consequential time.

This past week AABB help open forums with authors from all genres and age levels to better understand author concerns and needs. While this may not be a complete list due to the rapid turnaround, we know we have a short time before January to prepare for what is to come and we want to this start this conversation sooner rather than later.

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cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social @cottonquiltsedi.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Join us for an international #ReadPalestine week, starting Wednesday, November 29, on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Let's start a list please

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Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Hey, #NCTE24 Be sure to check out the Starter Pack for The Author Village go.bsky.app/M96aNMR

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Sara K Ahmed she/her 🍉 ✌🏾 @sarakahmed.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Texas Edus are out here doing the most to keep books in the hands of their readers! If you need a roadmap @sasshonore.bsky.social got you! TY Sarah for this generous share from your presentation. #ncte24

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Sara K Ahmed she/her 🍉 ✌🏾 @sarakahmed.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Yes! Here is the author of ON TYRANNY, Tim Snyder, discussing what he means by DO NOT OBEY IN ADVANCE. Highly recommend the book. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 23/11/2024

Others have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.

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Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky

The blue bird is dead. Long live the blue sky.

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Jung (정) “Average Asian” @jungkim.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Alright #NCTE24 fam, come out and see this amazing panel about AsianAm stories and silences in families, books, and classrooms. It's gonna be #AsianAmAf and amazing. No promises there won't be tears... @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social @andreaywang.bsky.social @glassesgal.bsky.social

Flyer including books Pashmina, The Boys in the Back Row, Watercress, and My Father, the Panda Killer. Advertising for an NCTE session on Friday @ 3:30 called "Restorying Silences & Restorying Ourselves"

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Tricia Ebarvia @triciaebarvia.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

It feels truly ridiculous to post this with the state of the world right now, but something I’ve come to really appreciate and need more is being in community. If you’re headed to #NCTE24, here’s where I’ll be —

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 18/11/2024

Who's going to be at #NCTE24 in Boston this week? Looking forward to sharing, learning, & celebrating stories with everyone! Here's where you can find me speaking & signing books throughout the conference... (thread)

Slide with info about Kate Messner's schedule at #NCTE24

Thurday, November 21

1-2:15pm - Speaking

Picturing Hope: How Novels with Graphic Elements and Nontraditional
Structures Engage Readers, Create Space for Emotion
Co-Presenters: Phoebe Sinclair, Jo Knowles, Lisa Fipps
Moderator: Mary E. Cronin
Location: Boston Convention Center Room 102 A, Level 1

Friday, November 22

11-11:45 – Signing Over and Under the Wetland and The Next Scientist
Location: NCTE Autographing Area

12:30-1:45 - Speaking

The Scientific Superpower of Curiosity: How Stories of Scientists Spark Inquiry, Critical
Thinking, and Hope in the Classroom (Chronicle)
Moderator: Melissa Guerrette, Oxford Elementary School
Co-presenters: Sarah Albee, Rajani LaRocca, Angela Padron, Loree Griffin Burns
Location: Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Room 151 A, Meeting Level 1

3-3:45 – Signing The Trouble with Heroes
Location: NCTE Autographing Area

Saturday, November 23

11-11:30 – Signing Breakout, History Smashers: The Titanic, and The Scariest Kitten in the World
Location: Silver Unicorn Booth 322

11:30-12 – Signing Emma McKenna, Full Out (The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class)
Location: LBYR Booth 731

2-2:45 – Signing History Smashers: Salem Witch Trials
Location: PRH Booth 1006

Sunday, November 24

9-10:15am – Speaking

Making Space for Our Hearts: How Novels-in-Verse Serve as an Invitation to Student
Readers and Writers
Co-Panelists: Renée Watson, John Schu, Lesa Cline-Ransome, Mae Respicio, Alicia D. Williams
Moderator: Aliza Werner
Location: Room 160 B, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Meeting Level 1

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Kristin Ziemke is having a BOOK LAUNCH @kristinziemke.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Looking forward to this awesome session with @drtharris.bsky.social @ichrislehman.bsky.social @izzieteaches.bsky.social @joellenmccarthy.bsky.social and more on SATURDAY @ 4:15 in ROOM 258B. Hope to see you there #ncte24 friends! 📚💻🌏❤️

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Bookelicious @bookelicious.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Come see some of our Bookelicious crew present at #NCTE24! You can find @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social @mrschureads.bsky.social & @alizawerner.bsky.social at these sessions!

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Sara K Ahmed she/her 🍉 ✌🏾 @sarakahmed.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

In search of bluer skies…No better time than #NCTE24 to start. Hi, everyone!

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