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Congratulations to Claribel A. Ortega (@Claribel_Ortega) and Rose Bousamra (@rosebousamra)! FRIZZY has won the Pura Belpré Award for Children's Text!
You could win a set of diverse books for EVERY classroom in your school! Enter @NEAToday's 2022 Read Across America Sweepstakes today: https://t.co/u06mNOgzxY #ReadAcrossAmerica
Congratulations to our authors selected for
@NEAToday's #ReadAcrossAmerica! Find loads of resources online here ▶️https://t.co/OFQiyDRgPb
💛Me (Moth) by @ambsmcbride
💙Spin With Me by Ami Polonsky
💜Marshmallow & Jordan by @AlinaChauArt
💚Cuba in my Pocket by @acuevaswrites
"I really wanted to use fantasy to dive into mental health issues, particularly anxiety and PTSD. These were things I felt I had to deal with alone as a teenager."
@ms_lilyanderson on her ⭐️FOUR STAR⭐️ read, Scout's Honor. #SLJTeenLive https://t.co/H8ADqH4m5A
On history that inspires her work, Randi Pink says "There is no better hero than Harriet Jacobs. She spent 7 years in an attic the size of a coffin to escape her enslaver. She escaped and somehow found the strength to write her autobiography." #SLJTeenLive https://t.co/FVLrumeVvV
On nurturing, @stc_smith says "At the beginning, Granny is the nurturer. She raises Shelly-Ann and teaches her everything she knows. Toward the end, Shelly-Ann becomes the nurturer. This role-reversal happens in real life."
Read Granny's Kitchen ➡️ https://t.co/izpbP2WcqJ
"Our story started with a question, what would a whale see over a lifetime that spans 200 years?" @PyensonLab
Follow a bowhead whale in The Whale Who Swam Through Time, gorgeously illustrated and co-written by @AlexBoersma_Art ➡️https://t.co/yirMyqjowk
#PictureBookPalooza
“We were editing during the time of George Floyd & Ahmaud Arbery. It was emotional returning to this story. What pulled us through is that this is Mamie’s story. The book is designed to motivate people to use their pain to heal & inspire their community." @AngelaJoyBlog #SLJDoD
Do you have lots of Bad Kitty lovers in your classroom? Download activity kits for @nickbruel's bestselling books here! https://t.co/UDAzOi3dzq #AAPIHeritageMonth
"I wrote I Am Golden for a younger version of myself. I would have loved to be able to pick up a book and know someone else has had this experience." - @evachen212 during the @sljournal webcast.
#AAPIHeritageMonth