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Jason Chin
@authorjasonchin.bsky.social
Children's book author and illustrator. 2022 Caldecott medal recipient.
📚 It’s Banned Books Week. Book bans don’t protect kids — they censor them. Stand with libraries, stand with readers, stand for the #FreedomToRead. ✊ #BannedBooksWeek #StopBookBans
October 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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#BannedBooksWeek is the perfect time to add a challenged book (or two) to your shelf. We’re partnering with @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social to offer you 20% off select challenged titles from now until October 19: bookshop.org/info/banned-...
Banned Books
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October 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Mark your calendars. I’ll be at the NH Book Festival on Oct 4 on a panel with the great Aaron Becker! www.nhbookfestival.org
New Hampshire Book Festival
Welcome to the New Hampshire Book Festival — where stories come alive and community thrives. Join us in downtown Concord, NH, October 3–4, 2025,\
www.nhbookfestival.org
September 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Just announced: I’m doing a special storytime at the Carle Museum. Mark it in your calendars! #CarleBookshop #EricCarleMuseum @carlemuseum.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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GIVEAWAY ALERT!
We’re giving away a Jason Chin picture book bundle because every hero needs a little inspiration! 💥
Enter July 15-22 at picturebooksummit.co....

#giveaway #bookgiveaway #picturebook #kidlit #PBSummit #jasonchin @authorjasonchin.bsky.social#amwriting #amreading #booksky
July 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I’m presenting at Sullaluna in NYC on Thursday, with Brian Floca and Sydney Smith. Register at Eventbrite! www.eventbrite.com/e/sydney-smi...
July 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Summer Challenge kicks off tomorrow at Fletcher Free Library in Burlington! Come and enjoy read-alouds and meet-and-greets with ballplayers, Champ, and authors Kate Messner, Jason Chin, Kekla Magoon, Loree Griffin Burns, Chris Tebbetts and Dayna Lorentz. 10:00-11:30. All ages.
June 21, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This Is What Autocracy Looks Like www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/o...
Opinion | This Is What Autocracy Looks Like
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I’m excited that I will be visiting the Norwich Bookstore this Saturday (6/14) with the great David Macaulay! @holidayhouse.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Come to SBPL tomorrow for an art workshop at 10:00!
June 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Huge fan of @authorjasonchin.bsky.social. He does a brilliant job of explaining complex ideas simply.

“Hurricane” shares the impact of a hurricane on a the community of Hatteras Island off North Carolina. It creates a truly human story and the art is powerful and technical. #PicturebookPage
May 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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HURRICANE (Porter/Holiday) by @authorjasonchin.bsky.social‬ will receive a starred review in the July/August 2025 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/july-a...
May 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Meet me on May 27(tomorrow!) at the Rosenberg Library in Galveston, TX. 6:00pm!
May 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Trump fired the Librarian of Congress without cause!

Send an email to your representative to stop Trump's attack on the Library of Congress.

action.everylibrary.org/emailhayden via @everylibrary.bsky.social
SEND AN EMAIL: Tell Congress to Reinstate the Librarian of Congress!
President Trump has crossed another dangerous line by abruptly firing Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress.
action.everylibrary.org
May 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Join me tomorrow at South Burlington Public Library, at 10:30, for a fun HURRICANE book event. I’ll read, draw and talk about making the book. southburlingtonlibrary.org/celebrate-ja...
May 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Congratulations to Lynn Brunelle and @authorjasonchin.bsky.social for the 2025 Cook Prize Gold Medal for Life After Whale! BookBreak subscribers can draw the whale along with Jason in one of his drawing mini lessons. Have you shared that one with your students yet?

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May 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
May 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Meet the author (me) today at Phoenix Books Burlington. 2:00 reading, presentation, drawing and book signing. @phoenixbooks.biz
May 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Are we all doing the thing where we all stand in complete and utter support of Carla Hayden (newly sacked by 47)? Damn right we are.
May 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Hurricane book launch tomorrow!
May 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I’m presenting and signing books tomorrow at the Loko Arts Festival at SUNY Potsdam. 3:30 to 4:30, Sheard Literary Center, Saterlee Hall: www.potsdam.edu/about/campus...
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April 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Barnes and Noble pre-order sale starts today! Get 25% off HURRICANE from 4/23 to 4/25. #BNPreorder Holiday House Books for Young People www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hurricane-...
Hurricane|Hardcover
Caldecott and Sibert Medalist Jason Chin charts the thrilling saga of an island community’s brush with a category three hurricane, and the cutting-edge science that helps them prepare.It’s...
www.barnesandnoble.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
LidLit for LA wildfire relief: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlos...
January 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Bid now to raise money for LA wildfire relief!
www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlos...
Kidlit For Los Angeles
Silent auction 'Kidlit For Los Angeles' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is arbitrarily dismissing student and parent complaints arising out of public schools’ documented acts of censorship and discrimination.
Our response: Book bans are real.
Full statement ➡️ www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
January 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM