Cheryl B. Klein
@cherylklein.bsky.social
I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; 6yo mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
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Cheryl B. Klein
@cherylklein.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hello, new followers! I'm a children's book editor with 24 years in the business & author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books. I post about books, writing craft, politics, publishing, NYC, my 5-year-old son, & things that make me laugh.
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All of this. I heartily recommend the 5calls.org app - none of you HATES making phone calls more than I do, but 5calls makes it possible (not "easy", nothing can do that, but *possible*)
A thing I learned this year: It takes surprisingly few emails/calls to get a rep's attention.
As a strategy, it's probably more effective per person to call Congress than it is to protest.
Our leaders love to ignore us, but they do actually get worried when enough of us overwhelm their phones.
As a strategy, it's probably more effective per person to call Congress than it is to protest.
Our leaders love to ignore us, but they do actually get worried when enough of us overwhelm their phones.
Because the more people call, the more you inspire others to call, the more electeds will pay attention.
Right now, if everyone says: not going to call, not my problem, then it's a death spiral of apathy. We have to break through this.
Right now, if everyone says: not going to call, not my problem, then it's a death spiral of apathy. We have to break through this.
January 4, 2026 at 1:20 AM
All of this. I heartily recommend the 5calls.org app - none of you HATES making phone calls more than I do, but 5calls makes it possible (not "easy", nothing can do that, but *possible*)
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Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave.
People care.
People care.
January 3, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave.
People care.
People care.
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The year is 2003. I’m 17 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
January 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The year is 2003. I’m 17 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
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My attitude on this is that I'm not calling them because I think I can change their minds.
I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.
My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.
My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
I call Tommy Tuberville every fucking week, multiple times a week, because he can be evil but I don't have to let him do it without pushback.
So I don't need to hear excuses. I call the dumbest senator in the country. 😂
So I don't need to hear excuses. I call the dumbest senator in the country. 😂
January 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
My attitude on this is that I'm not calling them because I think I can change their minds.
I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.
My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.
My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
I called @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social about Venezuela & got a voicemail message talking about how she couldn’t do much right now b/c of the government shutdown.
If she hasn’t even updated her voicemail since December, I don’t have a lot of hope for action now. 🙄
If she hasn’t even updated her voicemail since December, I don’t have a lot of hope for action now. 🙄
January 3, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I called @repyvetteclarke.bsky.social about Venezuela & got a voicemail message talking about how she couldn’t do much right now b/c of the government shutdown.
If she hasn’t even updated her voicemail since December, I don’t have a lot of hope for action now. 🙄
If she hasn’t even updated her voicemail since December, I don’t have a lot of hope for action now. 🙄
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A college sophomore at an Occupy rally could not have generated such a grotesque outsized caricature of US imperialism
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
A college sophomore at an Occupy rally could not have generated such a grotesque outsized caricature of US imperialism
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January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Ever relevant, this poem by Mary Oliver, especially today.
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I remember Iraq, I grew up on Iraq, I cannot believe we’re doing this again
and this time they are more bloodthirsty, more incompetent, and less interested in even pretending to justify it
more than twenty years later and somehow we went backwards
and this time they are more bloodthirsty, more incompetent, and less interested in even pretending to justify it
more than twenty years later and somehow we went backwards
January 3, 2026 at 7:14 AM
I remember Iraq, I grew up on Iraq, I cannot believe we’re doing this again
and this time they are more bloodthirsty, more incompetent, and less interested in even pretending to justify it
more than twenty years later and somehow we went backwards
and this time they are more bloodthirsty, more incompetent, and less interested in even pretending to justify it
more than twenty years later and somehow we went backwards
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Is there any precedent for powerful people claiming that a nonsentient process has a personality behind it that only they and their fellow experts can understand and speak for and it knows everything and can do anything and wants to help and also it will destroy us if we dont give it what it wants
January 2, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Is there any precedent for powerful people claiming that a nonsentient process has a personality behind it that only they and their fellow experts can understand and speak for and it knows everything and can do anything and wants to help and also it will destroy us if we dont give it what it wants
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This and the replies under it are an amazing example of how badly Americans hate both children and educators. You want children to take standardized tests every month and be able to fight off an armed school mate, but also be able to do everything their great grandparents did. Adults are exhausting.
It's 2026.
Things many American school kids probably don't know how to do:
* Dial a rotary telephone
* Tell time from an analog clock
* Read or write cursive
* Decipher Roman numerals
* Navigate with a paper map or use a compass
* Balance a checkbook
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Things many American school kids probably don't know how to do:
* Dial a rotary telephone
* Tell time from an analog clock
* Read or write cursive
* Decipher Roman numerals
* Navigate with a paper map or use a compass
* Balance a checkbook
(Please add more below)
January 2, 2026 at 5:25 PM
This and the replies under it are an amazing example of how badly Americans hate both children and educators. You want children to take standardized tests every month and be able to fight off an armed school mate, but also be able to do everything their great grandparents did. Adults are exhausting.
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January 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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"The world's richest man, a well-documented drug addict who is a Nazi and a major support and adviser of the President of the United States of America, has created a website that produces CSAM on demand at scale while he demands ethnic cleansing worldwide"
January 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"The world's richest man, a well-documented drug addict who is a Nazi and a major support and adviser of the President of the United States of America, has created a website that produces CSAM on demand at scale while he demands ethnic cleansing worldwide"
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This is just such a damned disgrace. A crime against knowledge and humanity itself.
January 1, 2026 at 5:38 AM
This is just such a damned disgrace. A crime against knowledge and humanity itself.
Agree, & also put another way: sincerely felt & well-done originality & specificity will always beat generic blandness, especially blandness engineered from existing elements for supposed “market appeal”
Hi there. Isn't it interesting how the most popular TV shows and movies this year (Sinners, Kpop Demon Hunters, and Heated Rivalry) were all hyper specific stories, proving that "universal appeal" (i.e. appealing to white straight folks) is not actually that appealing?
January 1, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Agree, & also put another way: sincerely felt & well-done originality & specificity will always beat generic blandness, especially blandness engineered from existing elements for supposed “market appeal”
In honor of Eric Adams no longer being our mayor, I say to you all sincerely: In the new year, may your haters be your waiters at the table of success
a cartoon penguin wearing a blue jacket and sunglasses
Alt: a cartoon penguin wearing a blue jacket puts on sunglasses
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January 1, 2026 at 5:26 AM
In honor of Eric Adams no longer being our mayor, I say to you all sincerely: In the new year, may your haters be your waiters at the table of success
Wishing everyone a peaceful end to 2025, with a delicious something of your choice, and a 2026 filled with good luck, good work, good books, good people, and more delicious somethings.
January 1, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Wishing everyone a peaceful end to 2025, with a delicious something of your choice, and a 2026 filled with good luck, good work, good books, good people, and more delicious somethings.
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Always worth a post
December 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Always worth a post
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2026 is midterms and it’s the year we get going on putting these assholes in the dumpster of history where they belong
December 31, 2025 at 11:52 PM
2026 is midterms and it’s the year we get going on putting these assholes in the dumpster of history where they belong
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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Are you ready to start the New Year out by impeaching and removing the corrupt regime?
If your answer is "Hell yes!" then...
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If your answer is "Hell yes!" then...
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December 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Are you ready to start the New Year out by impeaching and removing the corrupt regime?
If your answer is "Hell yes!" then...
✅ Share this post;
✅ Attend the NY virtual town hall on 1/6: zoom.us/meeting/regi...
✅ Sign up with us to fight for candidates like these: citizensimpeachment.com/sign-up/
If your answer is "Hell yes!" then...
✅ Share this post;
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Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
OMG - f*ck AI for ruining the em-dash for writers. I use them all the time. Of course, what a shock that AI uses them since they were trained off my voice and other authors' voices.
I'm a writer who has specifically been directed *not* to use em-dashes because "they mean it was written by AI." I can detect AI writing, but it is not simply a matter of the punctuation used.
December 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
Anyone wanna take an over/under on how many fundraising texts I’ll receive today? It’s 10:41 EST and I’m at 5.
December 31, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Anyone wanna take an over/under on how many fundraising texts I’ll receive today? It’s 10:41 EST and I’m at 5.
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THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
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A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.