Kam Asanyi (they/them) 🏳️🌈 ♿️
@kamasanyi.bsky.social
💛🤍💜🖤
#kidlit author
Stonewall Award Honoree
MARLEY’S PRIDE (Barefoot Books)
OUR WORLD USA (Barefoot Books)
MADINA'S BIG, FABULOUS, WIN (Disney Hyperion '27)
BELLY GROWLS (Henry Holt '27)
🇭🇹 |♿️|🐈⬛+🍄 ❤️
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#kidlit author
Stonewall Award Honoree
MARLEY’S PRIDE (Barefoot Books)
OUR WORLD USA (Barefoot Books)
MADINA'S BIG, FABULOUS, WIN (Disney Hyperion '27)
BELLY GROWLS (Henry Holt '27)
🇭🇹 |♿️|🐈⬛+🍄 ❤️
Rep’d by James McGowan
Got to see the latest draft of illustrations for Belly Growls- my upcoming PB book about food insecurity and OMG, literal chills. Ya’ll my heart is so big right now.
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Got to see the latest draft of illustrations for Belly Growls- my upcoming PB book about food insecurity and OMG, literal chills. Ya’ll my heart is so big right now.
A gentle, not-so-gentle PSA in honor of disability pride month. Please stop asking disabled people using mobility aids, "What happened?" You wouldn't ask me "why are you Black," so don't ask me to explain why I am disabled.
July 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A gentle, not-so-gentle PSA in honor of disability pride month. Please stop asking disabled people using mobility aids, "What happened?" You wouldn't ask me "why are you Black," so don't ask me to explain why I am disabled.
Greetings from an exhausted author spoonie recovering from ALA. I'm a nonbinary spoonie who writes picture books. I'm all about Earth care and being outdoors. #spoonieauthchat #disabilitypride
Spoonie Author Chat (for creatives who manage spoons), July 1, 2025:
It's #DisabilityPrideMonth! Introduce yourselves, and let's interact with and follow each other!
(Please quote-post and add #SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
It's #DisabilityPrideMonth! Introduce yourselves, and let's interact with and follow each other!
(Please quote-post and add #SpoonieAuthChat to your replies!)
July 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Greetings from an exhausted author spoonie recovering from ALA. I'm a nonbinary spoonie who writes picture books. I'm all about Earth care and being outdoors. #spoonieauthchat #disabilitypride
It's the last day of Pride, and it seems fitting that I get to celebrate my Stonewall Honor today! Will share more ALA highlights soon, but for now, gifting you this beautiful handmade card created by my dear soul sibling @awildword.bsky.social. #queersky #pride #chosenfamily
June 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
It's the last day of Pride, and it seems fitting that I get to celebrate my Stonewall Honor today! Will share more ALA highlights soon, but for now, gifting you this beautiful handmade card created by my dear soul sibling @awildword.bsky.social. #queersky #pride #chosenfamily
Feeling all the feels. Queer kidlit saves lives 💗.
If you need a reminder of what we're fighting for, here are a bunch of authors reading short excerpts of letters sent to them by grateful readers. Recommend having tissues handy.
June 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Feeling all the feels. Queer kidlit saves lives 💗.
Happy Freedom day. I recognize that saying these words feels ironic given the times we live in. But today is a reminder that our ancestors sacrificed everything for our liberation. May we use this day to nourish our souls as we continue to fight for our freedom. #blackjoy #blacksky #AddtoBlackSky
June 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Happy Freedom day. I recognize that saying these words feels ironic given the times we live in. But today is a reminder that our ancestors sacrificed everything for our liberation. May we use this day to nourish our souls as we continue to fight for our freedom. #blackjoy #blacksky #AddtoBlackSky
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Today and every day, Trans Kids Are Our Kids. Discover books that center trans stories and voices that we are proud to publish (link below). Every reader deserves to see themselves in a book.
📚 penguinschoollibrary.com/TransBooklist
📚 penguinschoollibrary.com/TransBooklist
June 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Today and every day, Trans Kids Are Our Kids. Discover books that center trans stories and voices that we are proud to publish (link below). Every reader deserves to see themselves in a book.
📚 penguinschoollibrary.com/TransBooklist
📚 penguinschoollibrary.com/TransBooklist
Support queer artists!
Ready to cast on during Pride w/ a pattern from a queer designer?
These designs are quick and you probably already have the yarn.
1. Weak Moral Fiber shawl: sock weight in 3 colors
2. Big Hair Much Care hat: sock weight held doubled
3.February Fitted Mitts: cabled DK
Go forth and knit!! #knitsky
These designs are quick and you probably already have the yarn.
1. Weak Moral Fiber shawl: sock weight in 3 colors
2. Big Hair Much Care hat: sock weight held doubled
3.February Fitted Mitts: cabled DK
Go forth and knit!! #knitsky
June 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Support queer artists!
More Pride fun.
SLC & Seattle friends! I’ll be celebrating THE BI BOOK by Cynthia Alonso & me over the next few weeks! I’m so excited to join two of my dear #kidlit friends (@michellejingchan.bsky.social & @jesshernandez.bsky.social) for a Pride storytime event! Hope to see you and your kiddos! Much love! 🥳🌈💖
June 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
More Pride fun.
Reposted by Kam Asanyi (they/them) 🏳️🌈 ♿️
🌈 You could make your own Little Golden Book (Maybelline the cat not included) with me at @charliesqueerbooks this Saturday!
I'll be partnering with @kclsfoundation for this event, part of the Live Pages events that support @kclsfoundation ‘s funding of library system programs and services
I'll be partnering with @kclsfoundation for this event, part of the Live Pages events that support @kclsfoundation ‘s funding of library system programs and services
June 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🌈 You could make your own Little Golden Book (Maybelline the cat not included) with me at @charliesqueerbooks this Saturday!
I'll be partnering with @kclsfoundation for this event, part of the Live Pages events that support @kclsfoundation ‘s funding of library system programs and services
I'll be partnering with @kclsfoundation for this event, part of the Live Pages events that support @kclsfoundation ‘s funding of library system programs and services
Some ooey gooey goodness for your feed.
#LGBTQWriteAThon is upon us!
Next month join @amaralynn.bsky.social and @rebeccafrostwrites.com for a month of much needed writing fun!
#queerwriters will be combined with this event. Feel free to participate as little or much as you're able!
#writesky #writingcommunity #pridemonth
Next month join @amaralynn.bsky.social and @rebeccafrostwrites.com for a month of much needed writing fun!
#queerwriters will be combined with this event. Feel free to participate as little or much as you're able!
#writesky #writingcommunity #pridemonth
June 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Some ooey gooey goodness for your feed.
Reposted by Kam Asanyi (they/them) 🏳️🌈 ♿️
As the mom of a nonbinary kid, I can tell you that it's so rare that they get to see themself in books-- especially in FUN books that aren't *about* being nonbinary. Enby kids deserve to have their silly hijinks stories too!
(Fyi, GOING OVERBOARD is also available as an audiobook!)
(Fyi, GOING OVERBOARD is also available as an audiobook!)
Happy book birthday to @carolinehuntoon.bsky.social & GOING OVERBOARD-- a sweet, light-hearted, hijinks-filled reverse Parent Trap novel about embracing change in our relationships with the people we love.
ORDER NOW:
bookshop.org/p/books/goin...
#KidLit #MG #LGBTKidLit #LGBTQIA #MiddleGrade
ORDER NOW:
bookshop.org/p/books/goin...
#KidLit #MG #LGBTKidLit #LGBTQIA #MiddleGrade
May 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
As the mom of a nonbinary kid, I can tell you that it's so rare that they get to see themself in books-- especially in FUN books that aren't *about* being nonbinary. Enby kids deserve to have their silly hijinks stories too!
(Fyi, GOING OVERBOARD is also available as an audiobook!)
(Fyi, GOING OVERBOARD is also available as an audiobook!)
Reposted by Kam Asanyi (they/them) 🏳️🌈 ♿️
It's #LGBTQFamiliesDay! A wonderful day to send support to queer families everywhere, particularly this year. We are all in this together!
June 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
It's #LGBTQFamiliesDay! A wonderful day to send support to queer families everywhere, particularly this year. We are all in this together!
This Pride month I am joining an incredible group of #queerkidlit creators to host a fundraiser for the LGBTQIA+ community.
Enter this giveaway, and you could win a copy of all the LGBTQIA+ picture books below!
More details at: tinyurl.com/pb-giveaway
#edusky #pride #skybrarians #books #lgbtqia
Enter this giveaway, and you could win a copy of all the LGBTQIA+ picture books below!
More details at: tinyurl.com/pb-giveaway
#edusky #pride #skybrarians #books #lgbtqia
May 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This Pride month I am joining an incredible group of #queerkidlit creators to host a fundraiser for the LGBTQIA+ community.
Enter this giveaway, and you could win a copy of all the LGBTQIA+ picture books below!
More details at: tinyurl.com/pb-giveaway
#edusky #pride #skybrarians #books #lgbtqia
Enter this giveaway, and you could win a copy of all the LGBTQIA+ picture books below!
More details at: tinyurl.com/pb-giveaway
#edusky #pride #skybrarians #books #lgbtqia
ACK!!! SOOOO exciting. Congrats @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social.
I love it when @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social's deals FINALLY go public and we can shout about them from every which way!
CONGRATS! #PB #kidlit #amwriting
CONGRATS! #PB #kidlit #amwriting
May 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
ACK!!! SOOOO exciting. Congrats @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social.
Help me pick a new headshot. A or B? I'm partial to A cuz I look dapper AF 😁.
May 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Help me pick a new headshot. A or B? I'm partial to A cuz I look dapper AF 😁.
To all of those who must go through unimaginable lengths to have their basic needs met this book is 4u. A special thanks to my agent @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social , my editor Valery Badio, and my illustrator Alex Aldrich Barrett, none of this would be possible w/o u.
May 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
To all of those who must go through unimaginable lengths to have their basic needs met this book is 4u. A special thanks to my agent @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social , my editor Valery Badio, and my illustrator Alex Aldrich Barrett, none of this would be possible w/o u.
An opportunity to support a beloved #kidlit community member!!
#Kidlit friends 💔 Please share this far and wide
Our dear friend, Trenise Sabin, was the victim of a major burglary over the weekend. She and her husband Travis have lost everything— from clothing and appliances to irreplaceable items from their recent wedding and the urn
gofund.me/ce50d993
Our dear friend, Trenise Sabin, was the victim of a major burglary over the weekend. She and her husband Travis have lost everything— from clothing and appliances to irreplaceable items from their recent wedding and the urn
gofund.me/ce50d993
May 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
An opportunity to support a beloved #kidlit community member!!
Writer's life= getting to create a fashion mood board for the fat fabulous star of my forthcoming picture book MADINA'S BIG, FABULOUS, WIN. Y'all this process is giving me LIFE. Here's my favorite image so far.
May 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Writer's life= getting to create a fashion mood board for the fat fabulous star of my forthcoming picture book MADINA'S BIG, FABULOUS, WIN. Y'all this process is giving me LIFE. Here's my favorite image so far.
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Email sent!
If you don’t do anything else today, do this.
Dr. Carla Hayden has impeccable credentials and has revitalized the Library of Congress. Trump does not have the authority to dismiss her, but Congress must intervene.
Dr. Carla Hayden has impeccable credentials and has revitalized the Library of Congress. Trump does not have the authority to dismiss her, but Congress must intervene.
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.
nwmd.social
May 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Email sent!
This incredible human has been fighting like hell to ensure that our queer babies feel seen and affirmed. Grateful for you friend.
At @usnews.com I describe growing up as a pastor's kid and LGBTQ+. Now in #MahmoudvTaylor at #SCOTUS, 6 religious parents have challenged my book #LoveViolet & 8 others.
Op-ed:
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
@penamerica.bsky.social #kidlit #BooksNotBans #WNDB #FReadom
youtube.com/shorts/K99I4...
Op-ed:
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
@penamerica.bsky.social #kidlit #BooksNotBans #WNDB #FReadom
youtube.com/shorts/K99I4...
Charlotte Sullivan Wild on Mahmoud v. Taylor at SCOTUS, U.S. News & World Report
YouTube video by Charlotte Sullivan Wild - she her
youtube.com
May 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This incredible human has been fighting like hell to ensure that our queer babies feel seen and affirmed. Grateful for you friend.
Reposted by Kam Asanyi (they/them) 🏳️🌈 ♿️
Guess what Guess what Guess whaaaaat?!
2025 #PBRisingStars mentee selections ARE IN!!!! And in two-ish weeks, we get to SCREAM about the new mentee class! 😱😱😱😱
How are you feeling as we inch closer to May 15?! Tell us tell us!
2025 #PBRisingStars mentee selections ARE IN!!!! And in two-ish weeks, we get to SCREAM about the new mentee class! 😱😱😱😱
How are you feeling as we inch closer to May 15?! Tell us tell us!
April 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Guess what Guess what Guess whaaaaat?!
2025 #PBRisingStars mentee selections ARE IN!!!! And in two-ish weeks, we get to SCREAM about the new mentee class! 😱😱😱😱
How are you feeling as we inch closer to May 15?! Tell us tell us!
2025 #PBRisingStars mentee selections ARE IN!!!! And in two-ish weeks, we get to SCREAM about the new mentee class! 😱😱😱😱
How are you feeling as we inch closer to May 15?! Tell us tell us!
Chronic illness is like that obnoxious uninvited house guest that just won't leave! Hugs to all of my spoonies navigating bad body days. #spoonie
a fluffy cat is sitting on top of a box and looking at the camera .
ALT: a fluffy cat is sitting on top of a box and looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Chronic illness is like that obnoxious uninvited house guest that just won't leave! Hugs to all of my spoonies navigating bad body days. #spoonie
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Calling any #kidlit authors illustrators whose books have been challenged and are attending the #rallyforinclusiveeducation at the Supreme Court on April 22, 8am-2pm E. If you are interested in reading from your books, please DM. This is an inclusive call, beyond LGBTQ+ books!
#weneeddiversebooks
#weneeddiversebooks
April 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Calling any #kidlit authors illustrators whose books have been challenged and are attending the #rallyforinclusiveeducation at the Supreme Court on April 22, 8am-2pm E. If you are interested in reading from your books, please DM. This is an inclusive call, beyond LGBTQ+ books!
#weneeddiversebooks
#weneeddiversebooks
Time to roll up our sleeves and get to work...we take care of us.
I wrote an open letter to my fellow book ppl because no one is coming to save us.
We have to save us.
And I am weary of waiting for my colleagues to join the fight. Any fight. I chose book bans, but you don't have to
www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/4/17/an-open-letter-to-my-fellow-book-creators
We have to save us.
And I am weary of waiting for my colleagues to join the fight. Any fight. I chose book bans, but you don't have to
www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/4/17/an-open-letter-to-my-fellow-book-creators
An Open Letter to My Fellow Book Creators — Pretty Ok Maggie
Inside me there are two wolves: the one that understands that the best activism happens behind closed doors and that everyone does what they can and that not everyone can be asked to do the same thing...
www.prettyokmaggie.com
April 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Time to roll up our sleeves and get to work...we take care of us.