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KayelaWrites
@kwrights.bsky.social
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I write #kidlit stories about finding hope and strength during times of darkness. Nonfiction Enthusiast. Story Collector. Library Lover. Adult ELL teacher. #Childhoodcancer Hater. #Adoptee for family preservation.
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Yes. Yes there is. And everyone should read it!
A cover of the book Relinquished by Gretchen Sisson
October 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Here's a place to start. The author is @gretchensisson.bsky.social
The cover of the book Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood by Gretchen Sisson
May 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Knowing history matters.

I'm currently reading The Burglary by Betty Medsger to learn more about this story.
Cover of the book The Burglary by Betty Medsger
March 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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This is the book I needed to be reading in this moment, and you should read it, too.

What a mind shift I've experienced.
Cover of the book Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed History of America written by Michael Harriot
February 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Can't think of a better book to be reading right now.

If you're feeling confused by this current political climate (especially if you're a white liberal who just doesn't understand how this is America), @michaelharriot.bsky.social can help.

Sometimes a change in perspective is all you need.
Cover of the book, Black AF History; the Un-Whitewashed Story of America, written by Michael Harriot
January 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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An unusual find at one of the many odd museums we visited during our summer road trip.

Love the quirky weird!

#history
#oddthings
A large cooking pot with handles and a lid with a coin slot protruding from the bottom front. It's sits on a table in a museum with asign next to it that reads: first pay toilet. Please do not use!
January 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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My favorite national Park is Badlands. There's something poetic about a place where life grows even in the harshest of conditions.

I'm forever the optimist.
A photo of Badlands National Park. A bright blue sky with wisps of clouds. Lush green grass on the horizon. Grey pointy rock formations jutting our of the foreground.
January 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Time to do some reading, people.

@alandettlaff.bsky.social lays it all out in his book.

The system is working as intended, and stories like the one below are shining examples of why it's time to tear it all down.
Cover 6is the book, Confronting the Racist Legacy of the American Child Welfare System by Alan Dettlaff
December 24, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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Well then, here's your reminder.

If you're a humanist who believes in the dignity of each human being and supports the maximization of individual liberty and opportunity consonant with social and planetary responsibility, I suggest you read more about adoption. Here's a good place to start
Cover of the book, Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood, by Gretchen Sisson
December 8, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 11

#BookSky
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#Books
#kidlit
#BookChallenge
Cover of the children's book, Cranberry Thanksgiving, by Wende and Harry Devlin
November 28, 2024 at 3:32 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 10

#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Book cover of To Heal the World by Paul Farmer
November 26, 2024 at 3:08 PM
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Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood by Gretchen Sisson
Cover of the book, Relinquished: the politics of adoption and the privilege of American motherhood, by Gretchen Sisson
November 25, 2024 at 7:38 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 9

#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#kidlit
#BookChallenge
The book cover for The Elephants Come Home by Kim Tomsic
November 25, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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I like weird things.

I saw this chair in a barbed wire museum.
It stuck with me 😂
An old wooden chair with criss crossing barbed wire for the seat
November 24, 2024 at 4:40 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 8

#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
Photo of the book cover for Tom's River by Dan Fagin
November 24, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 7

#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
The book cover of All Quiet on the Western Front
November 23, 2024 at 5:39 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 6

#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
A picture of the cover of a book titled Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
November 22, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 5

#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
#kidlit
The Old Woman Who Named Things
November 21, 2024 at 2:52 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 4

#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
November 20, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 3

#BookSky
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#Books
#BookChallenge
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
November 19, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 2

#BookSky
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#Books
#BookChallenge
Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder
November 18, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 1

#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
The Secret Garden
November 17, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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Today I'm celebrating that I can be transported to a hospital in an ambulance and not a wooden wheelbarrow.
Cover of a book titled Revolutionary Medicine in which we see a man hauling a fellow soldier in a wooden wheelbarrow. Other objects of late 1700 medicine are also shown.
July 9, 2023 at 1:43 AM
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This book inspired a road trip to the Tall Grass Prairie with my boys and my mom. It was a memorable trip, mostly because it was our last with her. Books are amazing.
The Buffalo Are Back book cover
July 6, 2023 at 3:12 AM
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One of my favorite kidlit books!
June 5, 2023 at 7:28 PM