10 of your books are on my own longlist! i do a six month deep dive into picture books with my fourth graders :)

it’s happened so many times and yes i have Cried

and a special thank you to @cyngharris.bsky.social for looping me in 💙🔥

thank you to everyone @andrewsmcmeelkids.bsky.social for bringing this book into a world that desperately needs it, even if it doesn’t always want it. thank you to @cameronmukwa.bsky.social for your gorgeous illustrations – this book would not be what it is without you! 🙌🙌

when i worry that i’m not doing enough, i try to remember that queer existence is resistance. existing openly and proudly is important. hard things always are.
well, existing is the easy part. it’s the world that makes it hard.

8 newly released or soon to be released middle grade books containing trans rep:

And the right response to transphobes is *always* to uplift trans voices, as a reminder that we have always been here and we will always be here.

So here's another stack of recommendations of trans and nonbinary writers writing amazing, fantastical, magical stories for kids.