Picture book recs for kids affected by the fires:
~ "Dear Wild Child" by Wallace Grayce Nichols & Wallace J. Nichols
~ "Simone" by Viet Thanh Nguyen
~ "We Will Live In This Forest Again" by Gianna Marino
~ "Hello, Tree" by Ana Crespo
~ "I Am the Storm" by Heidi E. Y. Stemple & Jane Yolen

Continuing my tradition of donations as holiday gifts, this year's theme was "prevent future horrible politicians" - each family member received a chocolate bar with their donation, except my brother, who got these "brain worms" with a donation to a vaccine education/advocacy org :P

I too have a feline fan of bath mats...

Just got back from the #NABT2024 conference and seems like a good time to hop on the Bluesky bandwagon! I'll let my name badge ribbons serve as an introduction...