Thanks Kara Newhouse for collating a lot of info into the latest article with SLJ on whether US book publishing is making good on efforts of retention and equity.

www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/gainin...

Hello school/public librarians, @mythilisk is writing a feature for @slj.com on AAPI month student activities, projects, and curricula, librarians involved in Stop AAPI Hate, and related topics. Ping her with any relevant info you have. Thank you!

An eye-opening article about nonfiction for kids in
@slj.com . . . plus book recommendations.
www.slj.com/story/two-ki...
@shbayliss.bsky.social
#edusky
#kidlit

Looking for a Twitter/X Alternative? Try Bluesky. tinyurl.com/258ryxbx

Thanks to many generous donors, I have a new supply of access codes. Keep spreading the word so more teachers, librarians, writers, illustrators, editors, and agents will join @bluesky #edusky

We are passing along School Library Journal's most viewed coverage of book banning and censorship, which remained front and center in 2023.
ow.ly/eayz50QiBWB

Polls this far out aren’t indicative of how things will actually go come election time. But they can change public perception, fundraising, and strategy, so it’s important that where there are counterexamples to the prevailing narrative, we amplify them. The media surely won’t.