Sara Van Note
@svannotes.bsky.social
Science & nature writer for kids and adults. Also educator, naturalist, meanderer. 🌱 🦋 🦜
Member SCBWI, SEJ, NASW.
Represented by Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
New Mexico = home
Member SCBWI, SEJ, NASW.
Represented by Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
New Mexico = home
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Sara Van Note
@svannotes.bsky.social
· May 5
💫Here's to the next chapter in my journey: I'm thrilled to announce I'm now represented by Kathleen Rushall at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social! 📖
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my latest: CRIT grants personhood status to #coloradoriver - 3rd in North America by Indigenous peoples. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Colorado River wins personhood status from Arizona tribal council
Personhood status creates a powerful new mechanism for protecting the eponymous river that makes life possible in their arid homelands.
www.azcentral.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
my latest: CRIT grants personhood status to #coloradoriver - 3rd in North America by Indigenous peoples. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
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ANNOUNCEMENT! We've been working hard behind the scenes this year to revamp our approach to our scholarship program. It's now ready and applications for our 2026 scholarship program are LIVE! forms.gle/Pe2qKyaGMH67...
November 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
ANNOUNCEMENT! We've been working hard behind the scenes this year to revamp our approach to our scholarship program. It's now ready and applications for our 2026 scholarship program are LIVE! forms.gle/Pe2qKyaGMH67...
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Good morning! @gelliottmorris.com and I have crossed 2.5 million #nokings protesters counted.
Our nationwide, unofficial, crowdsourced estimate is now at 4.7-7.9 million.
Thank you to all of our local colleagues and volunteers that made this work possible.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Our nationwide, unofficial, crowdsourced estimate is now at 4.7-7.9 million.
Thank you to all of our local colleagues and volunteers that made this work possible.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
No Kings!
docs.google.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Good morning! @gelliottmorris.com and I have crossed 2.5 million #nokings protesters counted.
Our nationwide, unofficial, crowdsourced estimate is now at 4.7-7.9 million.
Thank you to all of our local colleagues and volunteers that made this work possible.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Our nationwide, unofficial, crowdsourced estimate is now at 4.7-7.9 million.
Thank you to all of our local colleagues and volunteers that made this work possible.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants
Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...
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Watch No Kings protests from around the country, ie the 39 states in our network. www.newsfromthestates.com/live-feed/no...
No Kings protest coverage | News From The States
www.newsfromthestates.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Watch No Kings protests from around the country, ie the 39 states in our network. www.newsfromthestates.com/live-feed/no...
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I was commissioned to make a zine for the No Kings 2 protest on Saturday Oct 18th!
If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends.
drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...
If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends.
drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...
October 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I was commissioned to make a zine for the No Kings 2 protest on Saturday Oct 18th!
If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends.
drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...
If you wonder “what can I do?” this zine is for you. It’s packed with things that you can do from wearing a “no ICE” pin to organizing a visibility brigade with your friends.
drive.google.com/file/d/1TJnH...
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The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org
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Next Saturday Oct 18, millions of people across America will join together to send a clear message: We the people have the power. Find your local event today and raise your voice for the science, facts, and truth we need to counter the authoritarian overreach of President Trump and his enablers.
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power belongs to the people.
www.nokings.org
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Next Saturday Oct 18, millions of people across America will join together to send a clear message: We the people have the power. Find your local event today and raise your voice for the science, facts, and truth we need to counter the authoritarian overreach of President Trump and his enablers.
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Don't count on the #CDC for evidence-based information about #vaccines these days. But there still remain plenty of other resources for getting that information. Here's where to start.
Where to find accurate vaccine information amidst the CDC’s ongoing collapse
With the CDC no longer a trustworthy source, use these resources to find reliable, accurate, evidence-based information about vaccines.
healthjournalism.org
October 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Now including New Mexico.
"How to Report ICE" 10/2:
Buffalo, CA, Chicago, CO, DC Metro, DE, FL, Indianapolis, KC Metro, MD, MA, NC Triangle, much of NJ, NM, NYC, Phoenix, Philly, Pittsburgh, Portland OR, RI, Rochester NY, St. Louis Metro, St. Peter & Mankato MN, VA, WI, WY
San Francisco in Spanish
tinyurl.com/mupyyr2x
Buffalo, CA, Chicago, CO, DC Metro, DE, FL, Indianapolis, KC Metro, MD, MA, NC Triangle, much of NJ, NM, NYC, Phoenix, Philly, Pittsburgh, Portland OR, RI, Rochester NY, St. Louis Metro, St. Peter & Mankato MN, VA, WI, WY
San Francisco in Spanish
tinyurl.com/mupyyr2x
October 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Now including New Mexico.
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"How to Report ICE" 10/2:
Buffalo, CA, Chicago, CO, DC Metro, DE, FL, Indianapolis, KC Metro, MD, MA, NC Triangle, much of NJ, NM, NYC, Phoenix, Philly, Pittsburgh, Portland OR, RI, Rochester NY, St. Louis Metro, St. Peter & Mankato MN, VA, WI, WY
San Francisco in Spanish
tinyurl.com/mupyyr2x
Buffalo, CA, Chicago, CO, DC Metro, DE, FL, Indianapolis, KC Metro, MD, MA, NC Triangle, much of NJ, NM, NYC, Phoenix, Philly, Pittsburgh, Portland OR, RI, Rochester NY, St. Louis Metro, St. Peter & Mankato MN, VA, WI, WY
San Francisco in Spanish
tinyurl.com/mupyyr2x
October 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"How to Report ICE" 10/2:
Buffalo, CA, Chicago, CO, DC Metro, DE, FL, Indianapolis, KC Metro, MD, MA, NC Triangle, much of NJ, NM, NYC, Phoenix, Philly, Pittsburgh, Portland OR, RI, Rochester NY, St. Louis Metro, St. Peter & Mankato MN, VA, WI, WY
San Francisco in Spanish
tinyurl.com/mupyyr2x
Buffalo, CA, Chicago, CO, DC Metro, DE, FL, Indianapolis, KC Metro, MD, MA, NC Triangle, much of NJ, NM, NYC, Phoenix, Philly, Pittsburgh, Portland OR, RI, Rochester NY, St. Louis Metro, St. Peter & Mankato MN, VA, WI, WY
San Francisco in Spanish
tinyurl.com/mupyyr2x
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Check out @everylibrary.bsky.social's week of FREE events for #BannedBooksWeek!
I chat with @katherinelocke.bsky.social and #GigiHoward on Tues. 7 PM Eastern.
Here's to #FReadom #BooksNotBans #kidlit #lgbtqkidlit
Sign up here:
www.everylibrary.org/everylibrary...
I chat with @katherinelocke.bsky.social and #GigiHoward on Tues. 7 PM Eastern.
Here's to #FReadom #BooksNotBans #kidlit #lgbtqkidlit
Sign up here:
www.everylibrary.org/everylibrary...
EveryLibrary Live! Banned Books 2025 Calendar
Join EveryLibrary Live! for Banned Books Week Fest 2025, a free online celebration featuring 25+ authors, editors, and advocates in bold conversations about storytelling, censorship, and the freedom t...
www.everylibrary.org
October 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Check out @everylibrary.bsky.social's week of FREE events for #BannedBooksWeek!
I chat with @katherinelocke.bsky.social and #GigiHoward on Tues. 7 PM Eastern.
Here's to #FReadom #BooksNotBans #kidlit #lgbtqkidlit
Sign up here:
www.everylibrary.org/everylibrary...
I chat with @katherinelocke.bsky.social and #GigiHoward on Tues. 7 PM Eastern.
Here's to #FReadom #BooksNotBans #kidlit #lgbtqkidlit
Sign up here:
www.everylibrary.org/everylibrary...
This huge gorgeous yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) has been hanging out in my school garden for a few weeks.
#Arachtober #Invertebrates
#Arachtober #Invertebrates
October 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This huge gorgeous yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) has been hanging out in my school garden for a few weeks.
#Arachtober #Invertebrates
#Arachtober #Invertebrates
I love this news! 🌈 📚
Here's some amazing news... READING RAINBOW is back and @mychal3ts.bsky.social is the new host!
Congrats, Mychal!
bookriot.com/new-host-of-...
Congrats, Mychal!
bookriot.com/new-host-of-...
Meet the New Host of Reading Rainbow: Mychal the Librarian
After 20 years, Reading Rainbow is back! The new host is Mychal the Librarian, who has been spreading library joy online for years.
bookriot.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I love this news! 🌈 📚
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Some takeaways from ABC/Disney backtracking on Kimmel:
1) Corps only care about $$
SCOTUS says money is speech. So use your voice! Boycotts work. Collective action works!
2) A huge amount of energy went into helping Kimmel. We need that same energy for book bans & attacks on marginalized creators.
1) Corps only care about $$
SCOTUS says money is speech. So use your voice! Boycotts work. Collective action works!
2) A huge amount of energy went into helping Kimmel. We need that same energy for book bans & attacks on marginalized creators.
September 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Some takeaways from ABC/Disney backtracking on Kimmel:
1) Corps only care about $$
SCOTUS says money is speech. So use your voice! Boycotts work. Collective action works!
2) A huge amount of energy went into helping Kimmel. We need that same energy for book bans & attacks on marginalized creators.
1) Corps only care about $$
SCOTUS says money is speech. So use your voice! Boycotts work. Collective action works!
2) A huge amount of energy went into helping Kimmel. We need that same energy for book bans & attacks on marginalized creators.
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Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok.
They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.
They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.
“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.
They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.
“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
September 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Trump’s allies now control X, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, & TikTok.
They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.
They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.
“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
They own Fox News, CBS, WaPo, WSJ & NY Post.
They own Sinclair Broadcasting which has 200 tv stations and local news in 100 markets.
“Freedom of speech” is now what Trump and his billionaire pals say it is.
September 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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"Thousands of immigrant children in government custody are being denied something we expect for every other child in America: a real education." #AFTvoices
A hidden crisis
Thousands of immigrant children are being forgotten academically
aftvoices.org
September 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"Thousands of immigrant children in government custody are being denied something we expect for every other child in America: a real education." #AFTvoices
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Good Monday Morning #BookSky! Did you add care & joy to the world this weekend? Great!
As part of Banned Books Week @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social is organizing Let Freedom Read Day on October 11. On that day, we're asking everyone to take 1 action to protect the right to read. More info & actions👇
As part of Banned Books Week @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social is organizing Let Freedom Read Day on October 11. On that day, we're asking everyone to take 1 action to protect the right to read. More info & actions👇
Let Freedom Read Day | Banned Books Week
bannedbooksweek.org
September 15, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Good Monday Morning #BookSky! Did you add care & joy to the world this weekend? Great!
As part of Banned Books Week @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social is organizing Let Freedom Read Day on October 11. On that day, we're asking everyone to take 1 action to protect the right to read. More info & actions👇
As part of Banned Books Week @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social is organizing Let Freedom Read Day on October 11. On that day, we're asking everyone to take 1 action to protect the right to read. More info & actions👇
It has emerged! And it’s been identified as a rustic sphinx moth.
September 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It has emerged! And it’s been identified as a rustic sphinx moth.
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September is World Kid Lit Month: a month for everyone of any age to explore the world through international children’s books.
How to take part? Simply read a book for young people from another country. If you use social media, share what you’ve enjoyed with the hashtag #WorldKidLitMonth
How to take part? Simply read a book for young people from another country. If you use social media, share what you’ve enjoyed with the hashtag #WorldKidLitMonth
September 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
September is World Kid Lit Month: a month for everyone of any age to explore the world through international children’s books.
How to take part? Simply read a book for young people from another country. If you use social media, share what you’ve enjoyed with the hashtag #WorldKidLitMonth
How to take part? Simply read a book for young people from another country. If you use social media, share what you’ve enjoyed with the hashtag #WorldKidLitMonth
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Sundays, I'm posting quotes about #resistance in #nonfiction #picturebooks 📚 #edusky #lit-resistance
September 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Sundays, I'm posting quotes about #resistance in #nonfiction #picturebooks 📚 #edusky #lit-resistance
Now under threat: people who work with immigrants & transgender youth. “Teachers, social workers, nurses and other public workers would be cut off from a popular student loan cancellation program.”
Some workers would be excluded from student loan forgiveness program for 'illegal' activity
The Trump administration has proposed changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that could exclude teachers, social workers and nurses if their employers engage in activities deemed illeg...
apnews.com
September 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Now under threat: people who work with immigrants & transgender youth. “Teachers, social workers, nurses and other public workers would be cut off from a popular student loan cancellation program.”
Kid quotes of the day from school, as they ate peaches at lunch: Kid 1: “I think a bee made this peach!” Kid 2: “I think a butterfly made mine!” #pollinatoreducation #beesmademylunch
Kid quote of the day during pollinator search in my school’s outdoor garden: “I didn’t know it was so fun to look at flowers and bees!”
September 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Kid quotes of the day from school, as they ate peaches at lunch: Kid 1: “I think a bee made this peach!” Kid 2: “I think a butterfly made mine!” #pollinatoreducation #beesmademylunch
This beautiful (and wriggling!) chrysalis was found in my school garden in Albuquerque this week. So far no ID on #Inaturalist. Suggestions? Found near ash and desert willow trees.
#InvertID
#InvertID
August 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This beautiful (and wriggling!) chrysalis was found in my school garden in Albuquerque this week. So far no ID on #Inaturalist. Suggestions? Found near ash and desert willow trees.
#InvertID
#InvertID