Traci Sorell
@tracisorellauthor.bsky.social
Cherokee Nation citizen and author of fiction and nonfiction for young people. tracisorell.com
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Wado to @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social for hosting this cover reveal below! You can preorder the book at www.charlesbridge.com/products/rid...
Cherokee people not only survived the Trail of Tears, but they thrive, lead and serve today!
Cherokee people not only survived the Trail of Tears, but they thrive, lead and serve today!
Wado to @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social for hosting this cover reveal below! You can preorder the book at www.charlesbridge.com/products/rid...
Cherokee people not only survived the Trail of Tears, but they thrive, lead and serve today!
Cherokee people not only survived the Trail of Tears, but they thrive, lead and serve today!
November 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Wado to @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social for hosting this cover reveal below! You can preorder the book at www.charlesbridge.com/products/rid...
Cherokee people not only survived the Trail of Tears, but they thrive, lead and serve today!
Cherokee people not only survived the Trail of Tears, but they thrive, lead and serve today!
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Discover the authentic voices in our #audiobook productions for #kids including the full cast performance of We are Still Here by @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social #ARSL2025 Booth 207 www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read...
WE ARE STILL HERE! by Traci Sorell Read by Garrett Abel Jacob Cummings Mary Kay Henderson Lauren Hummingbird Don McClellan Ella Mounce Kaitlyn Pinkerton Isobel Shults Oliver Shults Carlos Sorell Tonia...
AudioFile Audiobook Review: A full cast of Cherokee, Navajo, Choctaw, and Chickasaw narrators deliver a moving audiobook companion to an informative picture book. Listeners hear
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September 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Discover the authentic voices in our #audiobook productions for #kids including the full cast performance of We are Still Here by @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social #ARSL2025 Booth 207 www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read...
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The book banning of Indigenous stories in libraries has impacts on readers| Removal of their stories continues the erasure of histories and contributions of Native Nations and their citizens
Thank you @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social for writing this Op-Ed
www.cherokeephoenix.org/opinion/opin...
Thank you @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social for writing this Op-Ed
www.cherokeephoenix.org/opinion/opin...
OPINION: Banning books erases Native voices and experiences
Book banning is not new. A small minority seeking to decide and limit what the majority can access and read has existed for millennia.
www.cherokeephoenix.org
October 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The book banning of Indigenous stories in libraries has impacts on readers| Removal of their stories continues the erasure of histories and contributions of Native Nations and their citizens
Thank you @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social for writing this Op-Ed
www.cherokeephoenix.org/opinion/opin...
Thank you @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social for writing this Op-Ed
www.cherokeephoenix.org/opinion/opin...
What an incredible experience to create another #audiobook with fellow Cherokee people and record it within our reservation. Grateful for this wonderful review from @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social and to @liveoakmedia.bsky.social who always produce such quality works for young people to enjoy!
"The dialogue is delivered in the Tsalagi language--carefully contextualized for comprehension--which particularizes this celebration of Cherokee culture" in CLACK, CLACK! SMACK! performed by author @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social & a full cast www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read...
CLACK CLACK! SMACK! by Traci Sorell Read by Zebadiah Nofire Joshua Mouse Ryan Livers Darion Locust Carlos Sorell Levi Killer Nalayah Oosahwe Draylan Bunch Scarlett Chanate Nathan Pritchett River Shade...
AudioFile Audiobook Review: A full cast of Native American performers take young listeners to a Cherokee stickball game. Most of the narrators are Cherokee, like author Traci Sor
www.audiofilemagazine.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What an incredible experience to create another #audiobook with fellow Cherokee people and record it within our reservation. Grateful for this wonderful review from @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social and to @liveoakmedia.bsky.social who always produce such quality works for young people to enjoy!
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AT THE MOUNTAIN’S BASE
by Traci Sorell @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social
& Weshoyot Alvitre
2019, Kokila Books/Penguin Random House
A war pilot. A cabin. A family. Strength.
#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks #kidsbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
by Traci Sorell @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social
& Weshoyot Alvitre
2019, Kokila Books/Penguin Random House
A war pilot. A cabin. A family. Strength.
#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks #kidsbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
October 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
AT THE MOUNTAIN’S BASE
by Traci Sorell @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social
& Weshoyot Alvitre
2019, Kokila Books/Penguin Random House
A war pilot. A cabin. A family. Strength.
#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks #kidsbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
by Traci Sorell @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social
& Weshoyot Alvitre
2019, Kokila Books/Penguin Random House
A war pilot. A cabin. A family. Strength.
#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks #kidsbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
I enjoyed this interview with @MaryLanniReads so much! Wado for the opportunity to share about my work.
Today's featured interview is with Traci Sorell, author of many lovely books for young people, including the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library selection Being Home. Give it a listen!
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#booksky #authorinterview #kidlit
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Author Interview: Traci Sorell
YouTube video by @MaryLanniReads
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November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I enjoyed this interview with @MaryLanniReads so much! Wado for the opportunity to share about my work.
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Eric Loomis' @erikloomis.bsky.social This Day in Labor History posts are interesting & on point 👇
Let's talk real history on the first day of Native American Heritage Month...
📖 We Are Still Here by @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social
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#genocide #history
Let's talk real history on the first day of Native American Heritage Month...
📖 We Are Still Here by @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social
Affiliate Link
bookshop.org/a/100590/978...
#genocide #history
November 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Eric Loomis' @erikloomis.bsky.social This Day in Labor History posts are interesting & on point 👇
Let's talk real history on the first day of Native American Heritage Month...
📖 We Are Still Here by @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social
Affiliate Link
bookshop.org/a/100590/978...
#genocide #history
Let's talk real history on the first day of Native American Heritage Month...
📖 We Are Still Here by @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social
Affiliate Link
bookshop.org/a/100590/978...
#genocide #history
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It's #NativeAmericanHeritage Month the perfect time to take time to meet @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social author & #audiobook narrator: "Traci lives with her family in the Cherokee Nation, out in the country like she did as a child" www.tracisorell.com/about
About | Explore Cherokee Heritage — Traci Sorell
Discover Traci Sorell's journey and Cherokee heritage, inspiring her writing and dedication to sharing Indigenous stories and culture.
www.tracisorell.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It's #NativeAmericanHeritage Month the perfect time to take time to meet @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social author & #audiobook narrator: "Traci lives with her family in the Cherokee Nation, out in the country like she did as a child" www.tracisorell.com/about
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Osiyo! That means hello in Cherokee! Join author @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social for a chat about her book WE ARE GRATEFUL: OTSALIHELIGA, which was inspired by the people & culture of the #CherokeeNation today: www.kidlit.tv/storymakers-...
@charlesbridge.bsky.social #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
@charlesbridge.bsky.social #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
StoryMakers with Traci Sorell WE ARE GRATEFUL: OTSALIHELIGA - KidLit TV
Osiyo! That means hello in Cherokee! Join Rocco and author Traci Sorell for a chat about her book about the... Read more »
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November 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Osiyo! That means hello in Cherokee! Join author @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social for a chat about her book WE ARE GRATEFUL: OTSALIHELIGA, which was inspired by the people & culture of the #CherokeeNation today: www.kidlit.tv/storymakers-...
@charlesbridge.bsky.social #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
@charlesbridge.bsky.social #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
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👋 Osiyo! That means hello in Cherokee! Join author @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social for a chat about her book WE ARE GRATEFUL: OTSALIHELIGA, which was inspired by the people & culture of the #CherokeeNation today: www.kidlit.tv/storymakers-...
@charlesbridge.bsky.social #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
@charlesbridge.bsky.social #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
👋 Osiyo! That means hello in Cherokee! Join author @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social for a chat about her book WE ARE GRATEFUL: OTSALIHELIGA, which was inspired by the people & culture of the #CherokeeNation today: www.kidlit.tv/storymakers-...
@charlesbridge.bsky.social #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
@charlesbridge.bsky.social #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
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Is it BARON or BARTON?! 🧐
The world may never know...jk, we do! Join @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social & @bartography.bsky.social for their book launches: SPARK & WE MATCH! Two times the Chrises...it's a Chrisapalooza!
📅 7-15-25 @ 7:30p ET
Register FREE + pre-order option! www.bookelicious.com/event/19
The world may never know...jk, we do! Join @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social & @bartography.bsky.social for their book launches: SPARK & WE MATCH! Two times the Chrises...it's a Chrisapalooza!
📅 7-15-25 @ 7:30p ET
Register FREE + pre-order option! www.bookelicious.com/event/19
June 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Is it BARON or BARTON?! 🧐
The world may never know...jk, we do! Join @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social & @bartography.bsky.social for their book launches: SPARK & WE MATCH! Two times the Chrises...it's a Chrisapalooza!
📅 7-15-25 @ 7:30p ET
Register FREE + pre-order option! www.bookelicious.com/event/19
The world may never know...jk, we do! Join @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social & @bartography.bsky.social for their book launches: SPARK & WE MATCH! Two times the Chrises...it's a Chrisapalooza!
📅 7-15-25 @ 7:30p ET
Register FREE + pre-order option! www.bookelicious.com/event/19
#sandiego Join me for storytime and help celebrate Libélula Books' 4th anniv this Sat 6/21 at 10:30am! 950 S 26th St, SD 92113 See you soon! #libelulabooks #indiebookstore #indigenousowned #books #kidlit #storytime #california #barriologan
June 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
#sandiego Join me for storytime and help celebrate Libélula Books' 4th anniv this Sat 6/21 at 10:30am! 950 S 26th St, SD 92113 See you soon! #libelulabooks #indiebookstore #indigenousowned #books #kidlit #storytime #california #barriologan
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This is what an authoritarian regime would do. Hidden deep in Trump’s 1,100-page bill that passed the House today is a provision that would block federal courts from enforcing contempt charges against government officials who violate court orders.
May 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is what an authoritarian regime would do. Hidden deep in Trump’s 1,100-page bill that passed the House today is a provision that would block federal courts from enforcing contempt charges against government officials who violate court orders.
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The transfer of trillions from bottom to top could not be clearer. #TrumpTrillionsTransfer
May 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The transfer of trillions from bottom to top could not be clearer. #TrumpTrillionsTransfer
Loved celebrating fellow #Oklahoma authors at #2025OKBookAwards - including three Cherokee women winners❣️ I asked kidlit finalists to sign books I donated at my last school visit yesterday. All kids got a copy of Otsaliheliga. I made it home just before the bad storms - and dalala visited! #grateful
May 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Loved celebrating fellow #Oklahoma authors at #2025OKBookAwards - including three Cherokee women winners❣️ I asked kidlit finalists to sign books I donated at my last school visit yesterday. All kids got a copy of Otsaliheliga. I made it home just before the bad storms - and dalala visited! #grateful
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Great coverage of our mutual aid network across the US-Canadian border moving Indigenous data so it's safer.
www.theverge.com/features/664...
www.theverge.com/features/664...
Indigenous scientists are fighting to protect their data — and their culture
They’re worried about the loss of their research.
www.theverge.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Great coverage of our mutual aid network across the US-Canadian border moving Indigenous data so it's safer.
www.theverge.com/features/664...
www.theverge.com/features/664...
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School Year Read # 73 #msfoleyiscurrentlyreading #audiobooklove #bookstagram #librarylife #read #weneeddiversebooks @charleswaters.bsky.social @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Huzzah for the children’s-YA finalists for the Oklahoma Book Award, given by the Oklahoma Center for the Book: oklahoma.gov/libraries/oc... #booksky #KidLit @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Huzzah for the children’s-YA finalists for the Oklahoma Book Award, given by the Oklahoma Center for the Book: oklahoma.gov/libraries/oc... #booksky #KidLit @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social
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Coming soon: new projects from @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social @kelseyegross.bsky.social @joecepeda.bsky.social @carolinelperry.bsky.social + more buff.ly/Ndpm0AQ
May 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Coming soon: new projects from @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social @kelseyegross.bsky.social @joecepeda.bsky.social @carolinelperry.bsky.social + more buff.ly/Ndpm0AQ
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"We must prevent that divide from growing wider and let our Congress members know that library hotspot lending empowers our communities to learn, live, and prosper—whether they’re freshmen, families, or farmers."
— ALA President Cindy Hohl and Tara O’Hagan
www.pmg-ky1.com/pioneer_news...
— ALA President Cindy Hohl and Tara O’Hagan
www.pmg-ky1.com/pioneer_news...
Learning, livelihoods in jeopardy with federal resolutions
When severe weather like we’ve had these last two months prevented Bullitt County students from attending school full time, a crucial library hotspot lending program kept 30% of them connected
www.pmg-ky1.com
March 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"We must prevent that divide from growing wider and let our Congress members know that library hotspot lending empowers our communities to learn, live, and prosper—whether they’re freshmen, families, or farmers."
— ALA President Cindy Hohl and Tara O’Hagan
www.pmg-ky1.com/pioneer_news...
— ALA President Cindy Hohl and Tara O’Hagan
www.pmg-ky1.com/pioneer_news...
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Did you know #IMLS is only a FRACTION of the federal budget at .0046% of the total budget.
Libraries have an average Return on Investment of $4-5 dollars for every tax dollar spent.
Let your reps know!
#SaveOurLibraries #SaveIMLS
Libraries have an average Return on Investment of $4-5 dollars for every tax dollar spent.
Let your reps know!
#SaveOurLibraries #SaveIMLS
March 20, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Did you know #IMLS is only a FRACTION of the federal budget at .0046% of the total budget.
Libraries have an average Return on Investment of $4-5 dollars for every tax dollar spent.
Let your reps know!
#SaveOurLibraries #SaveIMLS
Libraries have an average Return on Investment of $4-5 dollars for every tax dollar spent.
Let your reps know!
#SaveOurLibraries #SaveIMLS
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Good news! 5 Kinds of Nonfiction is turning 5 years old. To celebrate, I've updated the recommended reading lists.
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@stenhousepub.bsky.social #edusky #kidlit
@steamteambooks.bsky.social
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@stenhousepub.bsky.social #edusky #kidlit
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Updated 5 Kinds of Nonfiction Sample Book Lists
Some of the most popular posts of all time on this blog are the 5 Kinds of Nonfiction book lists I first published in early 2018. When the ...
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March 20, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Good news! 5 Kinds of Nonfiction is turning 5 years old. To celebrate, I've updated the recommended reading lists.
tinyurl.com/avdu2r37
@stenhousepub.bsky.social #edusky #kidlit
@steamteambooks.bsky.social
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@stenhousepub.bsky.social #edusky #kidlit
@steamteambooks.bsky.social
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NEW: In October, we published secret recordings of Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term.
It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
The October Story That Outlined Exactly What the Trump Administration Would Do to the Federal Bureaucracy
Historians have hindsight when they look into the past; journalists have the facts on the ground and context to help them look ahead. That means we can sometimes be surprised by how prescient a story ...
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March 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
NEW: In October, we published secret recordings of Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term.
It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
It's hard to imagine a more prescient piece of journalism, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social writes.
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🎙️NEW POD🎙️Episode 212: Cherokee Storytelling with Traci Sorell (@tracisorellauthor.bsky.social): visionsofed.com/2025/03/13/e...
In this episode, we chat with Traci Sorell (Cherokee Nation) about her fiction and nonfiction books for young people. Check out the shownotes for links to her books!
In this episode, we chat with Traci Sorell (Cherokee Nation) about her fiction and nonfiction books for young people. Check out the shownotes for links to her books!
March 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
🎙️NEW POD🎙️Episode 212: Cherokee Storytelling with Traci Sorell (@tracisorellauthor.bsky.social): visionsofed.com/2025/03/13/e...
In this episode, we chat with Traci Sorell (Cherokee Nation) about her fiction and nonfiction books for young people. Check out the shownotes for links to her books!
In this episode, we chat with Traci Sorell (Cherokee Nation) about her fiction and nonfiction books for young people. Check out the shownotes for links to her books!
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Highlights of 2025 [Chapter Books and] Middle Grade Releases, compiled by @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social from Indigenous Reads Rising: indigenousreadsrising.com/middle-grade...
#indigenous #nativeamerican #middlegradebooks #nonfiction #mglit #weneeddiversebooks @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social
#indigenous #nativeamerican #middlegradebooks #nonfiction #mglit #weneeddiversebooks @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Highlights of 2025 [Chapter Books and] Middle Grade Releases, compiled by @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social from Indigenous Reads Rising: indigenousreadsrising.com/middle-grade...
#indigenous #nativeamerican #middlegradebooks #nonfiction #mglit #weneeddiversebooks @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social
#indigenous #nativeamerican #middlegradebooks #nonfiction #mglit #weneeddiversebooks @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social