Mk Smith Despres

Picture book author. Student support teacher. Maker, grower, very loud laugher. they/them

[Mk Smith Despres @MkSmithDespres]

Hey look! A book! So excited to be working with Julie and Taylor! @HolidayHouseBks @NealPorterBooks

[Mel Schuit 📚🍍 @spiky_penelope]

Weekly crushes: @MkSmithDespres @HyewonYum @EnchantedLion @Karlwheel @CAnganuzzi @templarbooks @ThamesHudsonUSA @devpetty @@MikeBoldt @doubledaybooks @lamartina_art @lantanapub @pubspotlight @kglosandres @NubeOcho @storiesbysingh @ohnathalie @orcabook

https://t.co/Wm5olAW9BQ

[Mk Smith Despres @MkSmithDespres]

@ngoziu Yay! Can’t wait to get it!

[Yoko Ono @yokoono]

Ceiling Painting, 1966

[Mk Smith Despres @MkSmithDespres]

Cannot wait for this!

A true GOAT of kidlit telling the the story of THE GOAT of all lit.

[PWKidsBookshelf is now on Bluesky @PWKidsBookshelf]

★ Carole Boston Weatherford (@poetweatherford) and Khalif Tahir Johnson “puts the reader in Morrison’s shoes” in A CROWN OF STORIES, a “thoughtful” picture book tribute to Toni Morrison https://t.co/LkQkI5nr5a

[Second Star to the Right Books @SecondStarBooks]

A happy happy #bookbirthday to these beautifully creative and talented authors and illustrators!! 🎂 📚

@AuthorLauraGehl @MkSmithDespres @HyewonYum @bradmeltzer @michaelemberley

[Mk Smith Despres @MkSmithDespres]

@SecondStarBooks @AuthorLauraGehl @HyewonYum @bradmeltzer @michaelemberley Thanks for including Night Song! ❤️

[Enchanted Lion Books @EnchantedLion]

Our first book of 2024 is out today!!!

In NIGHT SONG, Bernardo the frog discovers the vital role he’s meant to play

This is a beautiful picture book from @MkSmithDespres & @HyewonYum about self-discovery, community, & what it means to belong to a place

https://t.co/fU6q0vDZSX

[Mk Smith Despres @MkSmithDespres]

@SaadiaFaruqi Brought our first Ali book home from the library and my preschooler has been asking me to read it on repeat!

[Mk Smith Despres @MkSmithDespres]

I was on Chalk + Ink with ⁦@KateNarita⁩ and had a blast talking about teaching and writing. Give it a listen! Comment and RT for a chance to win a copy of Night Song (out tomorrow!) or a virtual class visit.
#writing #teaching #kidlit #picturebook https://t.co/PuZTSpP2Q9

[Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund @aaldef]

With a new year comes many new books! Get a head start on your yearly reading goal with some of these adult and children's books coming out in January by AAPI authors and illustrators (some even pubbed today!).📚😊🌟

[Vicky Fang @fangmous]

As of the time of posting, 450+ authors and illustrators have joined to put out this statement in regards to the Scholastic fairs program that segregates a selection of diverse books. Please read, sign, and share. https://t.co/d7uLmHWquq

[Dr. Frank Leon Roberts @DrFrankRoberts]

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”
-James Baldwin

[Jacqueline Woodson @JackieWoodson]

Today’s #BannedBook, my memoir, #BrownGirlDreaming. Reading is resistance. See you tomorrow with another one! #BannedBooksWeek #GreatReadAloud

[Gillian Branstetter @GBBranstetter]

There is no solution to child care that capitalism can provide. Families can't afford to pay any more, providers can't afford to pay any less, and workers make less than a barista for stressful, essential work. The only solution is public, universal child care access.

[We Need Diverse Books @diversebooks]

ICYMI: We need your help in Niles, Michigan. Last month we awarded a #BooksSaveLives grant to Brandywine Middle/High School, and recently shipped 193 diverse titles to the district.

The school board has since held those books for inspection, keeping them out of circulation. 🧵

[Mk Smith Despres @MkSmithDespres]

@chellysbooks @ayawrites I’d love more details please! I have 2 pbs coming next year.

[Mk Smith Despres @MkSmithDespres]

@literaticat Listened today and nodded/laughed so hard at your very accurate nectarines vs peaches take.

[Yoko Ono @yokoono]

CLOUD PIECE
Imagine the clouds dripping.
Dig a hole in your garden to
put them in.

1963 spring