FINALLY SEEN is out today. It is the culmination of all my tears, fury, and joy these last few years. I hope you love it.
Be loud. Be brave. Be seen. ❤️
#FinallySeen@simonkids
These are my most anticipated books for 2023. These authors have bared so much of their souls and have helped so many of my students and my own children. Thank you @JerryCraft@Jarrett_Lerner
What happens when you have a law that requires every book in K5 be approved by a certified media specialists and catalogued online, and other ones that are unclear as to whether or not they apply to voluntary reading, but also no certified media specialists in the district? THIS.
Tonight, PEN America, @diversebooks and 70 authors are questioning @DuvalSchools' decision to pull the Essential Voices Collection from over 100 elementary schools, holding copies in storage for ten months while giving little indication of when they might return to classrooms.
In a letter sent to @DuvalSchools in Florida, PEN America and We Need Diverse Books (@diversebooks), along with 70 authors, questioned the removal of 176 book titles from classroom libraries in January 2022 for “review.” https://t.co/qnwTO8L0cB