Happy International Day of of Persons with Disabilities! While we celebrate all of these people today, we feature #OwnVoices books and disabled voices on our blog year-round. THREAD (1/10):
It is Filipino American History Month!!! Aka the best month of the year (with the added bonus of having Halloween being this month too).
To start off this month, I wanted to share some of my favorite Filipino American authors to follow (in no particular order)!
Dave & I have been dreaming about doing this for a long time and today that dream comes true! We’re thrilled to help bring more stories of love & joy with people of color into the world!
Dear parents, teachers, librarians, and stuck-at-home-students:
This Wednesday, March 25, @lorenlong and I will be doing a storytime on Instagram Live. We’ll be reading Love and talking about how it has changed with everything going on. Please join us! And spread the word!
I’ll be doing another free online writing class for teens tomorrow! Tell your students to tune in to my Instagram Live (@kellyyanghk) for free writing classes every M/W/F from 12-12:30 PST/3pm EST! 🙏❤️✍️ I’ll be posting the videos on my website afterwards! Spread the word! 🙌
It’s the news you’ve been waiting for – the Best Books of 2019 for Young Readers are here! Brought to you by @Ebonyteach and her team @HealingFictions, these are the ones to add to your holiday shopping list! Check out all the books here: https://t.co/VN5BqG9QUe #PennGSEBestBooks
Even if you can't visit, it sure is fun to read where one of your favorite writers may be buried and other fun facts! A little eerie but it is October after all...
https://t.co/nflm7XGtpj
The diversity represented in the longlist for National Book Award for Young People's Literature is something we should all be very very excited about. https://t.co/lgJEmMfFZK
‘Matilda Wormwood is the best kind of rebel girl: the kind who wins.’
On #RoaldDahlDay, @jessiecath explores why Matilda is the kind of hero we need, and how her spirit burns bright in inspiring women shaping the world today. https://t.co/epcaxDWLt2
In Pittsburgh, every child will receive a new, free book every month until their fifth birthday. By the time they turn five, they will own a library of 60 books.
Our 2019 We Are Kid Lit (@WeAreKidLit) Summer Reading list is up! An inclusive list of fiction and non-fiction titles by IPOC authors/illustrators. https://t.co/HbDRvvKMFJ #kidlit#yalit#summerreading
Diverse college students and recent grads looking to work in publishing: applications for the 2019 WNDB Internship Grants are now open!
Press release: https://t.co/2owP6W8zlA
Form: https://t.co/EaRBoPdRe7
Info: https://t.co/86ZIGs5X5E
FAQ: https://t.co/dx0U5ZBOka