Forever21PBs

Debut picture book group.

[Forever21PBs @Forever21PBs]

Share the love for your favorite Indie Bookstore! Make a purchase, send a shoutout on socials, write a poem - take a pix, but do your part and share 'your' love in your own unique way.

[Forever21PBs @Forever21PBs]

Congratulations!

[Van G. Garrett @vanggarrett1]

JUNETEENTH lands a solid Kirkus review!
https://t.co/aZptQ6hy1z
#vangpoet #vantastic #vanggarrett #juneteenth #juneteenthpb @versifybooks @HarperChildrens @HarperCollins @KirkusReviews @emilyreads @mperezpublish @WernickPratt @Forever21PBs @SCBWIHouston @Rosenberg_Lib @GalvCoTx

[KTLA @KTLA]

A proposed California bill could ban the sale of Skittles, Hot Tamales candy, Dubble Bubble Twist Gum, and other food items containing dangerous and toxic chemicals. 😓https://t.co/tM0V0fHFtO

[Forever21PBs @Forever21PBs]

@lkutscera @MindyAlyseWeiss Congratulations!

[Sylvia Chen 余愛莉 | kidlit author @SylviaiChen]

Quick heads-up: Thank you @DiverseDreamer, @Forever21PBs, @GreenPB2023, @kidlitcaravan, @KidLitCollectiv, @ForGrowingMinds for early RSVPing! Pls check your DMs for a message+short survey request to help me plan for the event. If your group has no DMing, pls tell me who to DM 🤗

[Forever21PBs @Forever21PBs]

Smart!!! 💘

[Forever21PBs @Forever21PBs]

Sending positive wishes and hope to Amy's family. 💘

[ABC News @ABC]

Cyndi Lauper, the late George Michael, Kate Bush, Willie Nelson and the late Warren Zevon are among the revealed nominees for the 2023 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. https://t.co/lfcIP7LoAj

[Sylvia Chen 余愛莉 | kidlit author @SylviaiChen]

Tagging PB promo groups to 🤓🤭. IF enough #PBStudyBuddy #BookBoost interest, I’ll DM mid-late spring 2023. @21fortheBooks @bookcrew2022 @In23See @busyPBs @DiverseDreamer @Forever21PBs @GreenPb2023 @KidLitAuthors @kidlitcaravan @KidLitCollectiv @ForGrowingMinds @KidlitInColor

[PB Spree @PbSpree]

Happy New Year and Happy Book Birthday to @LydiaLukidis!

[Forever21PBs @Forever21PBs]

Hope those of us from F21 can meet up while at #NCTE22???

[David Bowles (has left this place) @DavidOBowles]

Super excited about #ncte2022!

Much less enthused about this 80-minute drive to Anaheim from LAX, though…

[Van G. Garrett @vanggarrett1]

I'm happy to announce that my work appears in WHAT IS A FRIEND?
What an honor!
Thank you, @janetwongauthor and @SylviaVardell!
#vangpoet #vantastic #vanggarrett @pomelobooks @versifybooks @HarperStacks @HarperChildrens @HarperCollins @Forever21PBs @TXLiteracyEd

[David Bowles (has left this place) @DavidOBowles]

My Hollywood rep to me: "I know you're an award-winning writer, but it's hard to get Hollywood execs to take a dare on someone who is relatively untested in TV/film."

Me: <points to Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne>

[Julie Hedlund SONG AFTER SONG is out now! @JulieFHedlund]

I can't wait! I love your book, and you are going to be amazing!

[Emma Reynolds 🦇 @EmmaIllustrate]

I'm at the National Bat Conference this weekend! 😍❤🦇 Come & say Hi in the Batty Bazaar on breaks!

#NatBatConf @_BCT_

[David Bowles (has left this place) @DavidOBowles]

So what these reactionaries are really saying is that we're not real "Latinos," that because of our embrace of gender-neutral language and either membership in or allyship with the LGBTQ+ community, we have subtracted ourselves from the "Hispanic" community altogether.

[David Bowles (has left this place) @DavidOBowles]

Pero no. A la mierda / chingada con eso. You can't say "no Hispanics or Latinos like this term" when clearly a sizable percentage of us do.

You're free not to like it. But QUIT POLICING THE REST OF US!!!

Stop saying, "Don't call me 'Latinx."

Who the hell is calling you that?

[David Bowles (has left this place) @DavidOBowles]

I know that I have never addressed or referred to an individual directly as a "Latinx" (except for one Gen Z person who requested they be called that).

The term is used for GROUPS or unspecified individuals (like in the abstract ... "books for the Latinx reader").

Joder.

[David Bowles (has left this place) @DavidOBowles]

The Brotinos and Karencitas are out in full force this month, decrying the use of #Latinx / #Latine as "slurs," "brainwashing by white liberals," "woke," etc., and declaring "no Hispanic likes the term." 🤔

But just click on #Latinx & you'll see thousands of Latines using it.

[David Bowles (has left this place) @DavidOBowles]

She’s been my fregona for 31 years. Tomorrow, you can read the story of the character she inspired.

THEY CALL HER FREGONA. An unmissable novel-in-verse, I promise you.