Wow! Weβre doing it! Keep showing up!
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illustrator/storyteller, psychotherapist, mom and maker of magic! π³οΈβπ& ND www.melissagardnerart.com Repβd by @sandraproudman.bsky.social @galltzacker.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator
Wow! Weβre doing it! Keep showing up!
Employees of a Metro-East library district are unionizing to fight back against book banning and what organizers are calling βright-wing assault.β
Every flashbang could instead be a meal for a poor kid. Every hotel room for a National Guardsman deployed to fire at our neighbors could house a homeless vet. Every "less-than-lethal" bullet pulled from a journalist's eye could be already needed healthcare for anyone else. All of this is a choice.
π€£π€£π€£thatβs probably a good ideaβ but sometimes you gotta!
Any time there is rough! Hope you got in and out with answers and some relief!
Having just spent 24 hours in an ER, I concur.
This is lovely in so many ways!
Ugh. I can never tell whatβs parody or not these daysπ€·π»ββοΈ
Please take the time to read this. I donβt know this person but her compassionate and dialectical approach echoes many thoughts Iβve had the past 1.5 years.
Thank you for sharing your thoughtfulness. This is not an either/or situation where we have to either support Israel or Gaza. Our hearts are big enough to grieve multiple tragedies at once and we can call for peace and healing for all w/out being βantiβ either side.
Sorry, nope.
Yep! Weβve been here before. And earlier this week he claimed to have invented the word βequalizeβ too!
Welcome!π
I believe deeply that teaching our children to love reading at scale is the only thing that can save us from ourselves.
Kidlit writer and student is still locked up. For what?
Stating her opinion. Yes, she locked up for free and protected speech.
Itβs Childrenβs Book Week! Julie Flett and Sophie Blackall sat down for a chat for the occasion
www.slj.com/story/Sophie...
This cracks me up! Love it, Rekha!
Today's #KidLitARTPostcard Day, when #KidLit artists worldwide share art on 1st Thu every month. Founded by
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Note: Don't forget the "art" in #KidLitARTpostcard! Some are mistakenly posting #KidLitPostcard instead.
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Beautiful!
Thatβs the thing- itβs not supposed to be jail. Jail implies that that have had due process and sentencing and the possibility or release.
Say no more!
Itβs all so inhumane and so terrible.π£
Iβm not certain that this is accurate, but I did read that the child was deported with the mom and older sibling so they werenβt alone, which is small comfort. Regardless, it looks like due process was neglected and the poor dad wasnβt given an opportunity to testify, make requests or say goodbye.
Ah, that makes sense. They really should have a separate way of letting drivers indicate if they want to be matched again or not.
Exactly! There wonβt be elections, at least not legitimate ones, if this continues.
Iβve apparently got a bad rating too and I know Iβve not done anything rude or inappropriate and I tip well. ButβI almost always have my kids with me. I checked with other moms too and they noticed the same trend. So, I wonder if there are other unspoken no-noβs that we are donβt know about too?
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Thank you! I think if this young woman often and canβt imagine how scary all this must be for her and others that were abducted. Iβm glad youβre going to bat for her.
A poster with illustrations of endangered animals that are partly painted, partly sketched, to give the impression that the animals are disappearing.
Itβs #earthday today and Iβm reminded of this poster I made several years ago. Sadly itβs all still true today. Climate change is real and we humans arenβt the only ones feeling its effectsβbut we are the only ones who can stop it!
This is why government funding is so important to academia.
Governments give money to universities, which in turn use it for research to save us all from the next pandemic, global warming, etc. Trump defunding research institutions is not just short sighted, itβs dangerous!!!