Bridget Hodder

Your patriotic duty is to shun all fact-peddlers and their nefarious truths.

Author Laura Shovan leading a virtual author visit on Zoom.

Author Laura Shovan showing the cover of her book THE LAST FIFTH GRADE OF EMERSON ELEMENTARY during a virtual author visit on Zoom.

Author Laura Shovan showing the cover of her book TAKEDDOWN during a virtual author visit on Zoom.

Thank you @laurashovan.bsky.social for joining our school’s 5th graders on #WorldReadAloudDay! They really enjoyed spending time with you & were so excited that you asked them about what they were reading. One student said you were the best author visit ever! #mglit #TLSky #schoollibrary

This #FairytaleFriday we have an 1850 portrait of Thomas Howland-- first Black man elected to political office in Rhode Island--who has a word or two to say about the current administration banning Black History Month. (Artist: John Blanchard)

Fellow Southern Californians, if you've been impacted by the fires, the FEMA application portal is here:

www.disasterassistance.gov

Sold! Mistborn by Sanderson? I'll look for it.

You did it!!! Go, Marc!

I've always wondered about "At Christmas you tell the truth", in light of "There is a Santa Claus"

got mine yesterday; will post a pic of the beautiful cover

"It is you, O' Prince, the youth of my dream!"
Elaine slowly drew the bespelled Murder Sachet from the fluttering draperies of her nightgown.
Thank the Goddess Hilaria for the prophetic dream that had warned her to prepare for this lowlife stranger invading her bedchamber.
Happy #FairytaleFriday!

Ohhhhh love you back. And thanks for the reminder: I need to post today's Fairytale Friday here!

♥️ Rest. Restore. If you can't get out of bed, that bed can become a nurturing, safe womb where you grow in new ways to face the challenges of the hard world outside. Every day you rise from the bed will become a new birth.♥️

#Kidlit writers, someone out there needs your book to clutch to their heart. Keep going. ❤️

oooooh thanks for the tip! I checked the recipe list, and... "Sopa de Albóndiga Judah HaLevi"?! Sign me up!

Yes! We had them at our shul once! What a wonderful group. Have you read The Key From Spain by Debbie Levy? A lovely children's book all about Flory Jagoda.

I thought squirrels were adorable until they took ONE bite from each long-awaited ripe apple on my tree rather than having the consideration to just take the ones they liked and leave me the rest. 😱

Time for #SephardicSky stuff!
Listen and enjoy for a Hanuká Alegre!

Flory Jagoda was a famous Sephardic singer-songwriter-musician, and she wrote the classic "Ocho Kandelikas" in Ladino, the Spanish-based language of my grandmother. My friend Sarah Aroeste's version is gorgeous.

Thank you so much, E Train! It was a joy to chat with you and fellow authors, and to reflect on Hanukkah, Jewish diversity, and the significance of bringing light into everyone's hearts this holiday season. ♥️ 🕎 ♥️

Our Author Fireside Chat with the wonderful @etraintalks.bsky.social is up! Whether or not you celebrate Hanukkah, let this one play while you're holiday baking. It will resonate in your heart.
If you're inspired to purchase THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS, hit me up for personalized, signed bookplates!

THIS.

Happy #FairytaleFriday!

Victorian Artist: Imma make a Christmas card that shows how kids are the best gifts, as sweet as sweet peas!

Artist's Friends: Yayyyy, we can't wait to see how you express this heartwarming concept!

Hallmark Disclaimer: No kids were harmed in the making of this Xmas card

Happy #FairytaleFriday!

Victorian Artist: Imma make a Christmas card that shows how kids are the best gifts, as sweet as sweet peas!

Artist's Friends: Yayyyy, we can't wait to see how you express this heartwarming concept!

Hallmark Disclaimer: No kids were harmed in the making of this Xmas card

Everyone's had a moment when you realize you forgot something back home but decide you can get through the day without it.

It's #FairytaleFriday !

("Winter" by Jean-François Hudon, 1785)

🚨 🎉 ➡️ WIN!!!!
LOUDER THAN HUNGER by @mrschureads.bsky.social!

1. FOLLOW
2. REPOST
3. COMMENT: Tag a friend!

Celebrating our Bookelicious Children’s Librarian, John Schu, being named to the @nytimes.com Best Children’s Books of 2024 list!

#FBF #Edusky #kidlit #giveaway @candlewickpress.bsky.social

One way to cure Ableism is with regular doses of accurate information, taken with an open mind, an attitude of exploration and willingness to learn, and a commitment to looking past one's own needs and automatic prejudices to take on the perspective of others and adjust expectations without judging.

What those with chronic conditions wish their friends knew - Mayo Clinic Press For those with a chronic illness, navigating and sometimes declining social invitations comes with the extra stress of frustrating friends and colleagues. An all-too familiar…

With one holiday behind us & more to go in the next months, it's time for a reminder:

*If a chronically ill loved one bails on holiday plans at the last minute, it means they hoped until the last minute that the could come. Please: no shame or blame.

*Unlike chronic illness, Ableism can be cured.

#FairytaleFriday mood after Thanksgiving.

Our task is to use the truth of the past to shape a better future. To use the truth, we must first know the truth, then share the truth.

Katie Robideaux Blue Thunder, with her doll, 1898
Rosebud Sioux

Thanks for this! Project 2025 is also a blueprint for totalitarianism. They claim to outlaw porn for kids' sake; but it's a grab for control over media. P '25 states they'll SHUT DOWN any media that "facilitate" the spread of whatever they define as porn. Imagine the power this will give them.

stray kids o Stray Kids porque si viene Felix a mi puerta, BOOM

Not annoying! Exciting! I love the #Wicked hook!