Terra Bella Books - Paula Henson

Libraries, Literacy, and Government Transparency are Under Attack from the Trump Administration Help support libraries across the country by taking action today!

What’s happening to America’s libraries isn’t just a political issue; it’s an assault on knowledge, access, and democracy. From censorship to leadership purges, libraries are under siege.

action.everylibrary.org/liblittrump ‪@everylibrary.bsky.social‬

BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”

They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

indivisible.org/statements/i...
#NoKings

Photo looking down on a multicoloured suspended textile platform with children sittig on

Toshiko MacAdam, Japanese textile artist based in Canada, known for her work with large-scale interactive sculpture playgrounds created using knitting, crochet and knotting #womensart

Texas, the red alert wasn’t red enough.

SEND AN EMAIL: Stronger School Libraries in California California is 51st among U.S. states (including D.C.) with one teacher librarian for every 9,054 students. Data from more than 34 statewide studies suggest that students tend to earn better standardiz...

Take action to support SB 478 to establish a State-level School Library Lead to ensure that all California students have access to school library books and services.

www.saveschoollibrarians.org/casb478 via @everylibrary.bsky.social

More student action against book bans! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I was going to call my state peeps about Ricardo Lara shenanigans today, but that can wait.

This is more important ⬇️

THANK YOU, @slj.com! Now everyone interested in children’s books, please follow them! (And may your publishing colleagues follow suit!)

Freedom of Information Day On James Madison's birthday, March 16th, Freedom of Information Day promotes the public’s right to know and access to information.

National Freedom of Information Day is coming up on March 16th. How are you celebrating?

What's this? I'm glad you asked: www.ala.org/aasl/advocac...

Uri Shulevitz, 89, Acclaimed Children’s Book Author and Illustrator, Dies A Caldecott Medal winner, he turned childhood memories of fleeing the Nazis in Poland into magical stories.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/b... #kidlit #Caldecott

Stand Up for Science day nationwide. Find events at the link. standupforscience2025.org

Just a reminder that my first two novels (Everything I Never Told You & Little Fires Everywhere) were banned in several FL counties for "sexual content." If you've read them, you know they're not porn. It's never about the books themselves, but what they represent.

Very exciting! Putting together a World Book Day reading list. The theme is books out in 2025

Suggestions are welcome for fiction & nonfiction:
- Pic books
- KS1 Chapter Books
- KS2 Chapter Books
that are out anytime in 2025.

Thanks!

Estados Unidos Mexicanos, circa 1847.

Map spread from A PLACE CALLED AMERICA (Abrams, 2023). #mapmonday #kidlit

The 1923 Oregon legislature was colloquially known as the "Klan legislature" because the majority of members were either Klan members or sympathizers. One bill they passed required that history education be suitably patriotic, outlawing materials that spoke "slightingly" of the founders.

A very important thread for #kidlit illustrators (and authors too!)

EveryLibrary Statement on Censorship and Political Interference in Department of Defense K-12 Schools EveryLibrary strongly opposes the Trump administration’s censorship and political interference in Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools.

EveryLibrary strongly opposes the Trump administration’s censorship and political interference in Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools.

www.everylibrary.org/everylibrary...

Follow and support @everylibrary.bsky.social to help fight for libraries.

Iowa Rushes, Advances Librarian Criminalization Bill Introduced last week, Iowa's librarian criminalization bill has already made it to the House floor.

“There are no obscene materials in public or public school libraries in the US. This is a moral panic brought forth by the right over books they don’t like & that represent voices, stories, & perspectives outside of the rigid white, straight, able-bodied, cis gender, Christian boundaries.”

A year ago I stayed for a week at the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. I was able to borrow the exact books I needed from this beautiful library.

The Eureka Springs Carnegie Public Library is a jewel, #Arkansas.

As are the rest of your state’s libraries.
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Help public libraries today by:
✅ Downloading an ebook
✅ Registering for a program
✅ Sharing a post from your library
✅ Emailing staff and thanking them
✅ Mark your calendar to attend the next library board of control meeting
✅ Ask 5 friends to do the same

#kidlit #megakidlit #booksky

Pentagon schools suspend library books for ‘compliance review’ under Trump orders Revealed: defense department sends memo that it’s reviewing for books ‘related to gender … or discriminatory equity ideology topics’

A "compliance review" for censorship of library books in Pentagon schools.
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I read #bannedbooks
The list includes these titles: NO TRUTH WITHOUT RUTH and FRECKLEFACE STRAWBERRY.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.

The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

Authors Guild Condemns Trump Administration's Threats to Prosecute Journalists Reporting on Facts - The Authors Guild In a stark display of governmental contradiction, we are witnessing the self-proclaimed defenders of free speech actively working to criminalize constitutionally protected expression. Just weeks after...

authorsguild.org/news/ag-cond... #stopbookbans #AABB

School Librarians Are The Heroes We Need!!!

We must protect them, respect them, and celebrate their vital role in schools. While we're at it, let's work to ensure that every school in America has full-time, certified, professional school librarians. ❤️📚

@slj.com @penamerica.bsky.social

Your Library's Hoopla Digital Collections Are Breaking Their Budget If you've noticed changes to the digital materials you can borrow from your library, that's because that access is costing libraries way more than ever before.

Did you know your public library's hoopla digital collections are absolutely destroying their budget? That prices have gone up in some instances of over 400%, while library budgets have been stagnant or cut?

Everything you should know as a library user: bookriot.com/library-hoop...

Authors Against Book Bans Our Mission Statement We are Authors Against Book Bans. We, a coalition of writers, illustrators, anthology editors and contributors, and other book creators, stand united against the deeply unconstit...

If YOU are an author of ANY KIND OF BOOK--ANY KIND!, even unpublished!--or an illustrator, if you are in comics, cookbooks, nonfiction, tentacle romance, WHATEVER, JOIN AUTHORS AGAINST BOOK BANS RIGHT NOW. CLICK THIS LINK!

www.authorsagainstbookbans.com

World Read Aloud Day is next week! www.litworld.org/worldreadalo...

GROSS AND GRIPPING: The Power of Strange Stories in NF Kidlit

NF Fest starts today! Head on over to www.nffest.com/2025/02/gros... to read the first post by @stephaniebearce.bsky.social and join the NF Fest Facebook group for more discussion! #NFFest #kidlit #nonfiction