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  1. Saw that Jane Yolen died recently. I wrote a short essay about one of her many, many books, "Good Griselle", for a special issue of Disability Studies Quarterly in 2004. #JaneYolen #DisabilityStudies #ChildrensLit
    dsq-sds.org/article/id/1245/

  2. Saw that Jane Yolen died recently. I wrote a short essay about one of her many, many books, "Good Griselle", for a special issue of Disability Studies Quarterly in 2004. #JaneYolen #DisabilityStudies #ChildrensLit
    dsq-sds.org/article/id/1245/

  3. “When Barnett rails against the ‘didacticism’ of some books, we wonder who defines didactic? For Black and brown authors, for queer and trans authors, we have seen that very word used as a cudgel and dog whistle to decry the necessary diversification of children’s literature.”

    #Writing #KidLit #ChildrensLit #Racism

    publishersweekly.com/pw/by-top

  4. “When Barnett rails against the ‘didacticism’ of some books, we wonder who defines didactic? For Black and brown authors, for queer and trans authors, we have seen that very word used as a cudgel and dog whistle to decry the necessary diversification of children’s literature.”

    #Writing #KidLit #ChildrensLit #Racism

    publishersweekly.com/pw/by-top

  5. This weekend I started #wikipedia articles on Baltimore-born sisters Elizabeth Gutman Kaye (1887-1971) and Adele Gutman Nathan (1889-1986); Elizabeth was a singer and artist, and Adele was a theatrical director who wrote more than a dozen children's books on history topics.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabet
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Gu
    @wikiwomeninred @wikimediadc #baltimore #WomeninMusic #Soprano #Pageants #Theatre #WomenWriters #ChildrensLit

  6. This weekend I started #wikipedia articles on Baltimore-born sisters Elizabeth Gutman Kaye (1887-1971) and Adele Gutman Nathan (1889-1986); Elizabeth was a singer and artist, and Adele was a theatrical director who wrote more than a dozen children's books on history topics.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabet
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_Gu
    @wikiwomeninred @wikimediadc #baltimore #WomeninMusic #Soprano #Pageants #Theatre #WomenWriters #ChildrensLit

  7. A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

    The writer whose words are going to be read by children has a heavy responsibility. And yet, despite the undeniable fact that the children’s minds are tender, they are also far more tough than many people realize, and they have an openness and an ability to grapple with difficult concepts which many adults have lost. Writers of children’s literature are set apart by their willingness to confront difficult questions.

    Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
    Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

    More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/819…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #kidlit #childrenslit #childrensliterature #adults #author #boldness #children #concepts #engagement #genre #literature #stimulation #writer #writing

  8. A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

    The writer whose words are going to be read by children has a heavy responsibility. And yet, despite the undeniable fact that the children’s minds are tender, they are also far more tough than many people realize, and they have an openness and an ability to grapple with difficult concepts which many adults have lost. Writers of children’s literature are set apart by their willingness to confront difficult questions.

    Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
    Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

    More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/819…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #kidlit #childrenslit #childrensliterature #adults #author #boldness #children #concepts #engagement #genre #literature #stimulation #writer #writing

  9. Welcome to my latest children's book. Where will Dewey Take Me? Where will curiosity take you? Meet Elijah and Dewey, a story about Saturdays, libraries, and the wonder of STEM. Link in Bio #STEM #ChildrensLit #BlackTwitter #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi #STEMForKids #BooksForKids #KidLit #STEMForKids
    NoireSTEMinist.com/books

  10. Welcome to my latest children's book. Where will Dewey Take Me? Where will curiosity take you? Meet Elijah and Dewey, a story about Saturdays, libraries, and the wonder of STEM. Link in Bio #STEM #ChildrensLit #BlackTwitter #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse #BlackFedi #STEMForKids #BooksForKids #KidLit #STEMForKids
    NoireSTEMinist.com/books

  11. Welcome to my latest children's book. Where will Dewey Take Me?

    Where will curiosity take you? Meet Elijah and Dewey — a story about Saturdays, libraries, and the wonder of STEM. Link in Bio #STEM #ChildrensLit #Libraries #KidsWhoCode #DeweyAndElijah #STEMForKids #BooksForKids

  12. Welcome to my latest children's book. Where will Dewey Take Me?

    Where will curiosity take you? Meet Elijah and Dewey — a story about Saturdays, libraries, and the wonder of STEM. Link in Bio #STEM #ChildrensLit #Libraries #KidsWhoCode #DeweyAndElijah #STEMForKids #BooksForKids

  13. What's The Matter With Orbit
    is the story of Rashida, a young Black girl, and her robot, Orbit. She played with Orbit every day. One morning she noticed that Orbit was not acting the same.
    #KidLIt #ChildrensLit #ChildrensBooks #STEMForKids #STEM #Robot
    noiresteminist.com/post/robot-

  14. What's The Matter With Orbit
    is the story of Rashida, a young Black girl, and her robot, Orbit. She played with Orbit every day. One morning she noticed that Orbit was not acting the same.
    #KidLIt #ChildrensLit #ChildrensBooks #STEMForKids #STEM #Robot
    noiresteminist.com/post/robot-

  15. @litstudies

    RETHINKING GEORGE MACDONALD
    Contexts & Contemporaries

    16 essays on MacDonald’s place in the Victorian literary scene, his engagement with the works of his contemporaries, & his interest in the social, political, & theological movements of his age—also online via Project MUSE

    5/5

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit

  16. @litstudies

    RETHINKING GEORGE MACDONALD
    Contexts & Contemporaries

    16 essays on MacDonald’s place in the Victorian literary scene, his engagement with the works of his contemporaries, & his interest in the social, political, & theological movements of his age—also online via Project MUSE

    5/5

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit

  17. @litstudies

    Mark Twain & George MacDonald: The Salty & the Sweet

    “Both SIR GIBBIE and HUCKLEBERRY FINN explore questions of ethics & truth through the life of an unusually bright & unusually unfortunate boy […] and they have at least twenty plot elements in common.”

    —Kathryn Lindskoog explores the connections between the works of George MacDonald & Mark Twain.

    3/5

    discovery.org/a/853/

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit #Twain #MarkTwain

  18. @litstudies

    Mark Twain & George MacDonald: The Salty & the Sweet

    “Both SIR GIBBIE and HUCKLEBERRY FINN explore questions of ethics & truth through the life of an unusually bright & unusually unfortunate boy […] and they have at least twenty plot elements in common.”

    —Kathryn Lindskoog explores the connections between the works of George MacDonald & Mark Twain.

    3/5

    discovery.org/a/853/

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit #Twain #MarkTwain

  19. @litstudies

    “If we think about how women are portrayed in [MacDonald’s] fiction, we can see that women are shown to, repeatedly, rescue men. Men are taught by women, challenged by women, and also challenged to think about women in different ways.”

    —An interview with Dr Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson on George MacDonald’s life & work.

    2/5

    radixmagazine.com/2021/11/09/i

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit

  20. @litstudies

    “If we think about how women are portrayed in [MacDonald’s] fiction, we can see that women are shown to, repeatedly, rescue men. Men are taught by women, challenged by women, and also challenged to think about women in different ways.”

    —An interview with Dr Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson on George MacDonald’s life & work.

    2/5

    radixmagazine.com/2021/11/09/i

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit

  21. George MacDonald (1824–1905) was born #OTD, 10 Dec. One of the earliest theorists of the fantastic, & grandfather of modern fantasy literature, he was read & admired by CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien & Madeleine L’Engle, among others

    @litstudies

    🎨 : Cecilia Harrison (1863–1941)

    🧵 1/5

    nationalgalleries.org/art-and-

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit #CSLewis #Tolkien

  22. George MacDonald (1824–1905) was born #OTD, 10 Dec. One of the earliest theorists of the fantastic, & grandfather of modern fantasy literature, he was read & admired by CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien & Madeleine L’Engle, among others

    @litstudies

    🎨 : Cecilia Harrison (1863–1941)

    🧵 1/5

    nationalgalleries.org/art-and-

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit #CSLewis #Tolkien

  23. Better late than never so... my #FolktaleWeek2025 entries all gathered together, telling the story of the night the Princess Moon learned how to swim.

    #kidlit #kidlitart #childrenslit #illustrations #Folktaleweek #shortstories

  24. Better late than never so... my #FolktaleWeek2025 entries all gathered together, telling the story of the night the Princess Moon learned how to swim.

    #kidlit #kidlitart #childrenslit #illustrations #Folktaleweek #shortstories

  25. CW: spoilers: The Dark Is Rising

    @liztai

    "fight battles  to get more strength levels"

    I'm very over this approach - so many hours playing Diablo computer game?

    Strangely the earliest example I've found is a British mytho-fantasy book series called The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper that first appeared in 1965.

    Otherwise excellent, the repeated, inevitable victory by the books' main characters becomes increasingly irksome.

    #SusanCooper #TheDarkIsRising #ChildrensLit

  26. CW: spoilers: The Dark Is Rising

    @liztai

    "fight battles  to get more strength levels"

    I'm very over this approach - so many hours playing Diablo computer game?

    Strangely the earliest example I've found is a British mytho-fantasy book series called The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper that first appeared in 1965.

    Otherwise excellent, the repeated, inevitable victory by the books' main characters becomes increasingly irksome.

    #SusanCooper #TheDarkIsRising #ChildrensLit

  27. This month I talk with Aneesa Jamal, founder of Cogitation Club in India. The program allows climate- and Earth-based fiction to be written and illustrated by children and teens. What an amazing program! #ecofiction, #climate, #childrenslit, #picturebooksThis month I talk with Aneesa Jamal, founder of Cogitation Club in India. The program allows climate- and Earth-based fiction to be written and illustrated by children and teens. #ecofiction, #climate dragonfly.eco/aneesa-jamal-spo

  28. @litstudies

    RETHINKING GEORGE MACDONALD
    Contexts & Contemporaries

    16 essays on MacDonald’s place in the Victorian literary scene, his engagement with the works of his contemporaries, & his interest in the social, political, & theological movements of his age—also online via Project MUSE

    5/5

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit

  29. @litstudies

    RETHINKING GEORGE MACDONALD
    Contexts & Contemporaries

    16 essays on MacDonald’s place in the Victorian literary scene, his engagement with the works of his contemporaries, & his interest in the social, political, & theological movements of his age—also online via Project MUSE

    5/5

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit

  30. @litstudies

    Mark Twain & George MacDonald: The Salty & the Sweet

    “Both SIR GIBBIE and HUCKLEBERRY FINN explore questions of ethics & truth through the life of an unusually bright & unusually unfortunate boy […] and they have at least twenty plot elements in common.”

    —Kathryn Lindskoog explores the connections between the works of George MacDonald & Mark Twain.

    3/5

    discovery.org/a/853/

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit #MarkTwain

  31. @litstudies

    Mark Twain & George MacDonald: The Salty & the Sweet

    “Both SIR GIBBIE and HUCKLEBERRY FINN explore questions of ethics & truth through the life of an unusually bright & unusually unfortunate boy […] and they have at least twenty plot elements in common.”

    —Kathryn Lindskoog explores the connections between the works of George MacDonald & Mark Twain.

    3/5

    discovery.org/a/853/

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit #MarkTwain

  32. @litstudies

    George MacDonald: A Life of Relationships

    “If we think about how women are portrayed in [MacDonald’s] fiction, we can see that women are shown to, repeatedly, rescue men. Men are taught by women, challenged by women, and also challenged to think about women in different ways.”

    —An interview with Dr Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson on George MacDonald’s life & work.

    radixmagazine.com/2021/11/09/i

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit

  33. @litstudies

    George MacDonald: A Life of Relationships

    “If we think about how women are portrayed in [MacDonald’s] fiction, we can see that women are shown to, repeatedly, rescue men. Men are taught by women, challenged by women, and also challenged to think about women in different ways.”

    —An interview with Dr Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson on George MacDonald’s life & work.

    radixmagazine.com/2021/11/09/i

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit

  34. George MacDonald (1824–1905) was born #OTD, 10 Dec. One of the earliest theorists of the fantastic, & grandfather of modern fantasy literature, he was read & admired by CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien & Madeleine L’Engle, among others

    @litstudies

    🎨 : Cecilia Harrison (1863–1941)

    🧵 1/5

    nationalgalleries.org/art-and-

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit #CSLewis #Tolkien

  35. George MacDonald (1824–1905) was born #OTD, 10 Dec. One of the earliest theorists of the fantastic, & grandfather of modern fantasy literature, he was read & admired by CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien & Madeleine L’Engle, among others

    @litstudies

    🎨 : Cecilia Harrison (1863–1941)

    🧵 1/5

    nationalgalleries.org/art-and-

    #Scottish #literature #Victorian #19thCentury #fantasty #childrenslit #CSLewis #Tolkien

  36. If you're looking for a great read aloud for ages 6-10, I highly recommend The Hotel Balzaar. Well, anything Kate DiCamillo is great. So for the kiddos in your life- this can't be passed up!

    #books #ChildrensLit
    @bookstodon

  37. If you're looking for a great read aloud for ages 6-10, I highly recommend The Hotel Balzaar. Well, anything Kate DiCamillo is great. So for the kiddos in your life- this can't be passed up!

    #books #ChildrensLit
    @bookstodon

  38. 𝟭𝟯 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻: "𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗼𝗵" 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝘆 𝗔. 𝗔. 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗻𝗲 -

    Wait, why are you reviewing this story for your Halloween Books to Film series? Oh, no. You're not going to . . . .

    buff.ly/3A0PqEd

    #halloween #horror #horrorstory #13DaysOfHalloween #books #bookreviews #bookworm #readreadread #winniethepooh #aamilne #childrenslit #disney #bloodandhoney

  39. Book recommendation for ages 8-13. Delphine and the Silver Needle by Alyssa Moon is published by Disney and involves a young mouse living in Cinderella's village. This tells the story of a young girl trying to figure out who she is and where she comes from. Her adventures travelling through France are full of mystery, battles, and friendship. Perfect for reading a chapter at night.

    @bookstodon

    #bookstodon #books #MiddleGrade #read #reading #KidLit #ChildrensLit

  40. Book recommendation for ages 8-13. Delphine and the Silver Needle by Alyssa Moon is published by Disney and involves a young mouse living in Cinderella's village. This tells the story of a young girl trying to figure out who she is and where she comes from. Her adventures travelling through France are full of mystery, battles, and friendship. Perfect for reading a chapter at night.

    @bookstodon

    #bookstodon #books #MiddleGrade #read #reading #KidLit #ChildrensLit

  41. "I did come up with an exact answer: though published in 1961, 'The Phantom Tollbooth' begins on..."

    @leonardr rereads Norton Juster's classic children's book and uses the 0.58 "average boy" size, Chroma's scheduled time to conduct the sunrise, Soundkeeper & Doldrums rules, and other clues to determine the date of Milo's adventure.

    crummy.com/2024/07/27/0

    #ReadingCommunity #reading #Fiction #Fantasy #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #ChildrensBooks #ChildrensLit

  42. "I did come up with an exact answer: though published in 1961, 'The Phantom Tollbooth' begins on..."

    @leonardr rereads Norton Juster's classic children's book and uses the 0.58 "average boy" size, Chroma's scheduled time to conduct the sunrise, Soundkeeper & Doldrums rules, and other clues to determine the date of Milo's adventure.

    crummy.com/2024/07/27/0

    #ReadingCommunity #reading #Fiction #Fantasy #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #ChildrensBooks #ChildrensLit