Hop over to my Instagram page @cynthialeitichsmith and enter to win an advanced reader copy of my upcoming middle grade novel, ON A WING AND A TEAR (Heartdrum HarperKids HarperStacks 📚 with We Need Diverse Books): instagram.com/cynthialeitich… #giveaway #bookgiveaway #kidlit #middlegrade

Very excited to be a featured author at this sold out fundraising gala on May 16 that supports the amazing work of @raisingareaderma! #BostonEvents#AuthorEvent #SupportLiteracy Penguin Kids We Need Diverse Books Nancy Paulsen

📚🌍 It's Day 1 of our KCPS Global Academy Book Drive with Rainy Day Books & Made In KC! Help expand our multilingual library by tomorrow. Donate to give students books that celebrate their cultures and languages. Act now: bit.ly/4dwNBO8 📖💫 #DiverseBooks #InclusiveEducation

SHE HAS A BOOK DEEEEAAAALLLL!!!! And by she, I mean me 🎉🎉🤸🏾‍♀️🎉🤸🏾‍♀️

Thank you Sara Crowe Erin Entrada Kelly We Need Diverse Books The Word | A Storytelling Sanctuary @caitlyndhloughy Mindy Alyse Weiss and the community of KidLit heroes that made this happen!

Step into the enchanted realm of a haunted library, where love and mystery dance through dusty corridors. 📚💫 #HauntedLibraryLove #MysteryRomance #TikTokMagic #booktok #fantasybook #diversebooks #romancebooks #readinglist #mustreads

🎉 Our 10th Anniversary Auction launches TOMORROW: Thursday, May 16th!

We thought we’d share a sneak peek at some of the incredible items you’ll be able to bid on between May 16th - 21st 👀

📚 wndb10.givesmart.com

Please consider donating and/or sharing my amazing We Need Diverse Books mentee:

Don’t forget to come by the library to get your copy of “Red, White, and Whole” by 📚🧁🔅 Rajani LaRocca 💗⚾️🧬 for our AAPI Heritage Month Book Club! Thanks to We Need Diverse Books for selecting Lamar Middle School to win 30 copies! So excited to share this story with Ss, Ts, and parents! #OURKIDS #OURHOUSE

Our author and mentee Sarah Kittoe is getting miced up for an interview with Sky TV about to be interviewed about her book, 'Ama and the Lost Key'. All the money from her books goes to charity! An amazing girl. Tune in at 8.40pm
#skytv #diversebooks

Happy 10th anniversary We Need Diverse Books! For their fundraiser, I'm donating a virtual author visit (for classroom, school, no size limit). e.givesmart.com/events/Bu3/i/_…

Happy World Book Day, mi gente!!
Thank you for writing the stories!!

#writingcommunity #kidlit #diversebooks #authorslife
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Thank you to the wonderful students of Hazel Goes Cook Elementary for the hugs, high fives, and all around good vibes. Every kid in the entire school got a copy of one of my books thanks to the amazing crew at We Need Diverse Books !

Tracey Baptiste Amber Ren Tami Charles jacqueline alcantara Danielle Joseph YOUNG ADULT

💙 American Street by Ibi Zoboi
❤️ Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite
💙 One of the Good Ones by Maika & Maritza Moulite
❤️ A Girl’s Guide to Love & Magic by DebbieRigaud

Check out MÉTIS LIKE ME, an #inclusive #picturebook by Tasha Hilderman and #RisaHugo . Tundra Books

#métis   #indigenous   #diversebooks   #kidlit   #kidlit review  #childrensbooks   #librarybooks   #storytime   #reading   #bookrecommendations   #parents   #teachers   #librarians   #writingcommunity

FRIDAY is the code for
@donorschoose
doubling today! Please help my coworker and former student with her book project for her HS students.
We Need Diverse Books
Author Stuart Miller (Indie)
Stephen Colbert
please share and RT. Thank you for your support. donorschoose.org/project/divers…

Join WNDB in celebrating our 10th Anniversary! 🥳📚

Today, we’re launching our 10th Anniversary Fundraiser, with the hopes of continuing to grow the ways we support diverse writers, illustrators, creators, educators, publishing professionals, and readers everywhere!

I’ve been meaning to read this lovely anthology of stories for some time. “Flying Lessons and other stories” by #kidlit giants edited by Ellen 오 Oh. Grace Lin ‘s literal translations of Chinese terms are like Easter Eggs 🥰 #shortstories We Need Diverse Books rhsa stories 📚 & 🚴‍♀️

30 books to help you celebrate #HaitianHeritageMonth ! 💙❤️

In honor of its revolutionary history and to celebrate the rich diversity of Haiti, we’ve curated a 🧵 of 30 books written and/or illustrated by Haitian and Haitian diaspora creators!

Teachers! Librarians! Writers!
This webinar focuses on the intersection of DEI, STEM, and literacy.
Charlesbridge Raising a Reader MA Reycraft Books Stenhouse Publishers We Need Diverse Books STEAMTeamBooks