Diverse Verse
A resource to highlight & celebrate diversity, especially with regard to poetry & verse novels for young people 💫 #diverseverse
@barberchicago.bsky.social
Board Member, Woodridge School District 68 | School/Bulk Order Manager, The Silver Unicorn Bookstore 🦄 | Co-founder, LITapalooza | Books in kids’ hands always and forever. ❤️📚
@reemfaruqi.bsky.social
Award-Winning Children's Book Author of LAILAH'S LUNCHBOX, UNSETTLED, & more.
@matthewcwinner.bsky.social
“My daddy does a podcast. He tries to do it. He has a chair.” Squish, age 6 🥰 podcaster, teacher, librarian, and host of The Children’s Book Podcast
@juliaerin80.bsky.social
Teen Services Librarian. Author. Educator. Mama. World Citizen. Aspiring servant leader. Juliatorreswrites.com
@ebonyteach.bsky.social
Chair & Associate Professor, University of Michigan's Joint Program in English & Education. Author, The Dark Fantastic & more. Made in Detroit. FAMU 🐍. 1913 ❤️. August ♌️. She/her. Forthcoming: Shifter and Dreamer (YA novel, 2026). Linktree: Ebonyteach.
@ras37.bsky.social
I write about race in American history for young readers. These are the kinds of biographies that didn't exist when I was a student or teacher and those I couldn't publish as a textbook editor.
@leslea.bsky.social
Creator of 87 books for readers of all ages including the children's books, "Joyful Song: A Naming Story," "Sparkle Boy," "The Babka Sisters," and "Heather Has Two Mommies" and the poetry collections for adults, "I Carry My Mother" and "I Wish My Father."
@chrystaldgiles.bsky.social
Author of books for young people. 📚 Take Back the Block 📚 Not an Easy Win 📚 We Are Joy (2026) linktr.ee/chrystaldgiles
@authorsabb.bsky.social
We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture. www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
@authorsguild.bsky.social
Authors working together to ensure fair pay, protect copyright, and defend free speech.
@pernille.bsky.social
Global educator living her best life, mom, writer, speaker, creator of the Global Read Aloud and always in search of a great book and a cup of tea. Now a primary teacher ❤️ in DK 🇩🇰 Used to be a teacher in Wisconsin, 🇺🇸
@rethinkingschools.bsky.social
Nonprofit magazine & book publisher dedicated to sustaining & strengthening public education through social justice teaching and education activism. rethinkingschools.org
@msthombookitis.bsky.social
MS Teacher Librarian; ALA/AASL/NCTE; LJ Mover & Shaker; Nerdy Book Girl; #Bookposse; Joyful Learning Podcast Co-Creator @JoyfulLearnPod #JoyfulMaking = Etsy Shop full of #LiteracyInspiredCrafts
@anindita.org
PM at Performant Software. PhD & MFA. Digital Humanities, place, poetics, Elizabeth Bishop, poetry, children's lit. She/her. Lived in Lausanne for over a decade and now relearning the US.
@poetnikki.bsky.social
Poet, novelist, general word-nerd, gardener, photographer, foodie, film lover. My favorite people on the planet are children, which is why I write for them. Oh! And I'm a freak for roses, watercolor, and collage. Author of Ordinary Hazards, a memoir.
@aritison.bsky.social
Poet | Award-Winning Author of Saints of the Household (FSG) | Bribri 🌺 Forthcoming: Together We See (FSG) & When I Was A Little Girl (HarperCollins)
@hanhbuiwrites.bsky.social
Children's Book Author hanhbui.net https://hanhbui.net/about/ https://hanhbui.net/connect/
@valeriebolling.bsky.social
Author of books for children and teachers | Longtime educator | DEIAB advocate | Born in NY | Raised and resides in CT https://valeriebolling.com Authors Guild; SCBWI; 12x12; Highlights #kidlit #PB #earlyreaders Agent: James McGowan
@kidlitedna.com
I'm an author/artist/educator who dances up stories and paints with words. ✨ PB & MG GN :)✨💫 #ResistanceMatters ✨ #wethepeople "Love the life you live. Live the life you love." ~Bob Marley ☺️ bio.site/kidlitedna 💜 #diversekidlit 🚫 no gen AI
@aidawrites.bsky.social
Award-winning Xicana author, translator, artivist, ally, mother. Out now: ULTRAVIOLET and WHEN WATER FLOWS. Up next: WHEN SUN RISES. Decolonize & Free 🇵🇸
@weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social
We Need Diverse Books is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit revolutionizing what we read to create a world where everyone can find themself in the pages of a book. 🔗 bio.site/WeNeedDiverseBooks
@margaritaengle.bsky.social
Cuban American poet and children’s book author. Young People’s Poet Laureate Emeritus. Newbery Honor, Pura Belpré Awards, etc.
@melaniebellsworth.bsky.social
Children's book writer, dog walker, dandelion fan. Author of CLARINET & TRUMPET, HIP, HIP...BERET!, BATTLE OF THE BOOKS. She/her. Rep’d: McIntosh & Otis www.melanieellsworth.com
@ruthbehar.bsky.social
Newbery Honor Award-winning and Pura Belpré Award–winning author of THE VULNERABLE OBSERVER, LUCKY BROKEN GIRL, LETTERS FROM CUBA, TÍA FORTUNA'S NEW HOME, ACROSS SO MANY SEAS. Co-author with Gabriel Frye-Behar of PEPITA MEETS BEBITA.
@engagereaders.bsky.social
Author. KINGDOM OF DUST (8/20/24), A COMB OF WISHES, HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books. Educator integrating literacy, equity, & social justice. Rep @lindsaydauld
@suma-subramaniam.bsky.social
Children’s and Young Adult Author https://linktr.ee/sumasubramaniam?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=c524d73d-f45a-43cd-ae83-6ace7219ca47
@padmatv.bsky.social
THE BRIDGE HOME, BORN BEHIND BARS, SAFE HARBOR, A TIME TO DANCE. WNDB Walter Award winning writer, reader, poet, oceanographer, yoga teacher. K-12 Education. Science, nature, music, art. DEI. “Stories are ships on which we sail oceans of hope.”
@bsky.app
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