Young people reading Stamped by @DrIbram and @JasonReynolds83 are angry... that adults have kept this history from them & not trusted them to be able to deal with it, when they deal with the fallout of racism every day. #sljdod

So true!

Boosting!

Our roundtable Tough Topics in YA and Middle Grade would have crowdsourced a list of books to help kids deal with life. What are your favorites? @elaandmore @projectlit313 @pamlovesbooks #lifeishard #yalit #mglit #KidLitCon2020

We hope to reschedule our session Fuse 8 & Kate Live and in Person - but at least we can still listen to the podcasts at home! @fuse_kate @FuseEight #picturebooks #KidLitCon2020

Our #KidLitCon2020 session The New Inclusivity: Beyond Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer would have talked about characters whose differences don’t define them, with @merriehaskell @LisaRoseWrites @jackcheng @jencamiccia & #KiraDallaire #inclusivebooks #supportIndieBookstores

These #debutauthors would've been on the Future Famous panel at #KidLitCon2020 : @byalexaster (Emblem Island) @Fangmous (Layla & the Bots; Invent-a-Pet) @HeatherShumaker (Griffins of Castle Cary). Moderator @Erinhahn_author (More Than Maybe). #supportIndieBookstores #2020debuts

Let’s talk about this would’ve-been #KidLitCon2020 session on #muslimkidsbooks - celebrate what's good and look at how far we still need to go, with @jasminewarga, @SimanNuurali, #TahiraBryantNaeem, and @GirlsCrescent. Moderator #SainaSajjadi. #SupportIndieBookstores

A would've-been-great #KidLitCon2020 panel - What is Kid Appeal? w/ Athena Johnson of Black Stone Bookstore, Natalie d’Aubermont Thompson of Living by the Page, school media specialist Jonathan Richards, & @elaandmore of @projectlit313 ; moderator @pubspotlight

#KidLitCon2020 is canceled, but we want to support our folks! How do you know when you're ready to pitch your book? What are agents & publishers looking for? With @FineAngeline, @HeatherShumaker, @JayWhistler & @DaraIrene Moderated by @authorErinBrown #aspiringauthors

thanks so much to Katy Kramp @alibrarymama and Nakenya Yarbrough and everyone who was involved in planning the program and who agreed to come, and thanks to the Ann Arbor District Library @aadl for their support! It was the right decision to cancel, but a sad one.

Very sad but not unexpected news, our host, the Ann Arbor District Library has cancelled all programs indefinitely. We hope that Kidlitcon 2020 can be rescheduled (such a lovely program, so much hard work, such a shame) but of course have no idea if/when this would be possible

One for YA fans at #KidLitCon2020 If 55% of YA readers are adults, how do authors understand who the gatekeepers are, while at the same time, keeping their focus on teens? @aadl #patrickfloresscott @erinhahn_author @jessnpennington @aquafortis #stevenharperpiziks @sarahzettel

@aadl #patrickfloresscott @erinhahn_author @aquafortis #stevenharperpiziks @sarahzettel