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Kidlit author! STIFLED (2026!), MUFFLED, MY MIXED-UP BERRY BLUE SUMMER. Teacher, editor, word lover. Earth fan. Tree hugger. www.jengennari.com
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America is rapidly losing its world-class status for research. Thanks #Trump and associates! #MAWAWW (Making America Weak As We Watch!)

Restarting my newsletter with a focus on book recs! Reading is saving me right now. #kidlitchat #kidlit jengennari.substack.com/about

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈

Mom takes quaking steps edging near the iris blooms leans on cane and me #haikuSaturday

Even the birds are happy today with the rain ending! #warblers #birdsky

Misty rain falls like worries mushrooming #haikuSaturday

Art has a special role to play in this moment. It can tell a story far more effectively than someone like me. Artists, please do your thing!

While the US fails on so many fronts, in UK they have award the inaugural Cli-Fi award. Congrats to Abi Daré ! #bookawards climatefictionprize.co.uk

“I know many of us feel like we’re in survival mode at the moment. For so many reasons and in so many directions at once. So, how do we both manage to survive AND make that leap from survival mode to being able to play and relax enough to trust others?” nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/05/20/m...

Donald Trump is lying. Independent analysts say 14 MILLION PEOPLE will lose their health insurance under the "big, beautiful bill"—all to subsidize Jeff Bezos' next $500 million yacht.

The Trump administration can say what they want but the video couldn’t be clearer: Plainclothes, warrantless ICE agents ambushed Mahmoud Khalil — and he did not resist or try to flee. This arrest was illegal and unjustified. He must be released. www.cnn.com/2025/05/19/u...

The children's series has found a new streaming home — Netflix, PBS stations and PBS KIDS will air new episodes on the same day. And Netflix will also run 90 hours from the Sesame Street library.

#HaikuSaturday #haiku 5/7/5: tall shoots of spring grass create a cool lush carpet-- spongy toe tickles short form: spring grass-- spongy toe tickles monoku: springy grass toe tickles Please add a version if you feel like it.

Hello #haikuSaturday from the beach! Spreading ocean spume hurrying sanderling feeds at the precipice

Honored to have known her. #kidlit

I'm making calls weekly. Are you? Bug your reps, speak your mind. It feels good AND let's them know their consituents are outraged. #resist @5calls.org

In the last two weeks, Mohsen Mahdawi, Rümeysa Öztürk, and Dr. Badar Khan Suri have all been freed on bail. It's past time for the government to release Mahmoud Khalil.

Translation: Republicans in Congress want to pass giant tax giveaways for the wealthiest Americans while ripping away health care from 14 million people across this country. Cutting health care for babies to make a handful of billionaires even richer.

Republicans are pushing a budget that cuts Medicaid and food assistance by $1 trillion, ripping away basic needs programs that help millions of Americans. Most people can't afford for this budget to pass – and Democrats are using every tool at our disposal to stop it.

Keep up your calls to Congress about the Librarian of Congress. It appears legislators are fighting back on this one. www.politico.com/live-updates...

On Mother’s Day, I am thinking of this family, without their mother—kidnapped by ICE #resist

#haikuSaturday Mom leans on my arm unsteady on stage, unsure— I hear her old song

I heard a community chorus tonight and let me tell you there was joy in the singing. There was joy in community. There was joy in the giving. This is love. This is my America.

The Trump administration must release Rumeysa Ozturk right now.

I'll be calling my reps today. Rehire Dr. Carla Hayden! #FightCensorship

A nonpartisan analysis now confirms that the Republican budget scheme will strip coverage and benefits from millions of Americans. For months, Republicans have lied about their plans, but now we have answers. And Democrats are using every tool at our disposal to stop it.

Thank goodness! Vermonters will fight until she is free! #kidlitcommunity #freeRumeysa

Victory for Rümeysa Öztürk at the Second Circuit! She will now be transferred to Vermont ahead of a hearing which will decide whether she must be released from ICE detention while she goes through the immigration court process.

Procensorship candidates lose across Texas @slj.com www.slj.com/story/Pro-Ce...

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I wake up somedays terrified for Rumeysa Ozturk. She’s been jailed for 5 weeks. She’s a storyteller. She’s a #kidlit author. #FreeRumeysa www.npr.org/2025/04/29/g...