Deborah Diesen

@TheTFish Tara, that's so wonderful!!! Happy Reading to you both! 🐟📘

@DeborahDiesen @MIRighttoRead My grandson absolutely loves The Pout Pout Fish. We read it so much I have it practically memorized!

I’m not really a selfie person, but I decided to make an exception for this recent addition to my summer reading wardrobe. @MIRighttoRead is an initiative of the Michigan Library Association & has the goal of protecting Michiganders' right to read. Info at mirighttoread.com

@RossWillimann Thank you, Ross!!! 🐟🎥🍿

@DeborahDiesen Way to go, Debbie! I didn't know they were making your book into a film! Congrats!

Some fun news for Mr. Fish! deadline.com/2024/10/pout-p…

@M_kuzemchak What a cutie! I'm so glad he loves books too! I still remember the video and that your granddaughter loved to smooch the book! Best Fishes and Happy Reading to all of you!!! 🐟📚

@DeborahDiesen 3 years ago, I shared a video of my granddaughter reading your Pout Pout Fish book (8 months old) where she turned the pages. This is her little brother (who loves books more than she did - 20 months old) who also loves Pout Pout but a lift the flap book.

@AllenwritesWell @CarolineHuntoon @Nancy_Tillman Willa Whale is the star of her own spin-off series, inspired by the bestselling Pout-Pout Fish books from @deborahdiesen and Dan Hanna in THE WORRY-WORRY WHALE AND THE CLASSROOM JITTERS. In this story, Willa overcomes her fear of getting called on in class.bit.ly/3QzOV9c

NEW: This summer, we reported on the contents of a controversial database used to train generative AI products from Meta, Bloomberg, and others. Many people requested an ability to search it. Today, @_alexreisner delivers. theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

Big facts: ✅ Michigan had the highest youth turnout in the country (37%) in 2022 ✅ Michigan was also one of only four states to have a higher youth turnout in 2022 than in 2018. More here. #TeamDemocracy circle.tufts.edu/2022-election-…

@BuffySilverman I couldn't believe it when it happened!! And with my favorite word!!! I'm so glad I didn't forget to do Wordle today (which sometimes happens on weekends)

Favorite Wordle day ever! Wordle 644 1/6* 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

@stephanienafso @NoahArbit My pleasure! So delighted your students are learning about the power of voting! Happy Reading to all

Thank you @DeborahDiesen for the awesome bookmarks. Some went to the other 4th graders. We love your book Equality’s Call which @NoahArbit read to us. Keep writing! #onlywb #MarchisReadingMonth

@mgosselinbbc You are very welcome!! Happy Reading!

Thank you @DeborahDiesen for the amazing surprise! Your kind gesture, thoughtful note, and special bookmarks made our day! Blueberry Nemo The Pout-Pout Fish was true to his name while he got used to our classroom, but now he is “spreading cheery-cheeries all over the place!”🐠😊

The time for only thoughts and prayers is over. We are in a unique position to take action and save lives. And that’s exactly what we are going to do in the weeks ahead.   We're going to get this done for Arielle, Alexandria, and Brian. We’re going to get this done for Michigan.

I wish I never had to write this. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

@CRCubsLibrary It is a joy and an honor to have the opportunity to interact with readers, and to be a part of the community of books that we all share and grow together!! Happy Reading, always, to Allison, to you, and to your whole school. And Happy Thanksgiving, too!

@DeborahDiesen, it's Literary Tree time here again and this sweet student, now a 5th grader, came to me yesterday and said she still has the printed Tweet from you.Thank you for being so thoughtful to interact with your readers!! ❤️

And with that the three “American First” coalition of election denying Secretary of State candidates (MI, NV, AZ) have lost. This is a victory for truth, facts, & democracy. Just as in 2020, democracy has prevailed in 2022 against those trying to disrupt it from within. Onward.

It’s Election Day Michigan! Still have your absentee ballot? No problem! You can return it TODAY anytime *before 8p* at your local drop box or local clerk’s office. OR bring it to your local polling place and vote in person there. Find out more at michigan.gov/vote

It’s noisy out there. Vote anyway. We’re living in a divisive time. Vote anyway. Vitriol and lies are drowning out reason, rationality, facts and civility. Vote anyway. There is no perfect candidate. Vote anyway. Save democracy. Vote. Any. Way. Michigan.gov/vote

Your vote is your voice. Your voice matters. #vote

Very informative piece; I encourage you to read it. "...When people understand how exhaustive election security is, and just how many checks and balances are built into the election systems of all 50 states, they are more at ease..."

In Michigan, ElectionDay is the last day to vote; but you have options! Stop by your clerk’s office to vote early by absentee ballot. “The journey’s not over. The work hasn’t ended. Democracy’s dream Must be constantly tended.” Vote as if your future depends upon it! (It does.)