E Hertel

Goodbye Twitter. Hope to see all my author, illustrator, librarian and teacher friends on Mastodon!

Who loses? Kids and seniors Who gains? ……ummmm??? Righteous bigots, I guess? #FReadom @ALALibrary #Michigan

Protecting our children from words but not guns. #FreeSpeech @lincolnwoodlib digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/infinity/artic… - US book ban trend comes to Lincolnwood #bannedbooks #LGBTQ

Elon is here so I say bye bye!

@robin_stevenson OMG YES! I am a librarian and I cannot keep them on the shelf…even the one from 2013!

Sounds cool! Cannot wait!

Announcing the 101 Great Books for Kids List from Evanston Public Library (2022 Edition)! | A Fuse#8 Production ow.ly/VeAY50LhxQn

19 Day of the Dead Children's Books - Colours of Us bit.ly/3lIonka via @coloursofus #DayoftheDead #ReadYourWorld #DiaDeMuertos #picturebooks

@henakhanbooks I would post it on Goodreads and tell my students and librarian colleagues about it!

Up for grabs! I have a few more ARCs left for ZARA’S RULES book 2, releasing next week! Would you like to review this early MG book about what we treasure and why? Please let me know WHERE you’ll post your review and I will send (until I run out)! US addresses only. Thanks!

How @GovDeSantis Blew Up Black-Held Congressional Districts and May Have Broken #Florida Law propublica.org/article/ron-de…

Great books to read for Indigenous People's Day or any time of year! @momandkiddo buff.ly/3AdEtcb #ReadYourWorld #IndigenousPeoplesDay #diversebooks #kidlit #mkbkids

“Self-care” while assigning ten more to-do’s is my personal irritation

Teachers! Librarians! Looking for books to help you teach nonfiction text structures? tinyurl.com/2p8hd6j3 #TEACHers #librarians @nerdybookclub #KidsLoveNonfiction @SteamTeamBooks @charlesbridge @PeachtreePub @SSEdLib @ClarionBooks @wearealsc @LernerBooks @CandlewickClass

I wrote a grant to purchase some nonfiction books for my classroom library. This is how I spent the $650. youtu.be/ZCg0Kk9fpmU

Unbelievable is right!

A 3,000-year-old canoe has been discovered in a Wisconsin lake: "Truly incredible" flip.it/WWxrri

About to have a rich conversation with 5th graders #BannedBooksWeek

Betsy Bird somehow snuck inside my head and got the review that we writers write for our own books. And then she made it smarter, funnier, better.

@JerryCraft 3rd year teaching New Kid. 8th time reread. A 6th grader today: “Have you ever noticed this story going on in the background with these characters who we don’t ever meet? It’s such a great reminder that everyone around us has their own story going on.” 🤯