Monique Fields

A little something I commissioned for moniquefieldsbooks.com. Loved working with artistbynoon. She perfectly captured my fifth-grade hair style. Artistbynoon.com

“You have to realize the thing that makes you different makes you valuable.” — Charles M. Blow, CMA 2023 @collegemedia

@nikkigrimes9 Congrats!!!

It’s hard to argue with this because I was natural long before the curly cut was created. Thank goodness I don’t go between curly and straight styles. youtu.be/3T8CnDX7cJo?si…

Know what happens to kids who grow up with unfettered access to books? They read. They think critically. And when they have questions or feel uncomfortable, they turn to trusted adults & have conversations that help them grow. Try being that adult instead of banning books.

No lies told.

Thank you @NABJ and @BABJ_NABJ for filling my creative well, allowing me to introduce three student journalists to the conference, and awarding a fourth student journalist a BABJ scholarship. Congrats @ashleemwoods @UAStudentMedia @UAStudents

I’m so looking forward to this. See you soon.

White House Announces New Position to Combat Book Bans publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/in… via @publisherswkly

They won't call it a ban. Yet not only has my book been moved, but now elementary schoolers must request a copy from a specialist at its new site AND then also PROVE their reading level before seeing a copy. All these hurdles for a young reader just to access a poem in history written for them. @MDCPS , history is not ours to hoard from children. History has always been theirs to make. And the more they're empowered to know our yesterdays, the more prepared they will be to lead us into tomorrow.

Illinois is the first state to ban book bans (@PublishersWkly ). bookriot.com/illinois-to-be…

I like this game. I got Genius! nytimes.com/badges/games/v…

Some very good news. So grateful I won the scholarship last year. I may or may not be quoted in the news release.

Thanks for the pep talk.

@ainsleyplatt I hope that you will reconsider. I’m certain there is a place for you at the CW.

I must of course thank @MoniqueLFields, CW's tireless advisor. My only regret this year is not coming to ask for advice from you more. I hope my successors do not make my mistake! (5/7)

As the semester wraps up, now seems like a good time to announce that I will be leaving @TheCrimsonWhite at the end of the semester. I am incredibly grateful to @bhavravala for taking a chance on me when she hired me to run the chaos circus we call the News desk (1/7)

@beth_phelan @_DiverseVoices Thank you for all of your hard work. If at all possible, do not let go of the domain name. Is another nonprofit interested and willing to pay for it? If not, it could fall into the wrong hands and be used to perpetuate hate.

wish this didn’t have to be an evergreen tweet…😔😒 #Nashville

@griffinsin240 @BellenTheBee @CayceGriffins That is close.

@BellenTheBee @CayceGriffins @MoniqueLFields Still another day for our students to vote, but it’s SO close right now!

It's time for Match 1 of this years @CayceGriffins March Reading Madness! @BellenTheBee and @MoniqueLFields you're up first! Tune in on Wednesday to see the results. #Sweet16 #ReadingIsSweet #KidLit #PictureBooks

Deadline is March 7, 2023!

Every Child a Reader and Library of Congress are accepting proposals from schools and public libraries interested in hosting an official event with Meg Medina. @TMSElementary @TCSBoardofEd @tplbooks Application: everychildareader.net/ambassador/eve… image provided by @everychildareader