Katherine Applegate (kaaauthor.bsky.social)

Some numbers & links for folks who need them: @TrevorProject Crisis Support: 1-866-488-7386 @MigrantFreedom Detention Hotline: 9233# Nat'l Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673 @PPFA: plannedparenthood.org @AbortionFunds: abortionfunds.org Stand tall and reach deep. ❤️

@bluestemaward @minitreehouse What an incredible honor! Thank you all so much!

Huge congratulations to our 2025 Bluestem Award Winner, Odder, @kaaauthor, and @minitreehouse! . Additional congrats to Alina Chau for Marshmallow & Jordan and to Claribel Ortega and Rose Bousamra for Frizzy!

@bluestemaward I am SO honored. WOWWWWW!!!

So excited to announce the Bluestem 2025 Reader's Choice Selections! 🎉

@dulaney_melanie @TXLA @choldenko It's such a fun list. So honored to be on it!

@TXLA I’ve already read 7 of the new list! Will dive into the rest soon. How many times have you been on this list, @kaaauthor? And I think your partner @choldenko in DOGTOWN has been on it at least once, too! I’m already thinking your book will be hard to beat.

The new Texas Bluebonnet Award list is here! Check out the 2025-2026 TBA List: ow.ly/lQWH50U8s7I

Friends, I won't be here anymore. You can find me on Bluesky, Instagram, and Facebook under the same handle (kaaauthor).

Great resource here from @librofm and @ABAbook—"a playbook on defending the right to read in your community and beyond." blog.libro.fm/right-to-read-…

This lovely hand-bound copy of #TheOneAndOnlyIvan is from Studio42Books.etsy.com. Check them out!

As Red might say, “Stand tall and reach deep.” 🐦‍⬛🌳🤎 #wishtree #mglit

I can't figure out if vaccines work or not. Tough one. I can see why RFK Jr is so concerned. Need Sherlock Holmes on this one.

Teachers and librarians, the wonderful @MacKidsSL team is running a great "Series Starter" sweepstakes right now—you could win the first Doggo & Pupper book for your students, plus lots more. 📚🐶🎉 Enter here: bit.ly/ShortandSweetS… #kidlit

I'm looking forward to the @texasbookfest! texasbookfestival.org/directory/auth…

Congrats, Cece!

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I thought we were better than this.

VOTE as if your freedom depends on it. Because it does.

"My boughs had never been more laden. My heart had never been more hopeful. Because as each child, as each neighbor, as each stranger, placed a wish upon me, they looked at Samar and her parents and said the same thing: 'STAY.'" 🐦‍⬛🌳🦨 @MacKidsBooks #mglit

@cartmanbeck Impressive!

@kaaauthor it was suggested that I should post my rebound Animorphs collection and here. These books were such an essential part of my early teen years!

Congratulations, John!❤️

What a lovely story of reforestation in Rio de Janeiro and "ecosystem restoration as a tool for fighting the climate crisis." 💚 theguardian.com/global-develop…

@LeopardLibrary @choldenko @MacKidsBooks @BlueWillowBooks Yes, good eye. I know some folks down in Houston who help me with digital stuff—if you look closely, you'll see a lot of Blue Willow on my feed!

@kaaauthor @choldenko @MacKidsBooks Did you take this pic at @BlueWillowBooks by chance?!

Writing these books with Gennifer @choldenko has been magical. Wallace West's illustrations are absolutely delightful. 🐶🐭 My thanks to everyone who has picked up a #Dogtown book. We're doggone grateful for you all. 💙 @MacKidsBooks