This book about my mother's childhood in Cuba was published just in time for her 94th birthday today. @JohnParra @SimonKids S&S EducationLibrary #EloisasMusicalWindow #Eloisaysuventanitamusical #poetry #poesía #Cuba #music #MargaritaEngleBooks #reading

Thank you for stocking my books, #PetuniasPlaceBookstore! @JohnParra @SimonKids Simon Teen #Cubabooks #LatinxBooks #LatineBooks #poetry #versenovels #MargaritaEngleBooks #writingcommunity #reading

EveryLibrary Announces Banned Books Week Online Literary Festival ow.ly/ftBc50T9WAb

🎉2024 PB Release giveaway! Winner gets both editions + a classroom set of bookmarks! Closes Sept 13. Enter here: forms.gle/Arw9XRCTm8Kr4n…

Check out this great giveaway! 💖📚💖Delia Ruiz, Margarita Engle

The new issue of Poetry Magazine has a wonderful collection of Nicolás Guillén poems, as well as a photo of him with his friend Langston Hughes. Poetry Foundation #poetry #poesía #Cuba #reading The Sealey Challenge #writingcommunity

Inspired by stories from her mother’s childhood, Margarita Engle and John Parra have crafted #EloisasMusicalWindow, a vibrant picture book about a young girl and her family who find joy in the music flowing from outside their window.

While book bans and other efforts to curtail free expression in schools have made headlines, canceled visits have gone relatively unmarked. SLJ spoke with authors about their experiences. Our September cover story "Disinvited." #censorship #authorvisits bit.ly/477uKX8

Are you reading verse novels? I'm enjoying new ones by Ellen Hopkins and #JeannineAtkins. #VerseNovels #books #poetry #reading #writingcommunity #booktwitter

Good mail. Good words. Hear us!

This week's post to BlackKos/Daily Kos of newly published books of special interest to Black and Latino/a readers (but also recommended for ALL readers!): dailykos.com/comments/22662… Kudos to the authors and illustrators! Tavis Smiley - on 🧵 @therealtavissmiley Paco Taibo2📝 Blair LM Kelley, PhD takiyah

Whether you’ve read 1 or 31 books this August, you did it! We did it! Together we read thousands of poetry collections! Thank you for reading, posting and cheering each other on! 🙏🏽📚🏆👊🏽 Until #SealeyChallenge2025

I was happy to speak with Radio France about banned books, recently. In addition to the interview, I shared these banned book resources from my website. nikkigrimes.com/banned_books_r…

Utah banned 13 books statewide. PEN America explains the bill behind the bans. pen.org/the-state-of-b…

Beautiful sky today. #clouds #sky #nature #beauty #peace #paz #walking

Cover Reveal DiVERSE - Conversations with YA and Children's Verse Novelists featuring Margarita Engle Carole Boston Weatherford Aida Salazar JOVITA WORE PANTS & CALLING THE MOON 📚🧁🔅 Rajani LaRocca 💗⚾️🧬 @jasminewarga Safia Elhillo Kaija Langley Dean Atta Thanhha Lai (WHEN CLOUDS TOUCH US is out now!) @jasminnemendez Jion Sheibani & more bloomsbury.com/au/diverse-978…

What was your favorite read of the summer?

#Teachers, #librarians, and #readers, I'm celebrating the school year with a #Giveaway of #YAVerseNovels and classroom sets of #bookmarks. To enter, please like, follow, retweet, tag a friend. Random winners in one week. (U.S. postage only.)

Wild Dreamers by Margarita Engle, Paperback | Barnes & Noble® barnesandnoble.com/w/wild-dreamer…

#BannedBooksAloud #RIACLU ACLU of Rhode Island RILA #ResistCensorship #BannedBooksWeek #FreedomToRead #FreedomofExpression #FreedomOfSpeech