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Bestselling author of 50 books. PRINCESS ACADEMY, AUSTENLAND, PRINCESS IN BLACK, REAL FRIENDS, DREAM ON, ITTY BITTY KITTY-CORN. Mom of 4, wife of 1. she/her. Curiosity and compassion. www.shannonhale.com
Day three in Texas! AUSTIN - tonight 6pm Book People. Tomorrow is Nashville, then on to Louisville and Decatur. bookpeople.com/event/2025-0...
BookPeople is Texas' largest independent bookstore, located in the heart of downtown Austin. Since 1970, we've been proud to provide our community with great books, author events, children's storytimes, and a comfortable place to enjoy the reading life.
I ❤️ librarians
Not only are they the custodians of all that makes us human, they almost universally act like they understand what that means
Today I was in a school library with a trained librarian. The school includes unhoused children and the kids of university professors. Watching how the librarian made all the kids feel welcome. Seeing the stiff, tense, worried body language soften. As they saw, maybe there is a space for me here. 💜
Happy book birthday to DREAM ON, the latest graphic novel from fan favorite author @shannonhale.bsky.social, with illustrations by Marcela Cespedes! With 2 starred reviews, it is a joyful book perfect for readers who want to enjoy a gentle and accessible friendship story 🥰 bit.ly/4kQjjrZ
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Today I was in a school library with a trained librarian. The school includes unhoused children and the kids of university professors. Watching how the librarian made all the kids feel welcome. Seeing the stiff, tense, worried body language soften. As they saw, maybe there is a space for me here. 💜
These are my public events. I'll also be doing a lot of school assemblies across 10 states this fall. Children's writers and illustrators often visit schools to talk to kids about books and creating art, though those opportunities have been decimated lately due to book banning and DEI fears.
DREAM ON tour starts today! UT - see me 2:30pm at Rose Park Elementary TX - I'll be in Katy on Wed and Austin on Thurs TN - Nashville on Fri KY - Louisville on Sat GA - Decatur on Sun See my website for more upcoming book festivals and events in UT, NC, CA, TX, OH, MN, & CO shannonhale.com/events
DREAM ON tour starts today! UT - see me 2:30pm at Rose Park Elementary TX - I'll be in Katy on Wed and Austin on Thurs TN - Nashville on Fri KY - Louisville on Sat GA - Decatur on Sun See my website for more upcoming book festivals and events in UT, NC, CA, TX, OH, MN, & CO shannonhale.com/events
if a school teaches results and not how to question them, it is not a school but indoctrination
my college kid was heartbroken when on the first day of class the professor said "I used to spend 3 weeks teaching this part, but just have AI create it for you and we'll skip it." Skipping the most creative part of the work. The part my kid most looked forward to.
My fear is not that higher education ceases to exist due to AI, but that actual education is once again restricted to a privileged few and everyone else gets this garbage.
my college kid was heartbroken when on the first day of class the professor said "I used to spend 3 weeks teaching this part, but just have AI create it for you and we'll skip it." Skipping the most creative part of the work. The part my kid most looked forward to.
I keep going back to the kids of those rich tech oligarchs - they have MINIMAL technology in the classroom. They know how bad AI is, they don’t let their kids near it.
my college kid was heartbroken when on the first day of class the professor said "I used to spend 3 weeks teaching this part, but just have AI create it for you and we'll skip it." Skipping the most creative part of the work. The part my kid most looked forward to.
I keep thinking about this skeet. Cutting out creativity in the name of "efficiency" tracks perfectly with the priorities of modern America, but that doesn't make it any less diabolical.
my college kid was heartbroken when on the first day of class the professor said "I used to spend 3 weeks teaching this part, but just have AI create it for you and we'll skip it." Skipping the most creative part of the work. The part my kid most looked forward to.
