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Mike Jung
@mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social
OH FFS, do I have to Okay fine, FINE, I'm a children's writer and artistttnnnggghhhh that still feels so weird to say, I'm also Korean American and autistic and a messy emotional glob who constantly gets sentimental on main, you've been warned
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Scholastic Book Fairs is ending their segregated book program. We made ourselves heard.

A letter from the Scholastic corporation that reads "Dear Authors and Illustrators, I want to update you regarding the Book Fairs Share Every Story/Celebrate Every Voice case. First, I want to apologize on behalf of Scholastic. Even if the decision was made with good intention, we understand now that it was a mistake to segregate diverse books in an elective case. We sincerely apologize to every author, illustrator, licensor, educator, librarian, parent, and reader who was hurt by our action. We recognize and acknowledge the pain caused, and that we have broken the trust of some of our publishing community, customers, friends, trusted partners, and sta", and we also recognize that we will now need to regain that trust. This case will be discontinued starting with our next season in January. For the remaining fairs in the fall, Book Fairs is working on a pivot plan as we speak. We will find an alternate way to get a greater range of books into the hands of children. We remain committed
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EAerinampersand.bsky.social

Yass, so happy! It's at my kids school this week and I was boycotting until they walked this back.

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JTpiewaker.bsky.social

"But we still want that Harry Potter money, so, some hatred is okay."

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lotusprince.bsky.social

Where can I find this letter? I've seen it in a couple of tweets, but I don't see it on Scholastic's website.

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CWcwolbrecht.bsky.social

cc: @thebrainlair.bsky.social Yay!

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PLprofphoebe.bsky.social

I don't understand how this fits with their Oct 13 Press Release. mediaroom.scholastic.com/press-releas...

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TFtrishtoneylawrence.bsky.social

Amazing! So proud of everyone who signed! Well done!

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MPpolarisu.bsky.social

reading through the comments and i'm not 100% sure on what happened(?)

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MFforbeck.com

Woot!

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RCthependrake.bsky.social

I still don't forgive them

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LDlisadelao.bsky.social

YES!!!๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™

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Mike Jung
@mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social
OH FFS, do I have to Okay fine, FINE, I'm a children's writer and artistttnnnggghhhh that still feels so weird to say, I'm also Korean American and autistic and a messy emotional glob who constantly gets sentimental on main, you've been warned
1.3k followers613 following1.5k posts
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