Don Tate is an award-winning author and the illustrator of numerous books for childrenhttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3mhxlkoupqs2wSLJ reviewed our LGB biography of Prince! VERDICT A vibrant, accessible portrait that foregrounds creative sovereignty and self-expression as the defining notes of Prince’s enduring influence. Thank you Nikki Shannon Smith, for writing a delightful tribute to Prince! https://www.slj.com/review/prince-10000946226 Mar 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxlkoupqs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3mbtms4lvqc2qLast evening @nikkishannonsmith.bsky.social and I celebrated our book, PRINCE: A LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK, at Avid Reader book store in Davis, Ca, and it was a purple blast celebrating with family and friends! Thank you @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social for being there and taking the great photos! Blessed!07 Jan 2026 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbtms4lvqc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3lnvmr55ek22k28 Apr 2025 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnvmr55ek22khttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3ljd5xiblhk22An elegant night with my elegant wife—and a room full of elegant book loving people! Celebrating the Texas Book Festival’s 30 year anniversary. I spoke on a panel of Texas Writer Award recipients, moderated by Sarah Bird, and panelists Lawrence Wright, and Elizabeth Crook.01 Mar 2025 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljd5xiblhk22https://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3liz6ydncr22525 Feb 2025 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3liz6ydncr225https://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3lerg7jqut22chttps://www.fredericksburgstandard.com/2025/01/01/tate-brings-journalist-chops-childrens-picture-books/02 Jan 2025 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lerg7jqut22chttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3ld7weoonpc2xThanks to Iowhttps://www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/2024-12-13/childrens-book-author-illustrator-don-tate-reflects-des-moines-black-literature?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1pHutAlYZrTlkKc60Yw9VWMWa4pWSmoG1kmh49MVLVNtEsa2292o8u21M_aem_29vx3gNZkXqgpYEZ6i28hg13 Dec 2024 23:20 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7weoonpc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3lcd4pkoh5c2w The Wartburg Symphony will reimagine the “Nutcracker Suite” during its holiday concert, followed by a jazz interpretation of the same music created by Duke Ellington. My artwork from the book DUKE ELLINGTON'S NUTCRACKER SUITE will be used in the performance. https://www.wartburg.edu/2024/11/25/symphony-reimagines-nutcracker-on-dec-14/02 Dec 2024 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcd4pkoh5c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3l6ah2fiuac23It’s election season! Wade Hudson and I discuss our book THE DAY MADEAR VOTED with star podcaster Matthew Winner https://www.matthewcwinner.com/post/writing-it-takes-you-back-with-wade-hudson-and-don-tate11 Oct 2024 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6ah2fiuac23https://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3kz7ir5y6wo2gThrilled to learn that our book, CARTER READS THE NEWSPAPER, is now not only in paperback but also in Spanish!!08 Aug 2024 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3kz7ir5y6wo2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3kyov7obwla25SCBWI: Unbanning Books Panel #SCBWIsummer24 Betsy Gomez: Support challenged diverse books: Circulation numbers matter, so if you can't buy a book for whatever reason, check it out from the library.01 Aug 2024 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3kyov7obwla25https://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3kyouvs75q52aSCBWI: Unbanning Books Panel #SCBWIsummer24 Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall: Authors, be sure to ask your publishers about who within your pub house can support you when your book is banned?01 Aug 2024 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3kyouvs75q52ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3kyoups5vbm2iSCBWI: Unbanning Books Panel #SCBWIsummer24 Author Betsy Gomez says: "We are winning! . . . We've been in this situation before, and we survived and thrived!" In other words, we gotta fight back.01 Aug 2024 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3kyoups5vbm2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3kyoucx4su52aSCBWI: Unbanning Books Panel #SCBWIsummer24 Kyle Zimmer of First Book, Diverse Books For All Coalition: www.diversebooksforall.org https://www.diversebooksforall.org/01 Aug 2024 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3kyoucx4su52ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3kyotuyu2gk2aSCBWI: Unbanning Books Panel #SCBWIsummer24 "Hell-yeah!" to Maggie Tokuda-Hall of Authors Against Book Bans: www.authorsagainstbookbans.com https://www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/01 Aug 2024 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3kyotuyu2gk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3kyotaoxdec2xSCBWI: Unbanning Books Panel #SCBWIsummer24 Resources: (source: ALA)01 Aug 2024 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3kyotaoxdec2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3kyot4hgqtm2lSCBWI: Unbanning Books Panel #SCBWIsummer24 Another snapshot (source: ALA)01 Aug 2024 21:55 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3kyot4hgqtm2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3kyosx3pdc32uSCBWI: Unbanning Books Panel#SCBWIsummer24 Another snapshot (source: ALA)01 Aug 2024 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3kyosx3pdc32uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3kyosrbjpvg2jSCBWI: Unbanning Books Panel: Censorship By the Numbers, a couple of snapshots, (ALA). #SCBWIsummer2401 Aug 2024 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3kyosrbjpvg2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3kyorzbbck42hSCBWI summer conference: Unbanning Books Panel offers valuable info on fighting book bans, so that all children have access to books they deserve! Going on now! #SCBWIsummer2401 Aug 2024 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3kyorzbbck42hhttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3kx76tm7ca32sIt was an absolutely perfect day, launching our book, THE DAY MADEAR VOTED (Nancy Paulsen Books), at the East Orange Public Library in New Jersey! Collaborator, Wade Hudson, spoke eloquently and read the poem that inspired the book. Members of the NAAPC spoke, too, and registered voters.13 Jul 2024 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3kx76tm7ca32shttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3kwuaatotku2nHappy pub day to THE DAY MADEAR VOTED (Nancy Paulsen Books), written by Wade Hudson and illustrated by me! And what a cool video created by the author! Wade and I will celebrate this collaboration this coming weekend at the East Orange Public Library in NJ. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5TXegYIZ8g&ab_channel=CherylWillisHudson09 Jul 2024 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3kwuaatotku2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3kt6xnzzsuk2oHonored to be featured on today’s Cynsations!! Thank you, Gayleen Rabakukk and Cynthia Leitich Smith! https://cynthialeitichsmith.com/2024/05/career-achievers-don-tate-on-thriving-as-a-long-time-actively-publishing-childrens-ya-author-illustrator-author-illustrator/23 May 2024 23:28 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3kt6xnzzsuk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3klzwaowlfv2uJERRY CHANGED THE GAME! has been named a MATHICAL HONOR BOOK for 2024! Thank you to the Mathical Book Prize Organizers: the Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute, the National Council of Teachers of English, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and the Children's Book Council.22 Feb 2024 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3klzwaowlfv2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dontate.bsky.social/post/3klz67zr4ht2nThank you BookPeople for this Black History Month Display!!!22 Feb 2024 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:j5e4ckw56vewpfwrt24hvwql/app.bsky.feed.post/3klz67zr4ht2n