Hi all! I'm a member of the Soc. of Children's Book Authors and Illustrators and our monthly Michigan newsletter is looking to interview kid-lit activists/advocates. (See paragraph below for how they define this.) "KidLit Advocates. This can be anyone who's doing an exceptional job to connect readers to books, supporting authors, etc. We've been focusing on librarians and bloggers, and so far we have Colby Sharp, Travis Jonker, and Ed Spicer." We would imagine this person would have an active social media platform that reaches out to kids and teens. In addition to teachers and librarians, this could be a parent, bookseller, or ? The reason I am reaching out to you is that our advisory board is hoping to find other Michigan activists, esp. trying to get a more diverse round-up. While I know all librarians are book advocates, we're hoping to find folks that go above and beyond to touch the lives of kids. And we'd especially like to connect with more women activists and people of color. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you! Shutta *Shutta Crum* *www.shutta.com <http://www.shutta.com/>* *twitter.com/Shutta/ <http://twitter.com/Shutta/>* *www.facebook.com/ShuttaCrum <http://www.facebook.com/ShuttaCrum>* *MOUSELING'S WORDS (Coming 2017, Clarion)* *WILLIAM AND THE WITCH'S RIDDLE (Alfred A. Knopf)* *UH-OH! (Alfred A. Knopf)* *DOZENS OF COUSINS (Clarion, HMH)* *MINE! (Alfred A. Knopf)* *THOMAS AND THE DRAGON QUEEN (Alfred A. Knopf)* *BABIES & BOOKS! <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvFfYkDaEiQ&t=4s>*