Kaz Windness, Artist-Author

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Making bots read to babies? Is this dad-maxxing or a parenting fail? Check out “When You Love a Book” written by me, Kaz Windness, and illustrated by Heather Brockman Lee or read literally any book to your baby. It’s not the voice, it’s your love and attention hat matters. #kidsbooks #earlyliteracy #whenyouloveabook #parenting #aiethics

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I can’t even believe that this news went live on my birthday. Check out the new season of Reading Rainbow starting Friday, October 16th, 2026, including my autism acceptance, understanding, and appreciation children’s book, “Bitsy Bat, School Star!” More on the series at BitsyBat. c0m. #readingrainbow #autismawareness #kidsbooks @mychal

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Seeing autism acceptance and positive representation for neurodivergence on Reading Rainbow is so so impactful. Thank you, Mychal! Thank you, Reading Rainbow! Thank you Reading Rainbow kids. I’m beyond honored that my book, “Bitsy Bat, School Star” was selected for this episode. I wrote the book while my oldest child was receiving their autism diagnosis and as I found out that I was autistic, too. I wanted to create a book that would help educators and caretakers talk about autism in a positive light and create an inclusive classroom environment that would help kids like mine be celebrated for their specialness and help all kids see what makes them special. Thank you to my wonderful editor, Catherine Laudone and incredible art director, Laurent Linn, and the whole team at Simon & Schuster for championing Bitsy Bat. Seeing her flying aout in the world and making a difference is the honor of my lifetime. #r#readingrainbowa#autismawarenessb#bitsybatk#kidsbooksm@mychalS@Simon & Schuster