Friends, here is the official announcement of the memorial for my mom. This is a public memorial and all are invited. The Museum will open at noon so we will invite everyone to stay and gather in community, see art, and just enjoy the day. Doors will open at 9:30am.

Is your Shark Awareness Day resolution to spend 3 days on a shark research vessel with a marine biologist? I have great news for you! We’re running my open-enrollment course again this fall. You can take it for university transfer credit, or just for fun! Tag a friend who might be interested!

Which is greater: 7/11 or 8/12? Let's learn about the fraction comparison strategy "same parts away from the whole."

It's in our DNA. Cardboard cats 😹😻 #cats #box #besttoyever

BREAKING NEWS: Small otter thinks it’s a cat, but nobody really minds and everyone has a great time.

Time for an Evening Update! We're just over 80% done the map. Help us bring these states home! givebutter.com/USS2026 West: CA 30 WA 12 NEast: NY 83 NJ 48 CT 18 Midwest to TX: TX 63 IL 38 MI 25 IN 15 OK 11 South: FL 99 GA 43 VA 33 SC 3

Here’s a thread of wonderful cats & kittens we have who need people!! Some are shy and sensitive and some are outgoing and extroverted! All of them are located in Elkton, MD and you can apply for them here: form.jotform.com/crits4cats/c... Starting with our longest resident of 21 months, Shoyu🧵⬇️

There’s a #kidlitchat comin’ later today - 9pm Eastern, 6pm Pacific, right here on Bluesky. It’s a great chance to hang out with your #kidlit friends for an hour, I tell ya! I hope you will give it a try….

The 2026 United States of Science Challenge starts NOW! Each bubble represents classrooms we’ve matched with scientists this year. This a competition to fill bubbles with $10 donations to support @skypeascientist.bsky.social The first region to fill all bubbles wins. 👇🏻 givebutter.com/USS2026

I’ve put lots of designs on our store for 10 days only. All hand printed by me. thelifeofsharks.com

Just here to post this again like I do every year, not only because Douglass was one of the founding philosophers of American liberty but because I am so moved by the kids Frederick Douglass’ descendants deliver “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”

my kind of Jubilee, the Japanese national team vs. 100 kids

Live Laugh Lexapro, Welcoming Whimsy Wellbutrin! Mental health can’t wait 💚

I don't have an endless supply right now by any means, but given RFK's latest dangerous statements, if you have a kid in your life who is autistic and would like a copy of This Wolf Was Different, I am bringing back this offer. ⬇️ (Also for any kid who feels different and may be nervous about it.)

If you talk about Michelle Obama today, please make it about this video

still thinking about the time my brother made my food-allergic nephew a birthday dino-cake out of watermelon. 10/10 no notes.

These jellyfish larvae: * . * . * . * . * * . * . * * . *

This is all I needed today. This laughing baby. Via @roslynwittermusic #inspiration #happiness #happy #good

My day job is at a rural branch of a public library, and we have a Pride display. Yesterday I was at the desk when a man came in. Fifties, maybe, or sixties. Plaid shirt, mesh trucker cap, suspenders. He went up to the display and just stood there for a long moment. Then he came up to the desk. 🧵 1/

Graphic novels turn kids into lifelong readers. They challenge readers, transform reluctant readers into readers, they bring joy. They boost vocabulary, increase reading comprehension for brains that take in information differently. They tell a story. Graphic novels are real reading, real books ✨📚😊

Kids can be brutal! 😂

im sick of romanticizing the 90s. it was a fucking nightmare. kids were drinking capri suns and turning into liquid metal abominations left and right. thousands of children were alex macked

If you’re between 14-45 years old and experience heavy menstrual bleeding, this is an exciting new trial investigating transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation. Early results are promising with ~50% decrease in blood loss. QR code below. Please repost/share!

Eight days away from my second year of writing down one good thing every day before leaving the classroom!

Just a reminder, #LittleWheelsBigHearts collects graphic novels for older kids who are often overlooked in traditional toy drives. These books introduce great characters & stories while helping spark a love of reading. Each month, we highlight a new graphic novel to collect

A new month means a new pick for the #LittleWheelsBigHearts Graphic Novel Drive June’s pick is Galaxy: The Prettiest Star This story follows a young alien princess hiding on Earth as she discovers who she is. A story about acceptance, belonging, & the courage to be yourself 👇

Can I interest you in a moist owlette as a timeline cleanse? This is Sassafras the Eastern Screech Owl from the Cincinnati Zoo (@cincinnatizoo.bsky.social, but via their FB) and I love him very much. Eastern Screech Owls (Megascops asio) are native to eastern North America.

We are allergic to boredom. Our students are too. But what if boredom is exactly what they need? This year I have been trying to bore my students on purpose. Here is what that looks like.

Amazing imaginative photography by Spanish duo Anna Devís and Daniel Rueda. TT: ClawClips

Made a ham sandwich and forgot to eat it. (Hamnesia) Made a PBJ and forgot to eat it. (Jamnesia) Made some chowder and forgot to eat it. (Clamnesia)

“In his, her or their own space and time” is a beautiful way to describe the spectrum of autism, of neurodivergence 🪐⏳ Kiersten Case’s Lilypad Library is on a mission to highlight the experiences & stories of young autistic kids ✨🌱

Shrey spelling 32 words in 90 seconds to win the Spelling Bee is the new greatest athletic accomplishment of 2026. I don’t even know how he said the letters that fast. Got a “Holy Mackerel” out of @minakimes.bsky.social

On the grounds that there’s no bad time to share this video of a squirrel having a jolly good go, here’s this video of a squirrel having a jolly good go

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

1. London Underground station flooding has reportedly been reduced by around 90% thanks to a group of engineers: beavers. After conservationists reintroduced a family of beavers into a nearby city park, the animals built dams and restored wetlands that now absorb and slow floodwater naturally.

Simons & Schuster is having a #AANHPI sweepstakes! Win a copy of all these great books, including THE PINK PAJAMAS! Details here: www.simonandschuster... #giveaway #books #kidlit #edusky Simon Kids @ssedlib.bsky.social

More about the Cowlitz Tribe's beaver relocation program, which is among the largest in the West. "Beavers are amazing ecosystem engineers and create high-quality, complex wetland habitats that support biodiversity and ecosystem properties that can help buffer projected impacts of climate change.”

This guy says more with his cups than most writers. Red states choosing fear over progress is why we can't have nice things.

To the authors of children's books, and the illustrators, the librarians, the booksellers, the editors, the marketers, the teachers, the reading specialists, the literacy professors, the tutors and the volunteers: I see you. What you do matters. Children's books matter. All of them.

When we write for children, we write to lay aside our own ego, our own platform, our own importance. The child who reads our books should not be thinking about the book's author at all. Only the child matters - their imagination, their sense of wonder, their precious and growing Mind. That's it.

You’re not violating a "reading rule" if you opt not to finish a book that's not resonating with you. Life is finite and we thus have a finite number of books to read. Reading shouldn’t be a chore, and you needn’t feel guilty for ensuring that your time reading is spent reading things that you love.

Trump's proposed FY2027 budget guts public school funding while defense spending gets a 44% boost. Educators and students deserve better. Tell Congress to reject it.

This week, my state of Maryland became the first U.S. State to get an official state shark! I wrote about why Megalodon is awesome, how we know that it's extinct, and what having a state shark means for modern-day shark science and conservation I'm fine, everything is fine. 🧪🌍🦑🦈

"PSA: like don't do that." — @heymrsbond.com (100% co-sign on this: it's infuriating to see teachers online posting negatively about their students)

My favorite genre is “books politicians haven’t read but want to regulate.” Oppose H.R. 7661. Sign now. Via @everylibrary.bsky.social #read #reading #library #libraries #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661

I feel better already....

Sounds about right.

This is how we fill a town square with busy little guys