It doesn't look like @mirkdrop.bsky.social is active here, but I cannot recommend their newsletter (and site and classes and comics and and and) highly enough! Make it a New Year's Resolution to subscribe: www.mirkwork.com?utm_source=s...

#Libfaves25 Day 2: MAKING NONFICTION COMICS by Shay Mirk and Eleri Harris This belongs on your essentials shelf right next to classics like Understanding Comics (McCloud) or Syllabus and Making Comics (Barry)

A milestone worth celebrating 🎉📚✨ We’re excited to share an important update: the Defend Our Stories campaign has reached its goal of raising $48,957 before December 31st! 📚 bit.ly/DefendOurStories

Day #18: 31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Early Chapter Books. Meet the titles that linger in that liminal space between novels and easy books. The sheer variety here may surprise you. #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/18/3...

Day #19: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Comics and Graphic Novels for Kids. I may have gone a bit overboard... #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/19/3...

Day #24: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 American History Books for Kids. The truth can always be presented to children. You just need to have the brains and the guts to know how to do it well. These books have both. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/24/3...

Day #25: 31 Days, 31 Lists: Science and Nature Books for Kids. Merry Christmas! How about celebrating the season with science? I mean... it's good for what ails ya. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/25/3...

Day #26: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Unique Biographies for Kids. If you're looking for proof that we are in a Golden Age of Children's Literature, look no further than this list. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/26/3...

Day #27: 31 Days, 31 Lists: Blueberry Award Contenders (Celebrating the Environment). Today's list contains an appreciation of nature, a rallying cry for climate action, and titles that promote climate stewardship. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/27/3...

Day #28: 31 Days, 31 Lists: The creme de la creme! The top of the pops! These are the title you won't be able to forget, no matter how the years roll by. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/28/3...

Day #29: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Nonfiction Books for Older Readers. Forget the picture books. Older nonfiction, that nebulous but ultimately satisfying genre, is where the action is. This list today just proves it. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/29/3...

ALA provides more than $300,000 annually for study in a master's degree in library and information science. ALA scholarships cover an array of focuses and groups, from children’s and youth librarianship to government documents and support staff. Apply by March 1! https://bit.ly/4s8U2hy

"There is no condition in which the university is under attack that the whole of U.S. educational infrastructure, public and private, from pre-K up, is not under attack. And there is no condition in which education is under attack in which civil society can remain unimperiled."

What will you stand for in 2026? As censorship grows louder, our commitment to the freedom to read must grow stronger. Taking action doesn’t require perfection, just persistence. Show up, speak out, support readers. Let’s push back together with courage and community. #FreedomToRead #StopBookBans

grateful | adjective | appreciative of benefits received : feeling or showing thanks Thank you all for a superlative year. Here are some of our favorite posts of 2025.

Particularly because--and I can't stress this enough--gAI does not actually help at all in this regard! You cannot engage with and form an opinion on a text from an AI summary of it any more than you could from reading Cliffnotes. The only reason people think they can is that education is a joke.

In the years ahead, today’s students will shape the world around us. But as they step into 2026, they need backpacks, highlighters, globes and glue sticks.

My New Year’s resolution is to read more books, eat more scones, and use more Oxford commas.

"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!

Picture book by Alice F. Duncan @alicefayeduncan.bsky.social , illus. by Charly Palmer: "Evicted!" about rural, grassroots Tent City Movement for right to vote. No fairytale ending. They oganized with voting rights victory, but many lost jobs, forced to move. ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/materials/ev...

Newly Updated! 19 Favorite ABC Books buff.ly/hlgmFXv via @pragmaticmom #ReadYourWorld #picturebooks #ABCs #alphabet

Newly Updated! 9 Picture Books with Blended Families buff.ly/5eH8mOF via @pragmaticmom #ReadYourWorld #picturebooks #blendedfamily

I honestly feel sick. This is a tragedy. Let kids draw. Let kids create. Celebrate human endeavor, human learning, human art. Not this fake garbage.

Don't forget to check out the revamped #website, and visit our #AboutPage for more info and resources. My aim is and always will be to raise #awareness about lifelong #illnesses from VARIOUS #perspectives. Context matters. 👉 buff.ly/TKHRkRo #ChronicIllness #disability #ChronicPain #MedSky #spoonie

The Books for Youth editorial staff at @ala-booklist.bsky.social has chosen its most-recommended offerings of the year. Check out their YA fiction, middle-grade fiction, picture-book, and nonfiction selections, plus individual book recommendations from editors and reviewers: https://bit.ly/493z0bq

Children’s Publishers Choose Their Favorite Reads of 2025 buff.ly/IPVFHMg

When a loved one dies, where do they go? A new kids' book suggests 'They Walk On' | NPR buff.ly/zUtMfDx

The Best Picture Books to Read in the Winter | Book Riot buff.ly/8PsvwJD

As 2025 winds down, we’re celebrating the books that sparked curiosity and inspired learning. From award-winning historical fiction and imaginative adventures to engaging picture, these books are perfect to engage your young readers. *Read the full list: https://bit.ly/494Cfzf

AI is absolutely, positively ruining everything. EVERYTHING. AI is why the kids can't read. AI is why the kids can't think. AI is why your uncle's brain is cooked by right-wing nonsense. AI is why you can't just buy a damn grocery without a million headaches in between.

2025 Book Censorship Wrapped: Trends, Challenges, and Successes Over The Year bookriot.com/book-censors...

“Taking care of yourself doesn’t mean ‘me first’ … it means ‘me too.’” L.R. Knost. A reminder that caring for yourself sits alongside caring for others. You aren’t asking for the world, you’re simply asking for a place in it too. 🧡 #SelfCare #kindness #compassion Picture by joyfulsmolthings

In a world pushing more, faster, and louder, I’ve been returning to what actually works: slowing down, building community, and protecting children’s humanity in our classrooms. This is a quiet return to that work.

"Students, like anyone else, do not make good decisions when they're desperate and they feel like they are put in a corner" ❤️

Top New Podcast: Our conversation with @heymrsbond.com, Reclaiming Teaching & Learning in an Age of AI, was our most downloaded episode of the year *by far*! 👇 www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/rec... #K12 #edchat

Chanea’s Top Two novels of 2025 1) Chain-gang All-Stars altered my brain chemistry 2) My Friends broke and mended my heart

4 TIPS TO ENGAGE ELA EXCEPTIONAL LEARNERS "Differentiation for an advanced learner is not about doing a bunch of busy work. Instead, it is about doing more rigorous work." – G&T leader Kim Rensch. #edusky @giftedstudies.bsky.social #NAGC #teachersky www.middleweb.com/52867/some-t...

REIGNITE THE MAGIC OF READING PHYSICAL BOOKS Once paperback fantasy ruled the reading realm. Kids devoured each 300+ page title. Then came the tech shift. Kathie Palmieri has a plan to turn the clock back. #edusky #iteachEnglish @kathleenpalmieri.bsky.social www.middleweb.com/52885/re-ign...

Review: EXPANDING THE POTENTIAL OF POETRY. Georgia Heard’s thoughtful revision of Awakening the Heart inspired Jeny Randall to create a new poetry unit that engaged & excited her students. #edusky #iteachEnglish @heinemannpub.bsky.social @georgiaheard.bsky.social www.middleweb.com/52931/a-thou...

4 SIMPLE STRATEGIES FOR STUDENT SELF-ASSESSMENT. Add good rigor to student assessments by encouraging them to assess themselves. Teaching coach Barbara Blackburn shares some simple ways to do that. #edusky @barbararblackburn.bsky.social @sharemylesson.bsky.social www.middleweb.com/52511/4-simp...

2026 Mock Caldecott List: mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/11/2026...

Here are the latest trends in comics censorship from 2025. As you might expect, more comics are being targeted and in particular, manga is feeling the heat. So, too, are adaptations, women's non fic, and more. Big thanks to @anuncivilphd.bsky.social for her insights. bookriot.com/trends-in-co...

Something for your holiday listening pleasure. @colbysharp.bsky.social and I take a look back at children's books in 2025 on The Yarn podcast: theyarn.slj.com/2025/12/24/t... @slj.com

Heidi and Joe F. have a Little Free Library on the iconic “Miracle on 34th Street” Christmas Block in Baltimore. Both are teachers and use their holiday decor to raise awareness for literacy at the holidays. Their library distributed 900 children’s books into the community last holiday season.

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Good Comics for Kids Review: Millie of the Manor goodcomicsforkids.slj.com/2025/12/22/m...

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Science Fiction Books for Kids afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/21/3...

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Funny Books for Older Kids afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/20/3...

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Informational Fiction for Kids afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/20/3...