Feeling grateful to spend our nation’s birthday backpacking in what I consider to be its most beautiful location hands-down, Yosemite National Park.

I say it often but once again: By granting them borrowing privileges and protecting their privacy, public libraries afford children a form of civic standing and respect that has few parallels in our “free” society, which mostly treats children as chattel. Vociferously defend public libraries. 📚

What a cool project allowing Ss to create a 3D representation of what is important to them!

I love the introspective work @wendygarland.bsky.social is doing with her students to celebrate America 250!

It's always great talking to Steve! This time we chat about a program I've been running for years, adjusting and adding to it each time. 📕😄📕 #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

Due to our new schedule this year I had library classes after all books were due (not my favorite). A coworker's great idea really helped, though! She uses some of the books that are constantly checked out in centers. #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

Current librarian conundrum: This book was new to us in September and hasn’t been on the shelf since. Now that it’s back I am SO unsure of where to shelve it. Video games doesn’t feel right. It almost seems like I should have a character guide section. Any thoughts? #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

With events and field trips, I had only one 5th grade class in our last rotation. This is a helpful class in general, so instead of the centers every other group was doing I compiled a list of library jobs. There were varying degrees of engagement, but some kids LOCKED IN! #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

All Ss focused on America 250, our country’s big birthday in our library lessons last week! (Resources in 🧵) K/1 read and watched to learn more about our nation’s symbols, then made American symbols mini-books using a word bank (frankensteined by me from free resources). #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

PSA in favor of a full school library inventory every year: 1. It finds any books Ss may have “helpfully” put back on the shelves themselves. 1/ #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

Our Kdg Ss created their own city when we used the excellent Cityscapes lessons by @carolynvibbert.bsky.social I 1000% underestimated the excitement this would generate! #TLSky #SchoolLibraries knowledgequest.aasl.org/lesson-spark...

It’s time for all library books to be turned in, which means Mrs. McCoy has prepped our poster raffle for 2nd-5th and sticker/eraser rewards for K/1. #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

#TLSkyChat - LOVE these tips!

Ooo, I like this delineation, Heather!

A4: Ugh, these are so tricky! I feel like I can't put my "must-have-it ASAP" items on the list in the event they don't get funded, so I end up putting my "this-would-be-nice-to-have" selections on it. The thought of constantly updated fries my brain. #TLSkyChat

A8: Be nosy! Ask colleagues where they got funding to accomplish their newest project. When someone shares about a windfall ask followup questions on their source. #TLSkyChat

A2: TELL A STORY Talk about the time you went to pull a cheetah book for a kid and the cover was so old and dated they didn't want to check it out (despite being SO excited about cheetahs). Describe how this kid would respond to a beautiful brand-new, on-their-level cheetah book. #TLSky

A1: Starting local is the way to go! As the school librarian, you often interact with the children of the people looking at the grant applications. Check if your PTO has any type of grant and see if your district has any type of foundation that might take applications. #TLSky

Hi, y’all! I’m Amanda, an elementary teacher librarian in Kansas. 🌻 #TLSkyChat

All prepped and ready for our AAPI Heritage Month Read-In tomorrow! We have parents joining us this time (their Ss are so excited), which makes room assignments vary a bit more. I’ve included a post-it on the back of each book to help and recruited some student guides. #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

Adventures in a lower tech library! Kdg Ss perused our beginning reader career books. They wrote the name of a job and drew a tool that person might use in their work. (Mind you, not everyone was this successful, but the activity really clicked for some) #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

Adventures in a lower tech library! Our district rolled out a new initiative this year to decrease screen time for our Ss (love it, 100% support it). I’ve been experimenting with ways to implement this in some of research lessons, especially K/1. #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

It’s really happening, y’all! We are doing One Book, One School next year with Legends of Lotus Island: The Guardian Test by the wonderful @soontornvat.bsky.social I am can’t wait for all our students, families, and staff to experience this TOGETHER! 🎉🎉🎉

THIS is how you put students first, folks! 🎉

It’s finally happening! I got word this morning that we have extra funds at the end of the year and we might be able to use them for a One Book, One School program next year, BUT we have to move fast. Told the principal “I’M ON IT!” #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

Just updated our podcast lesson for 2026 with a new entry in the “History” category - Forever Ago. I can’t wait to roll it out! #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

Why, it’s the epically awesome librarian @simplyrain.bsky.social - empowering students to care for and improve their school library! 🌟 💪 📚 💪 🌟

In our final week learning about illustration (and Mo Willems) in kindergarten, we tackled the photograph plus drawing style found in Knuffle Bunny. Ss had a great time with this technique, several chose to add the “hidden pigeon” we’d come to know and love. #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

5th grade Ss tackle Kid Citizen episode “Snap a Photo: Agent of Change” after we introduced the concept of primary sources. They interact with so many excellent examples in this activity. Thank you @wendygarland.bsky.social for introducing us to this great resource! #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

Kdg Ss drew elephant and piggie along with Mo Willems to get to know him better as an illustrator and flex their own illustration muscles. We can learn so much about a character by challenging ourselves to draw them! #TLSky ##SchoolLibraries

. @amybrownlee93.bsky.social is an incredible Kansas K-12 librarian!

This week in Kdg we’re talking about the choices that illustrators make. Ss are tasked with choosing a feeling for Wilbur from Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed and drawing clothes to match. Did you know - dressing like a K-Pop Demon Hunter can indeed cause happy feelings? 😂 #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

4th graders played Leave No Trace’s Trash Timeline card game as part of our national parks unit. LOTS of surprises when we revealed just how long it takes different trash items to break down. lnt.org/wp-content/u... #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

Had the idea very last minute, but I’m happy with how our library month bulletin board turned out! Ss finished the sentence “My favorite thing we do in library is…” on a balloon that was added to our Up-themed display. #TLSky #SchoolLinraries

It’s time for our Folktales Around the World unit once more in 2nd grade! We read the excellent Tops and Bottoms, cha cha-ed again, and busted out our atlases do an introductory picture walk. #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS! “It is much easier…to make a picture book adults respect than it is to make one children actually adore. Adults can be won over by concept and good intentions. Children demand craft. They demand timing. They demand momentum.”

What a fantastic way to support the learning happening in our grade-level classrooms!

Tough day at school today. It felt like 92% of it was spent on behavior management. Took a walk after work and passed under a just-blooming tree; the tiny leaves looked like little red hearts swaying in the breeze, passing along comfort.

If you have not been keeping up with the way Wendy is implementing this year’s Students Rebuild project: Unique & United, I HIGHLY recommend visiting her profile and viewing the whole amazing process! #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

This is where I am in our conversion to whole number Dewey…gathering examples from others and just taking a beat to stare at our shelves and think about: - What we have in our collection - How our Ss search - Organizing everything to make the most sense for our school #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

2nd year with this fantastic project. So many gorgeous interpretations are gracing our hallways! #TLSky #SchoolLibraries bsky.app/profile/illi...

Sarah is such a bright teacher librarian light. I can’t wait to hear her thoughts on this topic! @supersansbury.bsky.social #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

I have a Follett Content webinar coming up April 28 where author-illustrator @dansantat.bsky.social and I will talk about the power of graphic novels. #booksky #edusky #graphicnovels #childrenslit #tlsky www.follettcontent.com/events/listi...

Project Update! They were used for our 4th gr. contribution to this year’s #StudentsRebuild project: Unique & United. Ss asks friends for nouns or adjectives that described them and added their own as well. Each S chose 6 words to add to their grid with a pattern or pic. #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

Grateful to @edutopia.org for publishing my article on middle grade books with neurodivergent characters. #tlsky #edusky #middlegradelit

Happy day! Our district foundation awarded me a grant to purchase more books for Read-Ins! I’m so excited to have funding to host more of these school-wide events and build our reading culture. (Also happy they used language from my application on the social post) #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

And we have a winner! In a wacky and wild ending to our school-wide humor competition, Don’t Trust Fish became our champion by coming in a strong second in every grade level it did not win. Lots of excited Ss today! #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

I detest when sports take over school and anyone is forced to cheer for a team about which they do not care, but I DID want to share my excitement with any Ss watching March Madness.

I’m excited to network and share this morning at our spring NE workshop for @kaslks.bsky.social ! #TLSky #SchoolLibraries

A few classes are catching up this up this week, so our Kdg class that’s ahead is learning about different types of bird nests before practicing building with keva planks and building our own nests. #TLSky #SchoolLibraries