So very fortunate to have Meg Medina on the podcast!

My guest this week on the Book Flood Podcast is New York Times best-selling author/illustrator Matt Tavares where he talks about writing picture books. Matt's latest book is "Dasher and the Polar Bear (2025)." youtu.be/2fLvakx2314

This week's guest on the Book Flood Podcast is award-winning graphic novelist @ryanestrada.com in which he discusses his writing career as a graphic novelist in Korea. bookfloodpodcast.com

The CDC Library plays an important role in providing our public health professionals with access to the best information. Without them, CDC employees will lose access to information and resources in an outbreak. bit.ly/4qaDIMi via @everylibrary.bsky.social

Take a listen to this podcast with Joan Schoettler (joanschoettler.bsky.social). Well worth your time for authors and non-authors alike!

A sad sign of the times.

AASL and ALSC Partner with Pokémon to Launch School and Public Library Pokémon Clubs https://bit.ly/4gYtcUl

This week's Book Flood Podcast features author and illustrator, EDWARD DENNIS. Dennis is the author of "The Boy from Mexico," "The Boy from Mexico becomes a Farm Worker, and his soon-to-be released "The Boy from Mexico becomes a U.S. Citizen. youtu.be/hHgPGxFVZmo

Edward Dennis on SPED Teacher to Author www.youtube.com/shorts/npMtW...

Dear @aircanada.bsky.social, Here's two suggestions: 1. Ensure that your Change Flight function works (because that is definitely not working); and 2. If you tell people to call you, best not to send them back to that website that is not working (and don't hang up!). #tryingtovisitSister

Ever thought you might like to be a librarian in a school?

Here's an opportunity for authors and illustrators who might not want or be ready to be on a podcast but do want to advertise their books. (Full disclosure: I am the host of the Book Flood Podcast.)

Worried about what is happening with libraries? Consider donating to our friends at @everylibrary.bsky.social which works on the frontlines of the battle for libraries. www.everylibrary.org/donate

Libraries need your support! Take action to support libraries at buff.ly/41eAGMI!

Please make sure to get this important date - Independent Bookstore Day on 4/26 - on your calendar. #IndieBookstoreDay

A new @bsky.app account is now set up for those who specifically follow Book Flood Podcast. It's here: @bookfloodpod.bsky.social

The guest for this week's Book Flood Podcast is @smwordsmith.bsky.social. Sara Smith is a district librarian, the founder of GraphicLibrary.org, and co-author of "Mango Goes to School." Please share! goldenlibraries.com/book-flood-p...

Did you know that the Book Flood Podcast has a Youtube Channel? It would be wonderful if you subscribed by going here: www.youtube.com/@BookFloodPo...

A clip from the interview of @littlebadger.bsky.social for the Book Flood Podcast. You can find the rest on your podcast platform of choice, on Youtube, or on the Golden Libraries website.

This week's guest on the Book Flood Podcast is Darcie Little Badger (@littlebadger.bsky.social). She is the author of "Elatsoe" and "A Snake Falls to Earth" among other writings. Little Badger is a Lipan Apache writer and has a PhD in Oceanography. goldenlibraries.com/book-flood-p...

Such a great idea! Definitely bringing books to the conference!

Yes, book bans are definitely real (regardless of what is being said elsewhere). #TrustLibrarians

This week's Book Flood Podcast features Nick Glass discussing the amazing TeachingBooks. If you are a librarian or teacher and are not using this tool, you really should! goldenlibraries.com/book-flood-p...

Another winner from @jewellparkerrhodes.bsky.social!

This week’s Book Flood Podcast features award-winning author @padmatv.bsky.social discussing her forthcoming (1/21) book where she ties together being an author with being an oceanographer. A must buy for library or classroom! On podcast platforms & below. goldenlibraries.com/book-flood-p...

On my (free) Substack newsletter, I describe my fondness for epigraphs and my thoughts about evolving as a reader: open.substack.com/pub/donalynm...

If you believe that: 1) Reading is critical to democracy. 2) Books help us understand complex issues. 3) Parents shouldn’t make decisions for other parents’ children. 4) Youth deserve to see themselves in books. Join the campaign to #UniteAgainstBookBans: uniteagainstbookbans.org/take-action/

Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚 Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚

For those in #LibraryWorld and beyond, here is a way to create change and build libraries. I will definitely be there!

CSLA President René on the importance of connecting with other librarians. (From www.youtube.com/@BookFloodPo...)

The guest for the Book Flood Podcast this week is CSLA president René Hohls where she discusses the upcoming California School Library Association Conference in San José in January 2025. goldenlibraries.com/book-flood-p...

PEN America condemns the Iranian authorities' arrest of activist Reza Khandan, husband of human rights advocate and #FreedomToWrite Awardee Nasrin Sotoudeh. His arrest is a petty and retaliatory measure against Sotoudeh's family amid a crackdown on women’s rights in Iran. pen.org/press-releas...

Hey, want to get a bunch of books by famed science fiction writer @scalzi.com. You can do so here at the link below for a tiny percentage of what they would cost in stores. The best part? Sales support First Book who gets books into the hands of kids. www.humblebundle.com/books/john-s...

Thanks, @varshab.bsky.social!

If you live where I live, we have a Christmas Tree Lane. It's a long street that has been decorated for the last 100 years in memory of a child who died. Tonight is one of the two "walk" nights. As it happens, I live about a block from that street. It shall be cold but worth the walk.

This week's Book Flood Podcast features bestselling author Varsha Bajaj talking about "A Garland of Henna" and "Thirst." goldenlibraries.com/book-flood-p...

This week's Book Flood Podcast features the amazing Janet Wile and the equally amazing Christine Flores from Central Unified School District in Fresno, California. All about "Athletes as Readers and Leaders" and "Slammin' at the Library" programs. goldenlibraries.com/book-flood-p...

This week’s Book Flood Podcast guests are bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin. They discuss their recently-released “The Bletchley Riddle.” goldenlibraries.com/book-flood-p...

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Looking to add your custom domain for Bluesky you can do it! blueskyweb.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/art... The only difference in the directions is that you find HANDLE under Account. DNS is still updating on mine but it should be @techielibgrl.com soon :) #tlsky #edusky @bsky.app

This week's guest on the Book Flood Podcast is Katie McNamara. She is both a high school teacher librarian and the director of the Library Services Credential Program at Fresno Pacific University. She is also a library tech guru! goldenlibraries.com/book-flood-p...

Congratulations to @bsky.app on hitting 20 million users! So very cool!

You just know that this will be so, so good!

I have enjoyed @bsky.app since I joined last year but it has become particularly wonderful with this new infusion of users! So much more enjoyable than that other place.

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Definitely read the book before you see the movie! goldenlibraries.com/book-of-the-...

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This week's Book Flood Podcast features Amy Hermon of the School Librarians United Podcast. Links to the various platforms are below: goldenlibraries.com/amy-hermon-o...

For this Veterans Day I share this picture of my father that I discovered online some years after he had passed away. He is to the left.