This + a book > everything #SmallJoys

So snow day tomorrow? ❄️

Working with 7th graders on substance abuse research today. Some of my fave interactions… T: Who is doing heroin? And S: Ms. Blair, what’s a rave?

“Skilled librarians nurture a culture of reading, curate high-quality texts, collaborate w teachers and provide individualized support that is especially vital for struggling readers. Their presence is part of the ecosystem that helped MS move from near the bottom to the top of national rankings.”

DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚

Shout out to @juliaerin80.bsky.social for her idea of a Try It book club! I had a couple of students and a teacher join me yesterday and it was absolutely lovely. All of them said they were excited to come back for next week!

Is this like the New Year’s version of Groundhog Day? Is the raccoon a harbinger of things to come in 2026? 😬

I got to read this book nearly a year ago and called it then… it was going to top all of the lists. This book is heartbreaking, beautiful and hopeful ❤️

I love grossing out my East Coast husband with Midwest cuisine. You would think that after 20+ years this would get old, but it hasn’t. Ranch is part of my culture www.instagram.com/reel/DRPvzgc...

Hard disagree. The teen and I thoroughly enjoyed it

Had a student tell me that I look like I can’t be older than 30. I’m going to ride this high till my birthday

NEW: ALA is sounding the alarm after the Administration announced new steps to dismantle the Department of Education. School & academic libraries across the country rely on Dept. of Ed. funding and knowledge to best serve their students and faculty. More: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #ForOurLibraries

Best Middle Grade Books 2025 | SLJ Best Books www.slj.com/story/best-m...

I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...

Our 2025 Best Books list is live!!! #sljbestbooks

It’s here! The 2025 Best Books list is out! Check out these truly stellar titles I’ve had the pleasure of spending the last year with

Best Middle Grade Books 2025 | SLJ Best Books www.slj.com/story/newsfe...

This may be the best piece of journalism I’ve seen in a while www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...

By far the worst part of a soccer tournament weekend is the other parents

Watched The Substance… so much I wish I could unsee 🤢

BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.

If they do a 21 gun salute at his funeral, fucking duck.

November? nah man i'm celebrating NOvember where i curl into fetal position and say "No, please god no," over and over again

If someone wants to make this for me for next year I would def wear this

A good school librarian connects kids with books they will love. When that happens, kids start reading for fun and spend more time reading and less time on screens. Both reading ability and general knowledge increase.

Because people think you're a bitch if you don't. See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.

My nephew hosts a weekly dinner now that he has his first apartment. It makes my heart so happy to know that my old dining table is routinely surrounded by love, friendship, and community ❤️

Dispatches from the Field: AASL 2025, Day 2 https://bit.ly/3J5O7s4

The number of people who are shocked (shocked!) by the fact that you are supposed to return books in the book return at the library still never fails to astound me. 📚 #PubLibs

As the father of a teenager trying to navigate social media and AI and everything else, just popping up to say: We should be teaching news literacy in middle school. And we should have started at least a decade ago.

Read that again. .01% of parents deny their children access to school libraries because it is literally .01% of parents creating the moral panic and spreading lies about books in school libraries. Yet there are schools COMPLETELY BANNING LIBRARIES FROM THEIR ENTIRE STUDENT BODY.

Working with middle schoolers is full of surprises, like this morning when a student pulled out a full pancake breakfast in the library and wanted to share her syrup with a friend. Reader, she poured syrup in her friend’s hands 😳😳😳

We brought out the balloons for a moment of whimsy and joy during today’s PD

@mspettytweets.bsky.social just know there is a friend tax when you make pierogis 😅 Please and thank you!

How to be an informed, pro-library, anti-book ban voter in upcoming fall elections (if you have them) and well into the future. Don't just celebrate banned books. Don't just read banned books. VOTE to support the democratic institutions creating access to them. bookriot.com/library-elec...

It is the Lab Coat of Library Science

I really dislike this year’s slogan, but I can get behind “read for your rights” any day #FreedomToRead

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The best adventures are buzzing in your #library. 🐝

Rounding out #FatBearWeek in the Key MS Library! Sadly, Queen Grazer was dethroned this year.

(solemnly) You've had mail.

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶 🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈 #FollowTheRainbow

Meet the New Host of Reading Rainbow: Mychal the Librarian | Book Riot

I had such a fun time at Key MS in VA! Great kids and wonderful educators--such a honor to have been invited!

I made some free printable bookmarks for you to use in any Banned Books Week displays/programs/etc you may have. They're meant to give folks *action items* to take with them beyond that single week. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

Quality time with the tween means an exciting new book for my Key readers! We loved hearing from Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro

This is screaming to be worn with a plaid mini and knee socks a la Cher Horowitz

A new blog is out! #TLChat #Skybrarians knowledgequest.aasl.org/the-power-of...

On Saturday, Oct. 4, join county leaders on Team Fairfax BOS for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Out of the Darkness Walk at the Mosaic District, 12:30–2:00 p.m. This event raises support for life-saving suicide prevention programs, research & more https://bit.ly/4gMvIge