Every Monday Mabel was one of the best books published for children this year. So glad to see the Caldecott committee recognize it! It really respects the child perspective #alayma

I read Nine Moon Moons of Han Yu and Luli, The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest, and All the Blues in the Sky and they are all very deserving! Well done Newbery 2026! #alayma

Also love Candace Fleming! Committees did such a good job selecting this year! #alayma

Yay!! I loved Will’s Race for Home!!! #alayma

So excited for Kadir Nelson. His books are amazing!! #alayma

Excited to watch the #alayma from home because of the snow!

#EDUsky #TLsky #infolit

I want to go there!

#Teachers, the book J vs. K does a great job of going over the writing process. Would be a great one to add to your curriculum! Kids will like it as much as they like Diary of a Wimpy Kid! #BookRecommedation

Always enjoy the dynamic between frenemies Jerry Craft and Kwame Alexander - how much fun did the two of them have making J vs. K? #NationalBookFest

Hold the presses, Kwame Alexander is working on a sequel to The Crossover! #NationalBookFest

Not all authors(or librarians!) liked reading as kids - Katherine Applegate didn’t like to read as a kid and neither did I. Parents, keep providing those books for kids because becoming a lifelong reader (or author!) can happen at any time! #NationalBookFest

From Sweet Valley Twins to Newbery author…Katherine Applegate wrote 17 Sweet Valley Twins books! #NationalBookFest #NowYouKnow

Kicking off #NationalBookFest with Mac Barnett and Jason Reynolds! #legends

Worlds are colliding as my interests in shoes and children’s books finally meet!

No country has ever increased freedom and liberty by banning books - www.bookbanpetition.us

"'None Of These Books Are Obscene'. Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida’s Book Ban Bill" @heykellyjensen.bsky.social Aug 14, 2025 Alt title: Judge confirms that, yes, the SL professionals did their job correctly. #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrary #SchoolLibrarian bookriot.com/penguin-rand...

NEW: Inside the culture of fear that has taken hold within Smithsonian museums in D.C., as White House officials wage an authoritarian-style censorship campaign to “ensure alignment” with Trump’s preferred version of American history. "Everyone is so scared." www.huffpost.com/entry/smiths...

It’s still summer! Working on my #SummerReading @nypl.bsky.social

This is much needed and appreciated!

6 Must Read 2025 Graphic Novels for Kids youtu.be/CW0z8_Gbrqk

Listening to this book on audio and now I can’t get the L7 song out of my head

Carla Hayden, the ex-Librarian of Congress who was fired by Trump, has a new role as senior fellow with the Mellon Foundation

Stopped in my tracks by this sign pointing out the IMLS absence from #ALAAC25

At the panel on the current landscape of AI and its effects on children - considering that algorithms lead to digital injustice, panelists are concerned about what our young people are learning when AI is uncritically adopted #alaac25

Katie George doing great things with puppets #alaac25

📚💙 In June book-banning news: Shel Silverstein, Judy Blume, and George Takei books are being removed from school libraries across TN. In FL, officials are skipping legal review processes. And a new court ruling in TX makes it harder to fight back. ilovelibraries.org/article/u-s-...

Just because Dr. Carla Hayden doesn’t like brussels sprouts doesn’t mean you can’t eat them #alaac25 #LibrariansLoveaMetaphor

When Hayden was fired, her first instinct was to protect the library, because that’s what a real leader does #alaac25

Librarians, if you need some soul healing, head on down to hear Dr. Carla Hayden and Kwame Alexander speak. We are five minutes in and I’m already wiping away tears #alaac25

A sneak peak line in Alan Gratz’s new book War Games: “Hitler has probably farted in that exact spot” - This man knows how to hook middle grade readers #alaac25 #scholastic

Alan Gratz asked what sells best at book fairs and the answer was anything with “underpants” in the title, anything with “secret” in the title and books about Nazis, so he worked “Hitler’s Secret Underpants” into his new book #alaac25 #scholastic

I'm going to have to start incorporating readers' theater for my book talks! #scholastic #alaac25

Really enjoying the Readers Theater format at the Scholastic lunch. Ryan La Sala has us all giggling! First stop: ALA, next stop: Broadway! #alaac25

I appreciate Gretchen Whitmer’s commentary on the importance of making mistakes, owning up to them, and learning from them instead of doubling down when you’re wrong #alaac25 #TrueGretch

Also, I am looking to finally make the transition over here away from that place we do not speak of, so fellow librarians, feel free to reach out! #alaac25

Excited to be in Philly for #alaac25 - I wasn’t able to post much at the last few conferences due to being on the Newbery committee so I’m glad to be able to post again!

Sunday Reflections: When the Information Just Disappears Teen librarian Karen Jensen shares the disturbing erasure of government websites teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/02/02/s... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Costco has said repeatedly that diversity makes them money. In this Costco is unique. Not that diversity makes companies stronger and better - there's a ton of data on this. But that they aren't so racist that they're willing to leave money on the table to be racist.

Most Anticipated Middle Grade Reads of 2025 teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2024/12/17/m... @tltkaren.bsky.social

1. A teacher in Ohio who has worked at the same public school for 34 years was suspended without pay and threatened with termination for offering four books in her classroom library that contained LGBTQ characters. She's fighting back.

If I were a mom, I would have my kids at the library from the minute they could leave the house as infants.

I'm not saying you should live like either Frog or Toad, but I mean, one of them is done with his Christmas shopping and the other is shirtless with a frying pan. Both seem appropriate for the first week of December.

Did you know that you can design Bingo cards and buttons and bulk-create awards and certificates with #Canva? Check out the December 6 link on the Canva Librarians and Teachers Countdown to 2025 to learn how. www.canva.com/design/DAGWz... #TLsky #Edusky @tcea.bsky.social @eschoolnews.bsky.social

Shout out to all my library friends also working today! ❤️❤️❤️

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

Joining the migration away from Twitter. I am hoping to find some of my fellow library peeps here!