Kelly Kaloti
@kaloti.bsky.social
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Teacher-Librarian K-5, Canadian, Reader, Learner
Wildflowers on my morning walk. π±
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Mary Beth Miller
17 days ago
I love this tulip! It came up again from last year and I hope it keeps coming every year.
#gardening
#pnwlife
#tulips
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Blue in MN
21 days ago
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Paul DeCampo
20 days ago
Digital displays and controls in autos are dangerous. Regulators should demand a return to physical controls / switches / knobs etc.
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The lone survivor of our neighborhood deer! Tulip of unknown variety, not planted by me. Have lived here for 15 years, and it's the first time it bloomed. π±
#bloomscrolling
21 days ago
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Debbie Ridpath Ohi
25 days ago
Educators! Librarians! Others who buy books for young readers! Are you looking for *authentic* kidlit/YA book recommendations from people other than the author or illustrator, with NO self-promo? ππ©· Browse the Kidlit/YA Book Boosts feed! See below.
#KidLit
#LibrarySky
#EduSky
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Debbie Ridpath Ohi
8 months ago
This is a pinnable post for the
#KidLit
#MGLit
#YALit
Book Boosts πππΌ feed, which shares book recommendations from a user-curated list.
bsky.app/profile/debb...
No self-promo, just authentic recs. To be added, pls read π§΅ππΌ Please: πSave/pin feed if you enjoy it πRepost to help boost these books
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I have two types of Lungwort, one that blooms pink and early, and another that is purple and a little later. Here is the first. The purple hasn't bloomed yet. π±
27 days ago
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Penguin School & Library
about 1 month ago
Today is the Gruffaloβs birthday, and to celebrate, we have a BIG surprise from the deep dark wood . . . Weβre excited to reveal the cover of GRUFFALO GRANNY, the brand-new Gruffalo picture book from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, arriving September 15th, 2026!
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Publisher Spotlight
about 1 month ago
Congratulations
#CicadaBooks
@florisbooks.bsky.social
@postwavebooks.bsky.social
@barefootbooks.bsky.social
@littleislandbooks.bsky.social
#TapiocaStories
@redcometpressbooks.bsky.social
@tigertalesbooks.bsky.social
@flowerpotpress.bsky.social
@crestonbooks.bsky.social
@helvetiq.bsky.social
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After our "winter that wasn't," this is the earliest that my winter aconite has bloomed. It's supposed to go down to -10Β°c next week, but these are tuff little plants!
2 months ago
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Lynda Mullaly Hunt
2 months ago
#EduSKy
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John Schu
3 months ago
Tomorrow is World Read Aloud Day!
www.litworld.org/world-read-a...
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Debbie Ridpath Ohi
3 months ago
How do YOU discover books to read? Pls take a few minutes to answer this anon, multiple-choice informal survey:
reading-2026.paperform.co
I'll post results on my blog in Feb. π©·π (173 have responded so far! Pls help spread the word? Thanks!)
#BookSky
#EduSky
#KidLit
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A (Very) Informal Reading Poll (Jan/2026)
Do you read more or less books than you did five years ago? How did you discover these books?
https://reading-2026.paperform.co/
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Katie Slivensky
3 months ago
I'm seeing loads of posts from
#KidLit
authors (including me) willing to virtual visit with MN classes who are on lockdown or doing virtual school right now or just in need of something exciting, fun, or kind in their day. Thread as I find them. β¬οΈ
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Debbie Ridpath Ohi
4 months ago
Excited about the Feb.24 launch of I'M BUSY, written by
@michaelianblack.bsky.social
& illustrated by yours truly (Simon & Schuster BFYR), part of our I'M series about kids' emotions. Available for pre-order! Thanks Kirkus for nice review:
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Im-Bus...
#KidLit
#ImBusy
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I was gifted this small poinsettia 3 years ago and have been keeping it as a houseplant. Repotted it once last summer, but otherwise, I haven't fertilized or anything. For the first time, it is reblooming! π± πͺ΄
4 months ago
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Sondra Eklund
4 months ago
2 eyes, 2 ears, 10 fingers, 10 toes. Normal, right? Toes, Teeth, and Tentacles: A Curious Counting Book, by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page, takes you from 1 to 10 and beyond, telling you about animals with that many of a certain feature.
www.sonderbooks.com/Childrens_No...
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
4 months ago
After killing the CECOT story in the USA, CBS goofed and aired it in Canada. Now, as Canadians are uploading it to YouTube, CBS is filing copyright violations to block its further release. But it's too late. Under Bari Weiss, CBS is state run media desperately cosplaying as legitimate journalism.
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@ExlibrisMrHunt
4 months ago
Continued this
#collage
art lesson of portraits of surrealist characters a couple more times this weekβ¦ Want a quick and easy art project? More infoβ¬οΈ
#TLsky
#Skybrarians
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nixCraft
4 months ago
Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesnβt understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices
blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
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Don Storey π¨π¦
4 months ago
c.org/SQDrCsqjnC
Please sign and repost this petition to urge the Canadian government to cancel the purchase the F35 jets purchase from the US company Lockheed Martin so the US has no control of our air force.
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Jay Gamble
4 months ago
βShrinkflation. This represents the current size of my caucus.β
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Julene Tripp Weaver
5 months ago
www.blog.lifebranches.com/p/aging-out-...
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Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Canβt Pretend Anymore
Your brain's middle finger to people-pleasing
https://www.blog.lifebranches.com/p/aging-out-of-fucks-the-neuroscience?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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5 months ago
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My fall/winter crop of mustard greens always performs better than my spring crop. Seems to love the cold weather. Chopped and into the slow cooker with the last of my tomatoes.
5 months ago
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Debbie Ridpath Ohi
5 months ago
POLL for book creators out there: How do you find Bluesky in terms of book promotion?
#WriterSky
#BookSky
#KidLit
My take: Bluesky remains my fave platform for funstuff, casual conversation, interesting content, & because I can curate what I do/don't see. However.... (cont'd)
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Lerner Books
5 months ago
THE BLACK MAMBAS, REWRITING THE RULES, and THE BIG EMPTY are Outstanding Science books! Congratulations to all the wonderful books on this list from
@cbcbooks.bsky.social
and NSTA.
#OSTB2026
bit.ly/2AKtZIr
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Outstanding Science Trade Book Awards
Dedicated to supporting the industry and promoting childrenβs books and reading
https://bit.ly/2AKtZIr
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Kids Can Press
5 months ago
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Dan Chibnall
5 months ago
You know what would be great? Let's support Franklin & Kids Can Press by promoting their wonderful books to as many folks as we can. The holidays are coming and we all know a kid who would love one of their amazing titles. π
www.kidscanpress.com/products/
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Betsy Bird
5 months ago
Not gonna lie. This list of Favorite Books of 2025 From Your Favorite Librarians via
@tulsakids.bsky.social
? This is an incredible collection of books. Y'all need to check it out
#kidlit
ππ :
www.tulsakids.com/favorite-boo...
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Favorite Books of 2025 From Your Favorite Librarians - TulsaKids Magazine
Tulsa City-County Library librarians share their favorite children's books of 2025, including both fiction and nonfiction options.
https://www.tulsakids.com/favorite-books-of-2025/
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Andreas π¨π¦ Fella π #AbolishICE
5 months ago
Jessica Craven: This is not normal!!
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These flowers continue to amaze me. We've had several hard frosts, as well as one heavy sleet/hail/rainstorm, and yet they keep on blooming! π±
#bloomscrolling
6 months ago
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These flowers continue to amaze me. We've had several hard frosts, as well as one heavy sleet/hail/rainstorm, and yet they keep on blooming! π±
#bloomscrolling
6 months ago
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Social Scott
6 months ago
#words
#writing
#writingcommunity
#writesky
#writinglife
#spelling
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Just read this aloud with a Grade 2 class and it was so much fun! Can't recommend it enough! π
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6 months ago
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@Above96th
6 months ago
The Starlings definitely approve of the new crabapple trees that were planted in Central Park's Conservatory Garden. Every morning, the trees are filled with birds! πππ
#Starling
#CentralPark
#birding
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Jack Phoenix (a comics librarian)
6 months ago
Hey
#canada
if you want to once again prove youβre superior to the US, get rid of Daylight Saving Time
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Flowers that have withstood two hard frosts include nasturtium, snapdragons, allysum asters, cosmos and zinnias. Haven't seen too many pollinators but hopefully hiding in the leaves. π±
6 months ago
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Jessica Shortall
6 months ago
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Sharing with the gardening feed! π±
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6 months ago
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Faith Rogow
6 months ago
New K-5 curriculum on disinfo is now live online for free! To learn all the best tricks about how to use it, join us Oct 27, 10:00-11:30 ET. Spread the word to the K-5 librarians & teachers you know! Everybody welcome. See ALT text for more detail. To Register:
tinyurl.com/MLWevent
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#SSChat
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Catbus
over 1 year ago
I will never apologize for a post
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Can anyone recommend a picture book or read aloud about plagiarism or copying? Or taking credit for something you didn't do? π
7 months ago
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Front bed still going strong on the last day of September. Some plants are a bit weathered, but still lots of blooms and bees.π±π
7 months ago
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Kelly B
over 1 year ago
π§΅ A couple of years ago I was interviewed by
@thetyee.ca
for a story about the legacy of the Sisters of St Ann. I was encountering resistance to identifying their convent in Victoria as a residential schoolβ¦
thetyee.ca/News/2022/07...
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Revisiting the Record of the Sisters of St. Ann | The Tyee
βItβs an ugly history.β Survivors call for accountability, responsibility and transparency. A Tyee special report.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/07/11/Sisters-Saint-Ann/
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divine beastmode
7 months ago
the post office is a public service. it doesnβt need to make money. public transit doesnβt need to make money. the library doesnβt need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.
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Luca
7 months ago
Bouncy goats π€ͺ
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Luca
7 months ago
Dogs on camera π²
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