My high school library’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day display went up and I’m grateful for Canva for having signage in Spanish and English to commemorate it ⤵️

Out of the 130 books I read last year I narrowed down my 4 and 5 ⭐️ ratings here for young adult, middle grade and adult reads⤵️ thestoryspectator.blogspot.com/2025/12/reco...

How fitting that on Jane Austen’s 250th birthday today, I got a copy of Emma in my MiniBrands blind box⤵️ #schoollibraries

I can’t believe author Lauren Tarshis’ 25th I Survived book was released! My students have been huge fans of this series at each school and state where I’ve worked. Scholastic sent an awesome timeline poster of the books along with journals & bookmarks for school libraries⤵️ #schoollibraries

What do other libraries do with unwanted donated books other than setting them out for the school community to take for free? ⤵️ #schoollibraries

What is it like for a child of divorce? Author, Matthew A. Tower along with award-winning artist Tsuneo Sanda take readers through the experience as an homage to Star Wars. Thanks to Publishers Weekly for the chance to share this book with my students⤵️ #books #schoollibraries

Upcycling items for bookmarks has been quite the experience in my high school library ⤵️ ✏️ colored pencil shavings ▫️Lego boxes 📄 hole-punches #schoollibraries

The high school library is festive & bright for winter season. The book tree and Lite-Brite station have been popular this week ⤵️ #SchoolLibraries

My high school library’s Native American Heritage Month book display and realia include some of my favorite books by Indigenous authors⤵️ Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith Where Wolves Don’t Die by Anton Treuer Sisters of the Wind by Angeline Boulley Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell

New DIY bookmarks from donations of my high school’s marine biology class & a donated (damaged) Middle Ages book ⤵️

November decor, gratitude cards & Children’s Book Week in our high school library this week ⤵️

Library witch 🧙🏼📔🎃 using everything to keep the library magic alive! 🪄

“We think folks are one way until they show you that they’re not that way at all.” The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by Derrick Barnes⤵️ Middle grade readers & up will appreciate this story as it examines issues of power, legacy & history. #libraries #books #schoollibrarians

My high school students are getting into the Halloween spirit! 👻 💀 🎃 #schoollibraries #schoollibrarian #highschool

11th grade booktalks + book tastings all day ⤵️ We covered some strategies for finding interesting books, from browsing displays to finding favorite authors and word of mouth recommendations. The conversations over the books were priceless! #schoollibraries #schoollibrarian

The newest book by award-winning author Tiffany D. Jackson just blew my mind! High school readers and adults are in for an incredibly suspenseful, twisty and entertaining experience ⤵️ #YALit #books #schoollibraries

What are high schoolers reading these days? I snapped my school library’s holds shelf and books returned just yesterday ready to be shelved⤵️ #schoollibrarian

What does author Derrick Barnes Hope children get from his books? “They have the power to change things where they are. You don’t have to wait until you’re an adult.” ⤵️ #SLJDOD #schoollibraries

My high school students love E.L. Lockhart’s books so I had to tune into her speaking about her new book coming out in November⤵️ #SLJDOD #schoollibraries

My high school students love E.L. Lockhart’s books so I had to tune into her speaking about her new book coming out in November⤵️ #SLJDOD #schoollibraries

“All of our families are complicated.” -Laura Taylor Namey and other YA authors, Mariama J. Lockington and Ryan Estrada discuss emotionally satisfying stories this morning at SLJ’s Day of Dialog ⤵️ #SLJDOD #schoollibraries

Banned Books Week at my high school library includes a display, book cart full of titles that have been challenged or banned in other places and lessons with classes. The one below is a social justice and ethnic studies class⤵️ #schoollibraries #schoollibrarian #bannedbooksweek

My students have asked for books in Jenny Han’s The Summer I Turned Pretty series which led to a request for a display of summer love stories⤵️ #schoollibraries #schoollibrarian #yalit

I don’t usually read spooky books, but I couldn’t pass up the chance to read the latest from these stellar storytellers⤵️ 💙The Last Resort by Erin Entrada Kelly for middle grade readers ❤️‍🔥The Corruption of Hollis Brown by K. Ancrum for young adult & adult readers #libraries #schoollibrarians #books

What does an inspiring school library look like? Educator Fallon Farokhi of @thestoryspectator.bsky.social shares favorite memories of children's responses to the fun environment she and other librarians created. See below: menderist.com/creating-ent...

Our Hispanic + Latinx Heritage Month book display is up in our high school library. The books in both fiction and nonfiction genres offer our students a window, mirror or sliding door from authentic writers. A big thanks to Melissa Corey for the Canva template! #schoollibraries #schoollibrary

What a batch of ready-to-use resources here for TeenTober in libraries next month! Actually, next WEEK! #schoollibraries #schoollibrarians

So glad I added Star Wars figures & stuffies to the school library this year⤵️ They went perfectly with our HOCO theme! #schoollibraries

Agatha Christie was born 135 years ago this week so it was fitting to feature her books in our school library collection⤵️ A lot of my students hadn’t heard of her at all & were impressed by her body of work. Thanks to BookRiot for the 2 Truths + 1 Lie, so fun! #schoollibraries #books

Up in Smoke 💨 by Nick Brooks is perfect for fans of The Hate You Give and I’m Not Dying With You Tonight. Mo, a teen sister, tries to clear the name of her big brother accused of murder. Her crush,Cooper, helps her but he’s keeping a big secret about where he was that night…⤵️ #SchoolLibraries

Did you know the Sunday after Labor Day in the U.S. is Grandparents’ Day? I had lots of conversations with my students about their memories of their grandparents and got to share some of mine as well. It was fun to feature books with grandparents in them. Do you have any favorites? #SchoolLibraries

📚 Book subscriptions 📦 ready to be added to our high school library collection⤵️ from Junior Library Guild #schoollibraries

Do 🔐 BreakoutEDU (escape room games) work with high school students? YES! 🏆 This past week I set up a game about 🌪️ The Dust Bowl for ELA classes reading 📕 Of Mice and Men. It was a huge hit! Next week, government classes and a SPED class have their own. Have you tried them? #SchoolLibraries

My students gave a 👍🏽 to our school library’s new LCD message board⤵️ A fun find at Homegoods! #schoollibraries

A Tale: Dark + Gritty 🕷️ See one my high school library’s book displays for readers who like the show 🖤💜Wednesday🖤💜 The font generator helped set the tone for the display⤵️

Starting my 💫 20th year as a teacher + school librarian but only my 2nd in a high school. Our freshmen enjoyed their library orientation & exploring the 📕 book collection. Thanks to Canva for the template⤵️

July is Graphic Novels Month! These are my latest books from the memorable indoor/outdoor indie bookstore in Ojai, Bart’s Books 📚 ⤵️ #libraries The 🍋 were a bonus!

School librarians can get inspiration from academic libraries, too! Check out U of I’s neat ideas⤵️

How do kids fall into cults? Writer, Tiffany D. Jackson shares her real-life inspiration for her new thriller in 5 years: The Scammer ⤵️ #YALit #SchoolLibraries

Love learning about all of the research author Karina Yan Glaser did for her new historical fiction novel, The Nine Moons of Han Yu and Luli ⤵️ #schoollibraries

Hearing an author read their books is another level of book appreciation ⤵️ So impressed by Brian Lies’ new picture book, Cat Nap 🐈‍⬛

It’s free comic book day! 💥🗯️💭🎨 Thanks to the folks at NBM Publishing for the complimentary excerpts of the Will Eisner biography for my high school library⤵️

Does anyone have an eye-catching visual reminder to get library books returned for secondary students?

Hello, my name is Fallon and I am the teacher librarian at a big high school in Ventura, California. I’ve been enjoying all of the @aaslala.bsky.social activities, resources & live author panels for School Library Month! #TLSkyChat #AASLSLM

A2 The school library offers students another place to hone & develop leadership abilities. The years when I had a Library Advisory Board, our stakeholders told me how much value it added to the school. My students still tell me how much they loved the projects they gave input. #TLSkyChat #AASLSLM

A1 My elementary school librarian let me shelve books before school began & it helped to regulate my emotions for the day. It meant a great deal to me to have a quiet place to collect my thoughts. We are still in touch to this day! #TLSkyChat #AASLSLM

A3 I give them menus regularly of ways they can use me & the library directly with their students. I also share promotional slides on our school wide announcements so they see a lot of what we do there, too. #TLSkyChat

Local illustrator & author donated her bookmarks that go with her illustrated cookbook, The Kitchen Under the Stairs ⤵️ It made me wonder if anyone has run a bookmark design contest where the bookmark is inspired by a book? #SchoolLibraries

I can’t wait to dig into our new books from the Junior Library Guild! Each one sounds like such an intriguing story, I know our students will love them⤵️

This is how we celebrate #poeminyourpocketday at our high school library! All are invited to pick a poem & share it throughout their day. A big thanks to the Academy of American Poets & the League of Canadian Poets for the resources⤵️ #PocketPoem #schoollibrarymonth