📚🔆 PLEASE SHARE ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES - 📚The Books Save Lives Act would counteract the rise in book bans and help ensure an inclusive learning environment for all students. Specifically, the legislation would: • Ensure primary and secondary schools have a library with a trained librarian;

We’re so excited to have @librarianjones.com join us for our online screening and conversation next Tuesday @ 5pm! Join us and let’s celebrate and get educated during National Library Week! Tix: tinyurl.com/TheLibrarian...

Happy book birthday to @dansantat.bsky.social's A Fishboy Named . . . Sashimi!

#KidLit fans, I highly recommend attending one of these 90-Second Newbery film festival events! Kids from all over the world create 90-second movies that tell the story of a Newbery-winning book, and it's absolutely as fun as it sounds. Event details here: jameskennedy.com/events/

Don't miss the #90SecondNewbery Film Festival screening in Chicago at the Harold Washington Library @chipublib.bsky.social on Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 2pm, with co-host @keirgraff.bsky.social! Make sure to reserve your free tickets TODAY! events.ticketleap.com/tickets/90se...

🛠️📚 Join us April 22nd for #TLSkyChat: DIY Library Hacks! Let’s swap our best budget-friendly ideas from creative displays and organization tricks to maker projects and time-saving fixes. What hacks make your library shine? ✨ Questions: tlskychat.com #Skybrarians #EduSky #BookSky #TLSky #Libraryjoy

She speaks for the trees, for the trees have no tongues, and she’s asking you, please, STOP HR 7661!

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has been gutted in Trump's proposed 2027 budget. It's not Groundhog Day. It's just happening again. Here's what you need to know and what you can do to take action right now. bookriot.com/2027-imls-bu...

A8: Library advocacy in the form of a Taylor Swift parody music video ... that's library joy #TLSKyChat youtu.be/FDaqBy9nBNM?...

A7: Our libraries are nothing like the libraries people remember from their childhoods. We evolved, we teach, not quiet, we do so much more than checkout books! Steam learning, computer programming, computational thinking, AI literacy, graphic design AND reading & books all in 1 week! #TLSkyChat

A8: Highly recommend creating an infographic of the impact of your school library to wrap up your year - and share it with public library partners. We have to tell our stories! #TLSkyChat

A8: Our local school librarian collaborated with us (public library) on this storywalk tour of I am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes & Gordon C. James. I know she makes each student feel like they're every good thing. #TLSkyChat youtu.be/d_MCeIBhNuM?...

A8: For every study about achievement, about being a cornerstone to student success, there's a story about a lonely student finding belonging, home, and safety in the school library (& thus, the world) - because the librarian made them feel like they matter. #TLSKYChat

A7: School Librarians are essential to strong schools and student achievement - but don't just take my word for it - check out & share these infographics from @aaslala.bsky.social #TLSkyChat libguides.ala.org/school-libra...

A7: *short* list: That school libraries are underfunded and understaffed. That school librarians are TEACHERS and LIBRARIANS. That school librarians are LEADERS. That school libraries have DATA and RESEARCH proving their value and impact. That school librarians serve EACH student. #TLSkyChat

A6: So grateful to my school librarian colleagues who invite me into schools for reading presentations & collaborations from public library. Dream teams! #TLSkyChat

A6: We host an annual bookmark contest to encourage children to creatively express themselves related to books/reading. Winners get printed copies - but all submissions are displayed during National Library Week #TLSkyChat www.wilmettelibrary.info/childrens-bo...

A5: For National Library week, we had a passive heart activity to share library love - which could be all month; a powerful advocacy tool for students/patrons to communicate what they value #TLSkyChat

A1: I'll always recc Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids by @donalynbooks.bsky.social and @colbysharp.bsky.social for tools to help kids fall in love w/ reading, esp choice, access, self-selection, time, community #TLSkyChat

A3: The Librarians doc will be available on @pbs.org for free, so watch/share/discuss/take action to support library workers is a great way to celebrate School Library Month www.pbs.org/independentl... #TLSkyChat

A4: Planning Reading Buddies program w/ teen volunteers this summer - hoping to make volunteering more meaningful & support emerging readers more #TLSkyChat

I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.

ALASKANS: The first hearing about your state's anti-book ban bill, which carves out protections for teachers and librarians, is on Monday at 3:30 PM. This is both in person and virtual, so you can comment as public online. www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/D...

Is your library part of Illinois Libraries Present? Did you know I am in conversation with RL Stine on 2/24 and it is free for you and your patrons? We are doing our practice session later today. Info here: www.ila.org/initiatives/...

If you haven't had the chance to see The Librarians yet, catch Kim Snyder’s powerful documentary when it premieres February 9 on Independent Lens on PBS. https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/the-librarians/

Booklist Guide to Graphic Novels - call for submissions. Deadline EXTENDED! They are interested in a wide variety of topics relating to comics, manga, and graphic novels in libraries and the deadline has been extended until February 9th @ala-booklist.bsky.social airtable.com/appa8wgGSwLw...

Exciting news! 🎉 The inaugural Outstanding Comics Awards was announced today Each award has three categories: fiction, non-fiction, and series! 🧵 for press releases Browse the Awards winners and honorees on our site www.ala.org/gncrt/awards... #LibComix

Congratulations to all the Caldecott winners this morning! If you want to learn more about Honor winner SUNDUST, author/illustrator Zeke Peña takes us behind the scenes in this episode of The Yarn Podcast: theyarn.slj.com/2025/09/29/m... @slj.com @colbysharp.bsky.social #ALAyma

Happy Youth Media Awards day, everyone! Here's the link to the webcast (beginning at 11am ET) #ALAyma www.ala.unikron.com

Even more exciting news! American Indian Youth Literature Award (AIYLA), given biennially to recognize & honor very best writing and illustrations by Native Americans and Indigenous peoples of North America will be announced tomorrow at Youth Media Awards!! ailanet.org/activities/a...

Almost time. Join us Monday, January 26 at 10:00 a.m. CT for the 2026 ALA Youth Media Awards. Live from Chicago. Medals revealed in real time. Watch at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page. #ALAyma 📚💙

On the eve of the life-changing day when several creators will get 'the call' that they've won a youth media award, it's worth revisiting Kate Messner's powerful poem, What Happened to Your Book Today. katemessner.com/what-happene...

The @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Youth Media Awards will be held on Monday, January 26 at 10 a.m. CT. Join the livestream at www.ala.unikron.com.

Join Wilmette Library's visit w/ Ojibwa author Kim Sigafus on The History of the Jingle Dress on Mon, Nov 17 at 6:30-7:30pm! And make sure to add her new youth books, The Ojibwe: People, Culture, and History & Faye and the Dangerous Journey to your libraries! wilmette.libnet.info/event/14580718

Here's the live radio segment I did yesterday with WCPT 820 Chicago. Joan and I talked about book bans, about the beautiful book that is @redgoldsparks.bsky.social's GENDER QUEER, I gave three off-the-cuff book recommendations (incl. @librarianjones.com), and so much more. omny.fm/shows/joan-e...

Take at least ONE action to help defend books from censorship and speak up for those who make them available. Find resources/tools + actions you can take in just 5 mins: uniteagainstbookbans.org/let-freedom-read-day #BannedBooksWeek #UniteAgainstBookBans @la-cac.org @aaslala.bsky.social

The book banning of Indigenous stories in libraries has impacts on readers| Removal of their stories continues the erasure of histories and contributions of Native Nations and their citizens Thank you @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social for writing this Op-Ed www.cherokeephoenix.org/opinion/opin...

A4: If caregivers question comics as a reading choice, I often show them nonfiction comics - & demonstrate how powerful they are for explaining science, visual literacy, experiencing pov - all the skills we want to develop #TLSkyChat

A4: We moved all our graphic nonfiction together & it's made a huge difference in finding, hand-selling, access, etc. Science Comics, History Comics, What/Who Was, graphic memoirs are all popular #TLSKYChat

Twilight at 20: The vampire saga that transformed YA and the broader culture www.slj.com/story/twilig...

Re-upping this great "Book Résumés" initiative from @uabookbans.bsky.social. It's a powerful, free tool anyone can use to combat censorship. Lots of titles, including favorites by authors like Elana K. Arnold, Phil Bildner, Mike Curato, and many more.

Book banning isn’t new, but the scale, coordination, and targets of today’s censorship efforts are. @wgbh.org‬'s Unbound Pages podcast is telling the stories behind the headlines and why it matters now more than ever. www.wgbh.org/foundation/h...

Now that we know this book will be made, can you help us spread the word that copies can be donated to schools, libraries, and independent bookstores? We have received dozens of requests and we need your help to fund them all. www.kickstarter.com/projects/app...

This should make you angry 👇 Channel that anger into a donation to support LaVonnia’s legal fees gofund.me/794a3a9c

**Libraries & Mental Health Survey** I'm updating my research and subsequent talks related to mental health in the library. I'd love insight from library workers of all backgrounds + experiences, and I've got a handy survey. Please take & share widely. Thank you! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We Cannot Give Up on Each Other buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

If you are headed to ALA Annual and want to see a screening of The Librarians, but cant make the 1:30-3:30 showing at the conference, head over to The Franklin Institute for a screening via EveryLibrary at 4:30 pm on Friday! Click link for info: www.everylibrary.org/librarianssc...

Post: Join us at 8 pm EDT on 6/19 for a conversation with Jason Reynolds, the award-winning author of "Soundtrack," a new full-cast audiobook. Sponsored by Penguin Random House.

#ALAAC25 is just a few weeks away! ALSC will be hosting a variety of exciting events through the conference - swipe through to see the highlights! Still need to register? Advanced pricing is still available through June 20 at 2025.alaannual.org