When choosing books about nature… choose books that are humans as A PART of nature instead of APART of nature. “Unlock the Power of Outdoor Learning” #aasl2025 session with NatashaCarty

Proud of my most recent pieces the lead for Choice Literacy’s Big Fresh. It’s all about milestones in our lives and in our classrooms. choiceliteracy.com/article/sept...

Want to level up student discussions? 💬 Give this scaffolding tool — created by @gwenblumberg.bsky.social — a try! Here’s a how-to: https://edut.to/46q6LlR

Check my newest piece in this week’s BIG FRESH from Choice Literacy! choiceliteracy.com/article/may-...

We Need Diverse Books is proud to stand with Dr. Carla Hayden, who started her career as a children’s librarian in Chicago and who became the first woman and first Black appointee to serve as the Librarian of Congress. Find our statement below ⬇️

This Saturday! FREE performance of The Dragon King by the Tanglewood Marionettes! @jfklibraryfdn.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrate-...

Today’s Sticky Hope podcast w guest @amylvpoemfarm.bsky.social was a DELIGHTFUL way to start my Monday! This window in our library was created by my library kids after reading her book The Sound of Kindness! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

The MA State Finals for National History Day are desperately in need of judges. You DO NOT need to be a historian or have any history background. Come see what Ss in middle & HS have learned & let them teach you things you might not know much or anything about…YET! www.masshist.org/masshistoryday

Framework for teaching controversial issues from Judy Pace. teachingcontroversies.com/framework/

Mark Your Calendars! 5/3/25 Kids Graphic Novel Festival @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social ♥️♥️ www.silverunicornbooks.com/events/kids-...

Thank you, MA State Senator Jake Oliveira for your inspiring message about libraries & librarians at the #MSLA50 conference this morning!

Who else is at the #MSLA50 library conference?!? If you see me… please say hello!

Now appearing on the SLLN Podcast: @gwenblumberg.bsky.social shares how she's been building engagement & student engagement in her first year of school librarianship! Search SLLN on your favorite podcatcher, or listen here: sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/increasing-i... #TLSky #EduSky School Library 📚

What a JOY to share how things are going during my first year in the library on the SLLN podcast! Thank you to @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social for the invite and the conversation! tr.ee/6691l44gsW

Live near Northampton, MA? Want to support their HS library? Check out this opp to see a super cool, live, unabridged reading of @studiojjk.bsky.social’s Hey, Kiddo! nhslibrary.betterworld.org/events/hey-k...

🛼 Come join Boston Roller Derby & @qtlibrary.org on 3/1 to talk about Brace for Impact (SO GOOD!) with author Gabe Montesanti at the Parker Hill Branch of @bpl.boston.gov www.eventbrite.com/e/brace-for-...

Visited a sweet, new, independent children’s bookstore this school vacation week. So cozy & such lovely kid-focused curation! Add Moon and Back Bookstore in West Medford, MA to your indie bookstore list!

“Do something meaningful. Or maybe just mean everything you do.” -All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

Boston Roller Derby's home team season kicks off with a doubleheader on March 8th! Come watch us play & enjoy being a part of our BRD Community! bostonrollerderby.com/event/home-t...

"If books are “love letters passed between us,” then our collection is an ongoing conversation—one of argument and agreement, challenge and admiration. And after all these years, we know there’s no better match for us." @donalynbooks.bsky.social donalynmiller.substack.com/p/reader-i-m...

These stories share a variety of Ramadan and Eid experiences, from fasting for the first time to celebrating in a home. Hand them to young readers leading up to the holy month and all year long.

“Diversity is an outcome. Equity is the path to get there. Inclusion ensures we travel that path together.”

Want to level up student discussions? 💬 See how @gwenblumberg.bsky.social uses the Progression of Talk to scaffold classroom conversation. https://buff.ly/416skXv #EduSky

YES! “In other words, it isn’t the program that is as important as the human beings engaged in the learning process.” @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/04/o...

“Teachers and librarians are allies for souls who have been dismissed as hopeless.” @annelamott.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4jFjt6c

We had our first Just-for-Fun bookclub for faculty & staff! We read the Faculty Lounge & I made some tasty treats. Doing it again in March! 💛

You can read more about this progression of talk in my @edutopia.org piece: www.edutopia.org/article/teac...

“A chilling new documentary at the Sundance film festival examines the phenomenon of book banning in US schools, which flourished in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the ordinary heroes who fight them on the local level.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...

Happy Book Award Day! So many beautiful ones on this list... so many more I still need to read! bookriot.com/youth-media-...

❤️‍🔥 YES! Love being a school librarian!

Thank you #TKskychat for my first BlueSky chat and my first official chat as a librarian. Woot! Woot! Looking forward to more chats in the future!

Q8: My word for 2025 is JOY ♥️ #TLskychat

#TLSkyChat A7: A group of job-alike literacy leaders from other districts get the biggest shoutout. I love you my lit ladies! Also, our math leader has been my closest colleague & friend at school. I now have the most wonderful library assistant. Grateful EVERYday for her support & partnership.

#TLskychat A6: Starting a bookclub for adults in my school community to get everyone talking about their reading lives. Ts will bring lunches to the library on a designated day when we have PD in the afternoon (so we all have the same lunch) & I'll make dessert. Hoping this month is the 1st of MANY.

#TLSkyChat A5: The biggest reset for this year was rearranging the furniture and rethinking the space. It was very engaging for the kids. Here's a before/after reel for how things are going! www.instagram.com/reel/DCw6Gwv...

#TLSkychat A4: Used Goodreads for >10 years. Thought about switching... downloaded my history, then uploaded it to StoryGraph. BUT what is holding me back is "the widget"... Love the little "what I'm reading" at the bottom of emails & I'll stay w Goodreads for that until SG adds a similar feature.

#TLSkyChat A3: Google Spreadsheets for the win to keep track of everything I'm doing in the library and Padlet as kind of bookmarking site to keep track of things I'm coming across that I don't want to lose.

#TLSkyChat A2: I teach K-5 classes, but am K-8 so try to find more ways to get middles in the library. Library is open during recess & I recently had 102 (!!!) kids. I just ran an after-school creative book making club and am doing a games club starting next week. www.instagram.com/reel/DDvf7vk...

#TLSkyChat A1: Looking forward to my state school library conf in March. #MSLA I applied for a scholarship through the state library association #MLA and found out I received it right before the winter break. SO excited to be able to stay over and fully immerse myself in learning and the community.

#TLSkychat A1: I'm looking forward to running my first mock awards. I'll be doing an EJK... The EJK Foundation has so many resources to support teachers & librarians who are trying on this idea. #EJKmockawards www.ejkf.org/mock-ejk-awa...

Hi #TLSkyChat! I'm Gwen, a first year K-8 school librarian in Greater Boston. Prior to this year I was a district-level literacy leader. I've also been a literacy coach, reading interventionist, adjunct prof, and classroom teacher. I LOVE being a school librarian!

New job this school year (L♥️VE being a school librarian!) & a new calendar year is almost here... seems like a perfect time to try a new platform! 🦋