Jennifer Malphy

I had the BEST spot to read last week on vacation! #northwoodsofwi #vacationreading #summerreading #librarians #tlsky

Congress? You awake?

Book #2 of summer break and I'm having a hard time putting this one down! I love @katemessner.com books! #TLChat #summerreading #schoollibrarian

I'm currently listening to this one and I love it!

A7: Think about the Carnegie libraries of the past - and how impactful they were. My mom was raised in one - and I'm a reader/librarian because of her. The future of libraries is human-centered; we need these palaces for the ppl more than ever; I hope more people GET LOUD for libraries #TLSKyChat

I just got this book in my library this week!!!! #TLSkyChat

A7: I have had DAs tell me that we won't need libraries in the future because everything will be done online and I've begged to disagree with them. We need the human connection that is found in our libraries! #TLSkyChat

Very valid point! Thank you for chiming in! #TLSkyChat

A7: I hope we never lose the value of reading aloud to our students. This is something I refuse to give up in my elementary library classes. We get into such great conversations reading picture books! #TLSkyChat

A6: I am promoting everything we do on my library Facebook page. We just finished up an Iditarod unit and I had my students create sleds of their own out of Legos. They LOVED this! #TLSkyChat

Do you find that the students are actally reading the books they're checking out or just checking them out to see the number go up? #TLSkyChat

A5: A stereotype I'd like to get rid of is that the library needs to be a quiet place. While it is at times, it's also a buzzing, busy place as well and Iove hearing my students excited about things we're doing! #TLSkyChat

I know! I've never heard of these so I'm going to have to do some looking into this!

🧩 Making Book Related Connections Puzzles! Connections is a recent addition to the New York Times Games Page. If you've never played before, the game is really pretty simple: you're given a grid of 16 words/phrases and your job is to find four...

#TLSkyChat A4 Cont. This post contains more info about how to create Connections Style puzzles with/for kids. It includes a worksheet/scaffold for kids to plan their puzzles and a link to all the puzzles I've created. I hope you find it useful!

A3: I had my 5th graders do some book spine poems with their names! Kind of a cross between an acrostic name poem using book titles! #TLSkyChat #emma

A2: I'm also doing a March Madness Bracket with picture book characters and my kids can't wait to come in each week to see how is moving on! #TLSkyChat

A2: One of the biggest promotions for reading this year in my library has been the reading/coloring challenges from @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social! My kids have literally eaten them up! Check out all the completed challenges on my March bulletin board!

#TLSkyChat A1: After being diagnosed with a seizure disorder my junior year in college, my neurologist felt that my English teaching major may not be the best for my health. I ended up with a library science minor which lead me to my MLIS and the rest is history! Everything happens for a reason!

🖍️ Library Girl Reading Challenges: April 2025 Last year, just for fun, I started creating monthly "reading challenges" that: • focus on authentic reasons for reading (instead of having kids log page numbers, etc), and... • couple reading with col...

Just for fun, I create FREE monthly reading challenges/coloring sheets for readers of all ages b/c both #reading & #coloring help reduce stress.

You can download the April updates (for FREE) here!

Happy reading AND coloring, y’all!

#TLSky #TLSkyChat #Skybrarians #EduSky

And I that you do that! My students were so excited to see the cupcakes on this month's challenge! #TLSkyChat

Jen Malphy, 4K-12 TL from Wisconsin! #TLSky

We are getting ready to celebrate #ReadAcrossAmerica with our Paws for Reading Week! We're teaming up with our local humane society as well to help them with their fundraiser, Pennies for Pounds! #TLSky #Librarians

The AI School Librarian's Top 10 AI Tools: 2025 Edition Empowering Education with Innovation and Creativity

My Top Ten Ai Tools of 2025 - #Aied #EduSkyAi #TLSky open.substack.com/pub/elissama...

Loving The Glass Sentence on our day off of school, reading by the fire! #TLSky #Books #librarians

Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.

"School libraries are the best. I grew up spending most of my time in them. I really depended on librarians to guide me, and I am forever in their debt." —Julianne Moore #TLSky mrschureads.blogspot.com/2013/11/chil...

Registration is open for the FREE Canva Librarians and Teachers Winter Virtual Showcase! All registrants will receive session recordings. #Canva #TLSky #EduSky

We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.

The Glass Sentence book cover

Fire raging in the stove, wood brought in, groceries secured for the weekend, and the Ranger/plow are ready to go! I started this book earlier this week and it will be the perfect weekend to read by the stove! #TLSky #Librarians #reading

“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”