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Wendy Stephens

@wstephens.bsky.social

Librarian, professor, teacher & reader in north Alabama. Information science Ph.D. NBCT LMS. Doing my own thing. Not the best mobile typist, so forgive my many misspellings 🩷@usbby.bsky.social 🩷@nctecla.bsky.social https://wendyontheweb.blogspot.com/

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Writing, Translating, and Selecting Books for Young People. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) and the International Literacy Association (ILA) annually promote books with cultural significance for young people. USBBY selects the Outstan...

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Register for the USBBY @usbby.bsky.social International Literacy Association webinar July 23 with author and translator Lynn Miller-Lachmann

16.07.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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So happy to hear from Derrick Barnes reading aloud from his @usbby.bsky.social IBBY Honour list book I Am Every Good Thing at #asla2025 #ALlibrarians

03.02.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Attending #LibLearnX in Phoenix? ⚑️ Don't miss the Opening Session on Sat, Jan 25th at 8am! ⏰ GNCRT Board Members Shira Pilarski & Soline Holmes will introduce our amazing speakers: comics legends Scott McCloud & Raina Telgemeier! ✨ See you in Arizona! #comics #libraries

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I think I am going to try pre-college…but it is interesting how more formative early reading/re-reading is, and in so many ways my later reading is much the same thematically

18.12.2024 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Maggie Adam’s, Dancer book cover

Maggie Adam’s, Dancer book cover

Picking back up with this, and after convo with @vennlibrarian.bsky.social, limiting to things I read before college as she did

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Always fab to see colleagues recognized β€” go Miles College!

18.12.2024 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I do think that is going to be pretty much the bifurcation

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I am convinced that the wabi-sabi of the human-made is going to be the new currency in the age of AI

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'Dirty Dancing,' 'Wrath of Khan' added to the National Film Registry

Cheech & Chong, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Beverly Hills Cop & Dirty Dancing additions to the wonderfully inclusive National Film Registry text.npr.org/nx-s1-5227860

17.12.2024 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Canva has a lot to answer for

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we live in interesting times

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WORLD READ ALOUD DAY graphic with cartoon animals celebrating.

WORLD READ ALOUD DAY graphic with cartoon animals celebrating.

World Read Aloud Day with @litworld.bsky.social is coming up on February 5th! Want an author to Zoom into your classroom or library for a free virtual read-aloud on that day? Check out the list of volunteers here: katemessner.com/zoom-with-an...

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When #utleg passes laws that classify books by Atwood, Vonnegut, Morrison, and Alexie as β€œcriminal porn”, it makes it that much harder to have REAL conversations about the harms of porn to teens…
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15.12.2024 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Recommending #kidlitartpostcard

05.12.2024 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Feeling this too, Sarah

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Day 3

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People dunk on us being the largest city in the state now, but even the art in the HSV airport has gotten better somehow

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Wasn’t he just the best???

27.11.2024 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It is really astonishing how amazing it feels, isn’t it? Happy to see you & so many other friends again!

27.11.2024 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And now, like magic, social media is thought-provoking & human-centered again

27.11.2024 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

27.11.2024 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You & @tasslyn.bsky.social? My goddesses & heroines. You will be on monuments

27.11.2024 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for your fabulous presentation Saturday & congratulations on the well-deserved NYPL inclusion. You are a bright light!

27.11.2024 02:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Genius

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State Board of Education looks to expand control on school library books During a meeting Thursday, the State Board of Education approved a move to give it more control over library books in schools and whether what's on the shelves

"One of our biggest concerns is that this decision isn't actually about what's best for our children's education," @laneyhawes.bsky.social said. "It is part of a political movement. It's part of an agenda."
#BookBans #FreedomToRead
@txfreedomread.bsky.social
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That slippery slope, e.g. This is why we don’t want to remove books

27.11.2024 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My personal plan is to drape myself in the American flag because I am sick of the suggestion that restricting access to information is somehow more virtuous

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Gorgeous!

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