@melissacorey.bsky.social
MS Library Media Specialist | MASL (MO) Past President | LJ Mover and Shaker 2024 | 2024 #ILoveMyLibrarian Award Honoree | SLJ #SchoolLibOTY Finalist 2023 | Book Lists | MG/YA Lit | Designer at Heart ❤️
That’s a win! 🙌🙌🙌
12.11.2025 21:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That’s amazing! 🤩 Book menus for the win!
12.11.2025 11:55 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Amazing. Book. Lists. 👏👏👏
I love your categories! Your students will find so many great books!
Book menus: "Page to Screen - books made into movies" and "As seen on TV - books with TV series"
Book Menus: "As Seen on TV", "Quick Reads - Books under 250 pages", "Neurodiverse Characters", "Mental Health Awareness".
Book Menus: "Tearjerkers - the saddest books", "Coping with Grief and Loss", "African-American Voices - miscellaneous", "African-American Voices - Jason Reynolds, Kwame Alexander, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas".
Book Menus: "Scary Good Reads", "Verse Novels", "Back to School Books".
It was New Signage Day in the library today!
First up, Book Menus!
Took me 2 years, but FINALLY getting book menus together! (Huge thanks to @melissacorey.bsky.social for sharing so many great templates!)
#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
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Library friends are the best friends! So glad I got to see so many in real life! And I finally met @simplyrain.bsky.social! 😄 #AASL25
17.10.2025 00:44 — 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
We’re presenting at #AASL25! Join @elizabethhoskins and me as we look at easy ways to use Canva for passive programming activities in your school library! We promise it will be no sweat, all fun! 😃😃😃
13.10.2025 13:47 — 👍 13 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0Aww thank you but I am definitely rich in ideas from our amazing school library community! 😊 Save the money and buy yourself a coffee ☕️
03.10.2025 20:33 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The one and only @slupodcast.bsky.social presented at MASL Summer PD today! Thanks for your awesome message! 🎙️
30.07.2025 20:13 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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New Library Exchange episode released today. Learn about staff engagement strategies for your library from @melissacorey.bsky.social
Find us on any podcast platform. #schoollibrarians #schoollibraries
It’s that time of year … Wish List Season! This year’s list is of books that were lost and/or damaged last school year.
Just a note … I know this list includes products from the Big Company. If you would like to support in other ways, please feel free to reach out!
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Sketchnoting at #ALAAC25! Working on a large sketch for the entire conference ✍️ beginning with GNCRT Friday Forum with multiple panels on teaching with graphic novels, building social emotional learning, and defending graphic novels against challenges 📝
27.06.2025 18:13 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Etsy, Temu, and Amazon have some listings
25.06.2025 20:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Agree, there’s a lot of alternatives
25.06.2025 15:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Need library shirts for Pride Month? These designs (and more!) available at my Bonfire store! www.bonfire.com/libraries-we...
09.06.2025 18:23 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
I'm presenting! announcement with the title "A Place to Belong: Using Lessons and Programming to Intentionally Construct a Thriving Student Author Section in Your Elementary Library" and a picture of Amanda.
I am PUMPED for #AASL25 and truly excited to share this work that grew out of listening to our students regarding what they needed and wanted from our library program.
Thank you @melissacorey.bsky.social for creating this easy-to-use template!
#TLSky #SchoolLibraries #Skybrarian
Is this the MUST HAVE library neon sign for next school year?! I spotted this LET’S READ neon sign in a TikTok video about Hobby Lobby’s new school decor. It’s only $20 and pretty sizable for the price! ❤️💜💙🩷
19.05.2025 20:33 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
Here are some high school titles to celebrate AANHPI month! (thanks @melissacorey.bsky.social for the templates) #TLSky #BookSky
15.05.2025 14:31 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New shirt campaign … Read. Listen. Browse. Reading is reading! Whether it's print, audio, ebook, Braille, or other formats ... read!
Order direct from Bonfire here: www.bonfire.com/read-listen-...
Join us tomorrow as we kick off the @futureready.bsky.social Librarians webinar series.
In this webinar, I welcome @thenextgenlib.bsky.social & @melissacorey.bsky.social as we talk about Cultivating Library Collections for Literacy and a Love of Reading. ❤️
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#TLSky #EduSky #tlchat
![ChatGPT Prompt: Make a picture of a 3D action figure toy, named "YOUR-NAME-HERE" Make it look like it's being displayed in a transparent plastic package, blister packaging model. The figure is as in the photo, [GENDER/HIS/HER/THEIR] style is very [DEFINE EVERYTHING ABOUT HAIR/FACE/ETC]. On the top of the packaging there is a large writing: "[NAME-AGAIN]" in white text then below it "[TITLE]” Dressed in [CLOTHING/ACCESSORIES]. Also add some supporting items for the job next to the figure, like [ALL-THE-THINGS]. The packaging design is minimalist, cardboard colour, cute toy style sold in stores. The style is cartoonish, cute but still neat, also put [BRAND] logo in the top right corner](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gg46lzdmu2bejly5itvnrqnh/bafkreigu2qdxp46qwo5dzydwsplmtx2th24moukdswpcfbaicbolpaeire@jpeg)
ChatGPT Prompt: Make a picture of a 3D action figure toy, named "YOUR-NAME-HERE" Make it look like it's being displayed in a transparent plastic package, blister packaging model. The figure is as in the photo, [GENDER/HIS/HER/THEIR] style is very [DEFINE EVERYTHING ABOUT HAIR/FACE/ETC]. On the top of the packaging there is a large writing: "[NAME-AGAIN]" in white text then below it "[TITLE]” Dressed in [CLOTHING/ACCESSORIES]. Also add some supporting items for the job next to the figure, like [ALL-THE-THINGS]. The packaging design is minimalist, cardboard colour, cute toy style sold in stores. The style is cartoonish, cute but still neat, also put [BRAND] logo in the top right corner
I was inspired by @melissacorey.bsky.social to create my own figurine! The prompt is in the image alt text. #TLSky #EduSky #Skybrarians #Library #AASL #SLM
12.04.2025 01:01 — 👍 39 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Hello friends! Today I’m participating in an #AASLtakeover on @aaslala.bsky.social’s Instagram account at instagram.com/ala_aasl
Welcome to my library! My name is Melissa Corey and I’m excited to participate. Follow along with me in stories on AASL’s Instagram to learn more about my library! 📖
Font Matcherator from Font Squirrel is another one! www.fontsquirrel.com/matcherator
Once I find the font, I will usually google “font name free” to find a download!
Yes you can! Instructions: www.canva.com/help/upload-...
10.04.2025 02:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I love the popcorn ticket!
10.04.2025 01:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Our most popular Read Poster was our SRO! He posed with a book about first responders. I send a copy with the recipient and keep one for our bulletin board. Oh and I send a thank you note! #TLSkyChat
10.04.2025 01:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thank you all for participating and for all you do to serve readers, teachers and our learning community! #TLSkyChat
10.04.2025 00:59 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
So glad you could join us for #TLSkyChat Hope you will join us next time!
10.04.2025 00:58 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Remember … everything you ever wanted to know about #TLSkyChat can be found here: tlskychat.com
10.04.2025 00:57 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I'll have to try Sticky Brand! I used to use The Company We Will Not Name for stickers byt no more
10.04.2025 00:54 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A8: One of my favorite way to reach community members is a Read Poster campaign! We featured our local baseball team's mascot a few years ago #TLSkyChat
10.04.2025 00:52 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
