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#LibraryJoy is everything!

As #aasl25 draws to a close, all of us are celebrating #BookJoy with the one and only Mychal Threets!! #librarianlife #reading

MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:

#A_NewHope ✊

YouTube video by RotanCam NO MORE KINGS - Schoolhouse Rock!

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#NoKings #StLouis #librarianlife

So proud to be a #librarian. #NoKings #StLouis

Kicked off the conference today with truth teller Jason Reynolds… I am awestruck. #aasl25 #librarianlife

Erin Soderberg Downing, Megan E. Freeman and Sherri L. Smith are talking about brave new worlds, kids navigating extraordinary circumstances, and the difference between plotters and pantsers… thought provoking, funny, and oh so real!! #aasl25 #librarianlife

A seated panel of Ellen Oh, Soman Chainani, and school librarian Lauren Mobley, moderated by Jordan Lloyd Bookey, discuss books, writing, and life.

Kicking off the morning with a panel on We Need Diverse Books with authors Ellen Oh, Soman Chainani, and school librarian Lauren Mobley, moderated by Jordan Lloyd Bookey … feeling entertained, empowered and a little dangerous. #aasl25 #weneeddiversebooks #librarianlife

CT CASL takes on St. Louis! CT librarians strike a pose at AASL25.

Hey mom, I made it! Pia standing in front of a Welcome to St. Louis AASL sign.

CT CASL takes on St. Louis! #aasl25 #ctcasl

Definitely!!! Pure magical fantasy, not too dark…

I just finished reading The Poisoned King, Katherine Rundell’s stunning follow up to Impossible Creatures.

School librarian friends, order it IMMEDIATELY, this series will change the way that you and your students imagine…

#kidlit #mg #ctcaslreads #thepoisonedking @katherinerundell.bsky.social

Stopped in my tracks by this sign pointing out the IMLS absence from #ALAAC25

“When kids want to be someone else so badly, they sometimes forget who they are… and that they are more than enough.” Craig Kofi Farmer about A Method for Magic and Misfortune… and on life. #ALAAC25 #TLSky

Reveling in #MiddleGrade with luminaries at #ALAAC25. Craig Kofi Farmer, Katherine Applegate and Rebecca Stead… #TLSky

“May tomorrow bring you the second chance you deserve.” Pocket Bear, by Katherine Applegate… cannot wait to read this one! #ALAAC25 #TLSky

“To be a librarian, you’ve gotta be ready to.. fight, to do things.” Dr. Carla Hayden in conversation with Kwame Alexander. I. Am. Ready. #ALAAC25 #TLSky

#MiddleGrade IS Magnificent!! Listening to Dusti Bowling, Beth Ferry, Victor Pineiro, and Maryrose Wood talk about humor as a great layer in their great new books. #ALAAC25

@georgetakei.bsky.social thanked all librarians for serving in a vitally important but dangerous role in our democracy, especially today, because “we have a Klingon in the White House.” #ALAAC25 #truth

… but dealing with LGBTQ Issues on the show would have been “too far,” and he was afraid that they would lose their audience on all issues.

Gene Roddenberry valued infinite diversity in infinite combinations… and he knew we must bring everyone together and work as a team is we wanted to ‘go where no man had gone before’… @georgetakei.bsky.social #ALAAC25 #inspired

Ready for @georgetakei.bsky.social #ALAAC25

“I want my books to be the hug that a child needs… they are my way of saying, between the lines, “I see you.”” ~the incomparable Renee Watson #ALAAC25

“When books become lifelines… and the stories become exactly what we need.”

I am so happy to be with Kate Messner at Bloomsbury’s High Tea at #ALASC25 today - she is even more inspiring in real life than I could imagine. #katemessner

📪📚Book Mail!📚📪
Just finished a book! Perfect timing for a new read! Thank you for sharing w/ #bookposse! ❤️ #margaretfinnegan #atheneumbooks @barbfisch @SimonKIDS @finneganbegin.bsky.social @simonschusteruk.bsky.social

Reading Across the Curriculum: Three Educators Tie Reading into Multiple Subjects PW spoke with three educators who are committed to integrating reading across the curriculum to elevate literacy and readers in their classrooms and libraries.

Proud to have been a featured educator in Publishers Weekly a little while ago…. Independent reading is critical for student growth and development!!
#reading #aasl #ala #kidlit #TLSky

Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…

“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social

Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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You know what to do! Do it and spread the word!

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Day 17: Krystal Marquis - The Brown Bookshelf Cover of The Davenports: More Than This, young adult historical fiction novel written by New York Times bestselling author Krystal Marquis.

Today's creative's YA historical fiction series
reminds the world that Black wealth is neither a new thing nor an anomaly.

#BlackBookSky
#28DaysLater

Day 17: Krystal Marquis

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