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fewer than 10% of students are restricted in school libraries by their parents

When parents can set reading limits for their own child, fewer than 10% choose to restrict access.

Most families trust guidance and conversation, not bans.

You can guide your child without deciding for mine.

Protect choice. Trust librarians. Keep libraries open.

#FreedomToRead #BooksNotBans

Shovel smart! Shoveling heavy, wet snow can cause back injuries and heart attacks. Don’t push yourself! Dress warmly, making sure to cover your head, fingers and toes. Stay hydrated, but avoid heavy meals right before or after shoveling. Move only small amounts of snow with each pass of the shovel. Take frequent breaks. Stop shoveling entirely if you feel exhausted!

Heavy, wet snow is no joke!

Shoveling can strain your back, and even your heart.

✅ Dress in layers and cover exposed skin
✅ Stay hydrated
✅ Lift small amounts at a time
✅ Take frequent breaks

If you feel chest pain, dizziness, or exhaustion — stop immediately! #ShovelSmart

I'm HONORED Louder Than Hunger is a nominee for the 2027 Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award and the 2027 Illinois Lincoln Award! Thank you, Association of Illinois School Library Educators (AISLE)! Caudill - bit.ly/2027CaudillA... | Lincoln - bit.ly/2027LincolnA...

This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

Right?! He's only 2 years younger than me!

Join me today at #OETC - www.controlaltachieve.com/2026/02/oetc...

📊 Google Sheets for Schools: From Data Noob to Nerd
👓 Hipster Google - Tools You Probably Never Heard Of
🕵️ Did a Robot Write this Report? Managing AI Cheating

#EduSky #EdTech #EduSkyAI #GoogleEDU

Collage of three images. Top: Judy Blume, a woman with short curly hair and blue glasses, holds a copy of Are You There God, It's Me Margaret while seated indoors; text reads “Photo: Sundance Institute.” Bottom left: close-up of a book jacket credit page showing “Jacket design by Lauren Rille” and “Jacket illustrations copyright © 2014 by Debbie Ridpath Ohi,” along with “Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Simon & Schuster • New York” and a website link. Bottom right: two women smiling for a selfie at an indoor event space.

Happy birthday, Judy Blume!

I can't yet share recent new covers I've just been working on with Lauren Rille (S&S art director) so am sharing THIS one, which we worked on yrs ago along with others: debbieohi.com/judyblume

Thanks to Lauren for her brilliant book designs!
#JudyBlume #KidLit

Shannon Gibney: The KidLit community and the ICE invasion I have some friends here who are writers who cannot write. I can write, but this is all I can write about now.

Shannon Gibney: The KidLit community and the ICE invasion
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Illustrated book cover showing a young girl sitting on a wooden bench outdoors at sunset, playing an acoustic guitar. A brown and white dog sits beside her, looking up at her attentively. The scene is warm and peaceful, with soft golden light, grassy fields, trees, and pink clouds in the sky. Sheets of paper with writing lie on the ground near her feet. The title “Dream” appears in large white letters at the top, and the author’s name, “Barbara O’Connor,” is at the bottom.

Educators’ Guide (that I was so lucky to make!) for Dream by Barbara O’Connor www.unleashingreaders.com/29545 @barbaraoconnor.bsky.social 💗

That teachers buy supplies out of their own meager salaries while we make new tax laws to make billionaires more billionairey is unconscionable. We need an entirely new system, but in the mean time, NO INCOME TAX FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS.

Normalize letting introverts eat their lunch alone if they want & decompressing for 30 min - 1 hr without the pressure of being considered antisocial in the workplace

Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”

Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.

Teachers! Are you looking for historical fiction to engage your students? The Unsinkable Cayenne teaching guide includes a class set of Titanic boarding passes. Students can research the name on their ticket to discover if they would have survived the sinking! jessicavitalis.com/books/unsink...

This, too, is book banning.

@heykellyjensen.bsky.social
@tasslyn.bsky.social

Princess Diana is wearing a striped bubble dress with a double breasted blazer over it.

Saw a student wearing a bubble skirt, and the visceral flashback to me at 7th grade dance in a pink polka-dotted bubble dress hit hard. See example

Listen to the story that shaped a generation. Decades after starring in Stand By Me, the film adaptation of THE BODY, Wil Wheaton lends his voice to an all new recording of the audiobook. Pre-order your copy and start listening March 24, 2026.

A graphic promotes the on sale date of THE LIONS' RUN by Sara Pennypacker. It features the cover of the book and a button with the phrase "On Sale Now!"

My new novel, THE LIONS' RUN, is out today.

It's a story of courage, resistance, and what I call the Theory of Termites: Tiny termites taking tiny bites can take down a cathedral.

I can't wait for you to meet Lucas!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125... @mackidssl.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

💎 New EduGem: www.edugems.ai/gem/exit-tic...

🎫 Exit Ticket - Generate exit ticket questions to assess student understanding of specific learning outcomes at the end of any lesson

#EduSky #EduSkyAI #EdTech #GoogleEDU

Three-panel collage. Top: Judy Blume sits indoors holding an open book and looking toward the camera. Judy has curly hair and blue-purple glasses with round frames, and she is holding an open copy of Are You There God, It's Me Margaret, in both hands as she smiles at the camera. Bottom left: close-up of the back of a book jacket with visible text including “Atheneum Books for Young Readers,” “Simon & Schuster · New York,” and jacket design credit to Lauren Rille, jacket illustration by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. Bottom right: two women smiling for a selfie at an indoor event, with arrows drawn above their heads, from the text credits on the back of the book.

Promotional graphic with text reading, “Woohoo! I am illustrating more JUDY BLUME covers for Atheneum/Simon & Schuster!!” On the right is a grid of colorful Judy Blume book covers. On the left is a cartoon girl jumping, a small heart-shaped photo of a woman writing, and a green hill at the bottom with the URL “DebbieOhi.com/judyblume.”

Hurray! Judy Blume approved new covers for AS LONG AS WE'RE TOGETHER and HERE'S TO YOU, RACHEL ROBINSON (Atheneum/S&S 2027). 🩷 Can't share covers yet so will share other revamped covers I illustrated.

Huge thx to S&S art director Lauren Rille for her genius design!

debbieohi.com/judyblume #KidLit

#DCStudios has unveiled a promotional strategy for its upcoming feature film #Supergirl, opting to debut new marketing elements during Animal Planet's annual #PuppyBowl rather than investing in traditional #SuperBowl advertising.

Read the full article at:
supermansupersite.com/DC_Studios_t...
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“Dear ICE agents - I hope you’re respectful to everyone and show kindness… we should treat all people the same, even if we don’t know them.”

If this doesn’t shatter your heart you don’t have one. 💔

Our kids are watching. 🇺🇸
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...

a cartoon drawing of david and moira from schitt's creek. david is wearing an apron and standing over a pot with a whisk in one hand and a saucy spoon in another. moira is holding a recipe card. they are annoyed. david: "what does "fold in the cheese mean?" moira: "you FOLD it in." David: I- I understand that, but how? HOW do you fold it?"

oh my god, i’m crushed. catherine o’hara you queen

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Supporting Minneapolis Through Literary Activism: Book Censorship News, January 30, 2026 How can you help Minnesotans as ICE continues a brutal attack on the city? Here are some means of support through literary activism.

How you can support resistance efforts in Minneapolis through literary activism.

That, plus this week's book censorship news:

bookriot.com/supporting-m...

Catherine O'Hara, comedy star of 'Home Alone' and 'Schitt's Creek,' dies at 71 The beloved actor also appeared in "Beetlejuice," "Best in Show" and, most recently, the Emmy-winning Apple TV+ series "The Studio."

BREAKING: Catherine O'Hara, a comedy star known for her roles in 'Home Alone' and 'Schitt's Creek,' has died at 71, her manager says.

Three children’s book covers shown side by side. From left to right: All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson, featuring a girl looking to the side against a blue sky; Fireworks by Matthew Burgess, illustrated by Catia Chien, showing fireworks bursting over silhouetted figures; and Legendary Frybread Drive-In, edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith, depicting people gathered around a table with frybread in a colorful, illustrated scene.

Winners of the Newbery, Caldecott, and Printz Awards share their reactions in @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social:

Renée Watson: Newbery 'Tears Of Joy'

Cátia Chien: Caldecott 'Wait, Is This What I Think It Means?'

Cynthia Leitich Smith @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social: Printz 'Genuinely Gobmacked'

#KidLit

a library cart full of books that's been labeled jean luc picart after the famous starship captain in the star trek next generation tv show

Boldly going, where every library cart has squeaked before. #meme #library #shelfie #startrek