Mychal Threets

Text reads: “💚 2025 Mental Health Wrapped 💚 •You ate 99 Costco food court hot dogs •You watched Studio Ghibli films 143 times •You only returned home to make sure you didn't forget to turn off the stove 17 times •You panicked less than Panic! at the Disco •You are in the top 1% of PBS viewers •You said "no worries" when worrying 33 times this year, an improvement from last year •You visited the library 365 times •You quoted Mister Rogers every day Thank you for staying another year! from @wizardofbarge” Image below is of Pam from The Office. She speaks into a mic. Edited caption text reads, “and I feel anxiety in this brain tonight”

✨📖 2025 Mental Health Wrapped 📖✨

I’m so happy you’re here! Thank you for staying 💚

On left: National Library Week poster featuring an illustration of community members in front of a library with a banner that reads 'FIND YOUR JOY!'; bottom of the poster reads 'Celebrate National Library Week." On right, a photo of Mychal Threets wearing a shirt that reads "Library Joy!!" and giving two thumbs up.

We are OVERJOYED to announce that award-winning librarian and ‘Reading Rainbow’ host @mychal3ts.bsky.social will serve as our 2026 National Library Week honorary chair!

#NationalLibraryWeek will be held April 19-25 with the theme "Find Your Joy."

Read our full announcement: https://bit.ly/4rDSagx

Mychal Threets grins while holding THE MONSTER AT THE END OF THIS BOOK open to a page with Grover astounded that another page has been turned as part of the chaotic story. It is for a READ poster with the letters in blue similarly to Grover.

Wow, Grover! 😁 You’re on a READ poster! 💙📚

@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
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Mychal Threets, wearing a Library Joy t-shirt, smiles and holds up two picture books: The Abominable Snow Dancer (by Steph Lau) and Jim! (by Jerrold Connors). Behind him are shelves of books, in a bookstore.

A screencap of Publishers Weekly Picture of the Day. Caption reads: On November 8, Steph Lau (r.) launched her new picture book, The Abominable Snow Dancer (Penguin Workshop), at Great Good Place for Books in Oakland, Calif. Joining Lau at the event were authors Mike Jung (c.) and Jo Wu (l.). Courtesy Jo Wu/Jerrold Connors. Jo is holding The Abominable Snow Dancer, Mike is wearing a unicorn hood with shiny gold horn, and Steph is wearing an Otto the Abominable Snow Dancer costume.

It's been 1 MONTH since my debut picture book ❄️🩰The Abominable Snow Dancer🩰❄️ launched. Highlights:

- 4 launch events + 1 school visit (and one more event still incoming!)
- Mychal Threets held my book (🤯!!!)
- Our smiling faces in PW Daily 😎
- Reading my book aloud makes me feel weirdly powerful 🪄👶

Florida upside down on a map, looking like The Grinch

Someone said that Florida upside down looks like The Grinch, and now I can’t unsee it! 😱🤯

Today is a good day to make Mychal Threets proud of you. Read a book that brings you joy. Some people read by listening. Some people read by touch. Some people read with their eyeballs. All reading is reading. Remember your meds and have some water!

DOLLY PARTON: STAR OF THE SHOW 🌟📖

Thank you for being such an extraordinarily generous, kind human being, Dolly Parton! 301 million books (and counting) gifted to kids all over the world through the Imagination Library 💛✨

Congratulations on YOUR new book! We are thankful for you 😊💜

Mychal smiles in Indigenous purple shirt, holding the book CHOOCH HELPED by Andrea L. Rogers and illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz

We raise our library voices to celebrate our Indigenous neighbors 💜

How wonderful to exist alongside Indigenous Peoples! You have always been here, you are still here. Celebrate & support them: their stories, history, community, art, food ✨

Thankful for you, we celebrate you today & every day 🧡

Moses Ingram as The Third Sister battling Darth Vader in Star Wars

One of my favorite Star Wars performances in the franchise is that of Moses Ingram as The Third Sister ♥️

What’s one of your favorite Star Wars performances? ✨

“ONCE A PBS STAPLE WITH LeVAR BURTON, THIS KIDS' SERIES HAS BEEN REBOOTED WITH VIRAL LIBRARIAN MYCHAL THREETS AS THE HOST” jeopardy! Clue

“What is Reading Rainbow?” 📚🌈

Library joy was featured as a Jeopardy! clue, alongside LeVar Burton and PBS 🤯🥹

💙 @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social
💚 @pbs.org

Whoo!!! 😊

Such a skill! ✨

Libraries host food drives, have reading challenges with certificates for free burgers & pizza to encourage kids to read, have lunch-at-the-library programs in the Summer, have seed lending libraries to help grow your own food…

Libraries are adamant our neighbors be fed, that they never go hungry 💛

Steve Irwin and a young Robert Irwin smile together for a photo as they hold a smiling reptile

Witney Carson and Robert Irwin celebrate on Dancing With The Stars

Steve Irwin would be so proud of Robert Irwin’s joy on Dancing With The Stars 🥹✨

Commencement Speakers:

Are you looking for an inspiring, engaging, and highly relevant speaker for your spring 2026 commencement ceremony?

Consider one of the authors, educators, or librarians from The Author Village.

theauthorvillage.com

Happy Veterans Day to all those who serve and have served ✨

They each have a story. I cannot help but think of their mental health. They have their worries, their grief, their struggles. They are human, just like us ❤️‍🩹

I hope their minds will be kind to them every day. Thank you for your service 💚

Text from Brittany Belka reads, “My son has went to the library and has checked out each of these books at different times and walked around saying "I'm just like Mychal the Librarian mommy!" And then will ask to watch the episode that matches the book so he can read along with the story as it's read. Mychal, you are a true gift in life and you continue to make a difference everyday! My son is neurodiverget and was scared to go to the library because he knows you have to be quiet and it's hard for him to do so. Once he heard you say he is welcome to all libraries he sprung into action and begged to go to the library! Thank you for all you do and continue to do. You are a light in our home and we admire you and Reading Rainbow 🌈 “

This comment means the world! The library is for everyone. For autistic you, ADHD you, dyslexic you, neurodivergent you 💚

It is difficult for some to use a library voice, to whisper. THAT’S OKAY. You belong in the library, we will work together. I admire YOU 😊

Take a look, it’s in a book 💛

So happy to exist at the same time as compassionate humans like you and Ms. Rachel 💗

Photo of Ms Rachel, wearing denim overalls, a pink tshirt, headband and smiling while waving.

Photo of Mychal Threets wearing a black sweatshirt with rainbow library joy design, smiling and holding his hands in a heart shape.

In a world full of terrible role models for young people, I’m so glad there are also smart, joyful and empathetic people like Ms Rachel and Mychal Threets.

I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy by Mychal Threets A librarian who looks very much like debut author Threets—the viral literacy advocate and host of a rebooted Reading Rainbow—kic...

Mychal Threets and illustrator Lorraine Nam’s “affectionate picture book” I’M SO HAPPY YOU’RE HERE: A CELEBRATION OF LIBRARY JOY showcases “that among a library’s greatest treasures are the people who find their place within its walls”

Mychal smiles while wearing a PBS IS PUNK shirt

PBS IS PUNK! 🤘🏽💙💚

@twocrowcollective.bsky.social @pbs.org
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Mychal’s Arthur Read library card tattoo

•maintain the programs that you love for the next generation to enjoy

•continue their leading role in supporting music and the arts

GBH can’t fund the future alone! All of us neighbors have a role to play. We are the helpers 😊

gbh.org/FundTheFuture

•support and protect independent fact-based journalism

•provide free pre-K educational content for kids

•ensure availability of essential online resources for teachers and educators

•cover the issues that matter from history and culture to science and the environment

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It’s a wonderful kind of day to support @wgbh.org 💛

Together, we can help GBH, home of beloved programs like @arthurpbs.bsky.social, fund the future!

gbh.org/FundTheFuture

The Fund the Future campaign aims to:

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Reading Rainbow revival four episodes on KidZuko on YouTube. Mychal smiles and holds the four books in the stills for each clip. They each have an assortment of views.

Filmed four episodes of Reading Rainbow, all are out on KidZuko on YouTube 😁

Thankful to still be in the world for this journey. Highest of honors for one of Reading Rainbow & LeVar Burton’s biggest fans ✨

Proud & grateful for all involved! 🦋🌌

“Take a look, it’s in a book!”
YOU can be anything 📚🌈

@mychal3ts.bsky.social and @maggietokudahall.bsky.social so generously shared their book and library wisdom on a panel about book banning with @carolinekpritchard.bsky.social and I to launch our book just days before this visit cancellation.

Grateful for our bookish community!

Caroline Pritchard, Mychal Threets, and Joanna Ho smile together for a photo

Caroline Pritchard, Joanna Ho & Dan Santat created the book THE DAY THE STORIES DISAPPEARED. It emphasizes no one is invisible in stories. Books make all our voices worthy ✨

YOUR voice deserves to be told.

You belong in books, belong in Libraries, belong in the world… you belong everywhere 💚

Why Did These Authors Have Their School Visit Canceled? They Were Talking About Their Book About Book Bans. Country Club Elementary School in California's Bay Area canceled an author visit moments before it began. Why? It covered book bans.

If you and your children are not ready for a particular book, that is okay. It is not okay to limit the access to books, stories, and experiences for other families. Every book is not for everyone, but every book is for someone.

bookriot.com/the-day-the-books-disappeared-school-visit-cancelation/

POV: The new singer of the Reading Rainbow theme song and the new host of Reading Rainbow meet for the first time in Canada 🥹📚🌈

Video Description:
Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨

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YouTube video by Kidzuko More Than Peach 🍑🎨 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko

Reading Rainbow episode 3 is live now on KidZuko on YouTube! 🌈🎉📚

Let's read "More Than Peach" by Bellen Woodard, who was just 9 years old when she wrote this inspiring story celebrating every beautiful shade of who we are ✨💖😊

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