Alexa Dumas

OverDrive Sues OpenAI Over Sora App The digital distributor to schools and libraries is charging the AI company with trademark infringement related to its new text-to-video app Sora, which has the same name and a “confusingly similar vi...

I've been wondering if they would take this step lol

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It’s definitely interesting! It’s the town my family is a huge part of, but I actually teach an hour away so it’s nice to see my community outside of my commute/school hours!

The Saturday librarian is BACK! I haven’t been a Saturday librarian for almost TWO YEARS! If you don’t know I’m also a (certified) public librarian and have been since 2023. It’s my summer gig, my school break gig, where I spend most of library school, and where I get to serve my community!

White and lilac graphic with black text: A cleverly told, multi-format story about the father-son bond and the healing power of the outdoors. this one combines adventure, heart, mystery, suspense, and flashbacks in a beautifully crafted narrative. Book cover THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES has yellow title font against a blue sky background and shows a middle school boy with an orange backpack standing on a mountain with a Bernese Mountain Dog gazing up at him.

Shoutout to the bloggers & Lit-fluencers like Afoma at Reading Middle Grade who make their own Best Books lists and take the care and time to email authors to let them know. Every single time I get an email like this, it absolutely makes my day. ❤️

POPULAR LIBRARY / M2041 / 50c THE SPELLBINDING NEW BESTSELLER CHOSEN BY TIME MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE 10 BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY THE AUTHOR OF THE LOTTERY Shirley Jackson WE HaVe aLWaYS LIVeD In THE CaSTLe N. TEASON

A Victory for IMLS as Court Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Dismantle Agency In a summary judgment on November 21 in Rhode Island v. Trump, Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ruled that the Trump administration’s attempt to shut down the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

A Victory for IMLS as Court Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Dismantle Agency
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I bought this for the library and every kid I tell about it is STOKED….Bingo Thursdays is coming this December 😎 #schoollibrarian #TLSky #libraryprogramming

Best Middle Grade Books 2025 | SLJ Best Books The Best Middle Grade titles of 2025 feature action-packed fantasies, resonant realistic fiction, and heart-pounding horror stories for tweens.

Best Middle Grade Books 2025 | SLJ Best Books
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Best Books 2025 We hope that SLJ’s Best Books of 2025, filled with adventurous and fantastical stories, silly and breathtaking picture books, true-crime mysteries and stirring romances, and universally consumed manga...

This might be an author-first for me - TWO books on @slj.com's Best Books of 2025 List!! So grateful to the librarians who selected THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES and HISTORY SMASHERS: ANCIENT EGYPT to be part of this amazing collection! www.schoollibraryjournal.com/page/best-bo...

Light blue background with white and blue graphic that reads 2026-2027 TEXAS BLUEBONNET NOMINEE with book cover THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES, showing a middle school boy with an orange backpack standing on a mountain summit with a Bernese mountain dog looking up at him. Below is a graphic showing small thumbnails of 20 books with a red outline of Texas and text in blue "2026-2027 List"

Holy smokes - thank you, Texas librarians!!! I couldn't be more thrilled that THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES has been named to the 2026-2027 Texas Bluebonnet Award List! And in such incredible company, too - congrats to all of the authors & illustrators!

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This is a photo of me in 7th grade…I think this about sums up how I feel crawling to Friday 🤣 #TLSky #SchoolLibrarians #MiddleSchool

I libraried hard today.

It felt good.

I love being a school librarian.

[even when it is really really really hard]

History Smashers: The Mayflower Check out History Smashers: The Mayflower - <b>Myths! Lies! Secrets! Smash the stories behind famous moments in history and expose the hidden truth. Perfect for fans of I Survived and Nathan Hale's Ha...

This is my annual gentle suggestion to please stop teaching kids made-up stories about Thanksgiving and share actual (fascinating!) history instead. In case you need ideas... bookshop.org/p/books/hist...

EEK! I FINALLY genrefied my graphic novels! My students helped place the graphic novel and genre stickers on each book, and then I created the different collections. I have lots of gaps to fill, but now I know where the gaps are. I love it so much!
#TLSky #SchoolLibrarians #CollectionDevelopment

Imagine being wealthy and not building libraries.

Embarrassing.

Here are two pages of romance recommendations for your young teen fans of THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY to read next!

We were delighted to be able to come up with so many #youngteenlit titles: there have been several romance books published in the past year with 8th-9th grade protagonists.

America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy Declining standards and low expectations are destroying American education.

One of the MANY reasons why we need school #librarians now more than ever! We are part of the solution www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

No one knew who we were but I got free books into over 100 kiddos hands…so it was a good night! #halloween #TLSky #SchoolLibrarians

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Happy #halloween from my middle school self! This costume was a big deal to 6th grade Alexa 🤣🎃

Texas schools are using AI to screen library books under new state law Supporters see ChatGPT as a way to help weed out inappropriate content, but critics say AI can include incorrect details and miss valuable context.

Yuck. #TLsky I don't know. How did we do this before companies/people that scraped up all of the books without permission? #eduskyai

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I Love My Librarian Award Nominate a librarian you love for the 2026 I Love My Librarian Award - they could win $5,000 and the recognition of a lifetime! Nominations close December 15, 2025!

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It’s always fun when ILLs arrive…ESPECIALLY when they are for ME and NOT my kids 🤣🤭
#TLSky #SchoolLibrarians #SchoolLibraries #InterLibraryLoan

Halloween is approaching! Be sure to have some non-food goodies for your trick-or-treaters! Our family is participating in the Teal Pumpkin Project, which helps raise awareness for children with severe food allergies and ensures that they are included during food-centered events and celebrations!

I do have holds! Usually my popular books are returned swiftly so titles on hold are given out that same day. If a student still has a book that has had it for a while, I usually just check in with them to see their reading progress. Based on their response, I decide to ILL a copy or they return it!

I know for me, my loan periods are truly arbitrary. I just want my students to read, so they return when they are finished. I have a 5 book limit, so that also helps. My system is on a 3 week cycle, so my staff and I remind students when they check out. I also send out quarterly reminders on paper!

Sports recommendations for young teens! Not every book here fits our 6 Criteria for #youngteenlit, but these are definitely old and new favorites in our MS media centers. Let us know what's missing here.

Check out www.youngteenlit.com to access the doc.
#itstimeforyoungteenlit #tlsky #skybrarians

Actually that sounds SO genius to me!

Thank you so much for the kind words and listening to the podcast! 🩷📚 #TLSky #SchoolLibrarians