Angie Manfredi

First book club of the school year. How many kids will show up?

And thus does the first student librarian display of the year launch!

I'm not a member of ALA anymore because I'm poor now as a teacher (that's literally true I cannot justify the expenseon my current salary) but I would NEVER want to hear anything religious from the leader of any of my professional orgs. You don't know shit about what I believe. Shut up.

I'm sold!!! Ordering it now.

Nothing like when you just put out something (after a request) and they just start making magic. #librarylife

HOW DID YOU GET APPROVED, IS IT BECAUSE OF YOUR EGYPT ADVENTURE? Could I, past pneumonia haver, who is almost 50 get it???

I'm like maybe I should get a notepad and keep them just for myself lol

here's a real niche tweet: it's been four years but one of the hardest parts of school librarianship v. public librarianship is still not marking down the tallies for reference questions.

OH MY GOSH THAT'S GONNA BE GREAT. Can't wait, I'm putting it in my pre-order cart now.

I had a group of students get into a small tugging match over your book when they saw your last name and one turned to me and said MS. ANGIE TELL THEM I GET IT BECAUSE IT'S MY LAST NAME TOO.

One thing on my dream wishlist is more middle grade titles from Vietnamese American authors, ideally fun and contemporary stuff. @brandonhoang.bsky.social, Thanhhà Lại, and @trungles.com can only do so much. This is a gap, imo.

This is what happens when you let your #1 reader be the first student librarian of the year and they literally twirl through the stacks with joy. #librarylife

it worked for giving them a dedicated/solid surface that was also easy to build on and easy to move. And it was pretty steady/solid, which we planned to develop more. Also it was cheap because as I am sure you remember, I paid for everything there or got donations so...

yeah I really struggled with this when I was in the 3-6th library and had to switch every period when they were coming in for instruction + I only put the "big" puzzle out for 5-6. Eventually William just built me something out of cardboard and foam board. It didn't have the lip or the drawers, but-

this is crouching her son's life into why he "deserves" to live and it makes it easy for her to decide, then, who doesn't. This kind of holy/divine thinking can be common in parents of disabled children and it can easily lead to them murdering their own children. disability-memorial.org

also this one line just summed the whole article up for me: "Caring for David is holy work," - wrong! Caring for David is labor intensive work requiring great expertise and time. That costs MONEY because it is NOT a religious or spiritual calling. It is WORTHY work, but it is LABOR. not holy.

she learned if tomorrow they told her that her neighbor who she doesn't like had a kid that was gonna die and that would make it so HER kid could live, she'd be like "heck yeah how can I help do you need me to push a magical button."

oh, it's easy. They meant for YOUR children to die. But her child, you see, no you don't understand, she -

The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson | Penguin Random House Canada Two Indigenous foster children discover a portal to another reality, Aski, where they embark on a dangerous mission to help the starving community there. The exciting first book in this epic Narnia-in...

and before you can say I DID KNOW THAT they continue "I have dreamed of finding the rest of the series but I can't find it in other libraries." AND THEN YOU GET TO PULL OUT THE ENTIRE SERIES and they GASP IN SHOCK AND DELIGHT. www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/606650... God, what a moment.

while there are many exquisite feelings in librarianship there are none MORE exquisite than when a kid sees your favorites cart, beams at you and thoughtfully says "Oh! Thank you for having and loving this book. Did you know the character is Native like me but from Canada?"

a woman holding a microphone with the words i feel so blessed above her ALT: a woman holding a microphone with the words i feel so blessed above her

we're back at school, baby, and I am seeing 160+ 7th graders over 10 days, so I am getting it in ALL directions.

additionally, I have had soooooo many 7-8th graders ask me for "dark romantasy" and then seem genuinely confused when the answer is I don't have adult dragon/fairy smut on my school library shelves that it makes the Colleen Hoover era seem quaint.

If anyone in publishing cares what actual mid-schoolers want to read, I would be trying to acquire about 60000 more books exactly like Daphne Benedis-Grab's Secrets and Lies series, they have literally been checked out since day one at my school and spread through word of mouth. daphnebg.com/books/

Does @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social sell stickers? Because I would love to have some for my laptop and my sticker places and they have so many great designs now I would looooove to see some place other than tshirts and mugs. Any leads on this?

I basically can't get ANYTHING out of it, unfortunately. I just get paywalls.

Every generation of new 7th graders must go through the rite of passage: finding the small Target hashtag blocks and building the biggest cube they can, all whilst imagining no one else has ever done this. It's a canon event!!!!

today a 7th grader told me "do you want to hear a dolphin noise?" and when I said YES OBVIOUSLY they drank a water bottle in a way that sounded exactly like a dolphin and I thought maybe I was gonna cry from happiness, it's only been two days and magic is already everywhere.

@lynnekelly.bsky.social hello hi hello! I would love to send you a quick message about my beloved and darling book club now that we are back in school season. Is there somewhere I can send you a note? Thank you! 🥰

A back to school task I'm so glad I get to do: refreshing the care drawer. This is free and accessible at all times to any student. It debuted last year and it was a hit. The most popular items were pads (over pantyliners and tampons) and deodorants. What am I missing?

I cannot get into HOW MUCH I LOVE SLOUGH HOUSE