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Oona Marie Abrams @oonziela.bsky.social · 20d

@joellenmccarthy.bsky.social My #LibraryHaul after attending @theedcollab.bsky.social Fall Gathering yesterday! 💜 #BuildYourStack #BookLove #KidLit

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JoEllenMcCarthy @joellenmccarthy.bsky.social · 26d

Join us Sat for the Fall 2025 #TheEdCollabGathering with the *wonder-full* Stella Villalba and Katie Wood Ray. All are welcome: theeducatorcollaborative.com/wp-content/u...
@jessicawalshedu.bsky.social @theedcollab.bsky.social

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Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Mar 15

Wrapped up our Novel in Verse unit by performing poems from our books in the Starbooks Cafe! 🤌🏼📚☕️🕯️#204Reads

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Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Jan 29

🐻📚 Grizzly Readers met for Caudill Books & Bites Book Club today to discuss Lasagna Means I Love You by @kloshaughnessy.bsky.social ! @rcyrba.bsky.social #204Reads

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Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Jan 28

Professional texts I spent time with in January #204Reads

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Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Jan 18

Here’s our complete (but growing!) classroom library collection: docs.google.com/presentation... #VerseNovels

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Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Jan 18

This week, Grizzly readers selected their new Dive In book for our Verse Unit after days of book tastings! 🐻📚 @authorlisafipps.bsky.social @aidawrites.bsky.social #VerseNovels #204Reads

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Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Dec 30

I can see why readers rave about Lifeboat 12 by @susanhood.bsky.social! Excited to add it to next month’s Novels in Verse unit with 7th graders! #204Reads

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Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Dec 26

Wow! One of the best books I read this year! And Then, Boom! by (I just discovered) fellow Ball State grad @authorlisafipps.bsky.social (chirp chirp!) Can’t wait to include this in our Novels in Verse unit next month! #204Reads

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Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Dec 22

November’s Caudill Books & Bites Book Club selection was Christina Soontornvat’s The Tryout! @rcyrba.bsky.social #204Reads

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Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Dec 22

This was excellent! #204Reads

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Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Dec 21

This week Grizzly readers gathered for Caudill Books & Bites Book Club to discuss @dsantat’s A First Time for Everything! 📚 🍽️ Up next, Lasagna Means I Love You! @rcyrba.bsky.social @dansantat.bsky.social #204Reads

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Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Dec 15

Ordered! 👏

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Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Dec 15

Can’t wait to start our next read aloud with Grizzly 7th graders, Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi, a beautiful novel in verse about belonging, family, and Da Bears! 🐻⬇️ #204Reads

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Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Dec 15

Wow! The @chicagosymphony.bsky.social took Elf to another level! 🎶🎄🎞️

Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Dec 14

Another beautiful novel in verse to add to our classroom library! @victoriachang.bsky.social #204Reads

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Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Dec 14

Loved seeing &Juliet at @broadwayinchicago.bsky.social this week! 🎶 🎧 💓

Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Dec 13

Such a nice surprise to have one of my families send items from our class wishlist! #kwamealexander @littlebrownyr.bsky.social #aidasalazar @penguinschoollib.bsky.social @lamargiles.bsky.social #204Reads

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Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Nov 29

And Harvard Book Store where I purchased Kareem Between #204Reads

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Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Nov 29

Also stopped by the Boston Public Library! #204Reads

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Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Nov 29

Also visited Trident Booksellers! 📚 #204Reads

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Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social · Nov 29

Stuck around after #NCTE24! Visited Brookline Booksmith where I spotted and bought And Then, Boom! by @authorlisafipps.bsky.social! #204Reads

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Maria Walther @mariapwalther.bsky.social · Nov 29

Thanks @brianlarossa.com for reminding me it's #nationalillustrationday. Celebrate by sharing a wordless picture book with a reader. Here's a small sampling of my favorites to share with kids. Which wordless picture books have resonated with your students? #edusky #kidlitart #kidlit

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Maria Walther @mariapwalther.bsky.social · Nov 25

Here's a few of the picture books that I can't wait to share with kids and teachers!📚💛 #EduSky #NCTE24 @stephenbriseno.bsky.social @karilavellewrites.bsky.social @joannahowrites.bsky.social @thetututeacher.bsky.social

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Maria Walther @mariapwalther.bsky.social · Nov 23

How do you spell thankful? Read alouds to spark conversations about gratitude. 📚💛 #Gratitude #Thankfulness #Read #ReadAloud #KidLit

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