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Aliza Werner
@alizawerner.bsky.social
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Educator. Literacy Consultant. Reader. Writer. NCTE. Traveler. Knitter. Wife. Dog Mom x2. Jewish. she/her
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Aliza Werner @alizawerner.bsky.social · Nov 14
Hi friends! I’m new here…flew on over to where the air is sweet.

👋 This is me…
Educator & consultant
Former teacher
Kidlit advocate & reviewer
Reader
Writer
@bookelicious.bsky.social
Jewish, world traveler, knitter, gardener, wife, dog mama x2, auntie, aspiring to grandma life since childhood 💙
a woman says " we 're in the good place " while wearing a pink sweater
ALT: a woman says " we 're in the good place " while wearing a pink sweater
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👀 Looking for an alternative to the "big wishlist"?

📚 A place for donors to help stock your classroom library & refresh your read-alouds?

🙌 Prioritizes books, students, an indie bookstore, & feels good to use?

🪄 📚 Say hello to #FillMyShelf!
More info: www.bookelicious.com/educators/fillmyshelf/
👀 Looking for an alternative to the "big wishlist"? 📚 A place for donors to help stock your classroom library & refresh your read-alouds? 🙌 Prioritizes books, students, an indie bookstore, & feels good to use? 🪄 📚 Say hello to #FillMyShelf! More info: www.bookelicious.com/educators/fillmyshelf/
July 31, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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This Friday May 9th,

I will participate in a FREE read-a-thon featuring 20 acclaimed authors from across the US.

Register with the QR codes in the video, or use these links:

bit.ly/Read-In-am
bit.ly/Read-In-pm

@authorsabb.bsky.social @aabbri.bsky.social @portersqbooks.bsky.social #kidlit
May 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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When superstars like @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social and @alizawerner.bsky.social create #TeacherResources for your book and provide a #SafeHarbor ( @nancyrosep.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social ) for you to talk about your #SafeHarborBook you are overwhelmed with gratitude 🙏🏾
March 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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We had such a wonderful conversation. Thank you @alizawerner.bsky.social and @bookelicious.bsky.social!
February 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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This was SO SPECIAL! Thank you @librarianjones.com and @alizawerner.bsky.social and @bookelicious.bsky.social!!!
February 28, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Spending the evening enjoying a webinar with @adamgidwitz.bsky.social, @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social, @bookelicious.bsky.social, and @alizawerner.bsky.social! Can't wait!!! #bookelicious
February 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Wishing a prosperous beginning to all who celebrate the #LunarNewYear! 🌙 🐍 🏮
Find all these titles and more in the Bookelicious Bookstore! www.bookelicious.com/search/?q=lu...
January 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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I had the best time channeling Mrs. Z (she’s way cooler), hanging with @katemessner.com & @rajanilarocca.bsky.social and 1,000 students all over the country! 🫶📚
katemessner.com Kate Messner @katemessner.com · Jan 23
We had a great time sharing THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS with readers around the country today!

Thanks to @bookelicious.bsky.social & @alizawerner.bsky.social for hosting, to my book-release buddy @rajanilarocca.bsky.social for making it so much fun, and to all the amazing readers who joined us!
Screen shot of a Zoom meeting showing Kate Messner, Rajani LaRocca, and Aliza Werner of Bookelicious.
January 28, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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katemessner.com
We had a great time sharing THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS with readers around the country today!

Thanks to @bookelicious.bsky.social & @alizawerner.bsky.social for hosting, to my book-release buddy @rajanilarocca.bsky.social for making it so much fun, and to all the amazing readers who joined us!
Screen shot of a Zoom meeting showing Kate Messner, Rajani LaRocca, and Aliza Werner of Bookelicious.
January 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Ha! I’m in the middle of it so y’all who threw it on hold at the library can fully expect to wait until its due date when I will absolutely be returning it on time if not sooner. 😉

Magnificent @kloshaughnessy.bsky.social! 🤌 Congrats! #alayma #kidlit
Picture of a hand holding a book called The Wrong Way Home by Kate O’Shaughnessy
January 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Happy Holidays!

🕎 🎄 The first night of Chanukah coincides with Christmas Day this year, only the fifth time that’s happened in the last century+ (1910, 1921, 1959, 2005). 🧵
December 20, 2024 at 6:59 AM
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✨ Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of
Because of Winn-Dixie with KATE DICAMILLO!
Virtual author event! ✨
www.bookelicious.com/blog/bookeli...

📅 3/11/25 @ 1:00p EST

Register now! Choose 3 events for only $399!
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✨ Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Because of Winn-Dixie with KATE DICAMILLO! Virtual author event! ✨ www.bookelicious.com/blog/bookeli... 📅 3/11/25 @ 1:00p EST Register now! Choose 3 events for only $399! xuyx9zzuvpq.pro.typeform.com/to/cLm6TW2m?... @candlewickpress.bsky.social
December 16, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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✨ 3 Virtual Author Events for $399! ✨
For your school! bookelicious.com/bookelicious...

Register now! Offer ends Dec. 31st!
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December 16, 2024 at 10:28 PM
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🚨 🎉 ➡️ WIN!!!!
LOUDER THAN HUNGER by @mrschureads.bsky.social!

1. FOLLOW
2. REPOST
3. COMMENT: Tag a friend!

Celebrating our Bookelicious Children’s Librarian, John Schu, being named to the @nytimes.com Best Children’s Books of 2024 list!

#FBF #Edusky #kidlit #giveaway @candlewickpress.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 6:10 PM
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FREE virtual BOOK LAUNCH with @lesterlaminack.bsky.social!

🐱 🐾 1-15-25 @ 7:30p EST
Let's celebrate A CAT LIKE THAT with conversation, classroom connections, & a chance to win books!

Preorder! www.bookelicious.com/book/107858/... @painternik.bsky.social @margaretquinlin.bsky.social #kidlit #edusky
FREE virtual BOOK LAUNCH with @lesterlaminack.bsky.social! 🐱 🐾 1-15-25 @ 7:30p EST Let's celebrate A CAT LIKE THAT with conversation, classroom connections, & a chance to win books! Preorder! https://www.bookelicious.com/book/107858/a-cat-like-that/ @painternik.bsky.social @margaretquinlin.bsky.social #kidlit #edusky
December 10, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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Loving our visit with Gordon Korman! @bookelicious.bsky.social @alizawerner.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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Another incredible list of 2024 middle grade books from @imaginationsoup.bsky.social including our own @mrschureads.bsky.social!

imaginationsoup.net/best-middle-...
The Best Middle Grade Books, 2024 - Imagination Soup
Discover the best middle grade books of 2024, curated by a former educator and parent who read over 200 books this year.
imaginationsoup.net
December 3, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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Looking for picture books that center sadness and grief? Two beautiful ones from this past year are “No More Señora Mimí” by Meg Medina (illus. by Brittany Cicchese) and “Just What to Do” by Kyle Lukoff (illus. by Hala Tahboub).

Thank you to @alizawerner.bsky.social for sharing these at #NCTE24
November 29, 2024 at 11:12 AM
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How to explain book bans to those who *actually* want to understand what's going on.

Conveniently, I decided to rerun one of this year's most popular book censorship posts this week and it seems like I need to just rerun this every week.

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How To Explain Book Bans to Those Who Want to Understand: Book Censorship News, November 29, 2024
Use these talking points to help explain book bans to people who haven't kept up but want to understand.
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November 29, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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We recognize this day as a complicated one — from joyful celebration to mournful observation. Thankfully, there’s books for that.

📚 Here’s a thread uplifting Indigenous voices with recent picture books about family, food, and community. What would you add? 🧵
November 28, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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Me, as a social media manager watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade when Santa rolls in: …Ah yes, there’s the CTA!

(🎄🛍️ ⏰ 💸)
November 28, 2024 at 6:05 PM
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WIN A BOOK!!!!! ⬇️ 🎉
bookelicious.bsky.social Bookelicious @bookelicious.bsky.social · Nov 27
🚨 🎉 ➡️ WIN!!!!
At Our Table by Patrick Hulse and Madelyn Goodnight!

1. FOLLOW
2. REPOST
3. COMMENT: Tag a teacher (or more!)

Celebrating joining @bsky.app!
#FBF #Edusky #kidlit #giveaway
@hachettechildrens.bsky.social @hachettelibrary.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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This PSA is a mitzvah. Whew that smoothing effect is a crime against eyeballs.
instantsunrise.bsky.social Elizabeth Smith @instantsunrise.bsky.social · Nov 25
For those going home to visit family this weekend:

• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
November 28, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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Give our friend and young literacy advocate @etraintalks.bsky.social a follow! He'll be joining us to share his favorite 2024 books at a cozy virtual event Dec. 9th! Registration is free: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
etraintalks.bsky.social E Train Talks Books @etraintalks.bsky.social · Nov 27
Welp! I made it! Hi #book friends, I'm E Train, a 13-year-old #literacyadvocate, #author interviewer (I've interviewed 200 #MGLit writers) & the founder/CEO of the 501c3 nonprofit "E Train Talks, Inc." I'm excited to be here!
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#authors #reading #kindness #literacy #kidlit
November 27, 2024 at 10:48 PM
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Across the country, people are starting meal preparations and traveling to be with friends and family.

Tell us your favorite dish on the Thanksgiving table, and we’ll share our knowledge about the work behind the ingredients. #WeFeedYou
November 27, 2024 at 8:40 PM