Valerie
@claypopcreative.bsky.social
Supporting Library Specialist, pottery, random musings, free range librarian, keeper of birds, chronically creative and tired. She/her/hers (comfortably in my 40’s)
Grief is just love with no place to go. I’ll miss you forever little friend 💔💚💔
February 1, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Grief is just love with no place to go. I’ll miss you forever little friend 💔💚💔
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relevant to many of yalls interests.
February 1, 2026 at 2:09 AM
relevant to many of yalls interests.
Working on securing something a bit more permanent. Also trying to tie up loose ends from my last position. It’s been a challenging transition, but still the right choice. Going to keep working with books however I can.
January 30, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Working on securing something a bit more permanent. Also trying to tie up loose ends from my last position. It’s been a challenging transition, but still the right choice. Going to keep working with books however I can.
2026 family photo time. My entire heart on one perch. 💚💙💚
January 30, 2026 at 5:27 AM
2026 family photo time. My entire heart on one perch. 💚💙💚
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Crisosto Apache named Colorado’s newest poet laureate
Crisosto Apache named Colorado’s newest poet laureate
Apache succeeds Andrea Gibson, who served as poet laureate from 2023 until their death in July from ovarian cancer
coloradosun.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Crisosto Apache named Colorado’s newest poet laureate
A well deserved win for a fab book!
About my Michael L. Printz Award Call for LEGENDAY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN (Heartdrum): www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... @epicreads.bsky.social @curtisbrownltd.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social #BookSky
Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Printz Win: ‘Genuinely Gobsmacked’
Smith describes her delight and surprise at winning the Printz Medal for 'Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories,' a compendium written by 17 Indigenous authors, which she edited.
www.publishersweekly.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:41 PM
A well deserved win for a fab book!
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Dear young readers,
Sorry not sorry for all the extra reading, but you aren't going to want to miss any of these winning YMA titles. Check out the full list and max out your library holds.
Sincerely, ALA
ilovelibraries.org/article/2026...
#ALAyma
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Sorry not sorry for all the extra reading, but you aren't going to want to miss any of these winning YMA titles. Check out the full list and max out your library holds.
Sincerely, ALA
ilovelibraries.org/article/2026...
#ALAyma
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January 26, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Dear young readers,
Sorry not sorry for all the extra reading, but you aren't going to want to miss any of these winning YMA titles. Check out the full list and max out your library holds.
Sincerely, ALA
ilovelibraries.org/article/2026...
#ALAyma
📚💙
Sorry not sorry for all the extra reading, but you aren't going to want to miss any of these winning YMA titles. Check out the full list and max out your library holds.
Sincerely, ALA
ilovelibraries.org/article/2026...
#ALAyma
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My coworkers are hilarious 😂
January 25, 2026 at 8:36 PM
My coworkers are hilarious 😂
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Almost time.
Join us Monday, January 26 at 10:00 a.m. CT for the 2026 ALA Youth Media Awards.
Live from Chicago. Medals revealed in real time.
Watch at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page.
#ALAyma
📚💙
Join us Monday, January 26 at 10:00 a.m. CT for the 2026 ALA Youth Media Awards.
Live from Chicago. Medals revealed in real time.
Watch at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page.
#ALAyma
📚💙
January 25, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Almost time.
Join us Monday, January 26 at 10:00 a.m. CT for the 2026 ALA Youth Media Awards.
Live from Chicago. Medals revealed in real time.
Watch at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page.
#ALAyma
📚💙
Join us Monday, January 26 at 10:00 a.m. CT for the 2026 ALA Youth Media Awards.
Live from Chicago. Medals revealed in real time.
Watch at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page.
#ALAyma
📚💙
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The Caldecott Medal, established in 1937, is of one of the most prestigious children’s book awards in the world. But the idea was first presented as a hasty idea in a letter. Read more about its origins: https://bit.ly/4bh6mX4
Watch the 2026 Youth Media Awards on Mon, 1/26, 10am CT: ala.unikron.com
Watch the 2026 Youth Media Awards on Mon, 1/26, 10am CT: ala.unikron.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:09 PM
The Caldecott Medal, established in 1937, is of one of the most prestigious children’s book awards in the world. But the idea was first presented as a hasty idea in a letter. Read more about its origins: https://bit.ly/4bh6mX4
Watch the 2026 Youth Media Awards on Mon, 1/26, 10am CT: ala.unikron.com
Watch the 2026 Youth Media Awards on Mon, 1/26, 10am CT: ala.unikron.com
Being an SLS for Arapahoe Libraries has given me so many opportunities to figure out what I love most about the library world. Getting to fill in on the bookmobile was an extra special treat.
January 23, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Being an SLS for Arapahoe Libraries has given me so many opportunities to figure out what I love most about the library world. Getting to fill in on the bookmobile was an extra special treat.
Denver Art Museum with a friend. I’ve nearly explored every floor. My favs from the contemporary art collection.
January 19, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Denver Art Museum with a friend. I’ve nearly explored every floor. My favs from the contemporary art collection.
I love that our branches name their shelving carts. Always down for a good pun 😂
January 6, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I love that our branches name their shelving carts. Always down for a good pun 😂
Happy Winter Solstice
December 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Happy Winter Solstice
Library shelving cart of the day
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Library shelving cart of the day
I was recently on a Sunday shift at the library & it was cold, rainy, & very slow. We can read on desk so I finished “The Hollow Places” by @tkingfisher.com Fabulous, horribly unsettling. I now deeply distrust willows & my co-librarians were enjoying my concerned expressions. 😂
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I was recently on a Sunday shift at the library & it was cold, rainy, & very slow. We can read on desk so I finished “The Hollow Places” by @tkingfisher.com Fabulous, horribly unsettling. I now deeply distrust willows & my co-librarians were enjoying my concerned expressions. 😂
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Take at least ONE action to help defend books from censorship and speak up for those who make them available. Find resources/tools + actions you can take in just 5 mins: uniteagainstbookbans.org/let-freedom-read-day #BannedBooksWeek #UniteAgainstBookBans @la-cac.org @aaslala.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Take at least ONE action to help defend books from censorship and speak up for those who make them available. Find resources/tools + actions you can take in just 5 mins: uniteagainstbookbans.org/let-freedom-read-day #BannedBooksWeek #UniteAgainstBookBans @la-cac.org @aaslala.bsky.social
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ALA and partners have submitted a joint letter urging the FCC to reconsider overturning the E-Rate rule and to protect these vital programs that expand internet access for students and library patrons across America.
September 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
ALA and partners have submitted a joint letter urging the FCC to reconsider overturning the E-Rate rule and to protect these vital programs that expand internet access for students and library patrons across America.
I love that the library district I work at names all their book-carts. It’s so fun ❤️
August 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I love that the library district I work at names all their book-carts. It’s so fun ❤️
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Andrea Gibson, Colorado’s poet laureate and a national voice on LGBTQ issues, has died
Andrea Gibson, Colorado’s poet laureate and a national voice on LGBTQ issues, has died
“Come See Me in the Good Light,” a documentary film made by the poet and their wife dealing with Gibson’s cancer diagnosis in 2021, won festival favorite at Sundance this year. Gibson was 50.
coloradosun.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Andrea Gibson, Colorado’s poet laureate and a national voice on LGBTQ issues, has died
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Dr. Carla Hayden may have been fired, but she’s not backing down. In her first local interview since being removed as Librarian of Congress, Hayden reflects on her career, community, and the growing threats facing libraries.
bit.ly/45soIBH
bit.ly/45soIBH
Getting fired won’t stop Carla Hayden
In her first local interview since she was fired by President Trump as Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden speaks about the importance of expanding access, not cutting it off.
bit.ly
June 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Dr. Carla Hayden may have been fired, but she’s not backing down. In her first local interview since being removed as Librarian of Congress, Hayden reflects on her career, community, and the growing threats facing libraries.
bit.ly/45soIBH
bit.ly/45soIBH
