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Elaine Hewlett
@hewlettelaine.bsky.social
Secondary school librarian
Love Adam Sharp! Stock up on some exotic insults before the family come round for Xmas
The most brutal way of telling someone they’re a few sandwiches short of a picnic that I’ve heard in French is t’es pas la truite la plus oxygénée de la rivière. It means “you’re not the most oxygenated trout in the river.”

* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…
December 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
This is why banning books must be fiercely contested at all times - it's only ever the start of something
Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."

A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
Tennessee whistleblower says library board chair sought private data as part of state's book purge
A First Amendment expert told The Advocate that there are "huge" legal implications stemming from the situation.
www.advocate.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Have been in a slight reading slump of late and this just blew me right out of it! Absolutely brilliant YA folk horror by @darrensimpson44.bsky.social. A creepy, dark tale about folklore, nature and what people will do to survive. A must-read!
📚👍 #yalit #kidslit #schoollibraries
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Library lesson with Yr7 on immigration to support curriculum text (Refugee Boy). We introduced them to Front Desk by @kellyyang.bsky.social and it was the most sublime lesson! Read Ch1 to them, discussed it and they loved it so much! Reservations out the door 🥰 So nice when lessons really land!
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
They'll literally do anything other than put libraries AND LIBRARIANS in schools
If you want kids to read:

-Reopen the closed libraries
-Give them free books
-Sponsor author visits in schools with high % pupil premium or FSM students
-Work on adult literacy

Then Y8s will have a chance of passing this test

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Bridget Phillipson ‘ready to take on unions’ over year 8 reading tests
Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class children
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Just finished this absolute delight! I find SF tough to read but this was just wonderful. I'm really looking forward to the film version now (although they better not mess up Rocky...)
#books #reading
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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3. Utter Horror!
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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An old video for the spookiest night of the year: the day Nevada became the 36th state.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIwDqRXec4s
Every Haunted House Movie
YouTube video by Alasdair Beckett-King
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Cat book hugz
#books #cats
October 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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If you want to push back against tech's encroachment into every corner of our lives, you have to read books. They're eager to create a future in which most people are illiterate and hooked on slop, a world without imagination or knowledge. Reading is resistance.
October 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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What you think your brain is supposed to do
October 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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September 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just finished this pleasant little page-turner. Bridgerton with wands. A nice romantasy for the YA market! 📚👍
#books #reading #yalit #kidslit ##schoollibraries
September 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Had the absolute joy of a visit from @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social today and she was just fantastic! Lots of eager Yr7s will be devouring her new book tonight! #kidslit #reading #authors #schoollibraries
September 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Also great! "That's why I think we should fund libraries more. It's not just because they're a great resource, it's because I don't wanna know what librarians will do if we don't give them a place to go."
September 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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IT'S A WRAP! Or nearly....

Any more entries to win a signed copy of my new YA verse novel, NOT GOING TO PLAN? 🔥🥳🎁

To enter, post a comment with the name of your UK secondary school or library and postcode, then like, share, follow. ❤❤❤❤ I’ll draw a winner noon TOMORROW, 14th September 25. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻☘
September 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Absolutely brilliant conclusion to this trilogy. Adeyemi really expands the world and has created some great new villains. This series is such a fresh take on YA fantasy!
📚👍 #yalit #kidslit #books #schoollibraries #reading
September 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Bestest husband @slothlydad.bsky.social got me a present! Have been coveting this for some time... #books #reading
September 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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And so it begins
September 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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And, of course, it’s the 28th anniversary of the greatest of all newspaper corrections (with apologies to @seamas.bsky.social who traditionally posts this, but it’s 10.39, and I can only wait so long)
August 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Really liked this one - queer romance about two girls from the Bangladeshi community in Dublin. Well worth getting into your YA library
#books #kidlit #YAlit #schoollibraries
August 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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August 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Setting the alarm back to early-o-clock to recalibrate my destroyed sleep schedule before back to school later this week. How is it that time already?!
August 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Absolutely loved this - lush YA fairy tale steeped in Welsh mythology and culture. One of my favourite reads this summer
#books #YAlit #schoollibraries
August 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM