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pia ledina
@msledinareads.bsky.social
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MS teacher librarian and learner | wife to one, mom to two + two 🐶 & one 🐱. She/her. Passionate thinker: #bookjoy, #mglit, #kidlit, #diglit, #newslit, #gunsense, #nostigma, #access, #democracy, #thinking, #kindness, #EduSky, #TLSky, & #BookPosse 📚💙
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · 5d
#LibraryJoy is everything!
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · 5d
As #aasl25 draws to a close, all of us are celebrating #BookJoy with the one and only Mychal Threets!! #librarianlife #reading
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d
MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 5d
#A_NewHope ✊
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MissShelved, MLIS @missshelved.bsky.social · 5d
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NO MORE KINGS - Schoolhouse Rock!
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · 5d
#NoKings #StLouis #librarianlife
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · 5d
So proud to be a #librarian. #NoKings #StLouis
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · 5d
Kicked off the conference today with truth teller Jason Reynolds… I am awestruck. #aasl25 #librarianlife
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · 6d
Erin Soderberg Downing, Megan E. Freeman and Sherri L. Smith are talking about brave new worlds, kids navigating extraordinary circumstances, and the difference between plotters and pantsers… thought provoking, funny, and oh so real!! #aasl25 #librarianlife
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · 6d
Kicking off the morning with a panel on We Need Diverse Books with authors Ellen Oh, Soman Chainani, and school librarian Lauren Mobley, moderated by Jordan Lloyd Bookey … feeling entertained, empowered and a little dangerous. #aasl25 #weneeddiversebooks #librarianlife
A seated panel of Ellen Oh, Soman Chainani, and school librarian Lauren Mobley, moderated by Jordan Lloyd Bookey, discuss books, writing, and life.
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · 7d
CT CASL takes on St. Louis! #aasl25 #ctcasl
CT CASL takes on St. Louis! CT librarians strike a pose at AASL25. Hey mom, I made it! Pia standing in front of a Welcome to St. Louis AASL sign.
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · Jul 15
Definitely!!! Pure magical fantasy, not too dark…
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · Jul 15
I just finished reading The Poisoned King, Katherine Rundell’s stunning follow up to Impossible Creatures.

School librarian friends, order it IMMEDIATELY, this series will change the way that you and your students imagine…

#kidlit #mg #ctcaslreads #thepoisonedking @katherinerundell.bsky.social
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Anna @annaneat.bsky.social · Jun 28
Stopped in my tracks by this sign pointing out the IMLS absence from #ALAAC25
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · Jun 29
“When kids want to be someone else so badly, they sometimes forget who they are… and that they are more than enough.” Craig Kofi Farmer about A Method for Magic and Misfortune… and on life. #ALAAC25 #TLSky
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · Jun 29
Reveling in #MiddleGrade with luminaries at #ALAAC25. Craig Kofi Farmer, Katherine Applegate and Rebecca Stead… #TLSky
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · Jun 29
“May tomorrow bring you the second chance you deserve.” Pocket Bear, by Katherine Applegate… cannot wait to read this one! #ALAAC25 #TLSky
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · Jun 28
“To be a librarian, you’ve gotta be ready to.. fight, to do things.” Dr. Carla Hayden in conversation with Kwame Alexander. I. Am. Ready. #ALAAC25 #TLSky
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · Jun 28
#MiddleGrade IS Magnificent!! Listening to Dusti Bowling, Beth Ferry, Victor Pineiro, and Maryrose Wood talk about humor as a great layer in their great new books. #ALAAC25
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · Jun 28
@georgetakei.bsky.social thanked all librarians for serving in a vitally important but dangerous role in our democracy, especially today, because “we have a Klingon in the White House.” #ALAAC25 #truth
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · Jun 28
… but dealing with LGBTQ Issues on the show would have been “too far,” and he was afraid that they would lose their audience on all issues.
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · Jun 28
Gene Roddenberry valued infinite diversity in infinite combinations… and he knew we must bring everyone together and work as a team is we wanted to ‘go where no man had gone before’… @georgetakei.bsky.social #ALAAC25 #inspired
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · Jun 28
Ready for @georgetakei.bsky.social #ALAAC25
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · Jun 27
“I want my books to be the hug that a child needs… they are my way of saying, between the lines, “I see you.”” ~the incomparable Renee Watson #ALAAC25
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pia ledina @msledinareads.bsky.social · Jun 27
“When books become lifelines… and the stories become exactly what we need.”

I am so happy to be with Kate Messner at Bloomsbury’s High Tea at #ALASC25 today - she is even more inspiring in real life than I could imagine. #katemessner
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