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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 📚💙
As #aasl25 draws to a close, all of us are celebrating #BookJoy with the one and only Mychal Threets!! #librarianlife #reading
October 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:
October 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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October 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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So proud to be a #librarian. #NoKings #StLouis
October 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Kicked off the conference today with truth teller Jason Reynolds… I am awestruck. #aasl25 #librarianlife
October 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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
October 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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
October 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
CT CASL takes on St. Louis! #aasl25 #ctcasl
October 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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
July 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Stopped in my tracks by this sign pointing out the IMLS absence from #ALAAC25
June 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“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
June 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Reveling in #MiddleGrade with luminaries at #ALAAC25. Craig Kofi Farmer, Katherine Applegate and Rebecca Stead… #TLSky
June 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“May tomorrow bring you the second chance you deserve.” Pocket Bear, by Katherine Applegate… cannot wait to read this one! #ALAAC25 #TLSky
June 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
“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
June 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
#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
June 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
@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
June 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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
June 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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“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
June 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“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
June 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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📪📚Book Mail!📚📪
Just finished a book! Perfect timing for a new read! Thank you for sharing w/ #bookposse! ❤️ #margaretfinnegan #atheneumbooks @barbfisch @SimonKIDS @finneganbegin.bsky.social @simonschusteruk.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Proud to have been a featured educator in Publishers Weekly a little while ago…. Independent reading is critical for student growth and development!!
#reading #aasl #ala #kidlit #TLSky
Reading Across the Curriculum: Three Educators Tie Reading into Multiple Subjects
PW spoke with three educators who are committed to integrating reading across the curriculum to elevate literacy and readers in their classrooms and libraries.
www.publishersweekly.com
April 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks…

“The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion.” @petebuttigieg.bsky.social

Our problem: too many value uniformity over inclusion and they’re the ones running the government.
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March 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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You know what to do! Do it and spread the word!

www.saveschoollibrarians.org/caslfreedomt...
February 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM