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Texas Elementary Librarian, Dallasite
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I know it's a Sunday. I know it's a holiday weekend. But Texans, please contact your state senator and state rep TODAY about HB 3225 & SB 13. myemail.constantcontact.com/Your-voice-i...

A large protest has started to grow at the federal courthouse in Milwaukee Wisconsin in response to the arrest of a judge in chambers by regime forces.

Wanted to grab these in case they suddenly go missing. store.usps.com/store/produc...

Experts who track online misinformation say posts falsely claiming to be from Frisco police chief appear designed to raise doubt about the investigation, provoke racial tension.

What a fun panel! And such great choices for the 2025 2x2 Reading List. @crtxla.bsky.social

🚨 The April Book Creator Newsletter is here! 🚨 💡 Don’t miss it → hubs.la/Q03dpqbZ0 #BookCreator #EdTech #UDL #CreativeClassroom #TeacherLife

Every state would lose funding if the Institute of Museum and Library Services were eliminated. In Wisconsin, communities rely on that funding for their libraries: www.wkow.com/news/local-l... Call Congress and tell them to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLIbraries #FundLibraries

I made this to support libraries. The United States has over 40 million Spanish speakers, making us number 5 in the world for number of people who speak Spanish as a first language. #SaveIMLS #SaveOurLibraries #artsky

The Agriculture Department has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food from nearby farms and ranchers. Roughly $660 million that schools and child care facilities were counting on to purchase food has been canceled. This will hurt both kids and small, local farmers.

Want to win a signed copy of MADE FOR MORE? 1.) Follow me 2.) Like this post 3.) Tag 2 friends And you're done! *You can repost this for a bonus entry Giveaway ends February 28th For US residents only More giveaways to come! #Skybrarian #KidlitMegaFeed #teacher #parenthood #librarian #Edusky

Today, Linda McMahon: ❌ Pledged to dismantle the U.S. Dept. of Education, and ❌ Promised to support vouchers, stripping resources from 90% of U.S. students.   Our students deserve an education secretary who will fight for them, not gut public schools to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.

Sales of five classic dystopian novels jumped in the week of Trump's inauguration. (PW)

Breaking News: The U.S. Postal Service paused accepting packages from China and Hong Kong, after a Trump order ending their duty-free handling took effect.

The Kidlit for Los Angeles auction is NOW OPEN! We have more than 340 INCREDIBLE items from top authors, illustrators, editors, agents and publishing professionals. You don’t want to miss out! Go bid here: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles Auction runs Jan 20th - Jan 26th. #kidlit

The amazing part isn’t just the wrong answer, but that the explanation it gives is accurate — and it *simply doesn’t know that 27 is a smaller number than 32.* Billions of dollars spent to make a black box machine that doesn’t know something elementary school kids know.

I'm looking for Spanish books that our Kinder/1st grade students can read on their own. (Beginning readers, decodables, easy picture books) I purchased a few Skeletontown books. Recs please? #skybrarians #kidlit

BookLooks, RatedBooks, Take Back the Classroom, Screen it First, and other book "Review" sites being given legitimacy while undermining professional librarianship. Find out what they are, how they operate, who is behind them, and more. bookriot.com/booklooks-ra...

We are pleased to host a #giveaway of the middle grade novel in verse, SAFE HARBOR by @padmatv.bsky.social (@nancyrosep.bsky.social) out on Jan. 21. To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/01/the-... (+ more ways to win)

Join me and Curipod to learn about what you can! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CicQP6sgQhs Curipod isn't just for presentations! Use it to create interactive icebreakers, exit tickets, or even homework assignments. 🤯 #Curipod #edtech #studentengagement #EduSky

There are a LOT of things to make fun of Texas for. Deadly cold weather is NOT one of those things. Cool? Cool.

Just for fun, I create FREE monthly reading challenges/coloring sheets for readers of all ages b/c both #reading & #coloring help reduce stress. Here’s the Jan update w/a nod to @jmalphy.bsky.social! #tlsky #edusky #skybrarians Happy reading AND coloring, y’all! www.librarygirl.net/post/library...

Planning is underway for our school's annual Career Day in March! We want to support this event in the media center w/ new books for our readers about different career paths to encourage them to think big about their futures. #DonorsChoose #clearthelist Any support/RP appreciated. bit.ly/49Z0Gyb

2025 reads to put on your radar courtesy #blkandcoreads #blackbooksky

It's been a long time since I was so swept up by a book that I read it all in one swoop--but I started MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES by Rufi Thorpe when I got up this morning and didn't put it down until I finished it right after lunch. Totally delightful read.

Every #mglit/kidlit book that I read this year has been so good.

Check out how my JA Makerspace Club members honored Teachers and Staff at JMSA. #TrojanLMCMakerspace 💫https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NE9FBP/

Okay y’all, My mom needs a kidney. Nobody in our family is a match. They took her off the list because she keeps getting infections due to her needing a new kidney. I don’t want to lose my mom man. I’m not asking for no money or nothing like that. We just need to find her a donor. #Blacksky

Teacher and writer Marilyn hales from my neck of the woods, Corona, CA. She's the next guest poet at my forthcoming book launch for Glory, Too. Meet Marilyn Dunn.

With the wave of articles bemoaning the poor reading ability of young people these days, can anyone point me toward an article or think piece that includes the voices and experiences of “non-reading” young people? Where are students’ and young adults’ voices in this discussion? Thanks for any leads!

This!!

Before break, I was telling my principal about Erin Entrada Kelly's novel The First State of Being. It's set in 1999, so I mentioned worries that the main character was experiencing. And she remarked that we lived through power grids failing and shortages, just not in 2000.

My cousin bought a Tesla, but had the emblem removed. 😂

Learn 5 Ways To Make Nonfiction A ⭐ STAR⭐ in our second webinar of the NEW Demco webinar series. You will find the recording and all of the great resources here, friends. 🎉 buff.ly/49HQN7S #tlchat #EduSky #TLSky #futurereadylibs

As your handy dandy librarian, let me fact check and help our “great” governor with the real way he “supports” the hardworking teachers of Texas. 🧵