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🎧 HOSTILE GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER!!! youtu.be/PuWVgVkMiHE

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

HOLY SHIT you guys, check out this AMAZING song, Hostile Government Takeover, by @agiftfromtodd! He's singing truth, and this tune slaps. Give it a listen and repost to share.🙏💪

submitted 10 days ago • 219 comments

ASL interpreters who work in the arts (concerts, opera, theatre, etc) deserve to be valued as artists too. it takes so much skill to be this good at capturing the FEEL of music beyond just translating the meaning of the text and it’s an invaluable accessibility service

submitted 18 days ago • 69 comments

The visual story telling is so powerful Kendrick is unbelievable. #halftime

submitted 18 days ago • 13 comments

#Bilingualism is an asset, not a deficit. —Andréa Rodriguez, #Educator

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

This organized crime we call a country.

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

NEW: Did Elon just create a secret IT contracting vehicle at OPM to avoid Congressional and public oversight? We need to get more eyes on this so please share my latest (always free): www.muellershewrote.com/p/did-elon-j...

submitted 18 days ago • 147 comments

Elon Musk reportedly spent $40 million dollars on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here are just a few ways we would’ve spent $40M: m.youtube.com/watch?v=PqUE...

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

Let me give you some recommendations. Blood At The Root: @itsladarrion.bsky.social Apple Black: @whytmanga.bsky.social Children of Blood and Bone: Tomi Adeyemi Clock Striker: Fredrick L. Jones

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

Happy World Read Aloud Day! To celebrate, I'm sharing a sneak-preview read-aloud from TWO upcoming books. Feel free to share with your kiddos this week! (Run time 6.5 minutes) www.youtube.com/watch?v=awG4... Thanks to @litworld.bsky.social for this amazing tradition! How will YOU be celebrating?

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Just for fun, I create FREE monthly reading challenges/coloring sheets for readers of all ages b/c both #reading & #coloring help reduce stress. You can download the February updates here! Happy reading AND coloring, y’all! #TLSkyChat #TLSky #EduSky #Skybrarians

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation

submitted 26 days ago • 49 comments

It’s hard but we can do it.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Book mail: ALL THE BLUES IN THE SKY by Renée Watson. Thanks, Bloomsbury!

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

I used to work for an elected official as the person who answered their emails. I can tell you from personal experience, if even twenty or thirty people all call an official in a day, they start panicking. This stuff does help.

submitted 30 days ago • 84 comments

Here are the winners and honors from this year's ALA Youth Media Awards, including the Printz, Caldecott, Newbery, Stonewall, Coretta Scott King, and more --> bookriot.com/youth-media-...

submitted 31 days ago • 2 comments

I adore @larryferlazzo.bsky.social and reading “10 Actions Teachers Can Take Now That Trump Is President” first thing this morning has fired me up! Teachers: this is good stuff! www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...

submitted 35 days ago • 8 comments

Read. Read books. Reading books is resistance. Buy. Buy books. Buying books is resistance. Share. Share books. Sharing books is resistance. Celebrate Celebrate books. Celebrating books is resistance.

submitted 33 days ago • 568 comments

I guess I’m only shopping at Costco now, which is fine. I needed a 300-pack of Twizzlers anyway.

submitted 34 days ago • 462 comments

Hey #kidlit! I just downloaded the StoryGraph app.

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

One thing before tomorrow: Use your local libraries. Get your card. Borrow books, manga, films, audios, ebooks. Recommend titles for purchase (usually online). Attend promoted activities. Fill out those "How are we doing?" questionnaires. Tell your kids that libraries are good. They are. 📚

submitted 39 days ago • 183 comments

KidLit for Los Angeles is holding an auction to raise money for wildfire relief. The amazing #kidlit community has donated signed books, original art, critiques, & AMAs. You can bid on a signed copy of IVAN, a signed class set of MOUSE & HIS DOG, or lots more: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles

submitted 38 days ago • 2 comments

Can you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men.

submitted 38 days ago • 172 comments

For anyone who doesn't know this is what you see when you enter NJ in a few locations! #KidLit #BookTok #BannedBooks

submitted 39 days ago • 10 comments

With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier

submitted 38 days ago • 382 comments

Happy Martin Luther Ling Jr Day! The only thing worth celebrating today :)

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

#ClearTheLists

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Not long ago, I was tagged on a post that complained there are too many kids' novels that address grief, and I've been thinking about it ever since. (thread)

submitted 43 days ago • 19 comments

Seriously, I love my Discover feed. If you tried tweaking/curating it before and it didn't seem to change anything, I encourage you to try it again.

submitted 43 days ago • 3 comments

My picks for the best MG I read that published in 2024: In many ways this was a hard list to finalize, but also it was my easiest list to pick. www.recitrachel.com/blog/2024-be...

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

Please consider donating to allow young Philly students can attend field trips: www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-... #Philly #donorschoose #donate

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚 Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚

submitted 47 days ago • 254 comments

Sorry, but I really hope people who love THE WILD ROBOT movie know it was inspired by my book. It's mentioned in the credits but most people don't read that stuff. If you love the movie you should check out the book! There's more to the story and it's a quick read.

submitted 78 days ago • 190 comments

share.inquirer.com/5mYvY4 [gift link]

submitted 46 days ago • 8 comments

Sixers are staying in South Philly!!! No Chinatown arena 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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Apple has opted iOS and MacOS users into an AI photo scanning feature which tries to extract landmarks from your photos called Enhanced Visual Search by default with little notice. www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...

submitted 54 days ago • 86 comments

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)

submitted 48 days ago • 2 comments

The LA Times photo desk, which is doing incredible work covering these brutal fires, has set up a Bluesky account that is among the newest ones we have verified. They are well worth following right now. @latimesphotos.bsky.social

submitted 50 days ago • 148 comments

📣 Calling all teacher librarians & people who love them! Join us TONIGHT at 8pmET/5pmPT for #TLSkyChat! Let’s connect, share & grow together! This week's questions are posted at tlskychat.com! 🌟💬📚 #Edusky #kidlit #TLSky

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

It is truly wild that it is estimated that more than 20 million people died of Covid and the prevailing vibe is that the world overreacted. That is an astonishing toll! More people died of Covid in the US than in the Civil War. www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...

submitted 54 days ago • 308 comments

Teacher hot take: Not only should all teachers have returned on Jan 6 this year, but all educators should have time to work in their rooms w/o students the first day they return. It isn’t fair to urgently sacrifice my recovery time to make lessons for the first Monday back.

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

"But life doesn't only begin in summers" Cool things happen when you ask students to write poetry: 100 different quotes from 100 different narrative poems—all ready to be added to the classroom wall on Monday! (Love this job so much ❤️)

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

What are you reading?

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

Regarding the post about getting a library card even if you don't use it as it impacts funding: yes, and you also have to use it.

submitted 68 days ago • 91 comments