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Finally finished my (non-exhaustive) roundup of my favorite picture books of 2024. Take a look, and tell me which of your favorites I missed! www.marykuehner.com/post/favorit...

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Happy birthday, @lynnekelly.bsky.social! mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/thre...

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Schneider Award Honors 9 Books for Their Portrayal of the Disability Experience: www.slj.com/story/newsfe...

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Only monsters cut literacy funding. I said what I said. Are we great yet? “The beauty of the Imagination Library is that it unites us all—regardless of politics—because every child deserves the chance to dream big and succeed." www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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#kidslit #bookreview UNSTOPPABLE JOHN is at YABC! yabookscentral.com/kid-review-u... #access #representationmatters #civilrights #africanamericanbiographies #librarycard

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Today's creative's YA historical fiction series reminds the world that Black wealth is neither a new thing nor an anomaly. #BlackBookSky #28DaysLater Day 17: Krystal Marquis thebrownbookshelf.com/28days/day-1...

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Cover Reveal: The Day the Books Disappeared by @joannahowrites.bsky.social, @carolinekpritchard.bsky.social , and @dansantat.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

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Take Five: February 2025 Middle Grade Graphic Novels Graphic novels rules. Graphic novels are real books. Reading graphic novels is real reading. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/02/14/t... @tltkaren.bsky.social

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Dealing with lockdown drills in schools is not something that should ever be normalized, but until things change I hope this book can help handle the anxiety. Coming 9/2/25 from @randomhousekids.bsky.social by me and Gabrielle Grimard. Pre-order: www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/724056...

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What a day in the #LibraryLife! Started off with STEAM Storytime, ended with interrupting patron sex in the bathroom. Glad it's my weekend at last!

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I was not made for this xox Open edition prints now available! Xox

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Existing, anxiously xox

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Take Five: Hi-Lo Series for Middle Grade Readers Doing something a little different here this week and instead of sharing 5 books, I'm sharing 5 publishers putting out hi-lo books for young readers. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/01/31/t... @tltkaren.bsky.social

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🎬 Last week, “The Librarians” had its premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival! Read more about the big day, film updates, & what you can do to #UniteAgainstBookBans in @technolibrary.bsky.social’s UABB blog post: uniteagainstbookbans.org/book-banning... @librarianjones.com @becalzada.bsky.social

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Congratulations to all the honorees of this year’s Youth Media Awards! Thank you to ALA members & library professionals everywhere who pour their passion, time & dedication into finding the very best books & media for their communities. Your work matters.📚 #ALAYMA ilovelibraries.org/article/2025...

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Take Five: January Middle Grade Graphic Novels Please enjoy some new middle grade graphic novels out this month. And remember, reading comics is real reading! teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/01/24/t... @tltkaren.bsky.social

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‘Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country’: here is the sermon that enraged Donald Trump Mariann Edgar Budde

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With Target rolling back DEI We should do what the Nazis did to Bud and Disney. Any company rolling back DEI and giving into the Nazi Regime needs to be boycotted and driven into the ground. www.cnbc.com/2025/01/24/t...

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Not everyone can run or sit on a board. Good thing there are literally dozens of other proactive means of defending libraries and schools! Here are but 56: bookriot.com/56-small-tas...

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Kootenai County libraries will create an "adults only" room, revoke library access to minors, and seek to ban purchases of a wide swath of book topics for anyone under 18. bookriot.com/community-li...

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The One and Only Ivan turned 13 yesterday! Congratulations, @kaaauthor.bsky.social!

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Happy birthday, Maulik Pancholy! mrschureads.blogspot.com/2022/02/nikh...

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Happy book birthday to @rrremylai.bsky.social's Chickenpox!

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Libraries are better than Starbucks because 📚

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Octavia's Bookshelf owner Nikki High doesn’t know the state of her own house in Altadena — most houses burned — but she's turned her Pasadena bookstore into a help center for fire victims. Follow the IG/Threads accounts for updates. They still need first aid kits. We also brought bottled water.

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The National Archives safeguards our collective history, protects the public's right to know, and ensures transparency and accountability in government. action.everylibrary.org/nationalarch...

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Baby Storytime Spotlight: Beeps and Bangs This week I covered for one of my staff and got to host my first Fun for Ones Storytime! What a difference between these walkers and my regular lapsit Book Babies. Besides the obvious mobility differences, the one year-olds were much more vocal and…

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Haymarket Books, a nonprofit book publisher dedicated to publishing books that foster social and economic justice, is currently running a holiday fundraiser aimed at connecting incarcerated people with radical books that educate on politics. #booksky💙📚 bookriot.com/haymarket-bo...

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Nominate Your 2024 Favorites for the 14th Annual Nerdies Awards: nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/01/05/n...

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New Jersey’s on it! Coming this autumn… #TLSky #booksky #GLAMs #skybrarians #YSLsky #publibs 📚🍎 www.slj.com/story/New-Je...

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Phew, this week. One minute I get a big sloppy kiss from one of my storytime babies, and the next a patron calls me a Satanist and an ostrich. #LibraryLife

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New Year, New Blog Post: Back to Baby #LibraryStorytime! 👶📚

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I just can't stop making lists! As such, please enjoy today's summary of some of the 2025 Children's Books I Am Most Exited To See. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/01/02/a...

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📜📚 We are open for submissions! The deadline to submit manuscripts and idea proposals is January 31, 2025. Find the submission guidelines here, and use to drop-down menu to find details about our publication process, our AI policy, and our style guide.

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We're almost there ... we saved the cuteness for our last two "floats" in the parade. Introducing the #CYBILS2024 Board Book finalists. www.cybils.com/2025/... 1/8

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Introducing the #CYBILS2024 finalists in the POETRY NOVELS IN VERSE category Excerpts of blurbs about each book are below. Highly recommend you read them in full here: www.cybils.com/2025/... ‎ 1/8

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Book Mail: Werewolves, Witches, Misfits, Ballerinas, Teen Authors, and More! A handful of 2024 releases and a bunch of 2025 releases round out this final book mail post of the year. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2024/12/30/b...

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Pondering my 2025 #OneWordChallenge. Possibilities so far: balance, focus, center. What about you?

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Day 28: 31 Days, 31 Lists - Best Nonfiction Picture Books of 2024. I consider these the best of the best. The ones you cannot miss. See if you can find one you missed before now. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/28/3...

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Day 29: 31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Nonfiction Books for Older Readers. As with any list of longer titles, what you'll find here is more of a representative sample of the great older fiction of 2024 than what was actually the "best". Enjoy! #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/29/3...

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Day 30: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2024 Middle Grade Fiction. Come and enjoy this eclectic collection of some of the most memorable fiction for older readers out in 2024. A sampling of some of the best. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/30/3...

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Day 31: 31 Days, 31 Lists: Best Picture Books of 2024. What a long and crazy month it's been, eh? Enjoy what is inarguably a lovely collection of books. And thank you for reading my lists this month! #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/31/3...

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Day 26: 31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Biographies for Kids. This may look like an ample list, and it is, but all thirty of these individuals are just a small slice of the pie of the published bios in 2024. Read them in good health. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/26/3...

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