Leigh Woznick

NJ school librarians show up!!

Thank you to @authorsabb.bsky.social heroes @beccacoffindaffer.bsky.social and Ed Underhill, we have some slides that can be shared by anyone about this, with particular reps to target. Let's kill this bill in committee.

A digital drawing of author Maia Kobabe, a white nonbinary person with short brown hair wearing a patterned blue shirt, who scowls while holding up a copy of eir book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR. Maia is saying: H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban my books, and any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps and say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

H.R. 7661 is a national book banning bill which seeks to remove any book that "involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism" from all public schools in the US. This would ban all my books, & any other book with trans themes, from public schools. PLEASE call your House Reps & say: NO ON H.R. 7661!

Thinking of how to use this with my students…

Proof your public library loves you: they leave you alone when you're reading, they love when you bring your kids over, and they'll literally let you borrow any book you want...even their hardcovers

Bahahahahahahaha😂🤣☠️

It cane out good! I’m notoriously unphotogenicso it’s nice to get a good one.
It was great to see you, too!!!

Good teachable moment 😂🤣☠️

The USA-Canada men’s hockey game was a nail-biter! Fitting that a toothless Hughes got the golden goal. NGL i teared up a bit when they brought out Gaudreau’s kids for the pic.
Almost as exciting as the women’s medal game!!

This is challenging and enlightening! I definitely lost most of the plot with the last two or three, though admittedly stopped trying as hard.

Got my call already!

Order your Faves on my Digital Cookie Site Today That's right! You can order your favorite Girl Scout Cookies from me online, all while helping my troop and I do great things in our community and beyond! Check it out.

So there's a black girl scout troop trying to raise money to to to Europe but they aren't close to their goal as of yet. Please share this and buy some cookies if you can

digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/reagan...

The Librarians and the Censorship of the Black Child While Black librarians weren’t present in this movie, it’s important to know this fight isn’t as exclusive as it was portrayed.

So, what about the movie, The Librarians? It falls short in its lack of inclusion.

pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2026/02/20/t...

OMG it’s like they think the rules change From day to day, or you’ll make an exception just
For them. Also they just don’t listen to read or pay attention to the rules. Oy.
Oh, i didn’t know I needed a pass, I can’t jump on the furniture, etc ad nauseum …

My daughter recommended this one to me… is it worth a read?

I saw the Creative Commons slide, thanks!!

Will do!
BTW @ #NJASL #NJLA conference this week @librarianjones.com mentioned how much she loves your books and I agree!! perfect for #middleschool ! I have a group of 5 7th graders who started their own little book circle so I rec’d Maybe He Just Likes You — they loved it!

One comment says the library “is full of hundreds of different worlds that you can meld into as you start a new book” The other says the library “provides people access to knowledge and knowledge is power. That’s why dictators hate libraries and books in general “

Ok i’m a little offended yet sorta chuffed that one kid said we had the best “library clerk”— dude I have an MLIS😆

not one kid in almost 20 years has ever mentioned databases 😂

But Here are my two fave student comments to why they love the library — the kids are alright 😉

Paper hearts taped haphazardly to the back of curved library shelves with students reasons for living the library: mostly to the effect of it’s calm, peaceful, quiet, safe, fun, full of books, play games, be with ny friends, ship gym, gain knowledge, etc

Paper hearts taped to flat surface side of library table handwritten reasons students love the library mentioning fun events, comfy chairs, opening your mind to new books, etc

All students who visit are invited to fill out a heart and finish the statement: I love the library because…”

A red felt board attached to a white board easel, decorated with hearts and the game title Literary Lovers Match Game, with names of book characters typed out on red paper, laminated and glued to white felt sprinkled all over the board for matching.

Three students, two girls and a boy, sitting in front of the easel with the game board, looking pensive, with more felt names on the floor in front of them, as yet unmatched to their literary lovers.

I also put up Literary Lovers Match Game, and the kids have fun puzzling over that

Beribonned baskets brimming with library books, each wrapped in a white paper bag with a pink, purple, or red heart on the front, so as to be a surprise for the reader. On a hightop library table

Beribonned baskets brimming with library books, each wrapped in a white paper bag with a pink, purple, or red heart on the front, so as to be a surprise for the reader. On a round white library table, with another table of books in baskets in the background, and library shelves filled with books farther back

I’m a little late posting but did my annual #BlindDateWithABook for my middleschoolers on Friday. Scaled back a bit this year— prepped about half as many books, maybe 300? Checked out 235!!! Always a hoot! #schoollibraries 📚

Librarian and Reading Rainbow host Mychal threets poses smiling widely and holding up his pic book “I’m so Happy You’re Here” next to redheaded glasses-wearing middle school librarian also beaming because she is happy to meet him

I didn’t take enough pics at #njasl #njla conference but couldn’t pass up the chance at one with THE @mychal3ts.bsky.social We were SO happy you were there! Thanks for being a perpetual #librarykid with the rest of us and for spreading #libraryjoy #bookjoy

Oh, how I missed conference… been too long. Loved seeing all my #schoollibrary peeps at #NJASL #NJLA. I’ve been doing this almost 20 years but I still learn something new, make new connections. Always leaves me exhausted yet energized! @njasl.bsky.social #schoollibrariesrock

I like the vibe of bluesky but i just don’t seem to find authors, editors, publisher marketing, book reviews/announcements, and conversations the way we used to in the early days of Twitter. Maybe I’m not working the algorithm the right way???

It doesn’t help that we’ve also lost a lot of the big in-person events like BEA (the professional one), and that there aren’t as many actual ARCs available, either.

Same— as a librarian!

It was a great session!

Preach! That’s why I’m hoping we will be able to access all the slides. PS your Luddite session was brilliant! I’m serious you need to present it for admin and boards of ed. Failing that, may I show it to my vp who is very interested and understands the need to pump the brakes?

Donate to Make a Stink About Book Banning!, organized by Martha H Hi everyone! My name is Martha, a recently retired high school librarian. In celebration of … Martha H needs your support for Make a Stink About Book Banning!

If you watched THE LIBRARIANS, turn your anger into action by donating to my fundraiser to support EveryLibrary. Donate at least $5 and I’ll toss a book banner into the litterbox to await a tribute from my cats. gofund.me/9c5f9f290

Also they never look to the next shelf when they get to an end of a section.