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The cover of When the Beat Was Born by Laban Carrick Hill, illustrated by Theodore Taylor III, shows a young DJ Kool Herc spinning a record while wearing a pair of headphones.

I think I need a record player for school. I had to explain what a record is and my def was a large disc that is almost like a Spotify channel for your favorite artist. 😆 A few kids knew you had to put it on a turntable, others thought it went in the DVD player. This book started the convo. 📚👍

Love when I see a #bookrec, and the book is sitting in my TBR pile! This one is moving to the top!

Loved book 1! Can't wait to share this one with my readers!

If you cannot find The Librarians documentary on your local PBS station, you can find it on youtube. If you are in Harris County, TX, it will air Tuesday, Feb 10 at 10:30 PM on KUHT (channel 8 PBS). #librarian #fReadom

The struggle is real. I have 2 school libraries, so I feel like I am always fighting the dust!

The cover of the young adult novel The House of Quiet by Kiersten White shows a Victorian 3-story black house with a red window.

Loved the YA novel The House of Quiet by Kiersten White. MC Birdie searches for her sister in a mysterious house. This fantasy keeps the reader off-balance w/chapters from perspectives of dif characters and a world governed by a caste system. Would love this for a YA collection! #bookrec #librarian

The purple cover of Coach by Jason Reynolds has 3 tween boys, 1 tween girl and a coach in a green track suit. Coach is the final book in the 5-book Track series by Jason Reynolds.

I know goals are supposed to be measurable but I avoid setting rigid reading goals. 2025's goals: read more than in 2024(109 books) & more adult books. As an elem ed librarian, I already read lots of MG and kidlit. Nailed it: 230 books/25 were adult. 2026 goal: More YA. Started w/Coach! #librarians

I'll take it. The world can always use more kindness.

As kids, we used to collect their shells. Lacking a container to put them in, we'd attach them to our shirts. I now have 3 children, and all learned not to fear bugs, in part (I think) because their mother attached cicada shells to their shirts when they were tiny.

14 best books of 2025, according to these experts Jeffrey Brown talked with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, and author Ann Patchett about their top picks this year.

This list and the accompanying notes are a gift! www.pbs.org/newshour/art...

"I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you MUST write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter won't let you go. You have to be compelled to write. If you're not, nothing else that you do matters." —Rick Riordan

Cartoon of two smiling women waving over a globe with text “Slides to Spanish+” and greetings in multiple languages, plus a Google Slides icon.

🌍 Translate your Google Slides into Spanish or other languages quickly! Slides to Spanish+ creates a copy of your deck in the language(s) you choose.

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#EduSky #GoogleEDU #GoogleWorkspace

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone except politicians who try to destroy libraries and public schools.

I hope their turkey is super dry today.

So excited that the IMLS can continue to serve libraries across the nation! You can read more about it here: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #libraries #librarian #fReadom

That's a great idea! I have a whole stack of old book jackets that I could use.

Weeded books make great bookmarks!

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It’s Time for the Sibert Smackdown! The  Sibert Smackdown is an activity intended to build enthusiasm for the  Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal , which is given each y...

Teachers! Librarians!
It's time for the Sibert Smackdown.
The perfect Mock Sibert activity for kids who love nonfiction.
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A library shelf has 8 books displayed forward-facing on the top of the shelf. There is a yellow sign next to the display that reads:Look! New books!

New library level unlocked: I promoted new books from a recent order at the end of my lesson yesterday. I looked at the row of books and realized I'd read every one on display. 🤩 Ask me anything, kids!

There’s a Literacy Crisis. One Classroom Solution Should Be Obvious. You can't get better at reading until you care about a text.

Can't believe this article needed to be written, but here we are:

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America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy Declining standards and low expectations are destroying American education.

One of the MANY reasons why we need school #librarians now more than ever! We are part of the solution www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko​ YouTube video by Kidzuko

Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹

This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨

Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌
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Can't think of a better host to follow in LeVar Burton's footsteps!📚❤️

I love my librarian award 2026 Your librarian could win $5000! Link: ilovelibraries.org/love-my-librarian Sponsors: Carnegie Corporation of New York, ALA American Library Association, New York Public Library

Has a librarian made a difference in your life? Nominate them for the #ILoveMyLibrarian Award for a chance to win $5,000 & the honor of a lifetime.
Nominations accepted online now through Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. ilovelibraries.org/love-my-librarian

2/2 The first 2 ended on cliff-hangers. This one left me feeling whole and hopeful and confident Nit and GeeGee can handle themselves on any future adventures. This is one of my favorite spooky series of all times! 📚👍 #schoolibrary

The cover of The Cursed Cloak of the Wretched Wraith has an outline of a dark cloak with the title inside in yellow font. Surrounding the cloak is a red and black vortex.

1/2 loved, Loved, LOVED the 3rd (and final?) book in the Horrible Bag trilogy: The Cursed Cloak of the Wretched Wraith by Rob Renzetti. The entire series twists your mind and book 3 is no different, except for the ending.

The cover of Mistaco: A Tale of Tragedy and Tortillas has a yellow cover. A girl with brown hair and a red shirt is making a sad face and is trying to remove a tortilla from the right side of her face. In the background, she is flanked by her grandparents who are both holding up tacos.

Holy schmoly- have y'all read this yet? Caught myself laughing out loud 3 times! Author Eliza Kinkz wraps a lesson about how to handle mistakes in love and laughter and Spanglish. I cannot wait to read this to my students! #schoollibrary 📚👍

The cover of Fish in a Tree is teal green with the title written in bright hues. There is a bright green tree with the outline of a fish.

2/2 Great message celebrating neuro-differences instead of shaming them. And if you haven't read Fish in a Tree yet (Hunt's bestseller from 2016), you def should! These two books would make an excellent One School, One Book pairing for elementary! #schoollibrary 📚👍

The cover of Wish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt shows a boy with orange hair sitting on a tree branch in a large tree covered in green leaves.

I am the librarian for 2 campus libraries and have just started to put together my fall orders. Both libraries will be getting this lovely picture book. #schoollibrary 📚👍

Fun Stuff for Kids This page is just for curious kids (and the grownups who love them). Here you’ll find videos, printables, and cool extras based on my books — from weird animal facts to creative challenges, drawing id...

Educators! With a new year starting up, I’ve put together some resources for you and your readers.

You’ll find videos for comics-making, writing, virtual school visits & more! #edusky

www.jesskeating.com/forkids