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Children's Literature | Reading & Writing | Teaching & Learning | SFSU & Goddard College grad | readteachwrite.com
It's the last day of Banned Books Week 2026 aka "Let Freedom Read Day" - a day of action to defend books & to stand up for librarians, library workers, educators, writers, publishers, & booksellers who make them available! Here are 6 ways to Defend the Freedom to Read - what action are you taking?
Around the World in 10: Celebrating a Decade of World Kid Lit Month | WKLM buff.ly/8rWm2Fn
Around the World in 10: Celebrating a Decade of World Kid Lit Month!
And just like that … another busy, bubbly and book-filled World Kid Lit Month is over! We’ve been bowled over by the engagement online and offline, from blogs to Instagram, bookshops to…
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It’s beyond me how these powerful books can be on banned books lists. So proud to have written the teacher guides for two of the most powerful and favorite graphic novels with my family and students. www.scholastic.com/content/dam/... @studiojjk.bsky.social
Reminding kids that it's okay not to be okay is so important. 💚 Educators: download free classroom guide for I'M SAD, picture book by @michaelianblack.bsky.social & me: debbieohi.com/wp-content/u... Also see @colbysharp.bsky.social's wonderful book talk: youtu.be/h-JQJkFW0Xw?... #MentalHealthWeek
This was a more emotional recording for me than I expected. We like to make classroom management sound so straightforward, but the reality is that we are complex beings working with a room of complex beings, and sometimes that’s lovely and other times so very hard. www.edutopia.org/podcast/9-si...
Podcast: 9 Simple (But Transformative) Classroom Management Shifts
From a quick crouch to three surprising magic words, ELA teacher Tyler Rablin shares his favorite zero-prep moves that can turn a chaotic classroom into a calm one.
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We're nearly finished with Flora & Ulysses in our 3rd grade book club. They voted on their next book Pages & Co: The Bookwanderers. If you would like to help provide a copy for kids who often don't have booked at home, here's how: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Check out my list on Amazon
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my experiences with school libraries - not just in elementary school, but middle and high school - shaped a lot of who i am today and how i got here we're failing kids, not just during their childhood, but for their entire life, by providing less library opportunities than we had
Said it before, saying it again: It is educational malpractice for a school to not have a full-time certified school librarian & a well-funded library program. 1/ #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLChat
people keep reposting my stuff from a couple days ago like "but I buy all the banned books!" "my classroom reads all the--" man you have no idea how many books are being banned. it's THOUSANDS. looking it up gives you top 100 at MOST. banning hurts authors. hands down. stop trying to make it okay
Are you an MLIS student or new-ish librarian worried about navigating convos around AI? Join @juliesetele.bsky.social & me for a free webinar hosted by Rutgers LIS students. Let's talk strategies for finding your (AI skeptical) people & finding ways to push back. 📚 scarla.rutgers.edu/event/talkin...
Talking AI: A Guided Conversation on AI Critique and Refusal in Academic Librarianship - SCARLA
Are you a current or future librarian against AI? Do you want to learn how to advocate for AI refusal in professional environments and job interviews when faced with opposition? […]
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Thys ys a refuge. Thys ys a quiet shore. Thys ys a forest full of lost songs. Thys ys a hope machine. Thys ys a treasurye of languages. Thys ys a beacon for wanderers. Thys ys a workshop for the broken heart. Thys ys wher we meet across tyme and space. Thys ys wher dreames begin. Thys ys a library.
We take an inside look at the fight to keep Patricia McCormick’s 2006 novel ‘Sold’ on the shelves after it got banned buff.ly/KCIgwN6
On-Sale Calendar, October 2026: Fall is here, and with it comes a crop of new releases that young readers are sure to be on the lookout for buff.ly/k9LKzpH
Banned Books Week highlights the value of free access to information and brings together the book community in shared support of the freedom to seek and express ideas. Here are kids books about book banning. Book lists in ALT text. #bannedbooksweek #bannedbooks #booksaboutbooks #kidsbooks #booksky
ALA Releases 150 Most Challenged Books from 1990–2025 www.slj.com/story/ALA-Re...
ALA Releases 150 Most Challenged Books from 1990–2025
Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer: A Memoir is No. 1 on the list.
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A student-written petition has been signed by more than 900 Fort Worth ISD students as of Tuesday morning.
Hundreds of Fort Worth ISD students sign petition against scripted lessons
A student-written petition has been signed by more than 900 Fort Worth ISD students as of Tuesday morning.
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Good morning to you, from a little frog! These little pals just hopped into the shop to come see you!
Alexandra Gallant-Lee@alexandragallant.com · 4d agoAdded a few frogs to the Frogby Shop today! You get a lil mini comic and then each frog comes with their own mini mini-comic, too. frogby.bigcartel.com
"Libraries should be neutral!" Translation: "Libraries should not do or show things that may upset *ME*, if they do they do anything that even hints at acknowledging the humanity of anyone that does not look/think/act like me they are violating neutrality!"
"Visit Teaching for Change's website TeachingCentralAmerica.org for more resources to teach about Central America...New children’s books about Central America are few and far between": www.socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/ce...
Central America
Critically reviewed selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators.
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"[S]ome of our favorite titles for Indigenous Peoples’ Day (October 12)": www.socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/am...
American Indians / Indigenous Peoples / Native Nations
Critically reviewed selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators.
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"Learn about some of our favorite banned titles. Given the crises in the world today with voting rights, public health, the climate, and more — literature should inform and inspire young people to shape a more just future": www.socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/ba...
Our Recommended Banned Books
Critically reviewed selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators.
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Alt: Kermit the Frog is at the wheel of a car. He looks out of the driver's side window with a disgusted-but-not-surprised look on his face, with the caption "Oh really??!!"
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Education Week@edweek.org · 4d agoWhat We Know About School Board Members, In Charts: Many school board members are retired and have never worked in education before, survey shows.
Added a few frogs to the Frogby Shop today! You get a lil mini comic and then each frog comes with their own mini mini-comic, too. frogby.bigcartel.com
Kid Lit Book MAIL: Must read 2027 BOOKS! youtu.be/_9ViaJmw_Xs
Kid Lit Book MAIL: Must read 2027 BOOKS!
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Register now for the Zine Librarian unConference! Enjoy sessions like “Fanzines” at 10 a.m. PT on Nov. 7! More info, including registration, at the links in our bio.
This thread is...upsetting:
Emma Silvers@emmaruthless.bsky.social · 5d agoLast month, an email from SFUSD informed me that my 7yo would be taking a state-mandated test from a company called Amira, and it led me down a rabbit hole. Here's how big tech is infiltrating SF public schools — whether families & teachers want it or not. www.coyotemedia.org/sfusd-ai-ami...
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through midnight on 10/7, enjoy free shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
👂📚 What if we treated listening as part of literacy? Jason Reynolds joins the @aft.org Book Club to talk about student choice, audiobooks, graphic novels, StoryCorps and helping young people connect with stories in the formats that work for them. 🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgdk9pxLPW0
Jason Reynolds on Listening, Reading and Storytelling | AFT Book Club
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