Perfect gear for my latest tattoo today. Teacher authenticity & humanity matters. I am infinitely thankful for the connections & stories that have come through #TeachingIsATattoo - Snag your copy, rock the activities & let's start this year strong together! @burgessdave.bsky.social a.co/d/7Q2HrqZ

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This time of year, I often get asked if my books are available as school wide summer reading professional development for educators & communities. The answer is a big ol` YES! I am always here to connect with your school teams through #TeachingIsATattoo Let`s do this together! #tlap a.co/d/7Q2HrqZ

Beyond proud of this book, of this shoutout from @burgessdave.bsky.social , of this #tlap crew and, above all, deeply thankful for all of you who snagged your copy of #TeachingIsATattoo , all of you who will soon, and all the connections, stories and tattoos along the way! a.co/d/7Q2HrqZ

Educators! April is #PoetryMonth & to celebrate & support #YouArePoetry is ON SALE! It’ll give you weeks of engaging activities for all learners to help EVERYONE see & grow themselves as poets! Click below! Let’s do this together, poets! #tlap #dbcincbooks @burgessdave.bsky.social a.co/d/34tXRAj

Thankful to be invited today to engage in professional development with a library full of educators about the power of poetry as an engine & essential tool for literacy. Sharing the message & resources of then #YouArePoetry book means everything to me. a.co/d/34tXRAj @burgessdave.bsky.social

Literally wearing one of my deepest beliefs today. Indigenous joy is absolutely revolutionary.

Immediately top 25 books I’ve read. An absolute monster of a read that took me on a roller coaster of feels and reframed black history and storytelling for me. This book is a gift.

So thankful for our ongoing S’Mondays; where students, staff & members of the community are invited every Monday morning to smudge & start the week off in a good way together. Today we also welcomed animal cousins (deer!), which opened up so much learning. The land always offers the lessons.

One of my faves of the year; asking students to create Black Take Action Figures for #BlackHistoryMonth - complete with meaningful accessories, stats & bios, our display is the culminating event of the month to lead into our work in March on valuing diverse stories & voices EVERY day. Best.

I was so honored & excited to be included in your book Mike! Thank you!!

Educators! I’m infinitely proud that @mammalssuck.bsky.social is one of the tattooed educators celebrated in the #TeachingIsATattoo resource & activity book & wanted to give a shoutout as we head into #2026MMM ! March Mammal Madness is a beyond epic learning experience! a.co/d/7Q2HrqZ #tlap

Educators! It’s Indigenous Storytelling Month! Perfect time to snag #YouArePoetry & #TeachingIsATattoo with all kinds of activities that show the magic of storytelling for all in the classroom (bonus - Indigenous Author!) a.co/d/7Q2HrqZ a.co/d/34tXRAj #dbcincbooks #tlap @burgessdave.bsky.social

Getting invited to speak to educators about the message of #TeachingIsATattoo is a gift itself, but then to be given this amazing little piece of thank you swag?! I can literally wear my book’s message now! Best! a.co/d/6Qq9wfm #dbcincbooks #tlap #teacher #teaching #tattoo @burgessdave.bsky.social

Give educators (or yourself if you’re an educator!) the gift of time this holiday season with the dozens of printable & meaningful poetry & storytelling activities in #YouArePoetry & #TeachingIsATattoo ! a.co/d/7Q2HrqZ a.co/d/34tXRAj #dbcincbooks #tlap #leadlap #EduSky @burgessdave.bsky.social

It always blows me away to get thank you notes like this from teachers after being invited to share the epic magic of poetry & storytelling through the #YouArePoetry book. Everyone is a poet. Empowering voices matters. a.co/d/34tXRAj #dbcincbooks #tlap #leadlap #EduSky @burgessdave.bsky.social

Feeling blessed to have been invited to spend the day showing grade 12 students how seeing themselves as both an act poetry & poets brings so much to their lives. Thankful for every inch of this #YouArePoetry book journey. a.co/d/34tXRAj #dbcincbooks #tlap #leadlap #EduSky @burgessdave.bsky.social

With teacher gift season fast approaching, give an educator (or yourself if you’re an educator!) the gift of time with dozens of classroom poetry & storytelling activities that are photocopy classroom ready! a.co/d/7Q2HrqZ a.co/d/34tXRAj #dbcincbooks #tlap #leadlap #EduSky @burgessdave.bsky.social

Educators! I don’t know how Black Friday deals work, but you’re in luck! #YouArePoetry is on sale right now! Dozens of classroom ready poetry & storytelling activities & money leftover to treat yourself to a beverage! Win! a.co/d/34tXRAj #dbcincbooks #tlap #leadlap #EduSky @burgessdave.bsky.social

Beauty culminating visual poem exploring the inside & outside self portraits of what makes each student who they are. Just one of many poetry & storytelling activities ready to jump out of the #YouArePoetry resource book! a.co/d/34tXRAj #dbcincbooks #tlap #leadlap #EduSky @burgessdave.bsky.social

With teacher gift season fast approaching, give an educator (or yourself if you’re an educator!) the gift of time with dozens of classroom poetry & storytelling activities that are photocopy classroom ready! a.co/d/7Q2HrqZ a.co/d/34tXRAj #dbcincbooks #tlap #leadlap #EduSky @burgessdave.bsky.social

Today Indigenous Education meant welcoming the rain to our S’Mondays (a traditional smudge, open to all, to start the week in a good way in community), which only made it more meaningful because we got to talk about the sacred & story carrying spirit of water. The land always offers the lesson.

Educators! I have no idea how, but my first book, #YouArePoetry is currently on sale for 12% off! Now you can have all the poetry activities, stories & support inside, but save enough to also get yourself your fave beverage to drink while you use it! #tlap #edusky www.amazon.com/You-Are-Poet...

Today Indigenous Education was the privilege of leading over 100 students in spending the entire day engaged in land based learning, & the reminder for me that there is magic & meaning in making space for the land to be my co-teacher, showing us what we should be learning.

Today Indigenous Education meant so much more. For years I wanted to offer a traditional smudge Monday mornings & call it S’Mondays, where anyone is welcome to start the week in a good way in community. Today was the first S’Monday ever. Worried nobody would come, I lost count after 50. So thankful.

Educators! Snag your copy of #TeachingIsATattoo & dive into celebrating all the stories & experiences that you & your students wear like stickers & tattoos! Pages full of activities & real teacher tattoo stories! Let’s do this! a.co/d/7Q2HrqZ #dbcincbooks #tlap #EduSky @burgessdave.bsky.social

Today Indigenous Education was next level. I was invited into a grade 2 class to share medicine & smudge teachings, in question time a little hand went up &, having seen my drum, a student asked if I would sing with them. So the teaching became the Bear Song & we all sang together. Deeply thankful.

My teenage nostalgia self & my current teacher self had the most fun this morning when I challenged students to be gumshoes & engage their geography skills by tracking Carmen Sandiego & her crew around the world. All while the Rockapella theme song I grew up with played on loop. Best.

Today Indigenous Education looked like exploring where sacred medicines grow wild and weaving that into ecosystem studies to show the beauty of interconnections between varied ways of knowing and being that all just help us understand where we fit and connect.