Ever wonder why the Libby waitlist is so long? substack.com/@bachmanrach... #edusky #libby #skybrarian
The Strange Life of a Library Ebook
What’s Actually Happening When Libby Tells You to Wait
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Rachel
@rachelbachman.bsky.social
Artist. Librarian. Enthusiast. Manifesting my dream of becoming a ✨children’s book author✨ #kidlit #kidlitart #librarian
What happens when we let picture books get extra long? bachmanrachel.substack.com/p/when-you-g... #edusky #kidlit
When You Give a Picture Book More Pages
My Six Favorite Extra-Long Picture Books
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I wanted to love this book. It has brilliant moments. But there are still a few places Barnett needed to think things through a little more. open.substack.com/pub/bachmanr... #kidlit #kidlitart #edusky
Mac Barnett Is Right. Except When He Isn’t.
On Make Believe, children’s literature, and the limits of a very short book
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A deep dive into all those alarming headlines about illiteracy in America. substack.com/@bachmanrach... #edusky
Who Can Actually Read in America?
Literacy is not a light switch and the statistics are more complicated than the headlines suggest.
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Do you have a kid with “big feelings” in your life. Here are 5 books I recommend substack.com/@bachmanrach... #edusky #kidlit
Books for Children Who Feel Everything
Five recent picture books that make room for sensitivity, sadness, and wonder
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An essay encouraging adults to finally listen to children when they say what they like to read. substack.com/@bachmanrach... #kidlit #edusky
Reluctant, or Overruled?
Why children’s reading preferences deserve more respect than adults often give them.
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Why do boys stop reading? Because middle-grade contemporary fiction has failed them. substack.com/@bachmanrach... #kidlit #edusky
Where Did the Boy Books Go?
The missing realistic middle-grade stories boys need to keep reading.
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Read this first if you are writing your children’s story in rhyming verse. open.substack.com/pub/bachmanr... #kidlit #edusky
A Frog, a Log, and a Dead Story
The Dangers of Choosing to Write Your Picture Book in Rhyme
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Spooky isn’t a season. Celebrate #summerween with these haunting picture books. open.substack.com/pub/bachmanr... #kidlit #kidlitart #edusky
Spooky Is Not a Season
Six Picture Books to Read this Summerween
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An essay on the essential elements of a good picture book. substack.com/@bachmanrach... #kidlit #edusky
The Best Picture Books Are Built, Not Just Written
What makes these deceptively simple books work
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An essay on why library and museum work being staffed by women matters when it comes to pay and appreciation. substack.com/@bachmanrach... #edusky #skybrarian #substack
Underpaid, Overqualified, and Smiling
The self-sacrificing competition inside libraries, museums, and other feminized workplaces
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What children want to read when they are over protected in the physical world and under protected online. substack.com/@bachmanrach... #kidlit #edusky
The Safe Place for Danger
On the stories children reach for when the adults finally let them
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An essay on why I think Gen Z parents aren’t reading to their children as much. #tlsky #substack #skybrarian #edusky #kidlit substack.com/@bachmanrach...
Gen Z Parents Don’t Hate Books
They Hate All the Judgment that Comes with It
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An essay on the other storytime audience. The caregivers in the room. #tlsky #substack #skybrarian #edusky #kidlit substack.com/@bachmanrach...
Borrowing an Hour
What caregivers are really getting from the library is relief, routine, and somewhere to be.
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An essay on why adults need to decenter themselves when it comes to picking books for children. substack.com/@bachmanrach... #tlsky #substack #skybrarian #edusky #kidlit
What Children Actually Want From Picture Books
the joy of being in on the joke
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The tulips aren’t blooming yet, but I’m hopeful 🌷 #BRart #kidlitart #flowers #watercolor #traditionalart
Last chicken this week, and ending with a silly purple one 🐓 #watercolor #birdart #kidlitart #traditionalart
An essay on why being a celebrity doesn’t qualify you to write for children. open.substack.com/pub/bachmanr... #tlsky #substack #skybrarian #edusky #kidlit
The Celebrity Picture Book Problem
Children deserve stories, not glossy branding exercises from famous adults
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The only cozy place she could find was a cloud. ⛅️ #caturday #illustration #kidlitart #cuteart #procreate
Don’t mind me, just drawing the greenhouse of my dreams. 🌱 #traditionalart #sketchbook #kidlitart #flowers #nature
Just keep drawing, just keep drawing, what do we do? we draw! #traditionalart #sketchbook #kidlitart #flowers #nature
