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@ExlibrisMrHunt
@exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social
Teacher-Librarian, K-5
Hands-on STEAM; kidlit fanboy; love graphic novels; inclusive col’n; he/him.

Co-host of The Sartorial Librarians Podcast.
@sartoriallibrary.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Apple: apple.co/4e4mM3h
Instagram: bit.ly/4dCh09b
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Getting to know me, @ExLibrisMrHunt…

[Ex Libris roughly can mean “from the library of” and used to be on bookplates (stickers) inside book covers so that people knew who the borrowed item belonged to…it’s Latin, ‘cause I’m all fancy and stuff.]
Hello new (or past) followers,

My bio says most of what you need to know, including that I’m co-host with @paulvinelli.bsky.social of a #LibrarianFashion & #kidlit podcast…

BUT,
here are 5 more “special”things (no particular order) I’d like you to know about content I share here:

1) I use ALT ⬇️
Don’t think it matters or means much, but I found myself on this Bluesky map after finally getting curious after seeing multiple shares about it…

And it was kinda fun and ever-so-vaguely-though-grain-o-salt somehow validating…? Though meaningless?
February 11, 2026 at 3:49 AM
YES.
#LibrarianFashion to compete and level-up on this #LibraryLife issue:

bsky.app/profile/exli...
The rule of library heating:

Never shall it be consistently hot, nor ever consistently cold; certainly never a perfect room temperature.

Necessitates a follow-up rule:

Librarians shall adopt cardigans as a uniform of sorts so as to mitigate (somewhat) the effects of the rule of library heating
a man wearing a white shirt and a blue cardigan stands in front of a bike
Alt: GIF: Kramer from Seinfeld, wearing a white shirt and a blue cardigan, pointing to people either side of the offscreen area, text saying, “Hey, a rule is a rule! And, let’s face it, without rules, there’s chaos!”
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Tiaras, crowns…great #LibrarianFashion.
February 11, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Looks like another #scienterrific book for the future orders list.

You can always rely on the quality of Melissa Stewart nonfiction texts, and the art looks gorgeous.
February 11, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Loving the sound of these going from in medias res chaos and rewinding back through the causes and origins of the disasters.

Going on future orders list for consideration later.
Looking forward to these releases, brilliant concepts and art!
Imagine a Pinter play as an informational book for kids, highlighting a natural disaster, and you'll have a sense of what author Mary Kay Carson has pulled off with her dual releases in 2026. Hear her words and see her covers! #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/02/10/t...
February 11, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Do fellow librarians know about Insignia, which is a Cdn library software company?
Do you use it?
Is it good/great? Or not?
Transition easy?
Better/same/worse than Follett?

We just had a T-L mtg to begin to discuss whether/not to switch, to what, when…UGHHH.

#TLsky #skybrarians #TeacherLibrarians
a 3d man scratches his head in front of a red question mark that says so
Alt: A variant on the GIF as last picture ALT described, this one with SO???? across the bottom.
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February 11, 2026 at 2:44 AM
So…Follett…Destiny Library Manger Software…

They’ve shut down their Canadian branch recently and laid off all the workers. Our district uses Follett. Sounds like Cdn service/support is going to get far worse, cost plenty more, and be more subject to American anti-library pressures.
Do you know…
1/2
a 3d man is scratching his head in front of a large red question mark .
Alt: Animated GIF of a 3D stick-man-like figure scratching its head in front of, beside, on top of a large red question mark .
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Do people in libraryland have a favourite/best search engine to replace google…that doesn’t have a trash AI overview as the first (or any result) and that doesn’t give escalatingly bad results…? Want to offer a brief what-you-prefer-and-why? Asking for a friend. And for me. And for random strangers.
a drawing of a question mark surrounded by magnifying glasses and circles
Alt: Animated GIF drawing of a large purple foregrounded outline question mark surrounded by purple concentric rings and floating circles in varying sizes, all with blue and purple lines swerving in and out through the background.
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February 11, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Is it time for this for some folks?

I mean…you’d have to do plenty of research into veracity (which I haven’t done…cause I’m already CDN)…and I’m sure it’s not easy, but [gestures generally at the state of, well, the States]…
February 11, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Project Runway, here I come!

Today in #LibrarianFashion, I’m bringing back trash bag chic.

We were at the painting phase today (and several finishing sanding first), so I pulled at my oft-reused traditional painting smocks…trash bags upside down with head and neck holes cut out and off we went.
February 11, 2026 at 1:24 AM
About the problems and Weltschmerz of accidentally ordering AI-slop for the library…and what we can do about it (or not)?
February 10, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Hmmm…
This delightfully simple (and quirky funny) idea of drawing emotional potatoes is a fab blend of emoji face knowledge & guided drawing that can take flight rapidly…
But also, for rapid mini-story telling/writing:
Why is this potato so sad?
Why is that potato angry?

#TLsky #TeacherLibrarians
Omigosh, I adore these emotional potatoes from young readers. Thank you for sharing books by @michaelianblack.bsky.social & me with your students, @librarygrl2.bsky.social ! (going to send you a DM)
#KidLit #PowerToThePotato #LibrarySky #TeacherSky

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February 10, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Ack!
Been terrible at remembering or leaving space for #TLsky #LibrarianSky lately
February 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Ack!
Been terrible at remembering or leaving space for #TLsky #LibrarianSky lately
February 10, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Hmmmm…
My Storytime sessions for students are already quite interactive (though far less prop/puppet/etc than I once did), dynamic with voices, action, “commercial breaks,”questions…
But I like this #ImmersiveReadAloud idea…it’s definitely a bit different than all that, but of an add-on experience…
Such a great idea! 💡
A kindergarten teacher explains how she came up with a new, immersive approach to read-alouds, which included costumes, props, classroom rearranging, and sound effects! 📚🎩 🔊

#kindergarten #literacy #EduSky
February 10, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Doing this Create-A-Creature project again.
Fairly tough class to engage/focus—coming around. I built even more hands-on #playlearning & group discussion—helped?
Used plastic animals &
Venn hoops for sorting
herb/carn/omnivore,
mammal/bird/etc,
noct/diurnal,
structural adaptations (special teeth/etc
February 10, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Today in #LibrarianFashion:
Brought out my super fave Converse high tops, which I hadn’t worn in ages.
February 7, 2026 at 1:41 AM
We LOVE wildly emotional 80s power ballads in all their cheesy glory. Sappy lyrics. Wistful voicing. Singing the heartache so performatively. Going from sotto voce to belting it out. Often, tragic mixed metaphors or hopeless clichés. And emotive, whining, wailing electric guitar riffs and solos.
👨‍🍳😘
February 7, 2026 at 1:33 AM
#LibrarianSoundtrack for bus ride home earlier:
A playlist my wife made for us that I lovingly call Schmaltz Ballads.

I def entertained a daydream of the whole bus, teen passengers to elderly folks, suddenly breaking into an emotive singalong of
youtu.be/r3Pr1_v7hsw?...

1/2
Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by RHINO
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February 7, 2026 at 1:33 AM
The rule of library heating:

Never shall it be consistently hot, nor ever consistently cold; certainly never a perfect room temperature.

Necessitates a follow-up rule:

Librarians shall adopt cardigans as a uniform of sorts so as to mitigate (somewhat) the effects of the rule of library heating
a man wearing a white shirt and a blue cardigan stands in front of a bike
Alt: GIF: Kramer from Seinfeld, wearing a white shirt and a blue cardigan, pointing to people either side of the offscreen area, text saying, “Hey, a rule is a rule! And, let’s face it, without rules, there’s chaos!”
media.tenor.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I submit a cross-marketing success story based on the photos I’ve threaded:

A K-Pop Demon Hunters sequel involving time travel to stop a demon plot to go back to the 80s to change the timeline by creating an evil boy band made up of these 4 musicians with this make-up (their demon faces revealed)
February 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Or, maybe a brief Rob Zombie wannabe phase…?
February 6, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Sandpaper day:
All kids got finished sawing, so full-on sanding...

Great things about sanding wood:
a) it’s very soothing, therapeutic for lots of kids
b) you can shine kids on by showing them 1 more spot, 1 more, then 1 more l’il chatter mark, etc to sand,
ad infinitum
(revenge?)

(You’re welcome)
February 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Saw Gr 5 boys having l’il argument over obscure criteria, a game/challenge they were engaging in in the corner…

Seeing if cld fit themselves into a 19 cm gap (yeah, measured it when they left; curiosity piqued) btwn 2 shelves…from what I heard, only counted/qualified if they cld *crouch* in there.
a white cat is standing next to a glass bowl of water on the floor .
Alt: GIF of a white cat is climbing into a glass fish bowl on the floor and somehow wedging itself into a crouch inside it.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Maybe it was a bid to front The Cure, too…?

(Now, I’m thinking of more, but school just started, library duties are calling…could this thread count as “otherwise assigned? Seems important research.)
February 6, 2026 at 4:32 PM