Kari Tanaka
@karitanaka.bsky.social
Mom/Bookseller/Reader/Writer/Word Nerd/Foodie/Whatever-Else-I-Happen-to-be-Interested-in-at-the-Moment/Undefined/My views are my own
Amber Smith never ceases to amaze me in showing what young, healthy relationships should/could look like if teens choose themselves over paths of self destruction. This amazing collab with Sam Gellar brings 90s nostalgia to modern teens. Ah, how the more things change, the more they stay the same!❤️📚
August 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Amber Smith never ceases to amaze me in showing what young, healthy relationships should/could look like if teens choose themselves over paths of self destruction. This amazing collab with Sam Gellar brings 90s nostalgia to modern teens. Ah, how the more things change, the more they stay the same!❤️📚
I approve of this family moving into the neighborhood. 🥹
July 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I approve of this family moving into the neighborhood. 🥹
Binging on berries before moseying on. Love the Waterton Bears! ❤️🐻
July 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Binging on berries before moseying on. Love the Waterton Bears! ❤️🐻
30 days in June means 30 days of 2SLGBTQ+ picture, MG, and YA book recommendations from me! Here is the highlight reel. 😊 Check out my original posts for more detailed reviews and remember to READ, RECOMMEND and DEFEND diverse books 365 days a year! ❤️📚
July 2, 2025 at 4:39 AM
30 days in June means 30 days of 2SLGBTQ+ picture, MG, and YA book recommendations from me! Here is the highlight reel. 😊 Check out my original posts for more detailed reviews and remember to READ, RECOMMEND and DEFEND diverse books 365 days a year! ❤️📚
In other news…KANGAROOS!!! 🦘🦘🦘
June 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In other news…KANGAROOS!!! 🦘🦘🦘
It’s June 1 so that means it’s time for 30 kids, MG, and YA 🏳️🌈📚recs in 30 days! These are 30 titles that I’ve read & loved in the past year. Through books, we can show solidarity, strength, and community. HUGE respect to all of you who read, recommend and defend 2SLGBTQIA+ KidLit EVERYDAY! ❤️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📚
June 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It’s June 1 so that means it’s time for 30 kids, MG, and YA 🏳️🌈📚recs in 30 days! These are 30 titles that I’ve read & loved in the past year. Through books, we can show solidarity, strength, and community. HUGE respect to all of you who read, recommend and defend 2SLGBTQIA+ KidLit EVERYDAY! ❤️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📚
We are ready for Pride Month at the @ulethbookstore! What a great day and a great partnership with @outreach.sab and @lethlib to bring the first YQL Queer Book Fair to life! I hope it’s the first of many! 🥰❤️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📚
June 1, 2025 at 10:44 AM
We are ready for Pride Month at the @ulethbookstore! What a great day and a great partnership with @outreach.sab and @lethlib to bring the first YQL Queer Book Fair to life! I hope it’s the first of many! 🥰❤️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📚
Here I am standing between two of the most influential people in my literary journey, Dr. David A. Robertson and Dr. Robin Bright.
David received an honorary degree from the UofL and it was my honour to host him for a book signing at the UofL Bookstore following the ceremony. 🥰❤️📚
David received an honorary degree from the UofL and it was my honour to host him for a book signing at the UofL Bookstore following the ceremony. 🥰❤️📚
May 30, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Here I am standing between two of the most influential people in my literary journey, Dr. David A. Robertson and Dr. Robin Bright.
David received an honorary degree from the UofL and it was my honour to host him for a book signing at the UofL Bookstore following the ceremony. 🥰❤️📚
David received an honorary degree from the UofL and it was my honour to host him for a book signing at the UofL Bookstore following the ceremony. 🥰❤️📚
What a fun way to kick off convocation week at the UofL! Love my job. Love my team. Love my U. Love the cool stuff we get to do and the amazing people we get to meet! 💙💛❤️🇨🇦📚 @ulethbookstore
May 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
What a fun way to kick off convocation week at the UofL! Love my job. Love my team. Love my U. Love the cool stuff we get to do and the amazing people we get to meet! 💙💛❤️🇨🇦📚 @ulethbookstore
This is going to be so much fun! This week we get to meet and host book signings for two amazing Canadians and celebrate all of our UofL grads! We get to meet and host a book signing for Brent Butt on Sunday and David A. Robertson on Thursday. Love my job and my team at the UofL Bookstore!💙💛
May 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is going to be so much fun! This week we get to meet and host book signings for two amazing Canadians and celebrate all of our UofL grads! We get to meet and host a book signing for Brent Butt on Sunday and David A. Robertson on Thursday. Love my job and my team at the UofL Bookstore!💙💛
Didn’t see this little sweetheart napping in our flower bed on the way out the door this morning so we startled him as much as he startled us. He was limping and seems to have injured his back leg, poor thing. 😢 Hope he heals up soon.
May 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Didn’t see this little sweetheart napping in our flower bed on the way out the door this morning so we startled him as much as he startled us. He was limping and seems to have injured his back leg, poor thing. 😢 Hope he heals up soon.
WOW!🥺😢😭🫣🥺🥰🫣😡🤬🥺😳🥺😳😨😱🤔.This poetic, queer YA horror novel, set within the confines of a boarding school, will give you a slow burn before jolting you with whiplashing plot twists, ripping your heart out, and leaving you with an ambiguous, but brilliantly haunting ending! Available now @ulethbookstore
April 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
WOW!🥺😢😭🫣🥺🥰🫣😡🤬🥺😳🥺😳😨😱🤔.This poetic, queer YA horror novel, set within the confines of a boarding school, will give you a slow burn before jolting you with whiplashing plot twists, ripping your heart out, and leaving you with an ambiguous, but brilliantly haunting ending! Available now @ulethbookstore
This beautiful girl was there to greet me when I got home from work today. She’s so sweet. 🥰
April 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This beautiful girl was there to greet me when I got home from work today. She’s so sweet. 🥰
This debut paranormal YA horror novel gave me all the vengeful vibes of Stephen King’s, Carrie, with a queer 🇨🇦 twist! The plot twist! What the heck?😳 I had to flip back several pages before deciding to keep moving forward so my brain could catch up! This one’s a bit gory but so satisfying & awesome!
April 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
This debut paranormal YA horror novel gave me all the vengeful vibes of Stephen King’s, Carrie, with a queer 🇨🇦 twist! The plot twist! What the heck?😳 I had to flip back several pages before deciding to keep moving forward so my brain could catch up! This one’s a bit gory but so satisfying & awesome!
Well, the smiley face moon “winked” at us this morning. Venus was nice and bright but Saturn was a little shy. 😉 Did anyone happen to see the full “face” early this morning? 😀
April 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Well, the smiley face moon “winked” at us this morning. Venus was nice and bright but Saturn was a little shy. 😉 Did anyone happen to see the full “face” early this morning? 😀
This book is everything all at once & at the same time! It’s light & dark. It’s funny & serious. It’s chaotic & contemplative. It’s fair & unfair. If you’re looking for a deeply philosophical, highly engaging & gorgeously illustrated MG novel, be sure to check this one out! ❤️📚@ulethbookstore
April 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This book is everything all at once & at the same time! It’s light & dark. It’s funny & serious. It’s chaotic & contemplative. It’s fair & unfair. If you’re looking for a deeply philosophical, highly engaging & gorgeously illustrated MG novel, be sure to check this one out! ❤️📚@ulethbookstore
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"Because this fight isn’t just about storybooks, or even religion. It’s about whether all children—no matter who they are or the families they come from—get to feel seen, safe, and valued in their classrooms."
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Why the Supreme Court’s Case Mahmoud v. Taylor About Inclusive Curricula Matters to Me—And Should Matter to You
And this fight is about whether public education remains a place where we teach empathy and understanding of people different from us, not fear and exclusion.
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April 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Okay, hear me out. A Matt de la Pena/Loren Long picture book is ideal for ANY occasion BUT with a line like this, "home is not a house you leave behind but the people who walk beside you,” don’t you think it would make a FANTASTIC graduation gift? I do! Come check it out at the @ulethbookstore. ❤️📚
April 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Okay, hear me out. A Matt de la Pena/Loren Long picture book is ideal for ANY occasion BUT with a line like this, "home is not a house you leave behind but the people who walk beside you,” don’t you think it would make a FANTASTIC graduation gift? I do! Come check it out at the @ulethbookstore. ❤️📚
There are some YA books that,as an adult,you want to crawl into & save the characters from themselves while also hoping that a teen reader sees a little bit of their own reality & is inspired to shift their path away from dark & into light. This one broke my heart but I am richer for having read it.
April 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
There are some YA books that,as an adult,you want to crawl into & save the characters from themselves while also hoping that a teen reader sees a little bit of their own reality & is inspired to shift their path away from dark & into light. This one broke my heart but I am richer for having read it.
Good morning beautifuls! What a great view out my window to start the long weekend. 🥰
April 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Good morning beautifuls! What a great view out my window to start the long weekend. 🥰
Me & my team at the UofL Bookstore did a read aloud of Don’t Trust Fish this afternoon, (yes, adults can have story time too), and we believe we have found one of the funniest picture books of the season, if not EVER! We were crying we were laughing so hard! What a debut! More from this duo please!
April 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Me & my team at the UofL Bookstore did a read aloud of Don’t Trust Fish this afternoon, (yes, adults can have story time too), and we believe we have found one of the funniest picture books of the season, if not EVER! We were crying we were laughing so hard! What a debut! More from this duo please!
I knew @mrsmacskinders would love this one as much as I do! I can’t wait to see what her students think of it! If you haven’t seen it yet, come and check it out at the @ulethbookstore! ❤️🐧📚
April 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I knew @mrsmacskinders would love this one as much as I do! I can’t wait to see what her students think of it! If you haven’t seen it yet, come and check it out at the @ulethbookstore! ❤️🐧📚
This picture book by Carol Rose GoldenEagle & Hawlii Pichette is absolutely breathtaking! Not only did it expand my appreciation of the land it also inspired me to explore my appreciation through art. I will 100% be bringing some art supplies with me to Waterton, or maybe even into my own backyard!
April 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
This picture book by Carol Rose GoldenEagle & Hawlii Pichette is absolutely breathtaking! Not only did it expand my appreciation of the land it also inspired me to explore my appreciation through art. I will 100% be bringing some art supplies with me to Waterton, or maybe even into my own backyard!