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Monisha Blair
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(She/Her) Librarian @KeyMiddle. SLJ 2020-2025 Best Books Committee. Reviewer for School Library Journal. #ReadingIsSelfCare
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Had a student tell me that I look like I can’t be older than 30. I’m going to ride this high till my birthday
a woman in a green sweater is asking " what is age anyway "
ALT: a woman in a green sweater is asking " what is age anyway "
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
NEW: ALA is sounding the alarm after the Administration announced new steps to dismantle the Department of Education. School & academic libraries across the country rely on Dept. of Ed. funding and knowledge to best serve their students and faculty.
More: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #ForOurLibraries
ALA stands with school and academic libraries, their dedicated library workers and the talented staff of the Education Department. Together with our partners in education, ALA will work to protect students' and educators' rights to learn and teach as well as the modest federal support provided to school and academic libraries." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Best Middle Grade Books 2025 | SLJ Best Books
www.slj.com/story/best-m...
Best Middle Grade Books 2025 | SLJ Best Books
The Best Middle Grade titles of 2025 feature action-packed fantasies, resonant realistic fiction, and heart-pounding horror stories for tweens.
www.slj.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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roxanegay.bsky.social
I'm editing an anthology about unlikable characters and seeking work from younger writers, 15-21. If you know of one such writer who might want to submit their work for consideration, please share this call for submissions: audacity.substack.com/p/acquired-t...
Acquired Tastes: A Call for Submissions
For younger writers, ages 15-21
audacity.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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sdiaz.bsky.social
Our 2025 Best Books list is live!!! #sljbestbooks
November 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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It’s here! The 2025 Best Books list is out! Check out these truly stellar titles I’ve had the pleasure of spending the last year with
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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slj.com
Best Middle Grade Books 2025 | SLJ Best Books
www.slj.com/story/newsfe...
Best Middle Grade Books 2025 | SLJ Best Books
The Best Middle Grade titles of 2025 feature action-packed fantasies, resonant realistic fiction, and heart-pounding horror stories for tweens.
www.slj.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
monishablair.bsky.social
This may be the best piece of journalism I’ve seen in a while www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
Column | ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ is essential viewing. Seriously.
The Hulu reality show about the Mormon wives of TikTok is a perfect distillation of America’s political and cultural moment.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
monishablair.bsky.social
By far the worst part of a soccer tournament weekend is the other parents
November 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
monishablair.bsky.social
Watched The Substance… so much I wish I could unsee 🤢
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.
Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge
A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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If they do a 21 gun salute at his funeral, fucking duck.
boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 17d
Dick Cheney? Is Mitch McConnell even in this thing?!?
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
November? nah man i'm celebrating NOvember where i curl into fetal position and say "No, please god no," over and over again
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
monishablair.bsky.social
If someone wants to make this for me for next year I would def wear this
mackinlibrary.bsky.social Mackin Educational Resources @mackinlibrary.bsky.social · 20d
The ultimate book lover’s costume! What’s your favorite literary #Halloween idea? 🎃📚
November 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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readerofthetime.bsky.social
A good school librarian connects kids with books they will love. When that happens, kids start reading for fun and spend more time reading and less time on screens. Both reading ability and general knowledge increase.
October 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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erinkeane.bsky.social
Because people think you're a bitch if you don't.

See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.
October 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
monishablair.bsky.social
My nephew hosts a weekly dinner now that he has his first apartment. It makes my heart so happy to know that my old dining table is routinely surrounded by love, friendship, and community ❤️
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Oct 20
Every Monday night for the past five years, chef Samin Nosrat makes dinner with friends. She explains how she's been able to maintain this ritual, plus her "criminally good" recipe for garlic bread.
How chef Samin Nosrat keeps up a casual weekly dinner with friends
Every Monday night for the past five years, chef Samin Nosrat makes dinner with friends. She explains how she's been able to maintain this ritual, plus her "criminally good" recipe for garlic bread.
n.pr
October 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Dispatches from the Field: AASL 2025, Day 2 https://bit.ly/3J5O7s4
October 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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zanadu.bsky.social
The number of people who are shocked (shocked!) by the fact that you are supposed to return books in the book return at the library still never fails to astound me.

📚 #PubLibs
October 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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craigwelch.bsky.social
As the father of a teenager trying to navigate social media and AI and everything else, just popping up to say:

We should be teaching news literacy in middle school. And we should have started at least a decade ago.
October 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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heykellyjensen.bsky.social
Read that again.

.01% of parents deny their children access to school libraries because it is literally .01% of parents creating the moral panic and spreading lies about books in school libraries.

Yet there are schools COMPLETELY BANNING LIBRARIES FROM THEIR ENTIRE STUDENT BODY.
flfreedomread.bsky.social Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread.bsky.social · Oct 15
Public school parents overwhelmingly trust the curation of library professionals.

When we enroll our children at a school, we assume the school will give them every opportunity to access the same resources available to other students without unnecessary barriers to entry.
We are still working on gathering data from across the state, but the trends that we saw the last three years don’t appear to have changed much regarding public school parents and their desire (or lack thereof) to restrict their children’s library access. When the district assumes parents will want their children to access the library (most districts do), there’s usually less than 1% of parents choosing to set restrictions. While this data only reflects seven districts, six of seven (yes, we know what we did there) are “red” districts politically and the four with 100% access are very “red.” Those that know that state well, also know that Sarasota and Hernando are also considered very “red” and they also have a lot of special interest activity and influence in their districts. These districts created a policy where they don’t want to assume to know what parents want, so the default denies students access to resources otherwise made available to the majority of students that have gained parent permission. Sarasota’s form is part of the annual electronic paperwork that parents must complete, so they were able to retain 92.7% of returned forms. If parents completed the form in the past, the prior selection remains in the system until a parent makes a change. Hernando is a different story, and it’s why they only have 51.56% of forms turned in. Denying library access until a form is turned in creates an unnecessary barrier to entry for students. The truth cannot be denied: public school parents overwhelmingly trust the curation of library professionals. When we enroll our children at a school, we assume the school will give them every opportunity to access the same resources available to other students.
October 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
monishablair.bsky.social
Working with middle schoolers is full of surprises, like this morning when a student pulled out a full pancake breakfast in the library and wanted to share her syrup with a friend. Reader, she poured syrup in her friend’s hands 😳😳😳
October 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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We brought out the balloons for a moment of whimsy and joy during today’s PD
October 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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@mspettytweets.bsky.social just know there is a friend tax when you make pierogis 😅

Please and thank you!
thisone0verhere.bsky.social Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · Oct 13
When I introduce people to pierogis for the first time and see the light behind their eyes glow brighter than it ever has - that’s the thing that fuels me now
October 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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heykellyjensen.bsky.social
How to be an informed, pro-library, anti-book ban voter in upcoming fall elections (if you have them) and well into the future.

Don't just celebrate banned books. Don't just read banned books. VOTE to support the democratic institutions creating access to them.

bookriot.com/library-elec...
Be an Informed Pro-Library, Pro-Literary Voter Now: Book Censorship News, October 10, 2025
Elections in several states will be coming up throughout the months of October and November. Here's how to be a pro-library voter.
bookriot.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM