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MrsYeppez
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Mom, public ed librarian, lover of the natural world, reader, writer, tinkerer and not-so-great gardener (but I love it still). Here's to never losing sight of the wonders of everyday life!
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mstewartscience.bsky.social
Teachers! Librarians!
It's time for the Sibert Smackdown.
The perfect Mock Sibert activity for kids who love nonfiction.
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It’s Time for the Sibert Smackdown!
The  Sibert Smackdown is an activity intended to build enthusiasm for the  Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal , which is given each y...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
mrsyeppez.bsky.social
New library level unlocked: I promoted new books from a recent order at the end of my lesson yesterday. I looked at the row of books and realized I'd read every one on display. 🤩 Ask me anything, kids!
A library shelf has 8 books displayed forward-facing on the top of the shelf. There is a yellow sign next to the display that reads:Look! New books!
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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christiemegill.bsky.social
Can't believe this article needed to be written, but here we are:

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There’s a Literacy Crisis. One Classroom Solution Should Be Obvious.
You can't get better at reading until you care about a text.
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November 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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slupodcast.bsky.social
One of the MANY reasons why we need school #librarians now more than ever! We are part of the solution www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
America Is Sliding Toward Illiteracy
Declining standards and low expectations are destroying American education.
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November 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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mychal3ts.bsky.social
Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹

This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨

Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌
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No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko​
YouTube video by Kidzuko
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October 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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becalzada.bsky.social
Has a librarian made a difference in your life? Nominate them for the #ILoveMyLibrarian Award for a chance to win $5,000 & the honor of a lifetime.
Nominations accepted online now through Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. ilovelibraries.org/love-my-librarian
I love my librarian award 2026 Your librarian could win $5000! Link: ilovelibraries.org/love-my-librarian Sponsors: Carnegie Corporation of New York, ALA American Library Association, New York Public Library
September 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
mrsyeppez.bsky.social
1/2 loved, Loved, LOVED the 3rd (and final?) book in the Horrible Bag trilogy: The Cursed Cloak of the Wretched Wraith by Rob Renzetti. The entire series twists your mind and book 3 is no different, except for the ending.
The cover of The Cursed Cloak of the Wretched Wraith has an outline of a dark cloak with the title inside in yellow font. Surrounding the cloak is a red and black vortex.
September 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
mrsyeppez.bsky.social
Holy schmoly- have y'all read this yet? Caught myself laughing out loud 3 times! Author Eliza Kinkz wraps a lesson about how to handle mistakes in love and laughter and Spanglish. I cannot wait to read this to my students! #schoollibrary 📚👍
The cover of Mistaco: A Tale of Tragedy and Tortillas has a yellow cover. A girl with brown hair and a red shirt is making a sad face and is trying to remove a tortilla from the right side of her face. In the background, she is flanked by her grandparents who are both holding up tacos.
September 2, 2025 at 11:55 PM
mrsyeppez.bsky.social
I am the librarian for 2 campus libraries and have just started to put together my fall orders. Both libraries will be getting this lovely picture book. #schoollibrary 📚👍
The cover of Wish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt shows a boy with orange hair sitting on a tree branch in a large tree covered in green leaves.
September 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social
Educators! With a new year starting up, I’ve put together some resources for you and your readers.

You’ll find videos for comics-making, writing, virtual school visits & more! #edusky

www.jesskeating.com/forkids
Fun Stuff for Kids
This page is just for curious kids (and the grownups who love them). Here you’ll find videos, printables, and cool extras based on my books — from weird animal facts to creative challenges, drawing id...
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August 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
mrsyeppez.bsky.social
I just finished Grace Lin's newest MG novel The Gate, The Girl, and The Dragon. Reader, let me just say that this book is a masterpiece. It's beautiful! 1/2 📚👍
The cover of Grace Lin's The Gate, The Girl, and The Dragon shows a gray stone lion with a large stone ball in its mouth. There is a golden Chinese dragon on the right side and a young girl on the left side.
August 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social
Educators! Did you know I've got tons of free videos, drawing tutorials, virtual visits, and writing stuff for kids on my website?

Avanti, avanti! ✏️
www.jesskeating.com/forkids
Fun Stuff for Kids
This page is just for curious kids (and the grownups who love them). Here you’ll find videos, printables, and cool extras based on my books — from weird animal facts to creative challenges, drawing id...
www.jesskeating.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Educators! Looking for ideas for classroom activities related to #KidLit books? Check out the 🇨🇦📚 #CanKidLit videos that educator/author @andreamack.bsky.social and I did together! youtu.be/tfSFXm_3KUA?... #EduSky #TeacherSky #IReadCanadian

Theme music by @faithfulsidekicks.bsky.social
3 in 3 (and tea!), Episode 04 with Andrea Mack, Debbie Ridpath Ohi #3in3cankidlit
YouTube video by Debbie Ridpath Ohi
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July 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
mrsyeppez.bsky.social
This book is a masterpiece! How do you navigate grief as a 13-yr-old? Renee Watson's novel-in-verse All the Blues in the Sky follows Sage as she mourns her best friend. One of my fav quotes: "Grief is like hunger...Every day it will show up. Every day I will have to tend to it." 📚👍 #kidlit
The cover of All the Blues in the Sky by Renee Watson has a blue background with purple buildings. There is a Black teenage girl with her pulled into a high puffy ponytail and wearing a green shirt.
July 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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deborahkalb.bsky.social
Q&A with Dan Santat about his new children's picture book, ALL THE HULK FEELS.
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July 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
mrsyeppez.bsky.social
Always good advice!
davis.social Davis Bickford @davis.social · Nov 11
Welcome to Bluesky 💙🦋
Venn Diagram of 3 circles: BE KIND BLOCK FAST HAVE FUN An arrow points to thee intersection of all 3 circles: YOU CAN BE HERE
July 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
mrsyeppez.bsky.social
Just finished this book today! I know there are a few skateboarding books in my schools' collections, but I don't think any feature a female MC. I think the Ss will be fighting over this one! 📚👍 #schoollibrary #kidlit
loritecler.bsky.social Lori Tecler @loritecler.bsky.social · Jul 23
In @briespangler.bsky.social's KICKTURN, when the bus her family lives on breaks down, forcing them to take a break, Lindy is introduced to skateboarding. Tired of life on the road, when the bus is fixed, she takes drastic action in hopes of staying where she feels at home. #MGLit (1/2)
Cover of KICKTURN by Brie Spangler. Girl with blonde hair stands against a pink background. She's holding a teal skateboard in her hands, wheels facing forward.
July 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
mrsyeppez.bsky.social
Spotted this crazy cool critter on my lemon tree. I *think it's a swallowtail caterpillar.
8-yr-old: Mom, are you sure that's not bird poop?
Me: Want to taste it and find out?
8-yr-old: 🤮 No!
Me: Exactly! The camo is working.
We left him munching happily on the leaves. #natureislit #gardening
There is a gray and white swallowtail caterpillar eating leaves from a lemon tree. The caterpillar looks like bird poop.
July 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
mrsyeppez.bsky.social
I read this one in the spring and fell in love with this little monster! Def on the purchase list for my elementary libraries! #kidlit #schoollibrarian
loritecler.bsky.social Lori Tecler @loritecler.bsky.social · Jul 22
In STITCH HEAD by Guy Bass w/art by Pete Williamson, after years of being overlooked, Stitch Head thinks things will change when he's offered a spot in a traveling circus. He's right, but just not how he'd imagined. Fabulous art, (lite) horror & lots of heart! #MGLit 📚👍🏻
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Cover of STITCH HEAD graphic novel by Guy Bass with art by Pete Williamson. Bald headed character with large eyes and pieces of his face stitched together wearing a black and red striped shirt stands with hands outstretched in front of him and his mouth open. Eerie figures with glowing white eyes are in the dark behind him.
July 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
mrsyeppez.bsky.social
This summer I've devoured dozens of books. Currently rereading Gordan Korman's Restart. Chase Ambrose is one of my favorite characters! 📚👍 #schoollibrarians #kidlit
The picture shows the cover of Gordan Korman's middle grade novel Restart. There is a broken black pair of glasses with a cracked lense and a taped nose bridge on an orange background.
July 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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dkmok.bsky.social
Recently read “Caution! This Book Contains Deadly Reptiles” by Corey Tutt and Ben Williams. It’s packed with info about Australian reptiles, their First Nations names, cultural significance and ecological roles. The conversational style is engaging, the glossary is great. 1/4

💙📚👍🏼 #BookSky #KidLit
The cover of a children’s non-fiction book titled Caution! This Book Contains Deadly Reptiles, by Corey Tutt, art by Ben Williams. From the author of The First Scientists. Painted illustrations of a jalbil – Boyd’s forest dragon, and goodawoodany – northern shovel-nosed snake, surround a yellow circle symmetrically patterned with dots, lines and organic shapes.
July 15, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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fuse8.bsky.social
Proof positive that sometimes the best books for kids come from the unlikeliest of sources about the unlikeliest of people. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/07/15/g...
Gabba Gabba: We Accept That This Book Is Strangely Superior. A Q&A with Jay Ruttenberg and Lucinda Schreiber
Proof positive that sometimes the best books for kids come from the unlikeliest of sources about the unlikeliest of people.
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July 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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loritecler.bsky.social
If you're looking for engaging nonfiction books, don't sleep on THE DEADLIEST series by Eleanor Spicer Rice!
The high stakes hook in the titles are just the beginning--chock full of info & great art by @maxtemescu.bsky.social. Flower & Snake are new today, Cat & Spider already out. #KidLit 📚👍🏻
Cover of THE DEADLIEST: FLOWER by Eleanor Spicer Rice with art by Max Temescu. Six different flowers are featured against a green background. Bottom text box says "Which bloom spells doom?" Cover of THE DEADLIEST: SNAKE by Eleanor Spicer Rice with art by Max Temescu. Red background with images of 6 different snakes coiled and ready to strike. A text box at the bottom of the cover reads "Who has the hiss of death?"
July 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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tonyvincent.bsky.social
Sad news: Wonderopolis will permanently close July 31. 😢 #EduSky

It started in 2010 and became a go-to spot for student-friendly nonfiction.

The content should continue to be available on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. 🤞

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NCFL's digital learning platform Wonderopolis to close - National Center for Families Learning
Since 2010, educators, students, and families the world over have sparked learning together using Wonderopolis.org—that’s 5,475 days… 131,400 hours… or a whopping 7,884,000 minutes! Those are some…
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July 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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drtlovesbooks.bsky.social
"New Footage Suggests That the ‘King of the Hill’ Reboot Might Address Texas Book Bans"

www.cracked.com/article_4726...

#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibraries #SchoolLibrarians @freadomfighters.bsky.social @txfreedomread.bsky.social
New Footage Suggests That the ‘King of the Hill’ Reboot Might Address Texas Book Bans
A surprisingly intense scene was included in Disney’s sizzle reel
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July 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM