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Mychal Threets
@mychal3ts.bsky.social
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“Having fun isn’t hard, when you’ve got a library card!” - Arthur Read

•Library’s Number One Fan
•Mental Health Matters ALWAYS
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We're thrilled to welcome Reading Rainbow host and author @mychal3ts.bsky.social for our National #AARI26 virtual event, open to all!

Register your classroom to join the conversation with Mychal, including a reading from his new book—and a giveaway for NCTE members: https://ncte.org/aari-threets/
Promotional graphic for a special event featuring Mychal Threets for the 2026 NCTE National African American Read-In. The event takes place Thursday, February 12 from 1:00 to 1:45 PM ET. The background is purple with a joyful Threets headshot, and includes the hashtag #AARI26 NCTE.
January 16, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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Congratulations, @mychal3ts.bsky.social and Lorraine Nam!
I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy
January 13, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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Celebrate 10 years of Books from Birth with a cozy Pajama Storytime ft. Mychal Threets, the new host of PBS’ Reading Rainbow. Mychal will read from their new picture book, I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy.

🗓 Feb 4 | 6:30 PM
🔗 RSVP https://bit.ly/3LwC1JE
Promotional poster for a book event featuring Mychal Threeets and DC Public Library. The poster includes an illustration of joyful children reading and a photo of author Mychal Threeets with a welcoming gesture, titled 'I'm So Happy You're Here - A Celebration of Library Joy'. Event details included for February 4th at 6:30 PM at MLK Library.
January 12, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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"Stay one more day, 24 more hours, you never know what's in store that next day." Mychal Threets, new host of Reading Rainbow and author of I'm So Happy You're Here: A Celebration of Library Joy #ncte25 #library
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
mychal3ts.bsky.social
If your emotions to the ICE shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota leaving a woman dead are overwhelm, shock, rage, and fear, you are not alone. The person killed in the Minneapolis, Minnesota ICE shooting is Renee Nicole Good ❤️‍🩹
Renee Nicole Good smiling by a body of ocean, dressed in red❤️‍🩹
January 8, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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There’s an indoor slide at DC’s MLK library! 😁🛝📚

Video Description:
Mychal laughs, saying, “Here we go!” He slides down the indoor slide at DC Public Library's Martin Luther King Jr Memorial central branch. Library friends cheer him on ✨

📹: @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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Thank you for watching Reading Rainbow 🥹📚🌈

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“WHAT?!” Mychal’s goal as host of the Reading Rainbow revival was for an episode to reach 1 million views. An episode has already achieved this! 🤯 He thanks you for supporting the show. We’re doing our best to make LeVar Burton proud 🦋🌌
January 3, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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Reading Rainbow bloopers! 😂🦋📚🌈

Video Description:
•kids doing their best to stay focused, but still dancing
•kids telling Mychal their purpose is video games, watching tv, and peanut butter nutella sandwiches
•kid suggests building animal robots to replace other robots

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December 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Merry Christmas to me, just preordered @mychal3ts.bsky.social upcoming picture book from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social along with Tell Me a Story: Fantastic Children's Books from the Library of Congress & Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food (with Recipes) #books #reading #queer
December 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Every #donation to my #DonorsChoose #iPad project is being DOUBLED now. Our Title I kids lack a lot of #education opportunities, so please help our #community by #giving or sharing.

@levarburton.bsky.social @mychal3ts.bsky.social @hankgreen.bsky.social

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#TLSky #EduSky #BookSky
Full Steam Ahead: Coding and Creating With iPads!, a project from Mr. Jones
Help me give my students iPads for learning, creativity, exploration, communication, research, and collaboration. Our library is the heart of the schoola place where curiosity, creativity, and tech...
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December 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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✨📖 2025 Mental Health Wrapped 📖✨

I’m so happy you’re here! Thank you for staying 💚
Text reads: “💚 2025 Mental Health Wrapped 💚 •You ate 99 Costco food court hot dogs •You watched Studio Ghibli films 143 times •You only returned home to make sure you didn't forget to turn off the stove 17 times •You panicked less than Panic! at the Disco •You are in the top 1% of PBS viewers •You said "no worries" when worrying 33 times this year, an improvement from last year •You visited the library 365 times •You quoted Mister Rogers every day Thank you for staying another year! from @wizardofbarge” Image below is of Pam from The Office. She speaks into a mic. Edited caption text reads, “and I feel anxiety in this brain tonight”
December 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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We are OVERJOYED to announce that award-winning librarian and ‘Reading Rainbow’ host @mychal3ts.bsky.social will serve as our 2026 National Library Week honorary chair!

#NationalLibraryWeek will be held April 19-25 with the theme "Find Your Joy."

Read our full announcement: https://bit.ly/4rDSagx
On left: National Library Week poster featuring an illustration of community members in front of a library with a banner that reads 'FIND YOUR JOY!'; bottom of the poster reads 'Celebrate National Library Week." On right, a photo of Mychal Threets wearing a shirt that reads "Library Joy!!" and giving two thumbs up.
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Wow, Grover! 😁 You’re on a READ poster! 💙📚

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Mychal Threets grins while holding THE MONSTER AT THE END OF THIS BOOK open to a page with Grover astounded that another page has been turned as part of the chaotic story. It is for a READ poster with the letters in blue similarly to Grover.
December 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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stephlaubooks.com
It's been 1 MONTH since my debut picture book ❄️🩰The Abominable Snow Dancer🩰❄️ launched. Highlights:

- 4 launch events + 1 school visit (and one more event still incoming!)
- Mychal Threets held my book (🤯!!!)
- Our smiling faces in PW Daily 😎
- Reading my book aloud makes me feel weirdly powerful 🪄👶
Mychal Threets, wearing a Library Joy t-shirt, smiles and holds up two picture books: The Abominable Snow Dancer (by Steph Lau) and Jim! (by Jerrold Connors). Behind him are shelves of books, in a bookstore. A screencap of Publishers Weekly Picture of the Day. Caption reads: On November 8, Steph Lau (r.) launched her new picture book, The Abominable Snow Dancer (Penguin Workshop), at Great Good Place for Books in Oakland, Calif. Joining Lau at the event were authors Mike Jung (c.) and Jo Wu (l.). Courtesy Jo Wu/Jerrold Connors. Jo is holding The Abominable Snow Dancer, Mike is wearing a unicorn hood with shiny gold horn, and Steph is wearing an Otto the Abominable Snow Dancer costume.
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Someone said that Florida upside down looks like The Grinch, and now I can’t unsee it! 😱🤯
Florida upside down on a map, looking like The Grinch
December 2, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Today is a good day to make Mychal Threets proud of you. Read a book that brings you joy. Some people read by listening. Some people read by touch. Some people read with their eyeballs. All reading is reading. Remember your meds and have some water!
November 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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DOLLY PARTON: STAR OF THE SHOW 🌟📖

Thank you for being such an extraordinarily generous, kind human being, Dolly Parton! 301 million books (and counting) gifted to kids all over the world through the Imagination Library 💛✨

Congratulations on YOUR new book! We are thankful for you 😊💜
November 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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We raise our library voices to celebrate our Indigenous neighbors 💜

How wonderful to exist alongside Indigenous Peoples! You have always been here, you are still here. Celebrate & support them: their stories, history, community, art, food ✨

Thankful for you, we celebrate you today & every day 🧡
Mychal smiles in Indigenous purple shirt, holding the book CHOOCH HELPED by Andrea L. Rogers and illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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One of my favorite Star Wars performances in the franchise is that of Moses Ingram as The Third Sister ♥️

What’s one of your favorite Star Wars performances? ✨
Moses Ingram as The Third Sister battling Darth Vader in Star Wars
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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“What is Reading Rainbow?” 📚🌈

Library joy was featured as a Jeopardy! clue, alongside LeVar Burton and PBS 🤯🥹

💙 @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social
💚 @pbs.org
“ONCE A PBS STAPLE WITH LeVAR BURTON, THIS KIDS' SERIES HAS BEEN REBOOTED WITH VIRAL LIBRARIAN MYCHAL THREETS AS THE HOST” jeopardy! Clue
November 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Libraries host food drives, have reading challenges with certificates for free burgers & pizza to encourage kids to read, have lunch-at-the-library programs in the Summer, have seed lending libraries to help grow your own food…

Libraries are adamant our neighbors be fed, that they never go hungry 💛
November 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Steve Irwin would be so proud of Robert Irwin’s joy on Dancing With The Stars 🥹✨
Steve Irwin and a young Robert Irwin smile together for a photo as they hold a smiling reptile Witney Carson and Robert Irwin celebrate on Dancing With The Stars
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Commencement Speakers:

Are you looking for an inspiring, engaging, and highly relevant speaker for your spring 2026 commencement ceremony?

Consider one of the authors, educators, or librarians from The Author Village.

theauthorvillage.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Happy Veterans Day to all those who serve and have served ✨

They each have a story. I cannot help but think of their mental health. They have their worries, their grief, their struggles. They are human, just like us ❤️‍🩹

I hope their minds will be kind to them every day. Thank you for your service 💚
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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This comment means the world! The library is for everyone. For autistic you, ADHD you, dyslexic you, neurodivergent you 💚

It is difficult for some to use a library voice, to whisper. THAT’S OKAY. You belong in the library, we will work together. I admire YOU 😊

Take a look, it’s in a book 💛
Text from Brittany Belka reads, “My son has went to the library and has checked out each of these books at different times and walked around saying "I'm just like Mychal the Librarian mommy!" And then will ask to watch the episode that matches the book so he can read along with the story as it's read. Mychal, you are a true gift in life and you continue to make a difference everyday! My son is neurodiverget and was scared to go to the library because he knows you have to be quiet and it's hard for him to do so. Once he heard you say he is welcome to all libraries he sprung into action and begged to go to the library! Thank you for all you do and continue to do. You are a light in our home and we admire you and Reading Rainbow 🌈 “
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM