Rachel
@rachelmcc.bsky.social
Mom, teacher, 📚 book lover, librarian, Masters in Teaching Library Science, she/her
I just finished the #ADBook 💙📚 The Black Wolf by Louise Penny-another great Inspector Gamache Mystery. In the beginning the author says she wrote the book in summer of 2024 and submitted it in Sept 2024 and didn’t know what would happen early 2025.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I just finished the #ADBook 💙📚 The Black Wolf by Louise Penny-another great Inspector Gamache Mystery. In the beginning the author says she wrote the book in summer of 2024 and submitted it in Sept 2024 and didn’t know what would happen early 2025.
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What a day- we have lice and stomach flu going around so I had 2 kids tell me they had lice last week while itching their heads, one puker and a lock down(not a drill)with a kindy class. School Librarians will understand.
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
What a day- we have lice and stomach flu going around so I had 2 kids tell me they had lice last week while itching their heads, one puker and a lock down(not a drill)with a kindy class. School Librarians will understand.
Watched the new Frankenstein on Netflix. I would def recommend. The use of colors stands out- red,gold, green,blue- and I’m sure they have meaning. I don’t know what 🤷♀️ but I can imagine college film students of the future writing papers about the colors and what they represent.
a man with curly hair sits at a table with a bowl of food
ALT: a man with curly hair sits at a table with a bowl of food
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November 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Watched the new Frankenstein on Netflix. I would def recommend. The use of colors stands out- red,gold, green,blue- and I’m sure they have meaning. I don’t know what 🤷♀️ but I can imagine college film students of the future writing papers about the colors and what they represent.
Any other #SchoolLibrarians have staff meetings in the library and clean like they are hosting holiday dinner? Just me?
I left Monday thinking I will clean up the mess tomorrow morning forgetting Vet Day off.
Now I’m headed in early to clean before the staff sees it.
I left Monday thinking I will clean up the mess tomorrow morning forgetting Vet Day off.
Now I’m headed in early to clean before the staff sees it.
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Any other #SchoolLibrarians have staff meetings in the library and clean like they are hosting holiday dinner? Just me?
I left Monday thinking I will clean up the mess tomorrow morning forgetting Vet Day off.
Now I’m headed in early to clean before the staff sees it.
I left Monday thinking I will clean up the mess tomorrow morning forgetting Vet Day off.
Now I’m headed in early to clean before the staff sees it.
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It was New Signage Day in the library today!
First up, Book Menus!
Took me 2 years, but FINALLY getting book menus together! (Huge thanks to @melissacorey.bsky.social for sharing so many great templates!)
#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
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First up, Book Menus!
Took me 2 years, but FINALLY getting book menus together! (Huge thanks to @melissacorey.bsky.social for sharing so many great templates!)
#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
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November 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
It was New Signage Day in the library today!
First up, Book Menus!
Took me 2 years, but FINALLY getting book menus together! (Huge thanks to @melissacorey.bsky.social for sharing so many great templates!)
#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
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First up, Book Menus!
Took me 2 years, but FINALLY getting book menus together! (Huge thanks to @melissacorey.bsky.social for sharing so many great templates!)
#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
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Hubby has been having trouble with his rear camera. Yesterday got a scare when he put it in reverse and a HUGE spider appeared on the screen. Spider has built a nice little web back there.
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Hubby has been having trouble with his rear camera. Yesterday got a scare when he put it in reverse and a HUGE spider appeared on the screen. Spider has built a nice little web back there.
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"The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." 🥹
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." 🥹
**Happy dance**
The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice.
The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice.
BREAKING: Book banning extremist group “Moms For Liberty” LOST ALL 31 of their races.
Moms for Liberty is now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023.
This is what happens when communities have had enough and say NO to book bans!
Moms for Liberty is now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023.
This is what happens when communities have had enough and say NO to book bans!
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
**Happy dance**
The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice.
The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice.
Alan Gratz is a consistent winner with my students and War Games is a def must buy for #SchoolLibrarians #Skybrarians #TLSky #KidLit #MGBook It is Historical Fiction set during the 1936 German Olympics.
November 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Alan Gratz is a consistent winner with my students and War Games is a def must buy for #SchoolLibrarians #Skybrarians #TLSky #KidLit #MGBook It is Historical Fiction set during the 1936 German Olympics.
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WTF IS THIS? Blocking the will of the people? The Ohio House will soon vote on a Republican-backed bill that would allow counties, cities and other local governments to block library levies from the ballot.
Bill would let Ohio taxing authorities keep library levies off ballots
Republicans say allowing local taxing authorities in Ohio to block library levies would increase transparency, but libraries say it will hurt them and voters.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
WTF IS THIS? Blocking the will of the people? The Ohio House will soon vote on a Republican-backed bill that would allow counties, cities and other local governments to block library levies from the ballot.
Anybody who tells you that full moon thing is a myth has never worked in a school or an ER. Kids have been crazy and when I said something to a colleague about every class being riled up she said 🌕 #SchoolLibrarians #Skybrarians #Edusky #Teaching
a bear is standing in front of a full moon and saying i 'm feeling the full moon
ALT: a bear is standing in front of a full moon and saying i 'm feeling the full moon
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November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Anybody who tells you that full moon thing is a myth has never worked in a school or an ER. Kids have been crazy and when I said something to a colleague about every class being riled up she said 🌕 #SchoolLibrarians #Skybrarians #Edusky #Teaching
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This has been a really rough few days. I recently learned of a controversy around our book THE PRINCESS IN BLACK AND THE PRINCE IN PINK. Some were outraged that Deseret Book carried it (a chain of bookstores in the west). Deseret Book appears to have complied to their demands and removed it. 1/
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This has been a really rough few days. I recently learned of a controversy around our book THE PRINCESS IN BLACK AND THE PRINCE IN PINK. Some were outraged that Deseret Book carried it (a chain of bookstores in the west). Deseret Book appears to have complied to their demands and removed it. 1/
Also proud because they analyzed book covers to determine which were “real” and which were AI generated. And discussed how books and book covers should have real authors and illustrators. #Kidlit #TLsky #SchoolLibrarians #skybrarians The kids are all right.
We are watching Scholastic Book Fair trailers this weekend and I am SO proud of my 4th- 6th grade students recognizing and questioning whether they are AI. #SchoolLibrarians #Skybrarians
November 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Also proud because they analyzed book covers to determine which were “real” and which were AI generated. And discussed how books and book covers should have real authors and illustrators. #Kidlit #TLsky #SchoolLibrarians #skybrarians The kids are all right.
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I strongly recommend everyone do research sometimes 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯.
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
November 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I strongly recommend everyone do research sometimes 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯.
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
Look something up on Wikipedia. Go to the little citation. Follow it. Read the article it's referencing. Follow links to the original interview. Read the paper written by the interviewee
It genuinely makes you appreciate journalism
I have read many of these books and now feel like I want to add those I haven’t read yet just so I can. I haven’t done a book palette but this one is lovely and also a pretty good sampling of my taste.
I never understand these trends, but honestly this a pretty good sampling of my bookish taste! I’ve read and enjoyed each and every one of the books in this palette. Would you be able to complete a full palette of your favorite reads? What would go on it first? #booksky
November 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
I have read many of these books and now feel like I want to add those I haven’t read yet just so I can. I haven’t done a book palette but this one is lovely and also a pretty good sampling of my taste.
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Timeline cleanse- NYC Halloween Parade and Thriller.
November 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Timeline cleanse- NYC Halloween Parade and Thriller.
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Just fund school libraries. Just fund school libraries. Just fund school libraries.
November 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Just fund school libraries. Just fund school libraries. Just fund school libraries.
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The mood swing from Halloween Joy to Daylight Savings Misery will be swift and devastating.
November 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Nooooo
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The American Association of School Librarians, a division of ALA, has seen their staffing drop 55% since last year.
More than half of those working in the school library division...gone!
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More than half of those working in the school library division...gone!
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AASL Staffing Update | AASL Chapters Forum
AASL has been informed that the position of Manager, Members & Chapters has been eliminated as part of the American Library Association's ongoing reduction-in-f
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November 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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NYT Connections today - aaargh!
October 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
NYT Connections today - aaargh!
Tell me you’ve never bought groceries for a family of four without telling me you don’t have any idea how much things cost. He does know that people eat the groceries they buy?
Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."
October 31, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Tell me you’ve never bought groceries for a family of four without telling me you don’t have any idea how much things cost. He does know that people eat the groceries they buy?
My mom and I read all the Tony Hillerman books and loved them. Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn. I wish she was still here to watch Dark Winds. The book is always better but they do a great job on this series.
October 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
My mom and I read all the Tony Hillerman books and loved them. Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn. I wish she was still here to watch Dark Winds. The book is always better but they do a great job on this series.
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I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them
October 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them
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It’s National Cookbook Month & our school’s readers are here for it! Cookbooks circulate like hotcakes with our 2nd-5th graders & this display has been refilled daily. Can’t wait to add the new Sweet & Salty cookbook from @kingarthurbaking.bsky.social to the shelf! #SchoolLibrary #TLSky
October 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It’s National Cookbook Month & our school’s readers are here for it! Cookbooks circulate like hotcakes with our 2nd-5th graders & this display has been refilled daily. Can’t wait to add the new Sweet & Salty cookbook from @kingarthurbaking.bsky.social to the shelf! #SchoolLibrary #TLSky
I think the new trend is capybaras. Note to self- order more capybara books.
Why are my students obsessed with axolotls? Is it just my school or are others finding the same interest? #SchoolLibrarians
October 29, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I think the new trend is capybaras. Note to self- order more capybara books.