Bookwormie
@sarahbooksmayer.bsky.social
Irreverent, no-shush school librarian. Nothing on here represents my employer. Definitely. Nada, zilch, zero.
My online library says thank you with Halloween candy on top to the wonderful @Novel_Effect for helping make such a connection with students, even through a screen. Also, obviously, HUGE thanks to illustrator @itspeterbrown and author Aaron Reynolds for their #creepycreations
October 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
My online library says thank you with Halloween candy on top to the wonderful @Novel_Effect for helping make such a connection with students, even through a screen. Also, obviously, HUGE thanks to illustrator @itspeterbrown and author Aaron Reynolds for their #creepycreations
I am so glad it's not just me! I just read this to my grade 1/2 library class who delighted in explaining to me what had happened to Miss Nelson. Never get tired of it. Plus, I get to do my Viola Swamp voice🖤 #librariansasentertainers
October 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I am so glad it's not just me! I just read this to my grade 1/2 library class who delighted in explaining to me what had happened to Miss Nelson. Never get tired of it. Plus, I get to do my Viola Swamp voice🖤 #librariansasentertainers
Love when my library goes all spooky! Thank you so much to @storylineonline and @itsSoundCarrot for helping provide #creepycontent plus the @byStickTogether virtual 🎃 stickerboards
October 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Love when my library goes all spooky! Thank you so much to @storylineonline and @itsSoundCarrot for helping provide #creepycontent plus the @byStickTogether virtual 🎃 stickerboards
This cute little mouse is also welcome in my library (it's not just the hedgehogs I mentioned earlier) In fact, everyone is welcome - can't wait to meet you!
🐭#librarymice #libraryinclusivity
🐭#librarymice #libraryinclusivity
October 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This cute little mouse is also welcome in my library (it's not just the hedgehogs I mentioned earlier) In fact, everyone is welcome - can't wait to meet you!
🐭#librarymice #libraryinclusivity
🐭#librarymice #libraryinclusivity
Libraries are some of the most inclusive places on the planet. To celebrate that, I'm welcoming hedgehogs into my online school library today - and everyday!🦔🙂#hedgehogslovebookstoo #schoollibraries
October 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Libraries are some of the most inclusive places on the planet. To celebrate that, I'm welcoming hedgehogs into my online school library today - and everyday!🦔🙂#hedgehogslovebookstoo #schoollibraries
This librarian expat is officially inviting the generous "visitors from Essex" to come see me in Calgary because we also have no @marksandspencer here😭& Colin the Caterpillars are my favourite! Offering a spare room, friendly dog, #rockymountains & @calgarystampede 😁
October 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This librarian expat is officially inviting the generous "visitors from Essex" to come see me in Calgary because we also have no @marksandspencer here😭& Colin the Caterpillars are my favourite! Offering a spare room, friendly dog, #rockymountains & @calgarystampede 😁
💛summer, but always a little sad to close my library. I try to leave Ss with a little something, just in case!
Need one of my #seriesforsummer recommends too? Go here😎 And 🙏 @calgarylibrary for adding so much fun with the #ultimatesummerchallenge
Need one of my #seriesforsummer recommends too? Go here😎 And 🙏 @calgarylibrary for adding so much fun with the #ultimatesummerchallenge
October 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
💛summer, but always a little sad to close my library. I try to leave Ss with a little something, just in case!
Need one of my #seriesforsummer recommends too? Go here😎 And 🙏 @calgarylibrary for adding so much fun with the #ultimatesummerchallenge
Need one of my #seriesforsummer recommends too? Go here😎 And 🙏 @calgarylibrary for adding so much fun with the #ultimatesummerchallenge
🥳Yay to my students! We had sooooo much fun with @Sorareadingapp this year. Next year we're hoping for more #chooseyourownadventure titles (hint, hint😉)
October 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
🥳Yay to my students! We had sooooo much fun with @Sorareadingapp this year. Next year we're hoping for more #chooseyourownadventure titles (hint, hint😉)
❓Did you want to go to magical boarding school as a kid?🙋♀️Me too!! Kids devour these books and asked to see them on one of our #SeriesForSummer displays.
I know there are more magic schools out there so if you have a fave series, I would love to hear from you! 💌
I know there are more magic schools out there so if you have a fave series, I would love to hear from you! 💌
October 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
❓Did you want to go to magical boarding school as a kid?🙋♀️Me too!! Kids devour these books and asked to see them on one of our #SeriesForSummer displays.
I know there are more magic schools out there so if you have a fave series, I would love to hear from you! 💌
I know there are more magic schools out there so if you have a fave series, I would love to hear from you! 💌
These are #hilariousreadalouds, especially if you assign parts to students (or teachers😉) Jan Thomas - wow, what a creator! We've been having fun with a stack of her books for weeks in pretty much every grade. Quack!
October 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
These are #hilariousreadalouds, especially if you assign parts to students (or teachers😉) Jan Thomas - wow, what a creator! We've been having fun with a stack of her books for weeks in pretty much every grade. Quack!
One of my lovely students left a message for everyone at school in our latest @byStickTogether Love the thought & the use of #EphemeralArt, as it was eventually hidden by the other stickers but really, it's there forever! Plus it's CAKE people, double bonus!😋
October 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
One of my lovely students left a message for everyone at school in our latest @byStickTogether Love the thought & the use of #EphemeralArt, as it was eventually hidden by the other stickers but really, it's there forever! Plus it's CAKE people, double bonus!😋
Holy mackerel! This is why libraries are eternally wonderful, necessary and loved💖 And also a shout out to all those #patientschoollibrarians out there who have music classes in their spaces🥁😁
October 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Holy mackerel! This is why libraries are eternally wonderful, necessary and loved💖 And also a shout out to all those #patientschoollibrarians out there who have music classes in their spaces🥁😁
More fun animal research today! We contrasted the cons of "gross" animals (leeches, anyone?) with the pros & voted to see if they were still icky (spoiler: all were still creepy/disgusting/horrible🤣) Thks to @owlkids, author Etta Kaner & ill. David Anderson for a fab resource.
October 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
More fun animal research today! We contrasted the cons of "gross" animals (leeches, anyone?) with the pros & voted to see if they were still icky (spoiler: all were still creepy/disgusting/horrible🤣) Thks to @owlkids, author Etta Kaner & ill. David Anderson for a fab resource.
🙀Whaaattttt? They have Parks passes? @calgarylibrary can we do this??
October 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
🙀Whaaattttt? They have Parks passes? @calgarylibrary can we do this??
Love this for #schoollibrarians! Cannot tell you how many ideas for #librarylove and #EZprogramming have been sparked by the posts and podcasts of @LMS_United Thank you!
October 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Love this for #schoollibrarians! Cannot tell you how many ideas for #librarylove and #EZprogramming have been sparked by the posts and podcasts of @LMS_United Thank you!
My next #SeriesforSummer🌞is graphix for early readers. Hook them by getting the kids to choose a character then #readitaloudtogether & presto!✨they want to borrow a big stack!
👉Copy if you can use (Lexile BR-450)
👉Copy if you can use (Lexile BR-450)
October 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
My next #SeriesforSummer🌞is graphix for early readers. Hook them by getting the kids to choose a character then #readitaloudtogether & presto!✨they want to borrow a big stack!
👉Copy if you can use (Lexile BR-450)
👉Copy if you can use (Lexile BR-450)
👀👇Look, look!
If the #splendiferous Marty Chan is presenting/launching/doing magic😉 then you should be there with your class!
If the #splendiferous Marty Chan is presenting/launching/doing magic😉 then you should be there with your class!
October 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
👀👇Look, look!
If the #splendiferous Marty Chan is presenting/launching/doing magic😉 then you should be there with your class!
If the #splendiferous Marty Chan is presenting/launching/doing magic😉 then you should be there with your class!
Wow!! I'm heading to my principal's office right now to ask for one of these!🙏🍄📚
October 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Wow!! I'm heading to my principal's office right now to ask for one of these!🙏🍄📚
Wow, Ss😍this non-fic run we've got going, (with secret research skills practice😉) Today was the very fun Who's Afraid of the Light? from @AnnaMcGregorAU Would also be great for a #readinthedarkwithflashlights event! Watch “WAOTL_booktrailer” on #Vimeo
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Fergus lives down in the deepest, darkest depths of the sea and is scared of just one thing ... the light! Who's Afraid of the Light? is a fresh and funny…
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October 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Wow, Ss😍this non-fic run we've got going, (with secret research skills practice😉) Today was the very fun Who's Afraid of the Light? from @AnnaMcGregorAU Would also be great for a #readinthedarkwithflashlights event! Watch “WAOTL_booktrailer” on #Vimeo
Using this enticing @canva creation in my online #LearningCommons as we learn🔎research skills through guessing & goofiness😜 Thanks so much to @NGKids for the info on their site that really enhances our other resources
October 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Using this enticing @canva creation in my online #LearningCommons as we learn🔎research skills through guessing & goofiness😜 Thanks so much to @NGKids for the info on their site that really enhances our other resources
The kids (and the librarian😉) had a great time with this book written by the ingenious Rachel Poliquin @ravishingbeasts & illustrated by the exceedinly clever Byron Eggenschwiler @byronegg
A great way to intro non-fic & research, Ss kept asking for #onemorepage!
A great way to intro non-fic & research, Ss kept asking for #onemorepage!
October 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The kids (and the librarian😉) had a great time with this book written by the ingenious Rachel Poliquin @ravishingbeasts & illustrated by the exceedinly clever Byron Eggenschwiler @byronegg
A great way to intro non-fic & research, Ss kept asking for #onemorepage!
A great way to intro non-fic & research, Ss kept asking for #onemorepage!
Sooooo, in May I start getting Ss set up with #seriesforthesummer interactives.
Starting with Warrior Cats today, but would😍 some super fresh💡ideas💡for grades 1-9.
@ABSchoolLT @calgarylibrary @ULSca @shelflifebooks @pagesbooksyyc @owlsnestbooks can I pick your brains?!?!
Starting with Warrior Cats today, but would😍 some super fresh💡ideas💡for grades 1-9.
@ABSchoolLT @calgarylibrary @ULSca @shelflifebooks @pagesbooksyyc @owlsnestbooks can I pick your brains?!?!
October 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Sooooo, in May I start getting Ss set up with #seriesforthesummer interactives.
Starting with Warrior Cats today, but would😍 some super fresh💡ideas💡for grades 1-9.
@ABSchoolLT @calgarylibrary @ULSca @shelflifebooks @pagesbooksyyc @owlsnestbooks can I pick your brains?!?!
Starting with Warrior Cats today, but would😍 some super fresh💡ideas💡for grades 1-9.
@ABSchoolLT @calgarylibrary @ULSca @shelflifebooks @pagesbooksyyc @owlsnestbooks can I pick your brains?!?!
😊OK, I now have a librarian's crush on @melanielynskey who is an amazing story reader!
Grade 1&2s were rapt as she read @DevinScillian's Memoirs of Hamster
🙏 to @storylineonline and the @sagaftraFOUND for their hard work and sharing mentality
Grade 1&2s were rapt as she read @DevinScillian's Memoirs of Hamster
🙏 to @storylineonline and the @sagaftraFOUND for their hard work and sharing mentality
October 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
😊OK, I now have a librarian's crush on @melanielynskey who is an amazing story reader!
Grade 1&2s were rapt as she read @DevinScillian's Memoirs of Hamster
🙏 to @storylineonline and the @sagaftraFOUND for their hard work and sharing mentality
Grade 1&2s were rapt as she read @DevinScillian's Memoirs of Hamster
🙏 to @storylineonline and the @sagaftraFOUND for their hard work and sharing mentality
Thank you, thank you to @PoetryFound for their collection of poetry videos which have helped our more visual learners truly connect this #PoetryMonth We all have a soft spot for Wayne the Stegosaurus by the wonderful Ken Nesbitt @poetry4kids😊
October 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Thank you, thank you to @PoetryFound for their collection of poetry videos which have helped our more visual learners truly connect this #PoetryMonth We all have a soft spot for Wayne the Stegosaurus by the wonderful Ken Nesbitt @poetry4kids😊
No more looking longingly at the teachers with their school planners. Thrilled that this is now available! Thank you @lieberrian & @demco for creating something that I think William Morris would approve of?😍 #UsefulandBeautiful
October 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
No more looking longingly at the teachers with their school planners. Thrilled that this is now available! Thank you @lieberrian & @demco for creating something that I think William Morris would approve of?😍 #UsefulandBeautiful