Angie Manfredi
@angiemanfredi.bsky.social
Books, movies, navel-gazing. librarians against fascism. Rad fatty. she/her
Okay there's just no way middle schoolers like pumpkin pie THIS much right?? (this was a fun one. #WhiteboardMagic)
November 14, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Okay there's just no way middle schoolers like pumpkin pie THIS much right?? (this was a fun one. #WhiteboardMagic)
First book club of the school year. How many kids will show up?
September 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
First book club of the school year. How many kids will show up?
And thus does the first student librarian display of the year launch!
September 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
And thus does the first student librarian display of the year launch!
Nothing like when you just put out something (after a request) and they just start making magic. #librarylife
August 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Nothing like when you just put out something (after a request) and they just start making magic. #librarylife
This is what happens when you let your #1 reader be the first student librarian of the year and they literally twirl through the stacks with joy. #librarylife
August 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is what happens when you let your #1 reader be the first student librarian of the year and they literally twirl through the stacks with joy. #librarylife
Every generation of new 7th graders must go through the rite of passage: finding the small Target hashtag blocks and building the biggest cube they can, all whilst imagining no one else has ever done this. It's a canon event!!!!
August 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Every generation of new 7th graders must go through the rite of passage: finding the small Target hashtag blocks and building the biggest cube they can, all whilst imagining no one else has ever done this. It's a canon event!!!!
A back to school task I'm so glad I get to do: refreshing the care drawer. This is free and accessible at all times to any student. It debuted last year and it was a hit. The most popular items were pads (over pantyliners and tampons) and deodorants. What am I missing?
August 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A back to school task I'm so glad I get to do: refreshing the care drawer. This is free and accessible at all times to any student. It debuted last year and it was a hit. The most popular items were pads (over pantyliners and tampons) and deodorants. What am I missing?
It's back to school time, babes.
August 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It's back to school time, babes.
Librarian pals the Dollar Tree has these cute book journals out now. I'm stocking up because I know my middle school readers will love these as prizes.
June 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Librarian pals the Dollar Tree has these cute book journals out now. I'm stocking up because I know my middle school readers will love these as prizes.
That's a wrap on year 4 in school libraries. It's the best career reinvention I never expected and I'm so grateful. Here's to summer!
May 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
That's a wrap on year 4 in school libraries. It's the best career reinvention I never expected and I'm so grateful. Here's to summer!
Not only did it hold up to tons of staples/work as a background, it's dry erase!! And thus we WROTE ON IT WITH PERMANENT MARKER and it came off (when we used the "write over permanent marker with dry erase" trick) and was still useable. Bulletin board game changer, imo!
May 19, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Not only did it hold up to tons of staples/work as a background, it's dry erase!! And thus we WROTE ON IT WITH PERMANENT MARKER and it came off (when we used the "write over permanent marker with dry erase" trick) and was still useable. Bulletin board game changer, imo!
We've got two weeks of school left and I finally took down the Black Lit board I had up (and was gonna take down before I had to take off two weeks for my family issue and then needed a week to recover from 🫠) so I slapped this very lazy last board up. It's enough.
May 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We've got two weeks of school left and I finally took down the Black Lit board I had up (and was gonna take down before I had to take off two weeks for my family issue and then needed a week to recover from 🫠) so I slapped this very lazy last board up. It's enough.
Some days you wonder what's the point of it all. But other days you get enough goldfish crackers for the entire school as part of your March Snackness celebration and it'll be during testing and this is your view and then... you know what it's all about.
April 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Some days you wonder what's the point of it all. But other days you get enough goldfish crackers for the entire school as part of your March Snackness celebration and it'll be during testing and this is your view and then... you know what it's all about.
It's been up all year and students stop to look in and use the mirrors all the time and I KNOW/HOPE they're internalizing the messages. Today we added two more. Maya Angelou and the illustration is one of my monthly rewards from @liberaljane.bsky.social. It's exactly what I want them to hear.
April 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It's been up all year and students stop to look in and use the mirrors all the time and I KNOW/HOPE they're internalizing the messages. Today we added two more. Maya Angelou and the illustration is one of my monthly rewards from @liberaljane.bsky.social. It's exactly what I want them to hear.
There's simply nothing on earth I hate more than those displays that have mirrors and tell kids bullshit like MEET THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR FUTURE/THOUGHTS/ DECISIONS/EFFORT blah blah. IF but only if we're that easy for so many of our students. So simplistic. So I made the opposite.
April 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
There's simply nothing on earth I hate more than those displays that have mirrors and tell kids bullshit like MEET THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR FUTURE/THOUGHTS/ DECISIONS/EFFORT blah blah. IF but only if we're that easy for so many of our students. So simplistic. So I made the opposite.
One of my tweens brought in their copy of SUNRISE ON THE REAPING to show me their tear stains. Spectacular. What a gift.
April 9, 2025 at 12:16 AM
One of my tweens brought in their copy of SUNRISE ON THE REAPING to show me their tear stains. Spectacular. What a gift.
Hard to think of something I did this school year I loved more than Student Librarian. An amazing delight and a wondrous way to spotlight student voice. Just excellent overall.
March 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Hard to think of something I did this school year I loved more than Student Librarian. An amazing delight and a wondrous way to spotlight student voice. Just excellent overall.
Today at lunch, through the wild roar, I hear music truly blasting. When I go to investigate I see one of the 7th graders has brought in an enormous portable speaker. And felt comfortable enough here in the library to let that thing RIP at full volume. Are we a shushing library? More like...
March 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Today at lunch, through the wild roar, I hear music truly blasting. When I go to investigate I see one of the 7th graders has brought in an enormous portable speaker. And felt comfortable enough here in the library to let that thing RIP at full volume. Are we a shushing library? More like...
A year ago my beloved friend Jacob and I started BFBC (best friend book club) where we read or re-read books off our lists or that we're into and then talk about every single detail. We read everything and have had extra fun with poetry. For our year anniversary you know we had to #ReadSunrise
March 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
A year ago my beloved friend Jacob and I started BFBC (best friend book club) where we read or re-read books off our lists or that we're into and then talk about every single detail. We read everything and have had extra fun with poetry. For our year anniversary you know we had to #ReadSunrise
THEY LET PAUL TREMBLAY WRITE A MIDDLE GRADE BOOK DANG I literally gasped out loud when I saw his name on it.
March 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
THEY LET PAUL TREMBLAY WRITE A MIDDLE GRADE BOOK DANG I literally gasped out loud when I saw his name on it.
Working in a middle school is like
March 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Working in a middle school is like
This week we ask the greatest question of our age. #WhiteboardMagic
February 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This week we ask the greatest question of our age. #WhiteboardMagic
Today is one of my favorite book club craft days of thr year: the papeclip ribbon bookmarks. They will each make 5-10 of these MINIMUM. Cheap, quick, and so cute.
February 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Today is one of my favorite book club craft days of thr year: the papeclip ribbon bookmarks. They will each make 5-10 of these MINIMUM. Cheap, quick, and so cute.
oh I realize that I have never brought this idea over here BUT one of the reasons they are learning about this is due to my most favorite new program: Student Librarian. Where I invite one of the students to be a guest librarian and create a display. It's been SO amazing to watch!
January 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
oh I realize that I have never brought this idea over here BUT one of the reasons they are learning about this is due to my most favorite new program: Student Librarian. Where I invite one of the students to be a guest librarian and create a display. It's been SO amazing to watch!
So basically I just bought three SPOT THE DIFFERENCES books from Dollar Tree, pulled out the staple, and hung some of my favorites up on the whiteboard. No pens, markers etc, they just stand and discuss it.
January 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
So basically I just bought three SPOT THE DIFFERENCES books from Dollar Tree, pulled out the staple, and hung some of my favorites up on the whiteboard. No pens, markers etc, they just stand and discuss it.