last year @nobordersbooks.bsky.social sent 600+ books to Rikers; this year our book drive is for teens who are incarcerated in Brooklyn. please purchase a book if you can—most of these are requested titles, and a $7 Goosebumps book would mean A LOT to a kid in detention bookshop.org/wishlists/70...

Exhausted from hosting 2 open houses this week, but I’m proud of this space I created with my students. We opened this week and kids are already making cool things.

Quite obvious:

Got broken household items? Bring them to Long Beach's ‘Fixit’ repair clinic this Saturday lbpost.com/news/city/go...

"Among the many harms it causes, the order targeting transgender, intersex, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming Americans threatens unconstitutional censorship that could have a grave impact on literature for years to come"

My life is what I dreamed of as a child. It’s nothing grandiose. It is simple. I bike to my job as the librarian at a neighborhood public school. I teach kids how to fact-find and introduce them to their new favorite books. I give the square pegs a place where they don’t quite feel like mis-shapes.

Aware that I’m talking to myself (as I’m new here) , buuuut.. Girl Scout cookie season starts tomorrow in LA County. Support Girl Scouts of America. They support trans rights. Nuff said.
#GirlScoutCookies

Back-to-back sick days

I’m sure this sentiment has been expressed elsewhere, but:

Re: ICE

Educators have been mentally preparing for mass shootings for the last 25 years. We know where to hide kids and even the loudest kids know how to hide without making a sound.