East Leyden Library
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Home of bustling and engaging East Leyden Library, Makersquad, & Book Club all located in the amazing Chicago suburb of Franklin Park, IL. Led by librarian @GinaCaneva.bsky.social
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Face Your Fears this Fall with a Frightening Read! Whoa, this is a busy October, East Leyden Eagles! We have so much going on; let's act...
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Check out our October Newsletter via @smorenewsletter.bsky.social It features books to celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth #BannedBooksWeek & #mystery & #horror books. We have 2 Writing & Art Contest as well as a movie night! See you soon! secure.smore.com/n/h695g
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How I’m spending #BannedBooksWeek… teaching lessons about censorship & book banning. @ibramxk.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
How I’m spending #BannedBooksWeek… teaching lessons about censorship & book banning. @ibramxk.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
Check out our October Newsletter via @smorenewsletter.bsky.social It features books to celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth #BannedBooksWeek & #mystery & #horror books. We have 2 Writing & Art Contest as well as a movie night! See you soon! secure.smore.com/n/h695g
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Face Your Fears this Fall with a Frightening Read! Whoa, this is a busy October, East Leyden Eagles! We have so much going on; let's act...
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September 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Check out our October Newsletter via @smorenewsletter.bsky.social It features books to celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth #BannedBooksWeek & #mystery & #horror books. We have 2 Writing & Art Contest as well as a movie night! See you soon! secure.smore.com/n/h695g
Check out our September newsletter via @smorenewsletter.bsky.social featuring books about labor as our school is performing The Radium Girls for our fall play & books to celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth We hope to see you soon!! secure.smore.com/n/un8wa
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A September to Remember It's September, East Leyden Eagles! With autumn on its way, we have two displays sure to pique your interest....
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August 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Check out our September newsletter via @smorenewsletter.bsky.social featuring books about labor as our school is performing The Radium Girls for our fall play & books to celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth We hope to see you soon!! secure.smore.com/n/un8wa
Check out our August Library Newsletter via @smorenewsletter.bsky.social featuring books that made it to the screens this summer--big & small-- #Superman #JurassicPark #WeWereLiars --our @beanstack.bsky.social schoolwide reading contest & our summer reading ice cream social. secure.smore.com/n/6tk5h
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Welcome Back! Welcome back, East Leyden Eagles!! We're very excited to see all of you and welcome you back to the library! We have some...
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August 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Check out our August Library Newsletter via @smorenewsletter.bsky.social featuring books that made it to the screens this summer--big & small-- #Superman #JurassicPark #WeWereLiars --our @beanstack.bsky.social schoolwide reading contest & our summer reading ice cream social. secure.smore.com/n/6tk5h
Check out our Summer Edition of our Library Newsletter created via @smorenewsletter.bsky.social It features information about summer reading with an interactive list created by your actual human school librarians & a summer reading challenge via @zoobean.bsky.social secure.smore.com/n/s21w5-east...
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Summer Edition!! I'm so excited to bring you the Summer Edition of our Newsletter. This is a shorter newsletter intended to remind you to...
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May 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Check out our Summer Edition of our Library Newsletter created via @smorenewsletter.bsky.social It features information about summer reading with an interactive list created by your actual human school librarians & a summer reading challenge via @zoobean.bsky.social secure.smore.com/n/s21w5-east...
Check out our April Library Newsletter made via @smorenewsletter.bsky.social It features displays for #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #NationalPoetryMonth #NationalLibraryMonth & #EarthDay
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April Showers, Read for Hours!! Hi, Eagles! You know, the weather is so topsy-turvy outside, why not stay in and cozy up to a great book!...
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April 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Check out our April Library Newsletter made via @smorenewsletter.bsky.social It features displays for #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth #NationalPoetryMonth #NationalLibraryMonth & #EarthDay
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We had an amazing day w/ our annual Reading Chair for Churros event. Students & teachers created teams to choose & decorate a chair that their team would read in all day long. This year we had 29 teams w/ over 230 readers participating in the act of #reading. #booksky video214.com/play/8cGTal6...
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March 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We had an amazing day w/ our annual Reading Chair for Churros event. Students & teachers created teams to choose & decorate a chair that their team would read in all day long. This year we had 29 teams w/ over 230 readers participating in the act of #reading. #booksky video214.com/play/8cGTal6...
Check out our Q3 Cumulative Video which shows all of the school library joy you ever could've asked for (except until Quarter 4, of course). #booksky Made via @animoto.bsky.social video214.com/play/1ypquEH...
Through Q 3 2024-25
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March 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Check out our Q3 Cumulative Video which shows all of the school library joy you ever could've asked for (except until Quarter 4, of course). #booksky Made via @animoto.bsky.social video214.com/play/1ypquEH...
Awesome time with @mindymcginnis.bsky.social this week. Kids and adults were extremely engaged!
March 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Awesome time with @mindymcginnis.bsky.social this week. Kids and adults were extremely engaged!
We had the honor of hosting phenomenal author @mindymcginnis.bsky.social this week. Our students were extremely engaged in her presentations—we had a blast!
March 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We had the honor of hosting phenomenal author @mindymcginnis.bsky.social this week. Our students were extremely engaged in her presentations—we had a blast!
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Hello East Leyden Library! Wish I’d been there with you. Sounds like a great event and delighted my books were involved. Thank you!
Had a blast with this #womenshistorymonth booktalk featuring books by @soniapurnell.bsky.social Jennifer Mathieu, Malala & @penelopebagieu.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Hello East Leyden Library! Wish I’d been there with you. Sounds like a great event and delighted my books were involved. Thank you!
Had a blast with this #womenshistorymonth booktalk featuring books by @soniapurnell.bsky.social Jennifer Mathieu, Malala & @penelopebagieu.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Had a blast with this #womenshistorymonth booktalk featuring books by @soniapurnell.bsky.social Jennifer Mathieu, Malala & @penelopebagieu.bsky.social
Here's our March Newsletter. It features info. about #WomensHistoryMonth , #MarchMadness but with books, @mindymcginnis.bsky.social visit, & Reading Chair info. Enjoy!
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March On, Library Friends, March On! Hi, Eagles! This very busy March, we're running so many programs to bring you reading joy, and we'd...
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February 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Here's our March Newsletter. It features info. about #WomensHistoryMonth , #MarchMadness but with books, @mindymcginnis.bsky.social visit, & Reading Chair info. Enjoy!
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Here’s what #BlackHistoryMonth looked like in our library—bright display at the front & some pics of our booktalks that show truths like the Tulsa Race Massacre from Brandy Colbert, American Wings by @rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social & @ewein2412.bsky.social , & Fights @joelchristiangill.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Here’s what #BlackHistoryMonth looked like in our library—bright display at the front & some pics of our booktalks that show truths like the Tulsa Race Massacre from Brandy Colbert, American Wings by @rhymeswithcapri.bsky.social & @ewein2412.bsky.social , & Fights @joelchristiangill.bsky.social
Here are our students using a typewriter from the @awmuseum.bsky.social ! It’s a replica of one that James Baldwin used to write his masterpieces. We put out Baldwin’s books nearby & now we have an awesome exhibit! #BlackHistoryMonth
February 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Here are our students using a typewriter from the @awmuseum.bsky.social ! It’s a replica of one that James Baldwin used to write his masterpieces. We put out Baldwin’s books nearby & now we have an awesome exhibit! #BlackHistoryMonth
Here's our February Newsletter that showcases books for #BlackHistoryMonth , #love , & details our upcoming visit w/ @mindymcginnis.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚 made via @smorenewsletter.bsky.social secure.smore.com/n/m4suw
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February is Black History Month, and Romance is on the Shelves Hi, Eagles! This February, we're displaying books to celebrate Black...
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January 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Here's our February Newsletter that showcases books for #BlackHistoryMonth , #love , & details our upcoming visit w/ @mindymcginnis.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚 made via @smorenewsletter.bsky.social secure.smore.com/n/m4suw
#booksky 💙📚booktalks for winter vibes Some Like it Cold for cozy romance, Batter Royale for Culinary Compositions, & Shipwreck at the bottom of the World for Snowy Survival Stories. @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social @leisl.bsky.social Jennifer Armstrong
January 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
#booksky 💙📚booktalks for winter vibes Some Like it Cold for cozy romance, Batter Royale for Culinary Compositions, & Shipwreck at the bottom of the World for Snowy Survival Stories. @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social @leisl.bsky.social Jennifer Armstrong
Check out our December Newsletter via Smore Newsletter! Find your winter vibe--Cozy Romances, Chilly Mystery, Cooking Compositions, and/or Snowy Survival Stories. Check one out today! secure.smore.com/n/yqgxu-east...
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Warm up with a Good Book this December! Hi, Eagles! This December, we're asking the question: What's Your Winter Reading Vibe? In that...
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December 2, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Check out our December Newsletter via Smore Newsletter! Find your winter vibe--Cozy Romances, Chilly Mystery, Cooking Compositions, and/or Snowy Survival Stories. Check one out today! secure.smore.com/n/yqgxu-east...
Celebrating #Indigenous writers for a #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth booktalk. Students were highly engaged with the texts!
November 26, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Celebrating #Indigenous writers for a #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth booktalk. Students were highly engaged with the texts!
Some pics of a lesson & booktalk that celebrates Indigenous culture #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
November 26, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Some pics of a lesson & booktalk that celebrates Indigenous culture #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth