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Heather Perkinson
@hkperkinson.bsky.social
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Public HS librarian, past president of the Maine Association of School Libraries, born & raised in DC. Books, dogs, teaching. #TLSky #EduSky hkperkinson.blogspot.com
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Jolene thinks The Night of the Constantly Ringing Doorbell is no treat, but wishes a Happy Halloween to those of you who will enjoy it!
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Whitish dog performs perfect sit while wearing bandanna decorated with Halloween motifs including candy corn.
October 31, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Dr. Gholdy Muhammad gave a brilliant (genius, really) Brodie Family lecture full of joy and justice tonight at @bowdoincollege.bsky.social
This school librarian especially needed to hear about how reading and joy are intertwined! Thank you @gholdym.bsky.social !
#EduSky #TLSky
A brilliant Black woman stands at a lectern while a slide showing a genius and joyful child is projected on a screen behind her A projected slide says “We come from joy” and quotes the Weekly Advocate from 1837 which says “By reading you may visit all countries converse with the wise good and great who have lived in any age or country … By reading you view everything elegance in architecture sculpture and painting. By reading you may ascend to those remote regions…and enkindle the most sublime emotions that can animate the human soul”
October 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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So excited to learn from @mamagilbs.bsky.social @rgrov1013.bsky.social presenting about passive programming in the school library for teens today at #AASL25
Two brilliant school librarians presenting about passive programming for teens
October 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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So excited to be using my Saturday to learn and collaborate with my fellow literacy nerds at #nErDcampNNE !
Slide projected on big screen in lecture hall
September 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Apparently you can just order cats to be delivered to your doorstep now?
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On the front cement steps of a brick house with a turquoise green door, a gray striped cat is lounging on top of a navy blue cardboard box that is labeled with the Chewy company logo
July 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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#HandsOff Boston Government Center 4/5/25 with the Dropkick Murphys
April 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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This one is fiction. I'm not saying these books are in my library but I'm not NOT saying that either.
The cover of the graphic novel version of Octavia E. Butler's book "Kindred" Title in red letters illustration shows two brown skinned arms thrusting upwards in an expression of helplessness with gray chains around the wrists on a black background, one wrist is being gripped by a white skinned hand. This hauntingly illustrated graphic novel brings the original text of the classic novel to life. The cover of the graphic novel version of Octavia E. Butler's book "Kindred" Title in red letters illustration shows two brown skinned arms thrusting upwards in an expression of helplessness with gray chains around the wrists on a black background, one wrist is being gripped by a white skinned hand. This hauntingly illustrated graphic novel brings the original text of the classic novel to life.
February 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Here's another DEI book I like
Cover of the book "Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You" by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. Illustrated with the profile of a Black person overlaid with red stripes, and blue letters. A great read for teens & kids wanting to learn more about our country's history with race & how to be more aware of the structures in our country that perpetuate bigotry.
February 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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I mean honestly idc, this is all illegal bs, so bring it. An Executive Order is not the law. Join me in posting great "DEI" books here. Use that Alt Text to sing its praises.
Dark blue cover of book entitled "The 1619 Project, a new origin story" created by Nikole Hannah-Jones. This groundbreaking and brilliant book tells the story of race in America.
February 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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#TLSky #EduSky #Skybrarians & any other kind folks: please help out one of my students who has been bullied and doxxed by a member of the #Maine legislature by reporting their Facebook post from yesterday. It has been shared 2.3K times what if it got that many reports?
A Facebook profile for Maine Republican representative Laurel Libby with a photo of the bigoted politician who has dark brown hair cut in a bob and is wearing a blue blazer
February 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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I’m a librarian, I like my sources to be accurate
#TLSky #Skybrarians #EduSky
February 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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#TLSky
Black silhouette of Batman on a rooftop staring up at the light blue projected bat signal which is projecting the black silhouette of a librarian reading a book
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Thanks for the rec! Def need to escape a little. Buying them now in Topsham, Maine
Two books on a shelf in Sherman’s Bookstore in Topsham Maine by author Ashley Poston: A Novel Love Story and The Seven Year Slip
February 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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A3 #TLSkyChat Was trying to get books into kids’ hands one year before a school wide DEAR event and built a bookmobile with a cart so I could check books out in the cafeteria
Book art decorated to look like a truck
January 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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A3 I use old bookends to create passive program info with small selections of books (these were for poetry month) on tables in my HS library #TLSkyChat
Books on a table
January 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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A2 One of my favorite hacks was turning old AV carts into Little Free Libraries around our school
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AV cart with selection of free books in school hallway
January 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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White Christmas!
#DogsOfBluesky
Yellow shepherd mix dog with fluffy tail and turquoise leash looks back at the camera while standing in the snow. Red berry covered bushes are in the background
December 25, 2024 at 5:50 PM
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Arriving after the #TLSkyChat party is over but wanted to answer the last Q: A8 hands down my 2024 book of my ❤️ is Kenneth M Cadow’s Gather w/its luminous prose & brilliant characters, it swept me off my feet. Ofc I picked it up just to find out if the dog lives (he does) & I’m so glad I did!
Green book cover with the silhouette of a big white dog of indeterminate breed.
December 19, 2024 at 2:12 AM
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Anyone else hitting snooze a few times this morning?
3 more days till break
#DogsofBlueSky @dogs.bsky.social
Yellow dog with black nose snoozing with her head on her arm on a couch
December 18, 2024 at 11:10 AM
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Good morning from this unapologetic dog who got us up at 5 am and is now going back to sleep.
#DogsOfBluesky
Blonde dog is curled up in a tight loaf on a fleecy gray blanket with her fluffy tail held tight under her muzzle and black nose. Her light brown wolfy eyes are starting to close
December 14, 2024 at 10:54 AM
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Planning a "Read-In" for the day before break in my high school library. Suggestions for activities (short breaks, because the periods are 87 minutes long!) would be appreciated!
#TLSky #EduSky #Skybrarians

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Winter themed flyer with light blue background snowflakes a snow man reading a book and a cup of hot cocoa. Text says "You're invited GHS Library Read In Friday December 20 all M day study halls your book is your pass sweet treats fun breaks comfy attire encouraged"
December 12, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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Winter wonderland here in #Maine today! #dogsofbluesky
Light blonde dog with dark eyes and nose and green leash in snowy landscape surrounded by snow covered pine trees
December 8, 2024 at 3:06 PM
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Jolene in Hygge mode
A lanky blonde dog is snuggled on a fleecy bed wearing a red and white fair isle style sweater
December 1, 2024 at 12:42 AM
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If I have to pick one… (sorry Sherman’s of Maine and Back Cove and several others) it’s @printbookstore.bsky.social I don’t have a pic of the store but here’s the cover of a great book they recommended to me last week
Cover of graphic novel Ash’s Cabin by Jen Wang which depicts a young person and their dog stay in a cliff overlooking a lake and woods
November 30, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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Jolene says hi
Blonde dog stares at you with nose patiently in Boop position
November 20, 2024 at 3:29 AM