Kathy Ishizuka
@kishizuka.bsky.social
Third generation JA; Master Gardener
Priors: Editor in Chief, School Library Journal, Partnerships & Innovation Director, SLJ & LJ; FOLIO's Top Women in Media 2019
Priors: Editor in Chief, School Library Journal, Partnerships & Innovation Director, SLJ & LJ; FOLIO's Top Women in Media 2019
Love this list. Beyond the selections, the mix-and-match search option; categories beyond the usual, e.g.: "The States We're In;" and the visual presentation. And way to go, @npr.org, on the easy access to past years' reading guides.
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Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Foeniculum vulgare (bronze fennel)
November color.
November color.
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Foeniculum vulgare (bronze fennel)
November color.
November color.
A nonprofit for aiding aspiring publishing professionals, Inkluded has recently partnered with Hachette Book Group and Macmillan.
Inkluded Faces Up to Publishing’s Diversity Problem
Through public programming and a cost-free publishing course, the nonprofit seeks to address the knowledge gaps that have historically stood between some BIPoC communities and a career in the book bus...
www.publishersweekly.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A nonprofit for aiding aspiring publishing professionals, Inkluded has recently partnered with Hachette Book Group and Macmillan.
Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurascens’
Purple sage
November color
Purple sage
November color
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurascens’
Purple sage
November color
Purple sage
November color
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice'
Oakleaf hydrangea
November color
Oakleaf hydrangea
November color
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice'
Oakleaf hydrangea
November color
Oakleaf hydrangea
November color
Cosmos - Kiiro
Cosmos bipinnatus
November color.
Cosmos bipinnatus
November color.
November 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Cosmos - Kiiro
Cosmos bipinnatus
November color.
Cosmos bipinnatus
November color.
A vast majority of teachers view inclusive literature as important and want to use these books with their students. That’s according to a recent #NCTE survey, which offers insight into how books are used in U.S. classrooms and the challenges teachers face in integrating texts to enhance learning.
NCTE 2025: Teachers Want More Than the Same Old Books
A recent NCTE survey shows educators overwhelmingly value diverse literature—but need help getting it into classrooms.
www.publishersweekly.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
A vast majority of teachers view inclusive literature as important and want to use these books with their students. That’s according to a recent #NCTE survey, which offers insight into how books are used in U.S. classrooms and the challenges teachers face in integrating texts to enhance learning.
The butter! Three sticks!
Cowboy Cookies Recipe
This recipe came to The Times in 2000 during the Bush-Gore presidential campaign when Family Circle magazine ran cookie recipes from each of the candidates' wives and asked readers to vote Laura Bush'...
cooking.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The butter! Three sticks!
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
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Trump, being in the process of sun downing, probably hates all the miserable people around him, because they're all evil, and he's losing grip with reality. Then a real human being comes around and is warm and friendly, and grandpa is just beside himself. He needs to be in a home.
November 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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"Ohio bill would require schools, libraries to filter online database content" (NBC4)
HB 583 would require any vendor providing an online database to Ohio institutions to block access to content that is “obscene,” “harmful to juveniles” or depicts child sexual exploitation.
HB 583 would require any vendor providing an online database to Ohio institutions to block access to content that is “obscene,” “harmful to juveniles” or depicts child sexual exploitation.
www.nbc4i.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"Ohio bill would require schools, libraries to filter online database content" (NBC4)
HB 583 would require any vendor providing an online database to Ohio institutions to block access to content that is “obscene,” “harmful to juveniles” or depicts child sexual exploitation.
HB 583 would require any vendor providing an online database to Ohio institutions to block access to content that is “obscene,” “harmful to juveniles” or depicts child sexual exploitation.
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
Remember a few weeks ago when Trump brought in a couple bulldozers and demolished about a third of the White House? That was weird.
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Remember a few weeks ago when Trump brought in a couple bulldozers and demolished about a third of the White House? That was weird.
Billed as a "nationwide wave of creative resistance," the Fall of Freedom - perhaps rolling into Winter, Spring and Summer editions - launches today, with an open invitation to artists, creators.
www.falloffreedom.com
www.falloffreedom.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Billed as a "nationwide wave of creative resistance," the Fall of Freedom - perhaps rolling into Winter, Spring and Summer editions - launches today, with an open invitation to artists, creators.
www.falloffreedom.com
www.falloffreedom.com
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January:
acasignups.net/cdc-website
acasignups.net/cdc-website
CDC.Gov Archive Index
With the Musk/Trump Administration bulldozing their way through seemingly every federal government website, teams of data analysts and archivers have been attempting to download and archive as much fe...
acasignups.net
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January:
acasignups.net/cdc-website
acasignups.net/cdc-website
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature: Daniel Nayeri for 'The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story' (Levine Querido)
November 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature: Daniel Nayeri for 'The Teacher of Nomad Land: A World War II Story' (Levine Querido)
Well, bit the bullet, and re-upped for ACA health insurance. My premiums went up by (only!) 10%. Final cost: $1300+ per month. I currently have no income, so there's that.
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Well, bit the bullet, and re-upped for ACA health insurance. My premiums went up by (only!) 10%. Final cost: $1300+ per month. I currently have no income, so there's that.
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
The American people are just an ATM to the oligarchs at this point.
Withdrawals only.
Withdrawals only.
"The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant has been awarded a $1 billion federal loan guarantee that will enable it to shift onto taxpayers some of the risk of its plan to restart the Pennsylvania facility and sell the electricity to Microsoft for its data centers."
Trump officials give $1 billion loan to restart Three Mile Island
The plan to reopen Three Mile Island to supply Microsoft with power wins a federal loan guarantee, shifting some of the risk onto taxpayers.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The American people are just an ATM to the oligarchs at this point.
Withdrawals only.
Withdrawals only.
A Jackson County Circuit Court judge struck down a state law criminalizing school employees for supplying “sexually explicit material” to students, ruling it unconstitutionally vague and overbroad in a five-page decision Monday.(Missouri Independent)
Missouri court strikes down 2022 law that pulled library books off shelves • Missouri Independent
A Jackson County Circuit Court struck down a 2022 law that criminalized school employees for providing "sexually explicit material."
missouriindependent.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A Jackson County Circuit Court judge struck down a state law criminalizing school employees for supplying “sexually explicit material” to students, ruling it unconstitutionally vague and overbroad in a five-page decision Monday.(Missouri Independent)
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Reposted by Kathy Ishizuka
Granddaughter of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ author criticizes use of book title in DHS immigration crackdown operation | CNN buff.ly/re8zXyz
Granddaughter of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ author criticizes use of book title in DHS immigration crackdown operation | CNN
In the popular children’s book “Charlotte’s Web,” the title character, a spider, uses her web as an instrument of good to help secure the freedom of Wilbur, a pig on her farm.
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Granddaughter of ‘Charlotte’s Web’ author criticizes use of book title in DHS immigration crackdown operation | CNN buff.ly/re8zXyz
The Trans News Initiative tracks coverage of trans communities for the benefit of journalists, media organizations, and researchers and was developed by the Trans Journalists Association (TJA) in association with Polygraph.
(CJR)
#journalism
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#journalism
The Trans News Initiative draws from data to reveal patterns and proportions of trans coverage.
A new tool, the Trans News Initiative, draws from data to reveal patterns and proportions.
www.cjr.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The Trans News Initiative tracks coverage of trans communities for the benefit of journalists, media organizations, and researchers and was developed by the Trans Journalists Association (TJA) in association with Polygraph.
(CJR)
#journalism
(CJR)
#journalism
Via ALA: 100 public library workers will receive free. tuition for “Sustainable Librarianship: Core Competencies and Practices,” a four-part e-course. In addition, participants will engage in a community of practice with advisors and peers over 6 months. Deadline to apply: Nov 14.
Resilient Communities: Advancing Sustainability in and through Libraries
www.ala.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Via ALA: 100 public library workers will receive free. tuition for “Sustainable Librarianship: Core Competencies and Practices,” a four-part e-course. In addition, participants will engage in a community of practice with advisors and peers over 6 months. Deadline to apply: Nov 14.
“Teachers and librarians are scared to get fired. So we make sure these books are still accessible. Some of our book smugglers can’t tell you who they are, but they’re out there.” - Tony Diaz, founder of Librotraficantes (Reporting Texas)
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As a New Texas Law Clamps Down on School Libraries, 'Librotraficantes' Fight Back - Reporting Texas
Just two months after a new Texas law expanded parents’ power to challenge school library books, authors gathered at the Texas Book Festival’s Banned Book Bash to read from titles that have been banne...
www.reportingtexas.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“Teachers and librarians are scared to get fired. So we make sure these books are still accessible. Some of our book smugglers can’t tell you who they are, but they’re out there.” - Tony Diaz, founder of Librotraficantes (Reporting Texas)
@penamerica.bsky.social
@penamerica.bsky.social
Tory Hall, Sower Books' owner, said the food drive felt like a natural extension of the store’s role as a community gathering place...
Collecting 2,000 pounds of food in a week, the bookstore put out a call for drivers and customers stepped up, delivering to a local food pantry.
Collecting 2,000 pounds of food in a week, the bookstore put out a call for drivers and customers stepped up, delivering to a local food pantry.
To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Tory Hall, Sower Books' owner, said the food drive felt like a natural extension of the store’s role as a community gathering place...
Collecting 2,000 pounds of food in a week, the bookstore put out a call for drivers and customers stepped up, delivering to a local food pantry.
Collecting 2,000 pounds of food in a week, the bookstore put out a call for drivers and customers stepped up, delivering to a local food pantry.
Dad, Fort Knox, 1944.
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Dad, Fort Knox, 1944.
There's a library marketing op in this.
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
There's a library marketing op in this.