Librarian Emeritus
librarianemeritus.bsky.social
Librarian Emeritus
@librarianemeritus.bsky.social
Retired children's librarian currently indulging in hobbies and nature walks, Social Justice Warrior, (She/Her), #kidslit #childrensbooks
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It’s Read-A-Thon Week for our Red Panda and #LunchboxSketches 💗📖

✏️🌈📚

#KidLit #KidLitArt
October 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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I’m kinda on fire with these book cover remakes.

Here’s “Unicorn Playlist.”
October 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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I don't usually get too worked up about book covers, but this edition of RF Kuang's Katabasis is stunning. Picked this up at my local indie bookstore recently and wow!
October 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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This is a great week to read the Alaska Authors Against Book Bans opinion piece. www.adn.com/opinions/202... #BannedBooksWeek #FreedomtoRead
October 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Having a book made into a TV show (and then another one!) was never on the bucket list. But since it has happened, I may as well enjoy it. The show is adorable! So much fun wordplay just like my books and just like the original animated show.
October 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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I’m a little late, but happy Canadian Library Month to my Canadian colleagues! 🇨🇦📚
October 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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The book banning of Indigenous stories in libraries has impacts on readers| Removal of their stories continues the erasure of histories and contributions of Native Nations and their citizens

Thank you @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social for writing this Op-Ed

www.cherokeephoenix.org/opinion/opin...
OPINION: Banning books erases Native voices and experiences
Book banning is not new. A small minority seeking to decide and limit what the majority can access and read has existed for millennia.
www.cherokeephoenix.org
October 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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You know a book has to be good when the toddler stops his destruction of CandyLand to check it out.

The Book of Rules by @briangehrlein.bsky.social is a family favorite

#kidlit
October 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Only thing I bought at the festival - besides a burger.

He's about 4 inches tall.

Even Death likes a good book.

He's going the library next week.

#booksky
October 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Banned Books Week starts today
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bannedbooksweek.org
Banned Books Week | October 5-11, 2025
bannedbooksweek.org
October 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.
October 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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#Albuquerque Teen Club Book club visit Oct 4: Khadijah VanBrakle will discuss her newest YA novel, “My Perfect Family” (Kirkus starred review) as a special iteration of Read Between the Spines Teen Book Club.
libevents.abqlibrary.org/event/148921...
#books #kidlit #scbwi #YAlit
October 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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🥳🥂Radiant by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson won the inaugural Paul Rhetts Award in the 2025 New Mexico Book Awards. This award is given to the most highly rated book in the contest. Nelson’s was among 47 winners and 156 finalists in 39 categories.
nmwriters.org/nm-book-awar...
#books #kidlit #scbwi #YAlit
NM Book Awards - New Mexico Writers
NM Book Awards The New Mexico Book Awards, a nearly two-decades-old book competition, was slated to cease this year. Instead, it is under new management by New Mexico Writers, who will continue the mi...
nmwriters.org
October 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Congrats to Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, Laurel Goodluck, Khadijah VanBrakle, Korie Leigh, Jennifer Bohnhoff, Linda Wilson, RJ Mirabel, and all winners/finalists of the New Mexico Book Awards! It’s great to see so many SCBWI NM members in the list.
nmwriters.org/nm-book-awar...
#books #kidlit #scbwi
October 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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WAIT! Silly me. I did take Fri #LibrarianFashion photos—just saw them, totally forgot (been a bit out of it with distractions)…fresh haircut too.

Enjoy!

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your go-to (or occasional extra spiffy) library look, your librarian fit check??

(Gotta get back to @sartoriallibrary.bsky.social soon!)
October 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Just posting this. Everyone knows why.
October 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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PEN America has released its annual report on the book banning crisis in K–12 public schools, naming the top five most banned titles and authors
U.S. Faces ‘Expanded and Escalated’ Book Censorship, PEN America Reports
PEN America has released its annual report on the book banning crisis in K–12 public schools, naming the top five most banned titles and authors. PEN found censorship increasingly routine; Florida,…
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October 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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I'm going to keep posting old stuff and you can't stop me.
#halloween #kidlit #art
October 2, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Hi, #KidLitArtPostcard Day!

I'm Mayumi, a Japanese #kidlit illustrator. Excited to take on new projects! Picture books, board books, and book covers are my favorite things to work on✨ #kidlitart

Rep'd by lovely @essiewhite.bsky.social
at @stormliterary.bsky.social

🌐 mayumi-sasage.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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‘Tis the season for spooky picture books! 👻🎃☠️

Here’s a nice selection at Grass
Roots Books in Corvallis, Oregon.

(And I’ve got a manuscript that would fit perfectly in that empty spot!) 🧙‍♀️
October 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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🎃 31 Days of Halloween Books 🎃

Day 2: INSIDE A HOUSE THAT IS HAUNTED by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and illustrated by Tedd Arnold

Why I love it: The bold, super fun illustrations and rhythmic, predictable story engages preschoolers and encourages them to get involved!

#kidlit #booksky #halloween
October 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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money where my mouth is: a book I really enjoyed lately was the House of Quiet by Kiersten White. fantasy mental illness, but still treated with compassion, and very very creepy, good mystery
for real I think the only thing outside of maybe authors being independently wealthy/famous that really actually moves books rn is word-of-mouth. we (I could definitely stand to do better on this) gotta talk up the stuff we like with our social networks (online or otherwise) haha
A Big 5 editor friend told me that one of her biggest frustrations is that since nothing is really working right now, it'd be a great time to throw everything at the wall and see what new ideas stick. But instead they just shrug and keep trying ideas from 20 years ago.
October 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Got kicked out of the library for a meeting.

Took 4 carts of stuff with me so I could keep functioning for the day - push one, pull another, two trips.

Ppl looking at me in the halls like, “Are we evacuating the building?" 😂

#LibraryLife #TravellingLibrary #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
a man in a yellow jacket is pushing a cart full of luggage
Alt: a man in a yellow jacket is pushing a cart full of luggage while dragging a travel trunk.
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October 2, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Woolly Hare + Honey Pomelo 🐇

#drawtober #sketchtober #artober idk what -tober anyone is doing but hopefully doing a daily watercolor + ink thing (plus all my other backlog of work) #kidlitart #watercolor #art
October 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Happy October #kidlitartpostcard Day! Tricks and treats a teeny bit early.

I am an illustrator/author seeking representation for picture books and other illustration projects, www.saraweingartner.com.

#kidlitart #picturebookillustration #kidlitillustration #picturebook #Elephant #mouse #halloween
October 3, 2025 at 4:20 AM