Tamra
@librariantamra.bsky.social
Elementary librarian. Mom.
Free People Read Freely.
Stay curious. Keep learning.
Books Save Lives.
Terrible at posting regularly.
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Free People Read Freely.
Stay curious. Keep learning.
Books Save Lives.
Terrible at posting regularly.
she/her
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Please contact your reps to ask them to oppose these bills that target librarians and will result in more self-censorship of books that are not actually “harmful and obscene.”
Emails are great.
www.txftrp.org/dont_impriso...
Calls are better.
Find phone numbers:
wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home
Emails are great.
www.txftrp.org/dont_impriso...
Calls are better.
Find phone numbers:
wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home
SEND AN EMAIL: Don’t Imprison Librarians in Texas
Send an email to your legislators asking them to block all bills that would criminalize librarians and your right to read.
www.txftrp.org
March 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Please contact your reps to ask them to oppose these bills that target librarians and will result in more self-censorship of books that are not actually “harmful and obscene.”
Emails are great.
www.txftrp.org/dont_impriso...
Calls are better.
Find phone numbers:
wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home
Emails are great.
www.txftrp.org/dont_impriso...
Calls are better.
Find phone numbers:
wrm.capitol.texas.gov/home
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With laws like SB412 and HB267 Texas legislators propose to eliminate parts of the “affirmative defense” in order to “protect children from sexualization.”
The problem is- they leave in exceptions for legislators & ADULTS WHO ARE MARRIED TO CHILDREN.
www.txftrp.org/changing_aff...
The problem is- they leave in exceptions for legislators & ADULTS WHO ARE MARRIED TO CHILDREN.
www.txftrp.org/changing_aff...
March 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
With laws like SB412 and HB267 Texas legislators propose to eliminate parts of the “affirmative defense” in order to “protect children from sexualization.”
The problem is- they leave in exceptions for legislators & ADULTS WHO ARE MARRIED TO CHILDREN.
www.txftrp.org/changing_aff...
The problem is- they leave in exceptions for legislators & ADULTS WHO ARE MARRIED TO CHILDREN.
www.txftrp.org/changing_aff...
This was one of the first books I read during lockdown in 2020 that grabbed and held my attention. Sadly, it feels more relevant now than it did then.
Author @samiraahmed.bsky.social discussed her teen novel INTERNMENT with Ali Velshi on his Velshi's Banned Book Club segment on MSNBC.
INTERNMENT is more important than ever. Samira's message is more important than ever.
Please take a few moments to view the segment.
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
INTERNMENT is more important than ever. Samira's message is more important than ever.
Please take a few moments to view the segment.
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘Internment’ by Samira Ahmed
Set “15 minutes into the future,” ‘Internment’ by Samira Ahmed follows 17-year-old Layla Amin and her family after they are systematically stripped of their rights and forced into an internment camp i...
www.msnbc.com
March 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This was one of the first books I read during lockdown in 2020 that grabbed and held my attention. Sadly, it feels more relevant now than it did then.
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Queer kids need to have access to books that celebrate their lives and value their existence.
Queer kids need to know that these books exist.
Banning books is not about books.
Banning books is about the erasure of identities.
The nazis banned books.
Erasure is the precursor to eliminationism.
Queer kids need to know that these books exist.
Banning books is not about books.
Banning books is about the erasure of identities.
The nazis banned books.
Erasure is the precursor to eliminationism.
March 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Queer kids need to have access to books that celebrate their lives and value their existence.
Queer kids need to know that these books exist.
Banning books is not about books.
Banning books is about the erasure of identities.
The nazis banned books.
Erasure is the precursor to eliminationism.
Queer kids need to know that these books exist.
Banning books is not about books.
Banning books is about the erasure of identities.
The nazis banned books.
Erasure is the precursor to eliminationism.
Started listening to “All Better Now” by Neal Shusterman this week. It was a free educator book on @libro.fm last month. I like the pacing so far given it’s a 14 hour book. I’m about 3 hours in.
March 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Started listening to “All Better Now” by Neal Shusterman this week. It was a free educator book on @libro.fm last month. I like the pacing so far given it’s a 14 hour book. I’m about 3 hours in.
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This is not an effort to roll back "DEI"
It's an effort to roll back civil rights
"Agencies across the federal government are dismantling offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws...weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights"
It's an effort to roll back civil rights
"Agencies across the federal government are dismantling offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws...weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights"
Trump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret plan
Legal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is not an effort to roll back "DEI"
It's an effort to roll back civil rights
"Agencies across the federal government are dismantling offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws...weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights"
It's an effort to roll back civil rights
"Agencies across the federal government are dismantling offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws...weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights"
My February @thestorygraph.com cover collage of books I read or listened to. More than January. My commute helps with the audiobooks.
#schoollibrarians
📚
#schoollibrarians
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March 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
My February @thestorygraph.com cover collage of books I read or listened to. More than January. My commute helps with the audiobooks.
#schoollibrarians
📚
#schoollibrarians
📚
Just got this book in, “Drawn Onward” by Daniel Nayeri and illustrated by Matt Rockefeller. Wow, what a gorgeous book and tender story. I love the palindrome storytelling. Not sure why my heart needed this today, but it sure did.
#schoollibrarians
📚
#schoollibrarians
📚
February 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Just got this book in, “Drawn Onward” by Daniel Nayeri and illustrated by Matt Rockefeller. Wow, what a gorgeous book and tender story. I love the palindrome storytelling. Not sure why my heart needed this today, but it sure did.
#schoollibrarians
📚
#schoollibrarians
📚
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BREAKING: The bill Lt. Gov Dan Patrick promised would “guard against inappropriate books in public schools” finally dropped this week in the Tx Senate. Here’s my breakdown of its worst features. #BookSky #BannedBooks #Freadom substack.com/home/post/p-...
A new bill could ban Huck Finn and "Letter from Birmingham Jail" from Texas public schools
First notes on SB13
substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
BREAKING: The bill Lt. Gov Dan Patrick promised would “guard against inappropriate books in public schools” finally dropped this week in the Tx Senate. Here’s my breakdown of its worst features. #BookSky #BannedBooks #Freadom substack.com/home/post/p-...
I love that these were with the Valentine’s cakes at one of our local grocery stores. H-E-B is huge in Texas, if that helps folks outside of the state. Of course, my kid still wanted the heart-shaped cake that said “Bite Me.”
February 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I love that these were with the Valentine’s cakes at one of our local grocery stores. H-E-B is huge in Texas, if that helps folks outside of the state. Of course, my kid still wanted the heart-shaped cake that said “Bite Me.”
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Embrace Graphic Novels
Check out this extraordinary poster and art print created by @nidhiart.bsky.social
www.inprnt.com/gallery/nidh...
Check out this extraordinary poster and art print created by @nidhiart.bsky.social
www.inprnt.com/gallery/nidh...
Embrace Graphic Novels Poster, an art print by Nidhi Chanani
This is a gallery-quality giclée art print on 100% cotton rag archival paper, printed with archival inks.
www.inprnt.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Embrace Graphic Novels
Check out this extraordinary poster and art print created by @nidhiart.bsky.social
www.inprnt.com/gallery/nidh...
Check out this extraordinary poster and art print created by @nidhiart.bsky.social
www.inprnt.com/gallery/nidh...
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These are the same picture.
February 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
These are the same picture.
I love my new sticker from Sprinkles Studios.
February 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I love my new sticker from Sprinkles Studios.
February 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Good thread of what Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion includes. I cannot wrap my head around people who think these are bad things to have in place.
Call it what it is! Take the time to say it all out and not just the acronym.
They use initialism to convince you that it’s bad.And now they’re calling DEI= “Discriminatory equity ideology”.
They use initialism to convince you that it’s bad.And now they’re calling DEI= “Discriminatory equity ideology”.
February 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Good thread of what Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion includes. I cannot wrap my head around people who think these are bad things to have in place.
I hope more districts do the same.
Montgomery County Public Schools comes out and tells Trump to pound sand with his EO telling schools that they have to discriminate against transgender students.
This is how you refuse to comply.
This is how you refuse to comply.
January 31, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I hope more districts do the same.
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Deleted the last post w/incorrect link-this should work!
Sign onto this letter supporting the right to read:
www.txftrp.org/tx_freedom_t...
Sign onto this letter supporting the right to read:
www.txftrp.org/tx_freedom_t...
Sign the Letter: Join the Texas Coalition
Join the Coalition of Texans Fighting Book Bans in the 89th Legislative Session & Beyond
www.txftrp.org
January 31, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Deleted the last post w/incorrect link-this should work!
Sign onto this letter supporting the right to read:
www.txftrp.org/tx_freedom_t...
Sign onto this letter supporting the right to read:
www.txftrp.org/tx_freedom_t...
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Please join these partners in supporting intellectual freedom by signing this petition today!
On Tuesday, @txfreedomread.bsky.social along with 33 partners & allies- who represent Texas parents, students, authors, librarians, educators, grandparents & concerned citizens- sent a joint letter to our elected leaders.
January 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Please join these partners in supporting intellectual freedom by signing this petition today!
Mat Heagerty visited our school last year & was an amazing guest! Gave such an engaging & enjoyable experience for our students & talked about neurodiversity. Looking forward to seeing this book soon!
Exclusive: ‘Indoor Kid’ by Mat Heagarty and Lisa DuBois-Thompson | News and Preview
Exclusive: ‘Indoor Kid’ by Mat Heagerty and Lisa DuBois-Thompson | News and Preview
Today we have an exclusive announcement and preview of a new graphic novel about an indoor kid in a sports-crazed town.
goodcomicsforkids.slj.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Mat Heagerty visited our school last year & was an amazing guest! Gave such an engaging & enjoyable experience for our students & talked about neurodiversity. Looking forward to seeing this book soon!
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An immediate post about CHOOCH HELPED winning the 2025 Caldecott Medal! americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2025/01/choo...
CHOOCH HELPED by Andrea L. Rogers, illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz wins the Caldecott Medal!
Designed to help readers develop a critical eye about representations of American Indians in children's and young adult books
americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com
January 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
An immediate post about CHOOCH HELPED winning the 2025 Caldecott Medal! americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2025/01/choo...
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1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is arbitrarily dismissing student and parent complaints arising out of public schools’ documented acts of censorship and discrimination.
Our response: Book bans are real.
Full statement ➡️ www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
Our response: Book bans are real.
Full statement ➡️ www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
January 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is arbitrarily dismissing student and parent complaints arising out of public schools’ documented acts of censorship and discrimination.
Our response: Book bans are real.
Full statement ➡️ www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
Our response: Book bans are real.
Full statement ➡️ www.ala.org/news/2025/01...
One of my favorite podcasts. So good! And I feel good about buying their products, too. 😊
Hi! I’ve hosted 3 seasons of Ben & Jerry’s podcast Into The Mix, and I never thought a brand would pay me (well!) to do the work we do and confront the issues we address. This last season was really special. AND if you ever tour the Ben & Jerry’s factory, I’m the voice that leads you into it 🥰🍦
No matter what happens, I can always count on Ben & Jerry's to do the right thing.
January 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
One of my favorite podcasts. So good! And I feel good about buying their products, too. 😊