Crystal Brunelle
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Crystal Brunelle
@librarygrl2.bsky.social
I’m an elementary teacher librarian, avid reader, tea drinker, and co-founder/YA blogger at Rich in Color http://richincolor.com/. I also post on a personal blog readingtl.blogspot.com & Storygraph at crystalreading. (she/her)

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We had a stick when I taught my oldest child to drive so that was more complicated instruction and practice for sure.
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Seems like that’s true 😏
November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I had to teach both of my teens how to parallel park on curved hills. Where we lived at the time it was rumored that the test would happen in the hilly area of town so we got pretty good at that too just in case.
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Fall of the Fireflies by Guadalupe García McCall
November 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Sure. Would love to chat with you just check in whenever it works for you. Enjoy your travels!
November 2, 2025 at 6:18 AM
They have expanded the lower end of the age so we have some slightly younger students than last year, but I also taught pre-k library classes in WI so it wasn’t a big change.
November 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I’m in CA and teach TK in the library every week and did last year also. Here are the books we read last year with a brief lessons and check out. Classes are with me for 30 min/wk. docs.google.com/presentation.... Happy to answer questions. DM if you want to know more.
TK & K Library Reading 2024-2025
TK & K Library Lessons Please help your student find a good place to keep library books so they can find and return them each Tuesday to be ready for library on Wednesday. Thank you!
docs.google.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Just now heading to bed. West coast so regular bedtime. I wish you some quality sleep if At least it’s not quantity.
October 27, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I haven’t gotten to that one yet, but have enjoyed many of his books so I will look for it. Thanks.
October 27, 2025 at 6:09 AM
That was so awesome. Thanks for sharing it and yes, people's brains are so incredibly cool!
October 27, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I finally made a blog post so folks can see the titles outside of Storygraph readingtl.blogspot.com/2025/10/cens...
Censorship and Literacy Bans
Back in 2017, I wrote a post  including books that addressed censorship when I was preparing lessons for Banned Book Week in my elementary s...
readingtl.blogspot.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM