Y'all. I recorded this today... which is definitely NOT the end of November. Still. I hope you will join me and @mrschureads.bsky.social for this FREE @bookelicious.bsky.social event!

📆 12/2/25 - Starting at 7:30pm EST
🔗 Register required: www.bookelicious.com/event/22

#TLSkyChat #KidLit #EduSky

🚨Now read with Novel Effect soundscapes on your LAPTOP or SMARTBOARD! Try it out today: app.noveleffect.com We can't wait to hear what you think! 🫶

#backtoschool #backtoschool2025 #readalouds

WIN 1 Year of Novel Effect + our Back to School goodies below📚 🎶

✨ Follow us!
✨ Tag a friend and comment your favorite book from the Food Group series!
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Not affiliated with BlueSky. Giveaway ends 8/15. Happy reading! 💙🫶🏻

BOOK GIVEAWAY!!! 🎒📚 🎉

🚌 Go back to school with Loren Long & THE YELLOW BUS! Loren also joins us for a virtual author event October 8th! Learn more: www.bookelicious.com/bp

1. FOLLOW US
2. REPOST
3. COMMENT: Tag a friend or teacher! (1 tag = 1 entry)

On @marketplace.org's Make Me Smart, ALA President @samhelmick.bsky.social explains how attacks on federal funding, book bans, and the shift to digital are threatening the future of public libraries and why it matters to every community.
www.marketplace.org/episode/2025...
#UniteAgainstBookBans

What are some approaches to helping students recognize falsehoods? @weareteachers.bsky.social wrote about several tools, including our Daily Do New teaching slides.

Check out the list ⤵️

#EdTech
#MediaLiteracy

www.weareteachers.com/recognize-bi...

"We Can Still Save the Institute for Museum and Library Services
Act now to help save the Institute for Museum and Library Services and ensure the well-being of public libraries nationwide."

bookriot.com/we-can-still...

By @heykellyjensen.bsky.social #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #SchoolLibrary

NEW: A federal judge in Rhode Island ruled that the gutting of the Institute of Museum & Library Services is likely unlawful. This is the SECOND federal court to rule against the slashing of the only federal agency dedicated to library funding.

Learn about ALA's own legal case: ala.org/IMLS-lawsuit

Be sure to check out filmmakers Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulknor's new @pbs.org documentary "Free for All: The Public Library," premiering April 29! @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social
americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/04/23/n...

Lovely to see the poem I wrote for Devon libraries turned into this starting librarians and library users @librariesunlimited.bsky.social @hulllibraries.bsky.social @librariesconnected.bsky.social @thefnl.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social @librarian.bsky.social @librarianjones.com #libraries

Bingo! Buttons! Scavenger Hunts! The #SchoolLibraryMonth committee has pulled together a multitude of learner engagement resources to help you celebrate this #AASLslm. Find some fun and learning at: buff.ly/MhRK8cc

ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities.
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries