Sandi Brann
@teach4fun.bsky.social
Teacher, Librarian, life-long learner, book lover. 📚🐶🐶☕️🍿
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Broken Dolls 🖤 Read it
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Broken Dolls 🖤 Read it
Reading aloud @victoriajcoe.bsky.social Fenway and Hattie with my 3rd graders. I'd forgotten how much fun this series is! #readaloud #kidlit
October 31, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Reading aloud @victoriajcoe.bsky.social Fenway and Hattie with my 3rd graders. I'd forgotten how much fun this series is! #readaloud #kidlit
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Got kids who hate writing?
My new YouTube series Write It in 5! can change that!
Each session gives kids 1 fun or wacky topic & 5 minutes to write about it. No rules. No overthinking. Just prove to themselves that they can write.
Please check it out & share!
youtu.be/-JxRrjTbeHs...
My new YouTube series Write It in 5! can change that!
Each session gives kids 1 fun or wacky topic & 5 minutes to write about it. No rules. No overthinking. Just prove to themselves that they can write.
Please check it out & share!
youtu.be/-JxRrjTbeHs...
Introducing "Write It in 5!"
YouTube video by Victoria J Coe
youtu.be
February 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Got kids who hate writing?
My new YouTube series Write It in 5! can change that!
Each session gives kids 1 fun or wacky topic & 5 minutes to write about it. No rules. No overthinking. Just prove to themselves that they can write.
Please check it out & share!
youtu.be/-JxRrjTbeHs...
My new YouTube series Write It in 5! can change that!
Each session gives kids 1 fun or wacky topic & 5 minutes to write about it. No rules. No overthinking. Just prove to themselves that they can write.
Please check it out & share!
youtu.be/-JxRrjTbeHs...
@spookymiddlegrade.bsky.social I'd love to sign up for your annual virtual author visits again this year. Where can I find info?
September 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
@spookymiddlegrade.bsky.social I'd love to sign up for your annual virtual author visits again this year. Where can I find info?
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Calling all educators! 📚❤️
I'm giving away a class set of 25 copies of @mrschureads.bsky.social's new book, RUTHIE ROSE’S BIG IDEA, illustrated by @hollyhatam.bsky.social.
Re-post this post and follow John and Holly for a chance to win! I'll pick and tag a random winner on Monday, 3/10. US only.
I'm giving away a class set of 25 copies of @mrschureads.bsky.social's new book, RUTHIE ROSE’S BIG IDEA, illustrated by @hollyhatam.bsky.social.
Re-post this post and follow John and Holly for a chance to win! I'll pick and tag a random winner on Monday, 3/10. US only.
March 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Calling all educators! 📚❤️
I'm giving away a class set of 25 copies of @mrschureads.bsky.social's new book, RUTHIE ROSE’S BIG IDEA, illustrated by @hollyhatam.bsky.social.
Re-post this post and follow John and Holly for a chance to win! I'll pick and tag a random winner on Monday, 3/10. US only.
I'm giving away a class set of 25 copies of @mrschureads.bsky.social's new book, RUTHIE ROSE’S BIG IDEA, illustrated by @hollyhatam.bsky.social.
Re-post this post and follow John and Holly for a chance to win! I'll pick and tag a random winner on Monday, 3/10. US only.
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#KidLit #MGLit #YALit Graphic Novel Author community: If you have a LIST of Kidlit/YA Graphic Novel Authors, pls reply with a link to your List.
Will link to this thread from publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/fo... as a #CommunityThreads resource. Pls read next msg in thread before you reply, thx 👇🏼
Will link to this thread from publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/fo... as a #CommunityThreads resource. Pls read next msg in thread before you reply, thx 👇🏼
November 16, 2024 at 9:35 PM
#KidLit #MGLit #YALit Graphic Novel Author community: If you have a LIST of Kidlit/YA Graphic Novel Authors, pls reply with a link to your List.
Will link to this thread from publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/fo... as a #CommunityThreads resource. Pls read next msg in thread before you reply, thx 👇🏼
Will link to this thread from publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/fo... as a #CommunityThreads resource. Pls read next msg in thread before you reply, thx 👇🏼
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#KidLit Middle Grade (MG) Illustrator community: If you have a LIST of artists who illustrate #MGLit, please reply with a link to your List.
Will link to this thread from publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/fo... as a #CommunityThreads resource.
Pls read next msg in thread before you reply, thx 👇🏼
Will link to this thread from publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/fo... as a #CommunityThreads resource.
Pls read next msg in thread before you reply, thx 👇🏼
November 16, 2024 at 9:53 PM
#KidLit Middle Grade (MG) Illustrator community: If you have a LIST of artists who illustrate #MGLit, please reply with a link to your List.
Will link to this thread from publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/fo... as a #CommunityThreads resource.
Pls read next msg in thread before you reply, thx 👇🏼
Will link to this thread from publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/fo... as a #CommunityThreads resource.
Pls read next msg in thread before you reply, thx 👇🏼
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I've created an index to #KidLit #MGLit #YALit community-sourced resources (in my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky) here: debbieohi.link/kidlit-index
You can also use the SEARCH tool to look for what you want. With community help, I'm gradually filling out content.
My work needs to come 1st, tho 👇🏼
You can also use the SEARCH tool to look for what you want. With community help, I'm gradually filling out content.
My work needs to come 1st, tho 👇🏼
November 16, 2024 at 10:16 PM
I've created an index to #KidLit #MGLit #YALit community-sourced resources (in my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky) here: debbieohi.link/kidlit-index
You can also use the SEARCH tool to look for what you want. With community help, I'm gradually filling out content.
My work needs to come 1st, tho 👇🏼
You can also use the SEARCH tool to look for what you want. With community help, I'm gradually filling out content.
My work needs to come 1st, tho 👇🏼
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Teacher & librarian friends! I'm working on this year's list of author volunteers who'll be offering Zoom read-alouds for World Read Aloud Day on 2/5/25! It should be ready in a couple of weeks - be sure to follow if you'd like access to the list & please share this post to let your colleagues know!
November 10, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Teacher & librarian friends! I'm working on this year's list of author volunteers who'll be offering Zoom read-alouds for World Read Aloud Day on 2/5/25! It should be ready in a couple of weeks - be sure to follow if you'd like access to the list & please share this post to let your colleagues know!
My shirt today & my philosophy everyday! Created by Jarrett Lerner #SchoolLibraries
November 16, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Looking for any info on pedagogy behind using activities such as bookmark coloring, puzzles, etc in the #schoollibrary #advocacy
February 14, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Looking for any info on pedagogy behind using activities such as bookmark coloring, puzzles, etc in the #schoollibrary #advocacy
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Teachers & librarians! It's not too late to invite an author to Zoom with your readers for World Read Aloud Day in February! You'll find all the details & the list of author & illustrator volunteers here: katemessner.com/zoom-with-an...
December 19, 2023 at 8:40 PM
Teachers & librarians! It's not too late to invite an author to Zoom with your readers for World Read Aloud Day in February! You'll find all the details & the list of author & illustrator volunteers here: katemessner.com/zoom-with-an...
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I want to read ALL the books. Do you?
Share this post & you may win this piece of original art. 📚 #IWantToReadALLTheBooks #FreedomToRead #EduSky
Share this post & you may win this piece of original art. 📚 #IWantToReadALLTheBooks #FreedomToRead #EduSky
December 15, 2023 at 3:41 PM
I want to read ALL the books. Do you?
Share this post & you may win this piece of original art. 📚 #IWantToReadALLTheBooks #FreedomToRead #EduSky
Share this post & you may win this piece of original art. 📚 #IWantToReadALLTheBooks #FreedomToRead #EduSky
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Newly Updated!
31+ STEM Books to Inspire Girls
bit.ly/2LjVE3i via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #STEM #Girls #picturebooks #biography
31+ STEM Books to Inspire Girls
bit.ly/2LjVE3i via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #STEM #Girls #picturebooks #biography
31+ STEM Books to Inspire Girls
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Tuesday, which found that 15-year-old girls around the world, outperform boys in science – except for in the United States, Britain and Cana...
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December 14, 2023 at 10:09 PM
Newly Updated!
31+ STEM Books to Inspire Girls
bit.ly/2LjVE3i via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #STEM #Girls #picturebooks #biography
31+ STEM Books to Inspire Girls
bit.ly/2LjVE3i via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #STEM #Girls #picturebooks #biography
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Newly Updated!
93 Great South Asian American Children’s Books
bit.ly/2G9KaPq via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #SouthAsian #KidLit
93 Great South Asian American Children’s Books
bit.ly/2G9KaPq via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #SouthAsian #KidLit
93 Great South Asian American Children’s Books (ages 2-14)
I don't know a lot about Southeast Asian American children's literature so this was fun list to research and it was fun to hunt down books I had heard about but haven't read in a while as well as disc...
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December 14, 2023 at 10:37 PM
Newly Updated!
93 Great South Asian American Children’s Books
bit.ly/2G9KaPq via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #SouthAsian #KidLit
93 Great South Asian American Children’s Books
bit.ly/2G9KaPq via @pragmaticmom
#ReadYourWorld #SouthAsian #KidLit
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Teachers & librarians! Hundreds of authors have signed up to offer free virtual read-alouds for LitWorld's World Read Aloud Day in February! If you'd like the full list & authors' contact info, it'll be in my email newsletter next week! Sign up here: katemessner.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
November 20, 2023 at 7:02 PM
Teachers & librarians! Hundreds of authors have signed up to offer free virtual read-alouds for LitWorld's World Read Aloud Day in February! If you'd like the full list & authors' contact info, it'll be in my email newsletter next week! Sign up here: katemessner.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
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I see so many dispirited librarians. In many states, the job is nearly impossible. (Took it out from behind the paywall).
The librarian who couldn’t take it anymore
She loved books. And in a time of spreading book bans in public schools, that’s why this Florida librarian had to quit.
wapo.st
November 11, 2023 at 11:58 PM
I see so many dispirited librarians. In many states, the job is nearly impossible. (Took it out from behind the paywall).
Planning a #Caldecott preview soon for my K-2 #library. Do any fellow #skybrarians have suggestions? #kidlit
November 15, 2023 at 11:47 PM
Planning a #Caldecott preview soon for my K-2 #library. Do any fellow #skybrarians have suggestions? #kidlit
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Parents who claim books groom their children wildly underestimate kids’ reading habits.
As if they’d read just anything put in front of them.
As if they don’t already have their own taste in literature.
As if they don’t know books are already telling them to just be themselves.
#libraries #books
As if they’d read just anything put in front of them.
As if they don’t already have their own taste in literature.
As if they don’t know books are already telling them to just be themselves.
#libraries #books
November 3, 2023 at 1:30 AM
Parents who claim books groom their children wildly underestimate kids’ reading habits.
As if they’d read just anything put in front of them.
As if they don’t already have their own taste in literature.
As if they don’t know books are already telling them to just be themselves.
#libraries #books
As if they’d read just anything put in front of them.
As if they don’t already have their own taste in literature.
As if they don’t know books are already telling them to just be themselves.
#libraries #books
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Recently over at WorldCat I began to build lists of children's and YA books about Native people, written by Native authors.
I hope this link (to all lists I did) works: www.worldcat.org/lists/search...
Here's a screencap of the one on picture books:
I hope this link (to all lists I did) works: www.worldcat.org/lists/search...
Here's a screencap of the one on picture books:
November 14, 2023 at 1:34 PM
Recently over at WorldCat I began to build lists of children's and YA books about Native people, written by Native authors.
I hope this link (to all lists I did) works: www.worldcat.org/lists/search...
Here's a screencap of the one on picture books:
I hope this link (to all lists I did) works: www.worldcat.org/lists/search...
Here's a screencap of the one on picture books:
Just reread this for the first time since I was a kid. It's genuinely painful to read now. There are no consequences for the physical and emotional abuse they put that kid through. I read every Judy Blume book as a kid and loved them all. Rereading this as an adult was heartbreaking.
November 12, 2023 at 9:41 PM
Just reread this for the first time since I was a kid. It's genuinely painful to read now. There are no consequences for the physical and emotional abuse they put that kid through. I read every Judy Blume book as a kid and loved them all. Rereading this as an adult was heartbreaking.
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Teachers! Librarians!
Check out this fun activity that gives students access to some great nonfiction books:
tinyurl.com/4e6phyny
Check out this fun activity that gives students access to some great nonfiction books:
tinyurl.com/4e6phyny
November 11, 2023 at 8:21 PM
Teachers! Librarians!
Check out this fun activity that gives students access to some great nonfiction books:
tinyurl.com/4e6phyny
Check out this fun activity that gives students access to some great nonfiction books:
tinyurl.com/4e6phyny
So, I'm here. I guess other people are here, and we're following one another, but it just doesn't feel "connected" somehow. 🤔 #buildingcommunity
November 11, 2023 at 4:22 PM
So, I'm here. I guess other people are here, and we're following one another, but it just doesn't feel "connected" somehow. 🤔 #buildingcommunity