I'm looking for pictures of library cards -- some beat up and some brand new -- that you'd be OK with me using in a video. Please send pix in comments or via DM. #librarycard #librarylove #libraries #librarian

Tim Walz said it best: Censorship has no place in our libraries. The Hate U Give has been banned in numerous libraries—but that won’t stop me from sharing our truth. Our stories are meant to be heard. We will not be silenced.

Picture books are meant to be read aloud! 🙂 In this The Writing Barn webinar, I’ll share many of the strategies you can use to create an irresistible read-aloud. Register here: thewritingbarn.com/class/craft-we…

Books for nature lovers: BIRD GIRL - Jill Esbaum PARROTFISH HAS A SUPERPOWER!, Rebecca Gibbon THE LAST STAND - Antwan Eady, Jerome Pumphrey, Jarrett Pumphrey IN OUR GARDEN - Pat Zietlow Miller, Melissa Crowton SOPHIE'S SQUASH - @patzmiller, Anne Wilsforf ALL THE WORLD - Liz Garton Scanlon *UPDATES ONLY*, Marla Frazee

Recent releases by fellow Wisconsin children’s book creators: THE HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA. Wisconsin’s story is by Silvia Acevedo (HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA, 7/9/24) NO BEAR ANYWHERE. Leah Gilbert THE PASS. Sara Laux Akin BROWNIE THE WAR DOG. Kelly Nelson and Aaron Boyd THE LITTLE RED CHAIR. Former

September is Library Card Sign Up Month. If you don’t have a library card or used to have one but aren’t sure what might have happened to it, now the perfect time to stop by your local library and get a new or replacement card. Library cards are free, available to any one of

Everything’s better with a cat!

Some life advice from Ollie and Sunny.

Lupe Lopez is ready to rock. But is Ms. Quintanilla’s kindergarten class? Texas size fun in this one - onomatopoeia just right for storytime. Illustrations are bright and full of life. e.E. Charlton-Trujillo Pat Zietlow Miller Joe Cepeda Dallas ISD Libraries #bookaday

Grandparents' Day is coming, and if you have grandparents who are close by or far away, this could be a great book to share. You could read it in-person, on the phone or over Zoom! #grandparents #grandparentsday #grandparenting #grandparentlife #grandparentslove

RON’S BIG MISSION by Rose Blue, Corine Naden and Don Tate is a great picture book about Challenger astronaut Ron McNair, who — as a kid in the 1950s — fought to desegregate his South Carolina library so he could get his own library card and check out books. I loved it the first

If you don't have a library card, getting one from the Sun Prairie Public Library is free -- and easier than you might think. You just need to: 1. Grab your ID. (If it doesn't show your current address, also grab something that does, like a bill.) 2. Bring your ID to the library Welcome

Books full of grandparent love! MARY JO’S GRANDMOTHER by Janice May Udry and Eleanor Mill. (This came out in 1970.) SEE YOU SOMEDAY SOON by Pat Zietlow Miller and Suzy Lee. SATURDAYS ARE FOR STELLA by Candy Wellins and Charlie Eve Ryan BRAND-NEW BUBBE by Sarah Aronson and

“It’s still inside my pencil” is the best answer I’ve ever had from a first grader who was asked, “Where’s your journal writing?”