Ooh Aotearoa School Library Week...such fun! Because School Libraries are AMAZINGLY FANTASTIC and school librarians ROCK!

Love these books!

Whoop whoop! Today is the day! The 2023 #NZCYA Book Awards winners will be announced tonight!🎉 Head to their website for details: nzbookawards.nz/new-zealand-bo…. And read our recent blog posts about this year's finalists: natlib.govt.nz/blog/tags/nzcy…. #EngChatNZ #EdChatNZ Image: NZCYA Awards

Fantastic choice! Our book club chose this as their favourite 🦆♥️

Not a great morning to be an All Blacks fan. So many mistakes! Plus the stupid Qatar ads are adding to my frustration #RSAvNZL

All the stories are real. On December 20, catch the two-episode premiere of #PercyJackson and the Olympians on Disney+. x.com/PercySeries/st…

Excited to see this - youtube.com/watch?v=-1PuK8…

What you’re seeing here is a kitkat made of solid chocolate - I feel like I’ve won the lottery!

I don’t know about them but I’m exhausted

The New Zealand Kereru (wood pigeons) eat so much fruit that it ferments inside them, as they get drunk, they fall from trees x.com/AweInspireMe/s…

Better names for existing things, number 1… DISCO CHICKEN

For a lot of children, the classroom is their only source of access to books. They don't go to the local library. They don't go to bookshops or get bought books as gifts. That's why the books that schools have on their shelves need to reflect their pupils and the lives they lead.

This is the best trend of the year

I didn't know they'd made this into a movie. Hope it's as good as the book!

I think it’s safe to say that this post from Mark Hamill is the peak of my career.

A year's worth of picturebook assembly suggestions that have a focus on diversity, equality, inclusion and empathy. Hopefully it's of use, even to just dip into occasionally. The link is here: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/rea…

For over a year, I’ve run a middle-grade book club (for kids aged 10 to 12) at my local indie bookstore. Here are ten observations about their reading preferences that might be helpful to children’s book professionals in some small way. 🧵

oh my god

I think this is the best take yet on this issue 👇

This is why while we, in secondary schools, work really hard around reading, it can be an uphill "battle" because students lost reading interest/stamina years ago. Having librarians in most secondaries but not in primaries is pointless and outdated.