Paula has helped us out by updating our list with read aloud permissions to make you look awesome! Take a gander: wla.org/assets/Book_Aw… WLA School Library Division Washington Library Association OTTER Award Sasquatch Book Award @towneraward

***BOOK GIVEAWAY!!!*** Let's celebrate the upcoming release of Zoey and Sassafras book #8 (pub date 10/20) with a giveaway of ALL THESE BOOKS! To enter, follow @kelstarly, @reggiebrownart, Theanne Griffith, and 🌸nneka myers🌸🍉✊🏿 + RT this giveaway Winner selected on 10/10. US only.

The books are unpacked and on the shelves!! Book checkout starts next week!! #siftonsuperstars #read #booksconnectus EPS Libraries

It’s book checkout time! Students are putting holds on books! I’m pulling books, checking out, packaging for distribution & notifying students! Getting books into the hands of kids! EPS Libraries #LifeLongReaders #siftonsuperstars

Stopped in & got Inspired by Katherine Jackson & her genre-fied library! NF is in subjects marked w/matching pictures on shelf, marker & spine! So easy for students to navigate! All locations are easily found in the catalog! EPS Libraries Orchards Elementary #inspired #independentsts

I've been recommending that teachers embed YouTube videos into Google Slides, then share the slides preview or publish link to avoid ads, but you can now watch YouTube videos in Google Docs via the preview button. Thanks for the tip @TomEMullaney! buff.ly/3kPBXC8

Through bus, pick up bins, & the new kinder book cart- we are working hard to get books into the hands of our students. Creating happy readers! EPS Libraries #siftonsuperstars #BooksConnectUs

Telling children who love graphic novels that "graphic novels do not help you grow as a reader," is not true and diminishes the children right along with the books. Reading doesn't belong to school. It belongs to readers. Value them!

All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys’ Soccer Team (Candlewick Press) by Christina Soontornvat - Updates only has been named a 2021 Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book. #NCTE20

Exciting #Jamboard update 📣: in the coming days, you’ll be able to select a custom background in Jamboard! Share your ideas, templates, and lesson plans using custom backgrounds below ↓

⁦I'm on IG, Threads, and Bluesky -@sonjacherrypaul⁩ FOR THE WIN! #STAMPEDforkids is coming. A New Adaptation of the Bestselling Stamped Will Provide 'an Antiracist Building Block for Children theroot.com/stamped-for-ki…

#Flipgrid Frames! A snowglobe template just for you and your students! 1. Download the template at photos.app.goo.gl/1pzD6DUMXZe6YM… 2. Open your @Flipgrid app. 3. Upload the template as a sticker effect. 4. Add some snowy sticker GIFs effects. 5. Record your video! No #greenscreen needed!

Requiring children to choose books at a particular "level" for independent reading often denies them intellectual and social/cultural access AND the right to self-direct their reading lives. More cons than pros. #nerdybookclub

"If our teachers aren't joyful then how can our students be joyful?" Gholdy Muhammad is blowing the roof off #LitCC2021

In the first three months of students having access to our new diverse books, these books have been checked out over 8000 times! That’s 14% of our total circulations, even though the books are only 6% of our collections. Kids are loving these books! #wehavediversebooks