Many of you following along with #LizzoAtLOC were surprised that the Library has a flute vault. We are the largest Library in the world & home to more than 173 million objects, so there are many more surprises like that in our collections. Enjoy this thread of just a few of them.

This week we’re mailing our #dearbannedauthor postcards from Banned Books Week. #julianworks students are fired up about intellectual freedom and the freedom to read. #davpilkey #judybloom Raina Telgemeier #oakpark97 #libraries97

.Jennifer J Nelson created a Spooky Shorts mini writing lesson that some classes did @ #julianworks. First they learned about haunted places around Oak Park and then they did SchoolLibraryJournal’s Two Sentence Haunted Stories lesson. 🎃👻💀#oakpark97 #libraries97

Today starts the #julianworks 2022 mid-terms mock election. Thanks to I&S teachers for helping prepare students. Students are loving being able to vote in actual booths courtesy of League of Women Voters of the US. Our “I voted!” sticker made by Sofia R. #oakpark97 #libraries97

We had great discussions at #julianworks about remembering via Joy Harjo’s beautiful and useful poem “Remember” for #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth. We were so engaged, I forgot to take pictures of students! Oak Park District 97 #libraries97

Today for #WorldReadAloudDay2023, Ms Flynn & Ms Williams arranged for @EngageReaders to read & talk about A Comb of Wishes. The #julianworks readers loved this experience!! #oakpark97 Oak Park District 97 #libraries97 Nora K Flynn

We thought big with our Oak Park District 97 library funds and this giant Connect 4 has been in use all day! #oakpark97 #libraries97

Black Resistance: “Fighting for your rights. When you get pushed down, get up & fight even harder.” Julian students read & discussed @kwamealexander’s The Undefeated to compliment the #BlackHistoryMonth theme. Such great discussions, I forgot pics! #libraries97 Oak Park District 97

Our 6 week professional development discussion group with 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐨 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐢 (Taylor’s Version)🥥’s accessible & inspiring book *Thrive* ended today. It was a great run! #oakpark97 #julianworks

#WomenHistoryMonth in the Julian Library this year is DIY: read, make a card for an extraordinary woman you know, matching, and guess the name of the extraordinary woman. Work together, alone, go in any order, but do it all! #oakpark97 #libraries97 Oak Park District 97

A bill that explicitly prohibits Illinois libraries from banning books is speeding its way toward passage by the General Assembly, and the Illinois Secretary of State said he wants “every librarian in the country to know we have their backs.” ow.ly/Gom750NLQqt

For #NationalPoetryMonth #julianworks 6th graders are making #blackoutpoetry, editing in @WeVideoEdu, and uploading to Flip Events. Tracee Orman’s “who wrote it?” interactive bulletin boards in the background. Engaged self-directed learners! @oakpark97 #libraries97

The Julian Library Advisory Board is finally up & running! Students are making displays, checking books in, & shelving. Soon they will help me make decisions about library programming & more. I’ve been dreaming of this for years! #tweens #libraries97 Oak Park District 97 #julianworks