Could not have made it through my first year without this fantastic mentor! Everyone needs a mentor. #BetterTogether #lifelonglearner Amanda Jones: Defender of Libraries & Wonder

Ukrainian artist Lyubov Panchenko died at 85 after a month of hunger in Bucha. RIP

This right here... The one and only John Schu is sharing his knowledge. I bought three copies to own and share. How about you???

Summer is just around the corner and we are currently recruiting volunteer instructors to teach our online summer conversation classes for adult English language learners! Fill out a volunteer application on our website before June 1st beaconliteracy.org/get-involved/v….

Walking paper horses, rockets, catapults, and battery-powered lightsabers! Who else loves science? We had a great time at Haymarket Gainesville Library's STEAM program learning about force, gravity, kinetic, and chemical energy. #pwplibraries

NOW it feels like graduation…Hawaiian Style! I love you family! 🤙🤟#hawaiianleis #graduation

Literary Food Truck Wars. Students created food trucks (with samples!) based on books they read. #oneCCPS #robioUS

Check out the new titles being added to our collection this week: wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?p=2944 Sign up for Wowbrary and get weekly emails about new titles right to your inbox: wowbrary.org/signup.aspx #pwplibraries

Know anyone who would enjoy teaching adult language learners? Encourage them to apply for our upcoming summer conversation volunteer opportunities, before June 1st! Fill out a volunteer application here: beaconliteracy.org/get-involved/v….

Ban assault rifles, not books. Regulate firearms, not women’s bodies. Protect kids, not lobbyists.

Because this. cnn.com/2022/05/25/us/…

What would your literary band name be?

truth 💛

Travesty. #FReadom m.jpost.com/diaspora/antis…

When you put a book into the world, it’s no longer yours. Readers make of it what they will — and often it’s wonderfully, beautifully unexpected! But sometimes, a reader gets pretty much EXACTLY what you hoped out of a book. This is one of those reviews! goodcomicsforkids.slj.com/2023/03/24/rev…

Love this! 🧡

Community Foundation for Northern Virginia has awarded $763,696 in grants to 44 local organizations through its 2023 Community Investment Funds (CIF), Environment Fund, and Ross-Roberts Fund for the Arts. BEACON was among one of six educational organizations receiving funding.

Great advice! 🧡

Fireproof books? Awesome! npr.org/2022/06/07/110…

“Being kind means responding to the needs of others—and people can be kind, no matter how old or young we are.”