I grew up with the public library as my sanctuary. Today I checked out a telescope with my library card at my local library. The universe is my sanctuary now. 🪐🔭🛸🛰️

I’ve been making so much progress with my mental health lately, anyone else want to brag about their own Ws in the comments? Like Mychal says, it’s ok to not be ok~but sometimes getting through that tragedy that built your character needs to be celebrated

Joy is ALWAYS there for you on your journey. It’s okay if you’re not quite ready… it’s there whenever you are ready. It’s okay to not be okay 💚 “Having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a library card” is an Arthur Read quote I always remember on days I’m not okay 💛

What joy it is to know that you LOVE being alive! I’m so, so very happy for you 💚 You stayed! It DOES get better. Day made! Thank you for encouraging us to hold on a little longer ✨

Very demure, mindful walks with my library card 📚✨ Video description: Mychal, pink headphones on top of Afro & colorful shirt, requests you see the way he goes for silly little walks for his silly mental health. With his library card, these walks are very demure, very mindful.

Neurodivergent children and people… all their valid emotions of joy… will always have a space where they belong at their library ✨💚💛

Neurodivergent joy all the time, everywhere ✨ Video description: Mychal, Afro & Kobe jersey, talks about libraries being a space where neurodivergent people are to be celebrated. They belong in libraries, in the world, just as they are- their wonderful selves, ALL the time!

WOW, Curl magazine! 😭 Can't believe you wanted to feature me in your magazine! Excited to see more librarians & educators featured soon for the help & encouragement they gift to their communities. YOU are joy! My hair has curls! My fingers have curls around a good book 😂

Yay Library Camp time! Inspirational words of library joy from Mychal. Met my hero & it was wonderful.Santa Clara County Office of Education Berryessa Union My part: showcase the coolness of Canva

YES! 😍📖 Video description: Mychal, Afro with colorful shirt and blue shorts, excitedly and repeatedly says, "she said yes!" He points to his Arthur Read library card tattoo to joyfully annonce, "she said yes! She does visit the library!" ✨

Everybody!!! Its TIME! Please join me and #CookieMonster for #CookieMonstersBakeSale! We’re on Sesame Street helping the community raise money for local libraries! Max! 💚

VERY Jools Lebron with my mental health magic and tiny books 💚📖 Video description: Mychal asks if you can see the way he takes his mental health magic (bottle shaken in his hand). It’s described as demure, mindful. Next, he reads his tiny book, which is described as cutesy.

The one where Mychal tried to convince Leslie Knope the library is not the worst group of people ever assembled in history ✨

Ok........this is a super long shot but maybe... Mychal or LeVar Burton , if you see this... we're dealing with housing insecurity, and all Kiddo wants for their upcoming birthday is books. Can we get some eyes on this wish from a book-lover? 🥹🙏🏻

A #Caturday Box Story! Video description: Mychal asks if he can tell you a story. Kissin’ Kat Barlow sits in a box. Mychal tells of a human who wanted to fit inside of their box. A witch turned them into a cat, fitting inside a box, for a dollar. The cat loves their box!

EVERYONE deserves library joy 💛

One book… ten books… one hundred books! However many books you read is something to be proud of. Reading is not a competition, reading is joy ✨ Happy to hear you’re reading! What’s one of your favorites? 😊

Thank you for making it to this tomorrow! I’m so happy you’re here in the world 💚 Video description: Mychal sings about a stressful little world. He explains he isn’t mindful, he’s mentally ill. It’s okay to not be okay! He’s not even very demure, but delulu (aka the solulu ✨)