The popular laser-eyed loon may not have selected as the design for the new state flag, but it did inspire our limited-edition Laser Loon Saint Paul Public Library card & merch from The Friends! @mnufc’s PK got his. Get yours while supplies last! Details: sppl.org/laser-loon

Tune in to watch author and Saint Paul Public Schools graduate Kao Kalia Yang read her brand new book "The Rock in My Throat". Visit the SPPS Facebook or YouTube pages to watch now! youtu.be/HhwSHXsaYtE #SPPSReads

SPPS Reads Together Challenge Day 5! Visit the Saint Paul Public Library or choose an e-book from SPPS’s collection on MackinVIA to continue your reading journey in March! Share a pic of your family completing the challenge using #SPPSReads to enter to win SPPS Reads shirts for your family.

It’s Read Across America Day! Established by the National Education Association in 1998, the day encourages kids to get excited about reading. So enjoy a book or share a favorite book with your child today!

What are you doing to celebrate Read Across America Day? 📚 #SPPSReads #ReadAcrossAmerica

Sold a Story is now available in Spanish. You can find it on your favorite podcast apps. Search for Sold a Story en español. features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/e…

👈🏆Our paper is among the most-read papers in #DevelopmentalScience! "Literacy skills seem to fuel literacy enjoyment, rather than vice versa" doi.org/10.1111/desc.1… 👉👩‍🏫teacher Rachel's classroom summary. 👇🧵my scientific summary #TopDownloadedArticle Minna Torppa

Tonight, the District 196 School Board unanimously selected District 196 Director of Secondary Education Michael Bolsoni to be the district’s next Superintendent. Learn more at district196.org/suptsearch

Thanks to everyone who supported and attended our Saint Paul Public Schools Summer Reading Fest today! #sppsreads 📚

Happy summer vacation Saint Paul Public Schools families! SPPS Library Services and SPPS Literacy departments are excited to share these summer reading resources. What a great time to read, play and have fun! 📚☀️📚#sppsreads bit.ly/45zlRon

We are so excited to announce that The Right to Read is officially available to stream in the U.S. starting TODAY on Apple TV+, Prime Video, Google Play, Kanopy, VUDU, and YouTube. Visit therighttoreadfilm.org to learn more! #literacyisfreedom

This #PrideMonth, we are sharing books that feature LGBTQ+ characters and families, hoping to inspire and open hearts. 🏳️‍🌈 bit.ly/3zimaYR 🏳️‍🌈 bit.ly/45JliIU #PrideReads #QueerVisibility #QueerLiterature #Equality #InclusionMatters

You’re invited! Watch “All In: The SPPS Literacy Journey” a film chronicling our work to improve literacy instruction & positively impact student outcomes in reading. AIMS Wed. 11/20 5:30-7:30p.m. Register: spps.org/sppsreadsdoc Trailer: youtu.be/fd1X3VVHtRU?si… via YouTube

Have you ever heard of a school system making a documentary about why it's changing the way it teaches reading? youtube.com/watch?v=fd1X3V…

Our four-part docuseries: "All In: The Saint Paul Public Schools Literacy Journey" is now available for viewing at spps.org/academics/teac…. #sppsreads

There are more episodes of Sold a Story coming in February. features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/

Four years ago I wrote my inaugural poem The Hill We Climb. Both when I wrote it and performed it, I did so while continuously reflecting on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta Scott King’s legacy. I was (and am) blown away by how my words reverberated around the world; if

Celebrate #NationalReadingMonth with TRL’s Reading Buddies, which makes foundational literacy accessible to all kids. Introduce Dott, Dusty, Alphabott & their friends to the beginning readers in your home or classroom today! 🔗 trlreadingbuddies.org