I had a blast chatting with Jennifer and Dan on the special Banned Camp podcast for National Library Workers Day. Take a listen, and be sure to subscribe to hear their regular (and hilarious!) episodes featuring banned books.
It's #RightToReadDay! Educate yourself about #bookbans! @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social reports in '25 - 4,235 different works challenged/topped only by 4,240 in '23. 90% of challenges made by activists & government officials not parents! #TLSky #EduSky #UniteAgainstBookBans apnews.com/article/bans...
RIGHT TO READ DAY. April 20, 2026. Everywhere. FOR YOUR FREEDOM TO READ. FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION. FOR UNDERSTANDING OUR PAST. FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. FOR OUR LIBRARIES. Logos for Unite Against Book Bans and ALA150 American Library Association
From Jan. 2025 - March 2026, 100+ pro-censorship bills were introduced in state legislatures. At least 40 bills would penalize libraries and library workers with lawsuits, fines, or even jail time for protecting people’s the right to read.
This #RightToReadDay, take action: https://bit.ly/43D9Dtw
Top 11 Most Challenged Books of 2025. Composite of 11 close-up crops of various book covers. Text at bottom: "Protect the freedom to read" ala.org/bbooks. American Library Association
The list of 2025's most challenged books was release this morning as part of ALA's State of America's Libraries Report.
Of the 4,235 unique titles that were challenged or banned in 2025, these were the top 11 most frequently targeted for censorship: https://bit.ly/3TE4cHi
#NationalLibraryWeek
A short-haired person looks out a window at flowering branch and flying bird. On surrounding walls and ceiling are other windows with branch and bird where the same person lies on their stomach reading a book, sits with a cup of coffee while writing, and makes paper airplanes from book pages at night. On the floor is book title Thinking About Thinking: Impossible Thoughts and Complicated Feelings, by Grant Snider.
Q is for questions < Thinking About Thinking: Impossible Thoughts and Complicated Feelings >, #Poetry #Comics by Grant Snider. Recommended for National Poetry Month at booksyalove.com?p=15090 . @abramscomicarts.bsky.social @atozchallenge.bsky.social #AtoZChallenge
Calling all educators: @aaslala.bsky.social is offering a 4/22/26 webinar led by high school #schoollibrarian Peter Langella: "Subversive Librarianship: Embedding Social Justice & DEI in Our Schools." #equity #diversity #inclusion = #justice #TLSky #EduSky Register ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Ai for librarians makes it easier to set up and manage a school Library even before you find a librarian
Data we collect: contact details you share name email phone, school, class, and library information, usage data logins searches borrowing history technical data up device browser
Beware the ai grifters... Ai is not the answer for everything. Read all the terms or lack of. Trust in your own knowledge and skills #tlsky #tlchat #schoollibrary #librarians
In good news, nearly all of the Philadelphia libraries (PA) will reopen Saturday hours: www.phillyvoice.com/free-library...
Welcome to Project 2029. Please consider subscribing to Project 2029. Check it out at: open.substack.com/pub/p2029/p/...
Thank you @tucson.com for publishing my LTE of support for Dem Congressional Candidate @joannamendoza.com Arizona CD6 voters deserve to be heard and truthfully represented. JoAnna Mendoza will be a leader who listens and rebuilds trust in government. tucson.com/opinion/lett...
Campaign sign for JoAnna Mendoze - AZ CD6 candidate for Congress
Thank you Dem Congressional candidate @joannamendoza.com for speaking at the LD17 meeting yesterday in #Tucson. We are grateful for your leadership & eagerness to serve CD6. We are proud to support your campaign & committed to going forward with you to restore trust, truth and integrity in Congress.
Where and How Book Censorship Is Impacting Children’s Publishing Right Now.
Publishing imprints for young readers are shuttering thanks to a softening school and library market. That's the result of book censorship.
bookriot.com/book-bans-an...
Trump's latest proposed budget is attempting to destroy federal funding for your local #libraries and museums. That's why we built all the tools you need to help fight back today. #TLSky #EduSky action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2026 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
The Art Car Parade. Houston, TX - Yay for books / librarians! Check out a Houston Independent School District-protest car! And a freakout over political speech. | #FirstAmendment #IntellectualFreedom guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. Opinion www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
Libraries WIN (again) in federal court. Show Up for Our Libraries, ALA 150 American Library Association.
Government stops fighting reinstatement of IMLS in federal court. The Trump Administration dropped its appeal of an earlier ruling which required the reinstatement of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Following the earlier ruling, IMLS previously restored all canceled grants and research and staff have returned to work. This is an important win for libraries. But President Trump is still asking Congress to end funding for IMLS. Call your Senators and tell them to protect library funding. Head to ala.org/showup and take action TODAY.
"Libraries can move forward with confidence that IMLS funding will be available to sustain the vital services communities rely on. However, we cannot forget that President Trump is still asking Congress to end funding for IMLS. That decision is partly in the hands of constituents. Library supporters must call on Congress to protect the future of IMLS." - ALA President Sam Helmick
NEWS: The Trump Administration has DROPPED its appeal of an earlier federal court ruling that reinstated the Institute of Museum & Library Services (IMLS)!
This is an enormous win for libraries nationwide.
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2026/04... #FundLibraries #ForOurLibraries
Share: A dozen picturebooks that can touch the hearts and minds of young people (and their educators and parents): "Picturebooks to Build Empathy for the Experiences of Immigrant and Refugee Children." #TLSky #EduSky #kidlit
@worldsofwords.bsky.social WOW Dozen page: wowlit.org/blog/wow-doz...
“‘All I’m going to say is that I stand by my decision,’ she said…
“Much of the audience at the board meeting broke into cheers and applause after her statement.
Chants of ‘shame’ were heard as board members voted to fire her...”
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
Celebrate International Children's Book Day #ICBD2026. Read / share global #kidlit #mglit #yalit books. #TLSky #EduSky learn about the ASLA #Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand Children's Book Award (DANZ) on the @worldsofwords.bsky.social Currents blog! wowlit.org/blog/diversi...
Plant stories and the world will bloom! Happy International Children's Book Day from your friends at The Canadian Children's Book Centre #ICBD2026.
Fund Libraries: Tell Congress to invest in libraries. ALA 150, #FundLibraries
Library advocates are making their voices heard in the Senate: have you contacted your Senators yet?
Urge your Senators to #FundLibraries in next year's federal budget and support communities nationwide! Make your voice heard and show up #ForOurLibraries.
Take action: ala.org/showup
Top link on 3/30/26 @oif.bsky.social #IntellectualFreedom News: @heykellyjensen.bsky.social's post: Manipulating the Law: Dismantling the Miller Test & Exploiting the “Government Speech” Doctrine: Book #Censorship News, 3/27/26 - Follow essential #FirstAmendment links www.oif.ala.org/intellectual...
True Hero: Support Senator Mark Kelly - NOT the Fake King
Standing up against tyranny at #NoKings #Tucson - Sign to support a True Hero @captmarkkelly.bsky.social NOT the "Fake" king! Good spirits - thoughtful signs - committed patriots protesting along Speedway near Country Club.
Essential reading for every person on the planet. Read deeply. Don't off-load your thinking brain. Resist fast and easy. Make time to contemplate and be with others away from the interference of devices! #TLSky #EduSky guide and model for our kids! static.nytimes.com/narrated-art...
I signed up! I'm looking forward to your presentation @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social and learning about the ideas/actions being taken around critical conversations in (UK) #libraries. Thank you for agreeing to present and for encouraging me to check it out! #TLSky you should, too.
Brilliant, @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social! Thank you for taking this important conversation to #CALC2026! Steve poses questions and takes a critical perspective on the impact on students' learning from integrating technology tools in schools. Join him! #TLSky #EduSky #RadicalSchoolLibrarianship
White background with an image of the SLLN logo - Black text in a circle reads School Librarian Learning Network, surrounding a red book with the letters SLLN on the cover in gray lettering. Across the top, red text reads: Episode 72: "I Am Every Good Thing" Affirmations with Miranda Quintero. Toward the bottom, a picture of Miranda Quintero.
Up next: @bilingualbib.bsky.social sharing “I Am Every Good Thing” Affirmations in ep. 72 of the #SLLNPodcast!
Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here:
sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/072-i-am-eve...
#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat
U.S. #schoollibrarians and other educators stand with you @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social We share your belief that inclusive diverse books matter for all children. We join you and protecting their freedom to read. #TLSky #EduSky Thank you for standing up! #UniteAgainstBookBans #StopCensorship
I'm attending Protect Education's event, “Protect Education Volunteer Circulator Training” - sign up now to join me! #Protect #Arizona public school students. Return our taxpayer dollars to where we can serve the greatest number of K-12 kids. www.mobilize.us/protecteduca...
I'm attending the No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Country Club and Speedway #Tucson Arizona” - sign up now to join me! Let's make our resistance known and our voices heard! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...