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Looking for a book for Earth Day? Checkout these titles shortlisted for the Green Earth Book Award
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The 11 most challenged books of 2025, according to the American Library Association The ALA says 4,235 titles were challenged at U.S. libraries — the second-highest year on record. Forty percent of the challenged works involved LGBTQ+ subjects or the experiences of people of color.

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Listen to These 19 Audiobooks in Honor of Southwest Asian and North African Heritage Month In addition to being Arab American Heritage Month, April is also SWANA Heritage Month. These audiobook selections include titles by award-winning Daniel Nayeri, Jasmine Warga, Adib Khorram, and more.

Listen to These 19 Audiobooks in Honor of Southwest Asian and North African Heritage Month
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13 Moving Picture Books to Celebrate AANHPI Culture From multigenerational stories to time-honored and family-filled festivities, these joyous picture books are perfect for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month a...

13 Moving Picture Books to Celebrate AANHPI Culture
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National Library Week It's National Library Week, the American Library Association's celebration of all things library. This year's theme is

#HBOutoftheBox: How are YOU celebrating #NationalLibraryWeek?
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Make National Poetry Month International with these Books for Children By Gelsey Phaneuf April is National Poetry Month! Poetry can often feel like another language to young readers, and poems in translation offer an additional challenge. As translator David Colmer no…

Make National Poetry Month International with these Books for Children | World Kid Lit

Embrace the Blank Page Research supports regularly asking students to recall information from memory, and to do that you don’t need a worksheet—just a plain piece of paper works great.

"It can be really beautiful to see the ways in which students make connections, make meaning, and expand upon or construct their thinking."

Molly Ostergaard via @edutopia.org
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Mom’s Reading List • HISTORY! •Flora and Ulysses Alana The first adventure • The Okay Witch INK GIRLS •MONKEY KING and the WORLD OFMYTHS The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest • The MYTHICS

Came into my bedroom and discovered that my 9 year old has left me a list of all the books she thinks I should read. #kidlit

Humorous infographic that reads: Is your teen texting about art?! Here’s what they’re really saying: G2G = Going to Getty TTYL = Take Tram, You’ll Love! ATM = At The Museum ETA = Embracing The Arts POV = Pointing Out Van Gogh's WTF = Where’s the Fragonard? BTW = Bring The Watercolors TMI = This Museum Inspires TLDR = Titian, Leonardo Davinci, Raphael LOL = Love Old Landscapes ASAP = Another Sculpture, Another Painting DILF = Dang, I Love Fine art

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I won the LA Times Book Prize for YA literature!!!

32 Bird Crafts, Art Projects, and Activities for Kids Pull up a cozy perch and explore our enchanting collection of bird-inspired crafts for kids, inspiring creativity and fostering an appreciation for nature through hands-on art and play projects. From kid-made DIY bird feeders and bird-themed sensory play, to bird paper crafts and feathery handmade bird costumes.

April is a great bird month, and we’re leaning into it. 🐦 From toddler-friendly to genuinely impressive for older kids, this list of 32 bird crafts and activities has something for every creative kid. #NatureSky

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We're inspired to be at Teacher Action Group Philly’s Education for Liberation conference in community with liberatory educators. Workshops focused on racial justice, community empowerment, and critical pedagogy.

A wonderful space that nurtures hope while examining the history of how we got here. 🧵

The Chronic Pain Cycle and How to Break It (Top Tips From an Occupational Therapist)

"When dealing with an #injury or #illness that results in #ChronicPain, it is easy to develop #toxic thinking without even being aware of it. #Emotions such as anger, frustration, and resentment are common. Stress, anxiety, and worry add to the mix.": buff.ly/kh6cmAh

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Turning a Boring Worksheet Into an Engaging Lesson A worksheet is like off-the-rack formal wear—it might be OK, but it needs a little tailoring to really fit your students and your learning objective.

“Mannnnnnn, I can’t wait to do some worksheets today!” said no child ever.

Worksheets can feel like busywork, asking students for compliance instead of demonstration of learning. So how can you transform the ready-made worksheet into an engaging & vibrant lesson?

@amirtaron.bsky.social explains. ⬇️

I am so excited for the "One Book, One Coast" program! If you are in Oregon, Washington, or California, check your local library for the book and the MANY amazing events public libraries up and down the coast are hosting around it!

KIDS FAVORITES The annual KIDS FAVORITES are new books read and rated by thousands of children, teachers, and librarians in rural, suburban, and urban schools and libraries across the U.S. every year!

"After the voting by the young people in their care — which resulted in the KIDS FAVORITES — we are happy to announce the 2026 TEACHER FAVORITES and LIBRARIANS FAVORITES!" From the @cbcbooks.bsky.social:

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The Big Soup: Growing up Autistic Autistic graphic memoir about compassion, as well as an educational testimony about understanding those who are different

The Big Soup: Growing up Autistic

#GraphicMedicine #Kickstarter

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My beautiful, wonderful grad school (Goddard College, also in Vermont) closed in 2024. It was an amazing place.

Bright, multi-colored graphic with a white card in the middle that says, “Happy We Need Diverse Books Day!” Beneath the title text is an illustration of four people quietly reading books together. At the bottom of the graphic is the official date for We Need Diverse Books Day: April 14th, 2026.

Bright, multi-colored graphic with a white card in the middle that says, “What is We Need Diverse Books Day?” Contains the following description: We Need Diverse Books Day was created to highlight the importance of reading books that reflect our beautifully diverse world. It’s a chance to uplift, celebrate, and take action to support diverse books and the diverse artists that create them! At the bottom of the graphic is the official date for We Need Diverse Books Day: April 14th, 2026.

Wishing everyone a very happy #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay! 🎉📚❤️

Need some ideas for how to celebrate today? Here are eight easy ideas 🧵

I am always so mystified when other parents don’t go to the library. What do you…do with them??? Mine killed two hours there today, and then we came home with 10 books each that is going to buy me hours of peace. Why are you not quietmaxxing your parenthood lol

Wouldn't it be wonderful to build something like this into the day for our students..? ❤️👇

A LIST OF CAGES by Robin Roe GENESIS BEGINS AGAIN by Alicia D. Williams THE DANGEROUS ART OF BLENDING IN by Angelo Surmelis MORE THAN WE CAN TELL by Brigid Kemmerer MONDAY'S NOT COMING by Tiffany D. Jackson THE BENEFITS OF BEING AN OCTOPUS by Ann Braden A THOUSAND PERFECT NOTES by C.G. Drews NOW IS EVERTHING by Amy Gibs

MARY UNDERWATER by Shannon Doleski WHEN YOU KNOW WHAT I KNOW by Sonja K. Solter THE CLOSEST I'VE COME by Fred Aceves FIGHTING WORDS by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley THE BIG BAD WOLF IN MY HOUSE by Valérie Fontaine & Nathalie Dion FURIA by Yamile Saied Méndez PUNCHING BAG by Rex Ogle TAKE ME WITH YOU WHEN YOU GO by David Levithan & Jennifer Niven

HOW YOU GROW WINGS by Rimma Onoseta LIFE AND OTHER COMPLICATIONS by Heather Mullaly PEDRO & DANIEL by Federico Erebia DEER RUN HOME by Ann Clare LeZotte COLLIDED by Mary Wyne A SCAR LIKE A RIVER by Lisa Graff ALEX, BY PROXY by Karen Myna Cantor CLOSE TO YOU by Nissa Renzo

Child Abuse Prevention (CAP) Month supports strong families, thriving children, and healthier communities. Here is a list of picture books through YA that deal with child abuse.
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Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the May 2026 School Board Elections The Book-Loving Texan’s Guide to the May 2026 School Board Elections (This is a mobilization tool. Use it to volunteer, donate, and organize in your community.) Election Day: Saturday, May 2 Early Vo...

The Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the May 2026 School Board Elections is now LIVE! Please read it, share it, and bookmark it to help support anti-censorship candidates in Texas.

And check back frequently! As always, I'll be updating it until election day (May 2). docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Since April is National Poetry Month, I wrote about introducing my third graders to Emily Dickinson, the poet dearest to my own heart. And why poetry is necessary. A free post on Substack.
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I am constantly asked: How are you getting young kids in your class to read?
My answer is simple: I present my joy & love of reading in such a way that they want to. I am enthusiastic about books. I present it like a gift.

A ‘Gut Punch’ of Censorship and ‘Erasure’: University of Texas Professors Decry Rushed Merging of Ethnic & Gender Studies “It will be death by a thousand cuts,” said Lilia Rosas, a professor of Mexican American and Latino/a Studies.

🔔Lilia Rosas, Latino/a Studies prof, “If you think ethnic studies and women’s and gender and sexuality studies are the only programs to go, pay attention…This university is reinventing itself around a lens less committed to knowledge-making.” ⬇️

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To my non tech normies, PSA: when you share a link, everything after the ? is tracking. Those “query parameters” tell companies exactly how you arrived, what app you clicked, which ad or email sent you, sometimes a unique identifier tied to you. You can delete everything after the question mark.

Letters: Oppose book ban legislation and support school librarians This year, the best way to fight book banners is to advocate for school librarians.

"School librarians are the best value for the money taxpayers spend on education. Decades of research have shown that it is the presence of a school librarian... increases students’ literacy." www.chicagotribune.com/2026/04/12/l...

Sid Krofft, Co-Creator of Mind-Blowing Kids TV Shows, Dies at 96 The puppeteer and his late brother Marty partnered on 'The Banana Splits Adventure Hour,' 'H.R. Pufnstuf,' 'Land of the Lost' and much more.

GenX, pour one out for one of the architects of our childhood

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Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school.

Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon!

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