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📚💜 Share a Library Joy Story!

It’s School Library Month so let’s celebrate the moments that make our libraries special. What’s a story that shows the joy, impact, or magic of your library? ✨

Drop your stories and spread the love! 💭
#LibraryJoy @mychal3ts.bsky.social

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✨📚 Dream Big: Build Your Library

Join us for #TLSkyChat tomorrow as we design our dream libraries! What spaces, tools, and vibes would you include to inspire students?

Share your must-haves and big ideas! 💭
Questions @ tlskychat.com

#TLSky #Skybrarians #Libraries #EduSky

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✨📚 Join us for #TLSkyChat on Wednesday as we build our dream libraries! What would your ideal space include? Share your must-haves, favorite features, and big ideas! 💭

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@simplyrain.bsky.social - great idea for a chat idea!!

Hi Heather, While it may not directly address why school libraries matter, it is one of the best library stories ever - always a favorite of 5th graders. "Ethan Unbound" by Gary Blackwood. readmeastoryink.com/stories/etha...

#kidlit #EduSky #TLSky #Skybrarians #T2T #TLSkyChat
NEW AUDIO for the young historians in your family. Enjoy award-winning historian, Gary L. Blackwood’s, ”The Last Great Gold Rush; The True Story of the Klondike Gold Rush.”
Listen or read: tinyurl.com/Llastgreat
Share love, share reading.

A1: I'll always recc Game Changer! Book Access for All Kids
by @donalynbooks.bsky.social and @colbysharp.bsky.social for tools to help kids fall in love w/ reading, esp choice, access, self-selection, time, community #TLSkyChat

That is so cool! #TLSkyChat

Truth!

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📚 Thank you. We are grateful for each of you who make #TLSkyChat a space for learning, sharing, and growing. We will be back in two weeks. More at tlskychat.com

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📚 Keep the conversation going with #SlowChat and join us live every other Wednesday at 8pm EST/5pm PT. See you next time. #TLSkyChat #TLSky Check out the questions and get started!

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Remember, y’all… everything you ever wanted to know about #TLSkyChat can be found here: tlskychat.com

Love doing Spine Poetry during SLM :). #TLSkyChat

### Rewritten Post 💛📚 Q8: One Story If you could tell one story that shows why school libraries matter, what would it be? Share A8 with #TLSkyChat 👉 tlskychat.com ### Alt Text A TLSkyChat graphic labeled “Question #8” with the prompt: “If you could tell one story that shows why school libraries matter, what would it be?” It includes reminders to use #TLSkyChat, look for Q1, Q2, Q3, and start responses with A1, A2, A3. The design features a globe with paper airplanes and the phrase “One World, Many Stories.”

💛📚 Q8: One Story

If you could tell one story that shows why school libraries matter, what would it be?

Share A8 with #TLSkyChat 👉 tlskychat.com

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A7: There’s still misunderstanding about what school librarians do. Libraries aren’t just about books. They are hubs for inquiry, digital literacy, and equitable access. When people discuss info lit gaps and information lit, I’m frantically raising my hand. We are part of the solution! #TLSkyChat

### Rewritten Post 💛📚 Q7: Advocacy What’s something you wish more people understood about the role of school libraries today? Share A7 with #TLSkyChat 👉 tlskychat.com ### Alt Text A TLSkyChat graphic labeled “Question #7” with the prompt: “What’s something you wish more people understood about the role of school libraries today?” It includes reminders to use #TLSkyChat, look for Q1, Q2, Q3, and start responses with A1, A2, A3. The design features sparkles and a genie-style lamp.

💛📚 Q7: Advocacy

What’s something you wish more people understood about the role of school libraries today?

Share A7 with #TLSkyChat 👉 tlskychat.com

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I totally would get giddy when a student (tended to be Manga readers) would come and get a new book 3-4 times in a day. I would just giggle internally. #TLSkyChat

Parent Advocate Toolkit How can you help your child succeed in this changing global economy where many of us are deeply concerned that the United States is not preparing our young people with the skills they need to compete?

#TLSkyChat A6: I have hosted a Literacy Night in the past that was really successful. But you do not have to go that big to connect with parents and families.

www.ala.org/aasl/advocac...

Truth. Love having students build a stack for breaks. #TLSkyChat

### Rewritten Post 💛📚 Q6: Community Connections How do you involve families or the wider community in your library program? Share A6 with #TLSkyChat 👉 tlskychat.com ### Alt Text A TLSkyChat graphic labeled “Question #6” with the prompt: “How do you involve families or the wider community in your library program?” It includes reminders to use #TLSkyChat, look for Q1, Q2, Q3, and start responses with A1, A2, A3. The design features a simple icon of people representing community and connection.

💛📚 Q6: Community Connections

How do you involve families or the wider community in your library program?

Share A6 with #TLSkyChat 👉 tlskychat.com

That realness is so pivitol when working with kids especially. When they see us as human not that person that lives in the school cool things happen. #TLSkyChat

A5: Another one from thecountouredlibrarian on TT and some wonderful messages she received from students www.tiktok.com/@thecontoure... #TLSkyChat

Making space for all of us to relax, have fun, and remember that the library is the place to be 📚🫶🏼 #schoollibrarian #schoollibrary #schoollibrarymonth #librariansoftiktok #april #librarycenters #birt... TikTok video by The Contoured Librarian

A5: Some more cool passive programming ideas from the thecontouredlibrarian on TT www.tiktok.com/@thecontoure... #TLSkyChat

Letters are so awesome though...right?!?!?! #TLSkyChat

Another week of #SchoolLibraryMonth centers ready to go in the library! #librarytok TikTok video by Melanie Wood

A5: Really cool idea for centers in the library from melanie_in_the_library on TT www.tiktok.com/@melanie_in_... #TLSkyChat

Love Reading Buddies! #TLSkyChat

Would love to see your BINGO programming.

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A1: I was also just think that having conversations and normalizing abandoning books and that sometimes you do not feel like reading that is okay. I recently had a reading break and now I am back like it is going out of style. It is okay and nomalizing that. #TLSkyChat

### Rewritten Post 💛📚 Q5: Passive Programming What types of passive programs will you have set up during the month? Share A5 with #TLSkyChat 👉 tlskychat.com ### Alt Text A TLSkyChat graphic labeled “Question #5” with the prompt: “What types of passive program will you have set up during the month?” It includes reminders to use #TLSkyChat, look for Q1, Q2, Q3, and start responses with A1, A2, A3. The design features colorful “MAKER space” text with tools like a ruler, scissors, and a hammer.

💛📚 Q5: Passive Programming

What types of passive programs will you have set up during the month?

Share A5 with #TLSkyChat 👉 tlskychat.com