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Gwen Blumberg

@gwenblumberg.bsky.social
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2nd Year K-8 School Librarian | Former District-Level Literacy Leader | BOOKS! | Library Design | Sketchnotes | Writer for Choice Literacy | Roller Derby Player | Greater Boston linktr.ee/gwenblumberg

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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
When choosing books about nature… choose books that are humans as A PART of nature instead of APART of nature. “Unlock the Power of Outdoor Learning” #aasl2025 session with NatashaCarty
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Proud of my most recent pieces the lead for Choice Literacy’s Big Fresh. It’s all about milestones in our lives and in our classrooms. choiceliteracy.com/article/sept...
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September 19, 2025: Play Promotes Identity, Reading, and Writing – Choice Literacy
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 21/09/2025
Want to level up student discussions? 💬 Give this scaffolding tool — created by @gwenblumberg.bsky.social — a try! Here’s a how-to: edut.to/46q6LlR
"Progression of Talk" infographic made with colored sticky notes on a file folder. In order of progression: Say anything, Say something relevant, Say something back, Say something to clarify, Say something better, Say something to revise, Say something to provoke, Say something to extend
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Check my newest piece in this week’s BIG FRESH from Choice Literacy! choiceliteracy.com/article/may-...
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May 16, 2025: Trusting Students – Choice Literacy
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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
We Need Diverse Books is proud to stand with Dr. Carla Hayden, who started her career as a children’s librarian in Chicago and who became the first woman and first Black appointee to serve as the Librarian of Congress. Find our statement below ⬇️
A photograph of former Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, standing at a podium in the Library of Congress and speaking at a previous Walter Awards Ceremony. At the bottom of the photo is bold white text that says, “WNDB stands with Dr. Carla Hayden and condemns her firing.”Graphic with neutral-colored background containing an official statement from We Need Diverse Books regarding the recent firing of Dr. Carla Hayden. The first part of the statement says, “We Need Diverse Books is proud to stand with Dr. Carla Hayden, who started her career as a children’s librarian in Chicago and who became the first woman and first Black appointee to serve as the Librarian of Congress. Throughout her exemplary career, she has been a faithful public servant, a visionary leader, a champion of literacy—and the People’s Librarian, who strived to make our nation’s library more accessible and available to all Americans.”
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
This Saturday! FREE performance of The Dragon King by the Tanglewood Marionettes! @jfklibraryfdn.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrate-...
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Today’s Sticky Hope podcast w guest @amylvpoemfarm.bsky.social was a DELIGHTFUL way to start my Monday! This window in our library was created by my library kids after reading her book The Sound of Kindness! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
The MA State Finals for National History Day are desperately in need of judges. You DO NOT need to be a historian or have any history background. Come see what Ss in middle & HS have learned & let them teach you things you might not know much or anything about…YET! www.masshist.org/masshistoryday
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Framework for teaching controversial issues from Judy Pace. teachingcontroversies.com/framework/
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Mark Your Calendars! 5/3/25 Kids Graphic Novel Festival @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social ♥️♥️ www.silverunicornbooks.com/events/kids-...
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Thank you, MA State Senator Jake Oliveira for your inspiring message about libraries & librarians at the #MSLA50 conference this morning!
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Who else is at the #MSLA50 library conference?!? If you see me… please say hello!
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The School Librarian Learning Network (SLLN) @schoollibln.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Now appearing on the SLLN Podcast: @gwenblumberg.bsky.social shares how she's been building engagement & student engagement in her first year of school librarianship! Search SLLN on your favorite podcatcher, or listen here: sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/increasing-i... #TLSky #EduSky School Library 📚
The School Librarian Learning Network Podcast
Episode 48: 
Increasing Independence & Engagement via Library Skills
with Gwen Blumberg
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
What a JOY to share how things are going during my first year in the library on the SLLN podcast! Thank you to @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social for the invite and the conversation! tr.ee/6691l44gsW
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Live near Northampton, MA? Want to support their HS library? Check out this opp to see a super cool, live, unabridged reading of @studiojjk.bsky.social’s Hey, Kiddo! nhslibrary.betterworld.org/events/hey-k...
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
🛼 Come join Boston Roller Derby & @qtlibrary.org on 3/1 to talk about Brace for Impact (SO GOOD!) with author Gabe Montesanti at the Parker Hill Branch of @bpl.boston.gov www.eventbrite.com/e/brace-for-...
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Brace for Impact author talk and book discussion
Join QT Library and Boston Roller Derby for a conversation about Brace for Impact and a virtual author talk by Gabe Montesanti
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Visited a sweet, new, independent children’s bookstore this school vacation week. So cozy & such lovely kid-focused curation! Add Moon and Back Bookstore in West Medford, MA to your indie bookstore list!
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
“Do something meaningful. Or maybe just mean everything you do.” -All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Boston Roller Derby's home team season kicks off with a doubleheader on March 8th! Come watch us play & enjoy being a part of our BRD Community! bostonrollerderby.com/event/home-t...
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March 8 - Home Team Double Header
Come join us for the first night of Boston Roller Derby! Get ready to witness two thrilling matches as our talented skaters battle it out to open the season.   4:00 PM - Doors Open 5:00 PM - Gam...
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
"If books are “love letters passed between us,” then our collection is an ongoing conversation—one of argument and agreement, challenge and admiration. And after all these years, we know there’s no better match for us." @donalynbooks.bsky.social donalynmiller.substack.com/p/reader-i-m...
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Reader, I Married Him
“Books are love letters (or apologies) passed between us, adding a layer of conversation beyond our spoken words.”
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School Library Journal @slj.com · 18/02/2025
These stories share a variety of Ramadan and Eid experiences, from fasting for the first time to celebrating in a home. Hand them to young readers leading up to the holy month and all year long.
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10 Titles About Ramadan and Eid for Board Book to Middle Grade Readers
These stories share a variety of Ramadan and Eid experiences, from fasting for the first time to celebrating in a home. Hand them to young readers leading up to the holy month and all year long.
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School Library Journal @slj.com · 14/02/2025
“Diversity is an outcome. Equity is the path to get there. Inclusion ensures we travel that path together.”
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion. Now More Than Ever. | From the Editor
Done right, DEI will prepare us for an increasingly diverse world.
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Edutopia @edutopia.org · 14/02/2025
Want to level up student discussions? 💬 See how @gwenblumberg.bsky.social uses the Progression of Talk to scaffold classroom conversation. buff.ly/416skXv #EduSky
"Progression of Talk" infographic made with colored sticky notes on a file folder. In order of progression: Say anything, Say something relevant, Say something back, Say something to clarify, Say something better, Say something to revise, Say something to provoke, Say something to extend
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
YES! “In other words, it isn’t the program that is as important as the human beings engaged in the learning process.” @bostonglobe.com www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/04/o...
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The fallacy of settled science in literacy - The Boston Globe
The "science of reading" movement has unnecessarily polarized public education.
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
“Teachers and librarians are allies for souls who have been dismissed as hopeless.” @annelamott.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4jFjt6c
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Opinion | The resistance will not be rushed
Resting up to join a peaceful, nonviolent, colorful and multigenerational opposition.
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
We had our first Just-for-Fun bookclub for faculty & staff! We read the Faculty Lounge & I made some tasty treats. Doing it again in March! 💛
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
You can read more about this progression of talk in my @edutopia.org piece: www.edutopia.org/article/teac...
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Teaching Students How to Have an Academic Discussion
This teacher-created scaffolding tool can elevate classroom dialogue, empowering students to express themselves while learning from the ideas of others.
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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 28/01/2025
“A chilling new documentary at the Sundance film festival examines the phenomenon of book banning in US schools, which flourished in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the ordinary heroes who fight them on the local level.” @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
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‘Civil rights fight of our time’: new film explores the battle over US libraries
A Sarah Jessica Parker-produced documentary on the brave librarians fighting a wave of rightwing book bans has sparked conversation at Sundance
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Happy Book Award Day! So many beautiful ones on this list... so many more I still need to read! bookriot.com/youth-media-...
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These Books For Children, Tweens, and Teens Just Won Some Serious Awards
Read your way into the best of the best of children's literature from 2024, as selected by librarians nationwide.
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
❤️‍🔥 YES! Love being a school librarian!
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Thank you #TKskychat for my first BlueSky chat and my first official chat as a librarian. Woot! Woot! Looking forward to more chats in the future!
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Q8: My word for 2025 is JOY ♥️ #TLskychat
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
#TLSkyChat A7: A group of job-alike literacy leaders from other districts get the biggest shoutout. I love you my lit ladies! Also, our math leader has been my closest colleague & friend at school. I now have the most wonderful library assistant. Grateful EVERYday for her support & partnership.
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
#TLskychat A6: Starting a bookclub for adults in my school community to get everyone talking about their reading lives. Ts will bring lunches to the library on a designated day when we have PD in the afternoon (so we all have the same lunch) & I'll make dessert. Hoping this month is the 1st of MANY.
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
#TLSkyChat A5: The biggest reset for this year was rearranging the furniture and rethinking the space. It was very engaging for the kids. Here's a before/after reel for how things are going! www.instagram.com/reel/DCw6Gwv...
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
#TLSkychat A4: Used Goodreads for >10 years. Thought about switching... downloaded my history, then uploaded it to StoryGraph. BUT what is holding me back is "the widget"... Love the little "what I'm reading" at the bottom of emails & I'll stay w Goodreads for that until SG adds a similar feature.
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
#TLSkyChat A3: Google Spreadsheets for the win to keep track of everything I'm doing in the library and Padlet as kind of bookmarking site to keep track of things I'm coming across that I don't want to lose.
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
#TLSkyChat A2: I teach K-5 classes, but am K-8 so try to find more ways to get middles in the library. Library is open during recess & I recently had 102 (!!!) kids. I just ran an after-school creative book making club and am doing a games club starting next week. www.instagram.com/reel/DDvf7vk...
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
#TLSkyChat A1: Looking forward to my state school library conf in March. #MSLA I applied for a scholarship through the state library association #MLA and found out I received it right before the winter break. SO excited to be able to stay over and fully immerse myself in learning and the community.
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
#TLSkychat A1: I'm looking forward to running my first mock awards. I'll be doing an EJK... The EJK Foundation has so many resources to support teachers & librarians who are trying on this idea. #EJKmockawards www.ejkf.org/mock-ejk-awa...
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Mock EJK Award
PROMOTION – Win $200 Bookshop Gift Certificate It’s simple! Run a Mock EJK & send us your results Let us support you and diversify your library with the best cutting edge KidLit on the market.
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Hi #TLSkyChat! I'm Gwen, a first year K-8 school librarian in Greater Boston. Prior to this year I was a district-level literacy leader. I've also been a literacy coach, reading interventionist, adjunct prof, and classroom teacher. I LOVE being a school librarian!
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Gwen Blumberg @gwenblumberg.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
New job this school year (L♥️VE being a school librarian!) & a new calendar year is almost here... seems like a perfect time to try a new platform! 🦋
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