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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere!

@rockinlibrarian.bsky.social
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Yes, it's me. Children's Librarian with the rock music obsession. Mom of teens. Writer of at this point mostly fanfic but formerly of GeekMom and maybe someday of original fic. Much AuDHD. She/her.

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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I heard the deejay on the clock radio say Slug Watch until 10:00 and it was a full five minutes before I figured out that he'd said *flood* watch. Anyway watch those slugs.
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This feels like I need to tell about the time Mr. McFeely came to the Children's Museum to launch a sweater drive, and I got out a bin to collect the coats of a visiting school group, and he said, "Is that where we'll put the sweaters?" and I said, "No."
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
This is an important point. Empathy—in and of itself—is anti-fascist. The arts—and the project of higher education as a whole—teach empathy, enabling you to put yourself in other people’s shoes. So to a fascist, they must be destroyed.
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Sarah Lawton @sarahelawton.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Making the rounds this week among Christian progressives: new poem by Rob Hardy, poet laureate, Northfield, MN. Yes, the protests and all the work being done to throw sand in the gears and provide aid to those at home and being released from Whipple are a kind of liturgy — “work of the people.” ⚓️
Communion

There's no bread.
The bakers have gone into hiding.
The seats at the table are empty.
The Twelve are out marching with the thousands.
The streets are filled with a new song.
Only Judas sits at Target Plaza, counting his silver, while Pontius Pilate issues a carefully-worded statement.
Meanwhile, the centurions have quotas to fill.
But out on the streets there's a Communion.
Jesus takes the city in his hands and says,
"This is my body, broken for you."

Rob Hardy
February 2, 2026
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I feel satisfied with those awards. My awareness of new releases sucked enough last year that I didn't have too many pre-opinions but it looks like a nice spread of books on the whole.
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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The 2026 Randolph Caldecott Medal goes to Cátia Chien for her illustrations for ‘Fireworks,’ written by Matthew Burgess! #ALAyma
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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Renée Watson wins the Newbery! She is a treasure and so is this book. I just gifted it to a young reader friend. It's a book in verse, so accessible, about grief.
Cover for All the Blues in the Sky by Renee Watson, blue background, African American girl looking to the side, unsure and hopeful
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I just said "Aww" out loud again. Yeah I haven't read it but I like Renee Watson in general so go her!
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Unless a picture book gets one.
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I definitely haven't read any of these though.
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Ooo lots of Newbery honors too
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
4 out of 5 on Caldecotts! That's better than I did last year when I HADN'T had burnout for the past year!
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Yay 4 honors!
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Caldecotts might though! Only bc I did a mock caldecott!
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
They make me smile, but no I haven't actually read any of them.
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Geisels are my favorites but I don't even think I'll have read any of THEM this year either.
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Whoa Candace Fleming sweeping the legacy-type awards!
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
How does the sign language interpreter sign all these names so fast?
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Ooo, BOTH libraries I worked at last year have 'Go Tell It,' so THAT'S a yay for me! Although it wasn't me who bought the second.
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Oh I'm looking forward to reading the Yoshitake, their previous books always make me laugh.
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I've heard buzz for Popo the Xolo but haven't seen it yet. And that's about as involved as I've been with any of the winners so far!
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Yay Cynthia Leitich Smith got double-awarded! I followed her on Twitter but I have no idea if she's on BlueSky
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I love the enthusiasm of the YALSA lady.
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Yay Candace Fleming!
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
See I didn't even know Derrick Barnes wrote a novel, I'm sobout of it.
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Obligatory annual mention of that one time I was two people behind Virginia Hamilton in line for the bathroom.
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Cheryl B. Klein @cherylklein.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
For those seeing Uri Shulevitz get the Sydney Taylor Body of Work Award at the #ALAYMA, don't miss this book as well -- very much worth finding for any picture-book writer, illustrator, or aficionado!
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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
There are people trying to stop others from using whistles, and next they'll say it's ableism. As your disability advocate friend, I will be the first with serious sensory sensitivity to say that I would rather be in pain than someone get abducted, or shot. Block/mute this argument, it's an op.
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Admittedly my library time was stressful and not full of discovering new books last year, so I don't have too much to say about most of the books, but I still get excited by the YMAs.
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I said "awww" out loud at mention of Chooch Helped. Chooch is so adorable.
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Well here I am, first time I've been home to live-tweet/skeet/whatever the ALAYMAs for a long time! So probably first time on BlueSky!
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Hi, BlueSky that I haven't been on in awhile! I have finally posted my Annual Roundup of Everything! So if you missed me, here's a way to catch up! rockinlibrarian.dreamwidth.org/296138.html
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
See, when you have a therapist to help you deal with your ADHD, they're very understanding when you suddenly blank out and stop listening because a bird landed in the tree outside.
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
NOOOOO I switched my card back to my local library and now I've lost my Freegal access!!!! --this has been a psa for checking to see if your library subscribes to Freegal because it is the BEST. You get FREE MUSIC. If you are more fortunate than I, please take advantage of it.
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
I am technically allergic to cats. I have two cats. One of them even sleeps on me. I don't usually have much of a problem with them. But I just thoroughly tidied & vacuumed the corner where they most like to shed, and now I can't stop sneezing, only proving that cleaning is hazardous to ones health.
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
I came to the 'Atom Heart Mother' album late as a Floyd fan because they claimed it was their worst album, but dangit, I love the song "Summer'68," every time it's come on my computer since I got it I've gone "What IS this lovely thing? Oh, that's right, I said that last time I heard it, too."
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Did you know I posted another round of The Lyric Game???? Click through and play! www.tumblr.com/rockinlibrar...
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💬 4  🔁 0  ❤️ 1 · THE LYRIC GAME REDUX REDUX– Volume THREE-- cleaned up with more clues! · If you haven't guessed any answers for this round of The Lyric Game-- which statistically you haven't, cons…
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Took a benadryl bc I was having an allergy attack but now I'm too sleepy for 8 PM.
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Not sure if anyone's here who isn't already other places, but: here, read this personal essay I wrote about my current midlife crisis. I'm in a bit of a state and it's kind of huge for me, so I'd like you to know about it: rockinlibrarian.dreamwidth.org/295557.html
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Dang, I just had the worst trying to get customer service experience ever! I'm only sharing because my stress level is still high and it's annoying!
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Anyone have a way to make me laugh? I'm feeling very melancholy and could use even a little bit of lifeline.
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Alyssa Barringer @alyssakaye.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I offered to write “Happy 7th Birthday” in the speech balloon, but my daughter said that didn’t make sense. She had a very specific vision, which was for me to render this Squirrel Girl panel in buttercream so she could eat Hippo the Hippo’s face. @ryannorth.ca @ericafails.bsky.social
A panel from Squirrel Girl. Hippo the Hippo says NOW I’M ROBBING BANKS!A cake featuring Hippo the Hippo (a Squirrel Girl villain) shouting “Now I’m robbing banks!”
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Last chance to play this round of The Lyric Game! Here's ALL the clues in one place: www.tumblr.com/rockinlibrar...
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💬 6  🔁 2  ❤️ 0 · Last chance to play! I'll post the answers tonight! You've got the full sets of clues now, so if you haven't guessed on this set before you've got lots more backup, and if you HAVE…
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Mom Friend S. Pumpkins @momfriend64.northsky.social · 27/05/2025
"Is this post a cry for help?" Darling, EVERYTHING is a cry for help. We are all lost in the wilderness and the ONLY thing any of us can do is keep reaching for each other across the darkness
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Repost w/ the five shows you would be happy to rewatch over and over again for the rest of your life, as your sole TV diet. The Good Place, Legion, Freaks and Geeks ...that's when I have to start thinking harder um, maybe the X-Files, and I'll go with Agents of SHIELD over Agent Carter, more of it.
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
I have a new round of the Lyric Game up, with more clues. Click through! Play along! On Twitter or Tumblr or wherever! www.tumblr.com/rockinlibrar...
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Rockinlibrarian Everywhere! @rockinlibrarian.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
I have a new round of the Lyric Game up, with more clues. Click through! Play along! On Twitter or Tumblr or wherever! www.tumblr.com/rockinlibrar...
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Emma Newman @emmanewman.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
OMG this. Authors are a group of people in which imposter syndrome runs rampant, creating work without a performance element so without immediate feedback from the audience, often with no idea how our work is faring, no control over it, often with out of date sales data. Prime brain weasels fodder.
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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I was recently accused me of lying when I said I've never used AI. It's not that hard to do. Why on earth would I use a flawed, polluting, external brain when mine's perfectly fine? If my fridge is working, I'm not going to move my food out of it and into a wood crate in the yard.
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Ryan Roe @meryanroe.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Share this with everyone you know who's confused or mad about Sesame Street's deal with Netflix!
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