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Minnesota Library Association @mnlib.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

The Jason Reynolds / Simon & Schuster Travel Grants are awarded annually to five black/African American youth/teen services public or school librarians for the purpose of attending the ALA Annual conference! Apply by December 15th (applicants must be members of ALA): www.ala.org/grants/jason...

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Jason Reynolds / Simon & Schuster Travel Grant

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Polly Farquhar @pollyf.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! This one has ⭐⭐ from Kirkus and The School Library Journal!

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

6,7 🤦🏼‍♀️ I love my students. They keep me laughing. #oomslibrary #schoollibrarians

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

School libraries are for everyone. ❤️

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Check out my review (first photo) of @spanoudis.bsky.social book “Roger and Phoebe!” It’s a book that’s the perfect beach read for adults. www.amazon.com/Roger-Phoebe...

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Fantastic day with these kiddos. And of course cute story. 💜🐻‍❄️🐧

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

It was a beautiful day for a trip to the public library. Yes, I have a giant bandage on my face because school librarians also see their dermatologists over spring break.

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Enjoying a super cold day off from school, basking in a sun beam. And enjoying “It’s The End of The World and I’m in My Bathing Suit” by @andthisjustin.bsky.social. Can’t wait get back to school and share with my students. #oomslibrary #booksky #schoollibrarians

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

#oomslibrary first book talk of the day! Check out these titles Booksky friends! All are absolutely amazing and engaging! ❤️❤️ @lisayee.bsky.social @andreaywang.bsky.social @georgejreije.bsky.social @carmellavanvleet.bsky.social

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

One of our ELL students speaks Russian and she brought a book from home for cozy read day in the library! @danpoblocki.bsky.social I immediately recognized the cover and it resulted in a great conversation with her classmates. ❤️ Books for the win! #authors

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Very sad 6th grader: Mrs. Silwani! All the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Books are out! There’s nothing to read! Me: Oh buddy, I’ve got you covered. ⬇️ Dav Pilkey, he is hooked! Huge thanks to you and @jeffkinney.bsky.social for books that keep my middle schoolers reading. ❤️ #authors #oomslibrary

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I love all her books! “The School for Whatnots” is on our Battle of the Books list this year and I’m currently reading “Falling Out of Time” to see if it will work with an 8th grade dystopian unit. So far it’s yes. 👍🏻

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Margaret Peterson Haddix is amazing and I can’t keep her books on our shelves! #booksky

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

A huge welcome to all my new followers! I’m humbled and honored that you are choosing to trust me with library management advice, book reviews, lesson ideas, collaboration strategies, and pretty much anything books or library related. And I can’t wait to learn from all of you! ❤️❤️

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EduSky Team @eduskyteam.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Welcome to #EduSky 🍎 a communuty for educators! Check out the list: tinyurl.com/EduSky Join the list: tinyurl.com/EduSkyForm Pin the feed: tinyurl.com/EduSkyFeed ⬇️

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Thank you for all of these suggestions!!

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I’m trying to build our horror collection. Do you have any “must add” recommendations? I’m in a middle school grades 6-8.

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I get a lot of students who ask for a mystery suggestion. After I tell them about it, I tell them this my favorite kind of mystery because it really happened.

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

#booksky book suggestion time! “The Mona Lisa Vanishes” by Nicholas Day & illustrated by Brett Helquist is a perfect mix of mystery, biography, history, & nonfiction. While this book is for middle grade and above, adults will love it too. I can’t keep it on our shelves at school. I loved it!

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

It’s a fireplace kind of day here in the Orange Middle School Library. Happy Monday! ❤️

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I turned the tables on my classes today and had them do the book talks instead of me. All volunteers. They loved it and of course everyone wanted the books their peers talked about.

Child standing in front a view sonic with the image of the book “Smile.”

Child standing in front of a view sonic with an image of “The School For Whatnots.”

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Oh my goodness! That’s awesome! Thank you. 😊

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

No apologies needed. ❤️ Thank you for considering us.

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

Yes. I’m a librarian at Olentangy Orange Middle School. Would you like me to DM the address?

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

Our middle school building has a number of Portuguese speaking students. I was able to get your books in Spanish but I’m struggling with Portuguese titles. I know our kiddos would love them.

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,964,770!

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 24/08/2024

Someone once asked me what they could do to help school librarians battle book bans and attacks. My best advice was this…help spread the word far and wide about all the wonderful things happening in your child’s school library. We must tell our story. 💕📚

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Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social · 24/08/2024

Last month, I shared a post commemorating my coming out as gay. Every year, I acknowledge the occasion, and this year, it was particularly meaningful. If you missed my essay and have a few minutes, I hope you’ll take the time to read and perhaps share it. theauthorvillage.com/phil-bildner...

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Phil Bildner: Half a Life, Half My Life - The Author Village

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Melissa Stewart @mstewartscience.bsky.social · 11/08/2024

Teachers: Let's make 2024-2025 the year of nonfiction. Your school librarian is a tremendous resource. #edusky #kidlit

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 15/07/2024

Me turning the last page of this book: “wow.” See my review for “Tagging Freedom” by Rhonda Roumani in the images. #middlegrade #oomslibrary

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Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social · 12/07/2024

The Author Village welcomes Tae Keller, the Newbery Medal-winning author of WHEN YOU TRAP A TIGER to our group. Tae is currently scheduling both in-person and virtual school and library visits and conference appearances for the 2024-25 school year. Welcome, Tae!

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 04/07/2024

Loved this book! Perfect for middle grade. Great survival, mystery, and realistic fiction! See my review in the images ⬇️.

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

This will definitely be a favorite in our library! More copies on the way! Thanks Roland Smith for a truly wonderful story!

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Melissa Stewart @mstewartscience.bsky.social · 25/05/2024

Teachers! Librarians! Great news! @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social 's #5KNF Book Tasting Cafe is featured in Canadian School Libraries Journal tinyurl.com/3rfaecwx @captainlibrary.bsky.social #edusky

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 25/05/2024

School Librarians! Remember to make your annual report. Here’s mine. Have a wonderful summer! #oomslibrary

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 02/04/2024

These numbers cracked me up! Maybe I should play the lottery? Friday’s checkout number. Monday’s number. Maybe I should give candy to the first kid that checks out this morning. ❤️

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 25/02/2024

Taking a moment to appreciate my mom’s Benjamina Ficus growing in her house. My hubby next to it for size comparison. ❤️

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

Great Monday at #oomslibrary! By the end of the day we were over 10,000 checkouts and I was over 10,000 steps! 😁

Fitbit watch shows Monday February 12 10,004 steps

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 03/02/2024

Being a middle school librarian, I often find interesting things in returned books, like this note. Wise words and a good reminder for any middle schooler. ❤️ #oomslibrary

Sticky note with the words “Thinking & saying are different.”

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Jenny Lussier @jluss.bsky.social · 15/01/2024

#Coretta - an extraordinary #PB celebrating the life of Mrs. Coretta Scott King. With gorgeous art by Elia Holmes, Coretta leads the reader through Mrs. King’s life - the life she never imagined having. TY to MacKidsBooks for sending this review copy. @msthombookitis.bsky.social @ctcasl.bsky.social

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Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

This Wednesday Jan 10th at 8pm ET -- please consider attending this virtual panel: BOOK BANS & THEIR AFTERSHOCKS, a conversation hosted by PEN America and SCBWI that I'll be moderating with three incredible book creators -- Padma Venkatraman, Abdi Nazemian, and Adib Khorram. pen.org/event/you-ar...

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You Are A Writer, Status Update: Book Bans & Their Aftershocks

This session will explore how prominent authors are responding to this moment and how authors in censorious times can protect and preserve their creative flow.

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Kelly Silwani @silwani4libraries.bsky.social · 06/01/2024

I just realized my TBR pile matched the color of my nails. Coincidence? 🤣 And yes I know I’m late to the party reading these. Sorry. @nathanhale.bsky.social @lisayee.bsky.social @kellyyang.bsky.social

Stack of 4 books. Going from top to bottom: “Eliza Bing Is Not a Star,” “Apocalypse Taco,” “Maizy Chen’s Last Chance,” and “Front Desk.”

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