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Sarah Hutchinson @srhutchinson.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Some books to add to your parent/teacher libraries during this time of book bans and censorship (physical copies!!!) 🧵

Sarah Hutchinson @srhutchinson.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Adding to this amazing list: Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen - Jose Antonio Vargas Poverty, by America- Matthew Desmond How the Word is Passed- Clint Smith Griftopia- Matt Taibbi Democracy Awakening- Heather Cox Richardson Silencing the Past- Michel-Rolph Trouillot

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Retired-Librarian @retired-librarian.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Honour Black authors by reading their books not just this month but every month. #BookSky #BlackHistoryMonth

A stack of books by various Black authors.

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Cheyenne @cheylaney.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Friendly reminder that if you buy a book on Kindle, you're only paying for the rights to read, not own. If a book truly gets banned, it will be taken away from digital platforms like Kindle, nook, etc. Consider getting physical copies of banned (or other) books! READ BANNED BOOKS #booksky

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Sarah Hutchinson @srhutchinson.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

isreal murdered his grandchildren. He spent a year comforting scared and injured children in Gaza, and then they murdered him too. His story is one of thousands. I’ve run out of words for how evil this is, I hope Khaled is somewhere in complete peace with the soul of his soul.

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Alice In Wonderland @carogeurtsen.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

"It is with great sadness we post Khaled Nabhan is now in Jannah with little Tariq and Reem, the Soul of his Soul."

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Catarina Vieira @catarina-europe.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Just over a year ago, he shared his grief with the world and spoke of losing his granddaughter. Today, Khaled Nabhan was killed in a bombardment of the Nuseirat refugee camp. Every day of our joint failure to act is another day of war crimes and innocent victims claimed by the Israeli government.

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Noooooooo you can't say it's good that an evil person got killed in a way that makes countless other evil people worldwide real fuckin nervous all at once in a way that u can physically feel in the zeitgeist around you, that tickles the soul and delights the senses, what are you, some kind of ghoul

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Sarah Hutchinson @srhutchinson.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Today we read "The Word Collector", written and illustrated by @peterhreynolss.bsky.social . We see how Jerome's love for expanding his vocabulary helps him to learn, communicate, and make art. Hyperlexic kids would definitely see themselves in this- I loved it!

Cover of "The Word Collector" by Peter H. Reynolds. A boy in a pink and white striped shirt closed his eyes and holds up his hands as slips of paper with words on them fall around him.

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Alycia Pirmohamed @alycia.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Nov 29-Dec 5 is #ReadPalestineWeek & Publishers 4 Palestine are releasing *free* ebooks for a Free Palestine P4P already released AND STILL WE WRITE, which you can download below "Print it and share it. Make it part of your actions on Nov 29-Dec 5" 🇵🇸🍉 publishersforpalestine.org/2024/11/19/l...

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Launching ‘And Still We Write,’ an Anthology of New Work from and Centering Gaza

In advance of READ PALESTINE WEEK 2024, Publishers for Palestine is releasing a digital chapbook and abbreviated zine version of And Still We Write: Recent Work by Palestinian Poets & Actions Y…

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/11/2024

i have been a dedicated libro.fm user for over a year now and at no point do i feel that i am missing out on anything from not using audible. also! if you subscribe you can direct a part of your subscription a local book shop

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Anyone, any entity, anywhere in the world can just pay him any amount (for anything he promises in return), and there's no disclosure of the payments, no oversight of any of it by anyone, and of course no potential bribery prosecution (of him) because... immune. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Another reason not to use X

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Sarah Hutchinson @srhutchinson.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

NYT Bestseller "Invisible Things" Written by Sophie Miller. Illustrated by Andy J. Pizza. With colorful and fun illustrations, this book gives a face to the intangible things in our lives. So creative and unique, loved this one.

Cover of "Invisible Things" by Andy J Pizza and Sophie Miller. Surrounding the title are the illustrations of many 'invisible things'. Including: joy, love, dark matter, melancholy, gratitude, a wish, a vibe, warm fuzzy, the blues, hope, the giggles, dream, weirdness, chaos, math, a spooky, the now, pizzazz, fear, echo, a niff, and guts.

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Sarah Hutchinson @srhutchinson.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I was able to find all of these except for "The Little Green Drum" on thriftbooks with many in stock. Links below⬇️🇵🇸

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Sarah Hutchinson @srhutchinson.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

"A is For Axolotl: An Unusual Animal ABC". Written and illustrated by Catherine Macorol. An ABCs of unique creatures, you'll discover and learn right along with your kids. Each animal has a rhyming fun fact to go along with it. We had fun looking up what sounds some of the animals make.

Cover of "A is For Axolotl: An Unusual Animal ABC" written and illustrated by Catherine Macorol. A pink axolotl is surrounded by green vegetation under the title.

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Sarah Hutchinson @srhutchinson.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

"Special Delivery: A Book's Journey Around the World" by @pollyfab.bsky.social . Illustrated by Klas Fahlen. Follows the book around the world until it ends up in your hands. A dream for any machine and vehicle loving kiddo. A reminder of all the work that goes into bringing us our belongings.

Cover of "Special Delivery: A Book's Journey Around the World" by Polly Faber. Illustrated by Klas Fahlen. Title written on the back of a delivery truck. Surrounded by other transport vehicles such as a cargo ship, bicycle, cars, and trains.

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Sarah Hutchinson @srhutchinson.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

"Aliens Get the Sniffles Too!" written by @katyduffield.bsky.social. Illustrated by K. G. Campbell. A little alien is sick, and his family is trying to help him feel better- especially their dog Mars Rover. Cute illustrations and lots of fun onomatopoeia. Kids were cracking up at this one.

Cover of "Aliens Get the Sniffles Too!" Written by Katy S. Duffield. Illustrated by K. G. Campbell. Background is outer space, young blue alien sneezes "AHHH-CHOO!" towards his yellow alien dog with 3 eyes.

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Sarah Hutchinson @srhutchinson.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

"Cool Cuts" and "Happy Hair". Written and illustrated by Mechal Renee Roe (illustrator of Kamala Harris's "Super Heroes Are Everywhere"). Shows the diversity of Black/Brown natural hair. Promotes self-love and self-esteem. Great for teaching non-Black/Brown kids the vocab around these hairstyles.

Cover of "Cool Cuts" written and illustrated by Mechal Renee Roe. Blue stripes with yellow stars as a background. A Black boy with an afro, a red plaid shirt, and a blue bowtie at the center

Cover of "Happy Hair" written and illustrated by Mechal Renee Roe. Yellow striped background with pink hearts. Black girl with blue polka dot shirt, gold necklace, pink earrings, and pink bow in her hair at the center.

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Liz Faber @lizwfab.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

If you really want to encounter a lot of views different from your own, go read some books. You don’t need right wing assholes screaming at you on social media for that. This can just be a place where you chill.

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Sarah Hutchinson @srhutchinson.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

🧵Social Emotional Learning, Monsters, and You!👹 SEL had consistently shown to improve cognitive abilities and overall wellbeing in kids (and as they grow into adults). Many schools have adopted SEL programs, but usually as a rotating special alongside PE, art, music, etc.

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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

It’s okay to be rude to people who want you to die

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Being Reese @beingreese.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading.

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Sarah Hutchinson @srhutchinson.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

“Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.” (Y’all mind if I sneak some of my favs in here?)

Cover of Lulu Millers “Why Fish Don’t Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life”. Blue background with gold metallic fishtail and title

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Kids can become excited about books pretty easily, actually. They just need someone else, who they like, to be excited about books who also understands the trick is to play to the kid's tastes. Comics are a great way to do this.

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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

And to kids' mental health. Books give kids companionship, solace, escape, joy, spaces to process difficult emotions, maps for navigating relationships and society, and--over and over again--show them how to gather strength, resilience, power, hope, and healing.

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Nate's Scary Myth @natesmith.dev · 20/11/2024

English is just three Germanic languages in a French coat

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Sarah Hutchinson @srhutchinson.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

🧵Books for musically inclined kiddos🎵 "Listen to My Trumpet" by Mo Willems. Piggie picks up the trumpet, makes a lot of noise, and Elephant doesn't quite get it at first. Ends up being a super heart warming lesson in perspective, and knowing and loving your friends. (Can't really go wrong with Mo)

Cover of "Listen to My Trumpet" by Mo Willems. Under the title, Piggie holds up her trumpet proudly.

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Sarah Hutchinson @srhutchinson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

🧵Books for kids who love to build and tinker🔧 First up: "Operation Cupcake: How Simple Machines Work" by Bambi Edlund. 2 mice use simple machines to steal a cupcake off the counter,very cute and funny. Has instructions for making your own machines with household items. My kid and I made all of them.

Cover of "Operation Cupcake: How Simple Machines Work" by Bambi Edlund. Mice use tools and simple machines tohang from the title.

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Sarah Hutchinson @srhutchinson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

🧵If you haven't checked out the wonderful and funny world of @elisegravel.bsky.social books, you definitely should. We have read every one that our library has. My youngest learner proudly told the librarian that Gravel is her favorite author. (Plus, we love a pro-Palestine author over here 🇵🇸).

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 21/11/2024

"they won't stop at trans people" - ok even if they did stop at trans people they still need their ass beat, right?

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Sarah Hutchinson @srhutchinson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

🧵South American stories and folktales! Folktales are a great way to teach the history, culture, and geography of a place. I made us a "South American Folktales and Stories Map" to go with these.

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Sarah Hutchinson @srhutchinson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

To start, I want to share what we've been reading for Native American Heritage Month! All books are by Native authors. 🧵

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Sarah Hutchinson @srhutchinson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Hi there! I'm Sarah, an elementary age educator. In light of book bans, AI generated kids books, and a literacy crisis, I want to create a quick and easy way for parents and teachers to connect with quality kids books. Tried and approved by my learners.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Bro do you ever just feel like the old is dying, but the new cannot be born, and just like, during that time shit continues to get more and more cartoonishly fucked up???

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Lee: When Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was up for confirmation or when VP Harris was added to the ticket, they called them DEI hires. They want you to believe that Harvard graduate with over 20 years of experience is not qualified but Fox personality is qualified to run the DOD

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kate conger @kateconger.com · 20/11/2024

Call it the Twitter Playbook. Mass layoffs, RTO mandate, nickel-and-diming over relatively small budget allocations to Planned Parenthood and PBS/NPR.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Yes, libraries are invaluable for their collections and public services they offer, but also social contact without the expectation to interact with anyone or spend any money is so important to so many people

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Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

One thing I think people talking about the threat of authoritarian creep have gotten, if not exactly wrong, not quite right either is to frame discussion in terms of various European precedents. Those are relevant to be sure, but we also have an American precedent - namely the South before 1965.

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 09/11/2024

For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free Another world is possible if we fight for it www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...

Ten book covers: How We Get Free, Hope in the Dark, Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Palestine in a World on Fire, Let This Radicalize you, Socialism... Seriously, The Black Antifascist Tradition, Elite Capture, Class Struggle Unionism, and Unbuild Walls. More details at the included link.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

me in my echo chamber

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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So never stop sharing books with kids. Never stop reading to them, and helping them to read. Never stop changing lives. #literacy #kidlit #books

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Never has a crime so obscene been so confessed to, so endlessly, so shamelessly, so proudly

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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 19/11/2024

If House Republicans really wanted to protect women, they'd release the Ethics Committee report on Matt Gaetz' alleged sex trafficking - not try to ban their colleagues from using the bathroom. Stop the bigotry and release the report.

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