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Wendy Stephens

Wendy Stephens

@wstephens.bsky.social

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Librarian, professor, teacher & reader in north Alabama. Information science Ph.D. NBCT LMS. Doing my own thing. Not the best mobile typist, so forgive my many misspellings 🩷@usbby.bsky.social 🩷@nctecla.bsky.social https://wendyontheweb.blogspot.com/

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Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Dec 5

Recommending #kidlitartpostcard

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Jul 16

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Writing, Translating, and Selecting Books for Young People. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) and the International Literacy Association (ILA) annually promote books with cultural significance for young people. USBBY selects the Outstan...

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Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Jul 16

Register for the USBBY @usbby.bsky.social International Literacy Association webinar July 23 with author and translator Lynn Miller-Lachmann

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Feb 3

So happy to hear from Derrick Barnes reading aloud from his @usbby.bsky.social IBBY Honour list book I Am Every Good Thing at #asla2025 #ALlibrarians

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ALA’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table @ NYCC WB-19 @libcomix.bsky.social · Jan 15

Attending #LibLearnX in Phoenix? ⚡️ Don't miss the Opening Session on Sat, Jan 25th at 8am! ⏰ GNCRT Board Members Shira Pilarski & Soline Holmes will introduce our amazing speakers: comics legends Scott McCloud & Raina Telgemeier! ✨ See you in Arizona! #comics #libraries

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Dec 18

I think I am going to try pre-college…but it is interesting how more formative early reading/re-reading is, and in so many ways my later reading is much the same thematically

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Dec 18

Picking back up with this, and after convo with @vennlibrarian.bsky.social, limiting to things I read before college as she did

Maggie Adam’s, Dancer book cover

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Dec 18

Always fab to see colleagues recognized — go Miles College!

American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · Dec 16

Congratulations to the 2025 #ILoveMyLibrarian Award winners! Meet the honorees — 10 outstanding librarians who go above & beyond to strengthen their communities every day. bit.ly/3HcHvEy
TY to everyone who nominated a librarian & to @carnegiecorp.bsky.social & NYPL, who make the award possible.

I Love My Librarian Award 2025.
Abby Armour,
Charlotte Chung,
Missy Creed,
Jessica Gleason,
Peggy Griffith,
Candice Hardy,
Analine Johnson,
Theresa Quiner,
Jamar Rahming,
Nelson Santana.

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Dec 18

I do think that is going to be pretty much the bifurcation

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Dec 18

I am convinced that the wabi-sabi of the human-made is going to be the new currency in the age of AI

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Dec 17

Cheech & Chong, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Beverly Hills Cop & Dirty Dancing additions to the wonderfully inclusive National Film Registry text.npr.org/nx-s1-5227860

'Dirty Dancing,' 'Wrath of Khan' added to the National Film Registry

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Dec 17

Canva has a lot to answer for

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Dec 17

we live in interesting times

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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · Dec 15

World Read Aloud Day with @litworld.bsky.social is coming up on February 5th! Want an author to Zoom into your classroom or library for a free virtual read-aloud on that day? Check out the list of volunteers here: katemessner.com/zoom-with-an...

WORLD READ ALOUD DAY graphic with cartoon animals celebrating.

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Let Utah Read @letutahread.bsky.social · Dec 15

When #utleg passes laws that classify books by Atwood, Vonnegut, Morrison, and Alexie as “criminal porn”, it makes it that much harder to have REAL conversations about the harms of porn to teens…
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Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Dec 5

Recommending #kidlitartpostcard

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Dec 5

Feeling this too, Sarah

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Nov 28

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Nov 27

Day 3

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Nov 27

People dunk on us being the largest city in the state now, but even the art in the HSV airport has gotten better somehow

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Nov 27

Wasn’t he just the best???

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Nov 27

It is really astonishing how amazing it feels, isn’t it? Happy to see you & so many other friends again!

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Nov 27

And now, like magic, social media is thought-provoking & human-centered again

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Nov 27

Thank you!

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Nov 27

You & @tasslyn.bsky.social? My goddesses & heroines. You will be on monuments

Wendy Stephens @wstephens.bsky.social · Nov 27

Thank you for your fabulous presentation Saturday & congratulations on the well-deserved NYPL inclusion. You are a bright light!