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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Jul 29

I had the BEST spot to read last week on vacation! #northwoodsofwi #vacationreading #summerreading #librarians #tlsky

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jun 22

Congress? You awake?

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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Jun 21

Book #2 of summer break and I'm having a hard time putting this one down! I love @katemessner.com books! #TLChat #summerreading #schoollibrarian

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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Apr 3

I'm currently listening to this one and I love it!

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Eti B @etiberland.bsky.social · Apr 3

A7: Think about the Carnegie libraries of the past - and how impactful they were. My mom was raised in one - and I'm a reader/librarian because of her. The future of libraries is human-centered; we need these palaces for the ppl more than ever; I hope more people GET LOUD for libraries #TLSKyChat

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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Apr 3

I just got this book in my library this week!!!! #TLSkyChat

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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Apr 3

A7: I have had DAs tell me that we won't need libraries in the future because everything will be done online and I've begged to disagree with them. We need the human connection that is found in our libraries! #TLSkyChat

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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Apr 3

Very valid point! Thank you for chiming in! #TLSkyChat

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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Apr 3

A7: I hope we never lose the value of reading aloud to our students. This is something I refuse to give up in my elementary library classes. We get into such great conversations reading picture books! #TLSkyChat

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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Apr 3

A6: I am promoting everything we do on my library Facebook page. We just finished up an Iditarod unit and I had my students create sleds of their own out of Legos. They LOVED this! #TLSkyChat

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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Apr 3

Do you find that the students are actally reading the books they're checking out or just checking them out to see the number go up? #TLSkyChat

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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Apr 3

A5: A stereotype I'd like to get rid of is that the library needs to be a quiet place. While it is at times, it's also a buzzing, busy place as well and Iove hearing my students excited about things we're doing! #TLSkyChat

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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Apr 3

I know! I've never heard of these so I'm going to have to do some looking into this!

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Library Girl @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social · Apr 3

#TLSkyChat A4 Cont. This post contains more info about how to create Connections Style puzzles with/for kids. It includes a worksheet/scaffold for kids to plan their puzzles and a link to all the puzzles I've created. I hope you find it useful!

🧩 Making Book Related Connections Puzzles!

Connections is a recent addition to the New York Times Games Page. If you've never played before, the game is really pretty simple: you're given a grid of 16 words/phrases and your job is to find four...

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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Apr 3

A3: I had my 5th graders do some book spine poems with their names! Kind of a cross between an acrostic name poem using book titles! #TLSkyChat #emma

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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Apr 3

A2: I'm also doing a March Madness Bracket with picture book characters and my kids can't wait to come in each week to see how is moving on! #TLSkyChat

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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Apr 3

A2: One of the biggest promotions for reading this year in my library has been the reading/coloring challenges from @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social! My kids have literally eaten them up! Check out all the completed challenges on my March bulletin board!

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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Apr 3

#TLSkyChat A1: After being diagnosed with a seizure disorder my junior year in college, my neurologist felt that my English teaching major may not be the best for my health. I ended up with a library science minor which lead me to my MLIS and the rest is history! Everything happens for a reason!

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Library Girl @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social · Apr 2

Just for fun, I create FREE monthly reading challenges/coloring sheets for readers of all ages b/c both #reading & #coloring help reduce stress.

You can download the April updates (for FREE) here!

Happy reading AND coloring, y’all!

#TLSky #TLSkyChat #Skybrarians #EduSky

🖍️ Library Girl Reading Challenges: April 2025

Last year, just for fun, I started creating monthly "reading challenges" that: • focus on authentic reasons for reading (instead of having kids log page numbers, etc), and... • couple reading with col...

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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Apr 3

And I that you do that! My students were so excited to see the cupcakes on this month's challenge! #TLSkyChat

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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Apr 3

Jen Malphy, 4K-12 TL from Wisconsin! #TLSky

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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Feb 17

We are getting ready to celebrate #ReadAcrossAmerica with our Paws for Reading Week! We're teaming up with our local humane society as well to help them with their fundraiser, Pennies for Pounds! #TLSky #Librarians

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Elissa Malespina @elissamalespina.bsky.social · Feb 17

My Top Ten Ai Tools of 2025 - #Aied #EduSkyAi #TLSky open.substack.com/pub/elissama...

The AI School Librarian's Top 10 AI Tools: 2025 Edition

Empowering Education with Innovation and Creativity

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Jennifer Malphy @jmalphy.bsky.social · Feb 17

Loving The Glass Sentence on our day off of school, reading by the fire! #TLSky #Books #librarians

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 16

Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.

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