Guest: Stacy Brown, Director of Innovation and Professional Learning (previously the Media Specialist and 21st Century Learning Coordinator)

From: The Davis Academy Georgia (with a strong dose of Texas)

Grade(s) Taught: Pre-k, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Resources:

• Book Club Bash: https://tinyurl.com/bannedbooknooks
• Add'l Links: These are the book club slides that we followed for that particular book club. Slide 9 includes the book nook activity instructions: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NF6-Nqsu_qJZ4Z5DUXtVyaXRKmrOMUN18nzJwSgxJg8/edit?usp=sharing

Book Break: 

• The Cartoonists Club by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud
• Code of Honor by Alan Gratz
• Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors: Brain-Body-Sensory Strategies That Really Work by Robyn Gobbel
• The Bright Years by Sarah Damoff
• Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Yardena Schwartz
• The author that kickstarted my career was Toni Morrison. I have always been captivated by her writing.

Where to find Stacy Brown:

• Website: More book club ideas can be found here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/revolutionize-youth-book-clubs-9798216182665/
• Handle: @21stStacy
• I can most regularly be found on: Bluesky, Instagram, Twitter

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• Have an idea, a question, or a lesson you want to share? Email DrTLovesBooks@gmail.com
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Some Bluesky Resources
Starter Packs - These give you a list of accounts you might be interested in following. You can selectively choose among the accounts, or "Follow all" with one click!

• School Librarians by @techielibgrl.com
• UK School Librarians by @ljwattswales.bsky.social
• K-12 School Library Professionals in Canada by @dnevillebooks.bsky.social

Feeds - These are collections of posts that meet certain search criteria. They're a great way to see topics you're interested in! You can add feeds to your account for easy repeat viewing.

• School Librarians Feed by ‪@davidbfox.com‬: Follow the feed to see posts that include "schoollibrarian," "schoollibrary," "School Library Journal," "LMTS," "AASL"
• School Libraries Feed by ‪@tljamesa.com‬: This is a feed of posts from and for school librarians, teacher librarians, library media specialists, etc. #TLChat #FutureReadyLibs #SchoolLibrary #SchoolLibrarian #TLsky
• School Libraries Feed by ‪@debbieohi.com‬: Picks up posts that include hashtags related to school libraries and school librarians. Search parameters still being tweaked.
• TLSky Feed by ‪@techielibgrl.com‬: - TLSky is a feed for Librarians. Share by using #tlsky