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Why grade? It‘s practically summer! #teachersoflitsy #procrastinationnation

An excellent middle grade book about the building of, passengers on, and the sinking of Titanic! I've been fascinated with this disaster since I was about 10 so this was a wonderful find! The photos of the artifacts are great for kids who are more visual and there are also photos from Ballard's expeditions and a section on current efforts to remember those lost. #middlegrade #raisingreaders #kidlit #teachersofLitsy

I needed this on the penultimate Monday of the school year!

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New LGBTQ YA for my classroom. #TeachersOfLitsy

I'm fangirling today!!! Got to meet this amazing author at #nerdcampnj I am so impressed with all she does for the Kidlit community and the world at large. If you don't already you need to know Ann Braden. Oh, and her book is great too! #librariansoflitsy #teachersoflitsy

A girl has A LOT of grad school work to do.

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Working on end of year book inventory for my class library can be interesting. I get frustrated by the books that disappear, and I've learned the most likely to disappear are Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. Yet, sometimes random new books appear that no students claim. For example, I had one copy of the tagged book and now there are three. It's also great to see the shelves full and neatly organized for at least a few days.

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A short, creative graphic novel that made for a good break from my normal reads. Besides it was about time I got it returned to the friend that loaned it to me. I like how unique the characters are and the way the neighborhood kids came together. If you ever played pretend as a kid this book will take you back to that. #graphicnovel #childrenslit #teachersoflitsy #vhsreads #viloniareads

Allow me to introduce Balthasar, Romeo‘s little known Pokémon. ? #teacherlife #teachersoflitsy

I should really be grading finals, but it was a pretty long day at school so I‘m enjoying a chapter of Tolkien instead. I‘m still several days behind the schedule, but I‘m appreciating the discussion of the Third Phase. At the moment, I think I‘m still most intrigued by the curiosity about and development of Trotter as a character.

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