teacher, student, triplet mom, former tv writer/producer and book editor, committed to a better world through education and conversation
Joined August 2016
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23 Nov 2023
Hey #ppspdspot have we ever had a nonfiction selection for our book chat? Can’t recall. So many great choices here!
18 Nov 2023
Love non-fiction kidlit? Don’t miss @ImaginationSoup’s roundup of 35 “best books” of 2023: imaginationsoup.net/best-non…
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3 Jun 2023
Why representation matters: Here’s a student reflection from the “book tasting” in my 5th-grade classroom. ALL students deserve to find “mirrors” on school library shelves and feel the joy this child shared with me in that moment. @AuthorLisaFipps @EveryLibrary #ppspdspot
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1 May 2023
Happy Wishing Day and thank you to @kaaauthor for inspiring us to dream big and welcome everyone. My fifth graders wished for a new bike, a pet duck, steak with mashed potatoes, chocolate ramen, and--of course--world peace (among others).
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21 Apr 2023
We should trust individuals to make their own decisions. Raise your voice for everyone's freedom to read. Join the movement. #UniteAgainstBookBans uniteagainstbookbans.org/tak… via @alalibrary
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4 Mar 2023
The road to fascism is paved with center left so called thought leaders telling vulnerable people that they should chill out and rephrase their arguments so as to not offend those in power.
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15 Jan 2023
EVERY CHURCH AND PASTOR should have joined MLK in the fight for civil rights.
They did not.
They were wrong.
History remembers.
EVERY CHURCH AND PASTOR should be joining the LGBTQ community in the fight for civil rights.
They are not.
They are wrong.
History will remember.
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10 Jan 2023
🥳RACE TO THR BOTTOM OF THE EARTH: SURVIVING ANTARCTICA is out in paperback *today* 🥳 @MacKidsBooks @MacKidsSL
To celebrate, I’m giving away THREE copies!! Follow & RT for a chance to win! For an extra entry, tag a friend in the comments 👇👇 winner chosen 11/13
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26 Dec 2022
I think our obsession with data removes the wonder and curiosity from learning.
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9 Dec 2022
words have power. hateful rhetoric cannot have that power. #DontExemptUs
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1 Dec 2022
My biggest takeaway after spending a few days with Florida librarians is that the situation down here is far worse and more frightening than can be gleaned from the outside. I’ve been having lots of conversations and doing some brainstorming to come up with ideas for how… 1/2
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2 Dec 2022
This debate surfaces every year. Fun thread for #ppspdspot
1 Dec 2022
Authors! My students want to know whether you write your drafts using paper/pencil or typed on the computer.
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24 Nov 2022
Yes, at the Thanksgiving table, I will ask everyone present if they’ve spoken up at their local school board meeting about book banning and censorship. If they haven’t, I’ll tell them they need to show. I’ll show them what to say. Silence is complicity. diversebooks.org/letter-from…
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3 Aug 2022
Jon Stewart and the state of Kansas have just reminded us all - that the power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.
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2 Aug 2022
By nature, a reader is independent and fierce. The folks who want to ban books are not readers; they are wannabe oppressors. The reader will win.
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From Hooper’s Store to @RustinCenter Princeton #Pride
Honored to welcome @sesamestreet’s Alan Muraoka as our inspirational Grand Marshal
Proud our friend & @glaad award winner will march with us in solidarity & dance with us in celebration
Join us MAÑANA~
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6 Jun 2022
Our kids cannot be replaced. But our Senators can.
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7 May 2022
‘Enforced childbirth is slavery’: Margaret Atwood on the right to abortion theguardian.com/us-news/2022…
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5 May 2022
Dear Teachers! How'd you like to talk with some of your favorite middle grade authors? To thank teachers, some friends and I are hosting a zoom book club and would like 13 of you to join us. To enter for a chance to win, retweet and follow me. (Author lineup subject to change)
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