Today we’re launching the Summer Reading Adventure—a free, prize-filled extravaganza for readers of all ages to celebrate 75 years of the National Book Awards! Visit nationalbook.org/adventure to reveal the activities. We can’t wait to hear all about your summer!

Ruthie Rose started talking to me around 8:00 a.m. on a Friday at O’Hare International Airport as I was boarding a flight to LaGuardia Airport to work on Louder Than Hunger. 100scopenotes.com/2024/06/10/cov…

That’s our Amelia representing NMS and #GarrettCounty at Nationals! GCPS Happenings

🪄📖Proud to announce my membership in @MagicSchoolAI's Pioneers Program! Excited to share the Book Suggestion tool for #summerreading!

America's children deserve school libraries. Sign the petition today! EveryLibrary saveschoollibrarians.org/schoollibraria…

Who Better To Write a Kids’ Book Than a Librarian?kirkusreviews.com/news-and-featu… #kirkusreviews by Mahnaz Dar

What an honor and a joy to promote love in the library 📚🥰📚 with Shannon McClintock Miller! 🙌🏼❤️🙌🏼 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lea…

Becky Calzada, Incoming AASL President, speaks with SLJ about forging connections, a counternarrative about school libraries, and more. ow.ly/5wut50SqUcb

Our colleague Becky Calzada takes the stage as incoming AASL President! Congratulations! American Library Association

Congratulations to Rowan from GCPS Happenings on her documentary project about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which won the Award for Excellence in Government History. This prize was named in honor of late Senator Mike Miller. Great work!

We are so proud of Rowan for her documentary on #RBG👩🏻‍⚖️

I shared a list of mental health books for kids with People. people.com/john-schu-ment…

Loved chatting with Katherine Applegate! Thank you, SchoolLibraryJournal!

Librarians- Our PARTY never ends! The #LibrarianParty-Needed NOW more than EVER!

This was the best! What a stellar group of educators! #Maryland Teachers of the Year! Cohort 33 🧡⚾️🖤 TY Maryland State Department of Education Baltimore Orioles

Back-to-School Innovations from 10 #SchoolLibrarians! Love to learn from our PLN & Excited to be included! slj.com/story/back-to-… SchoolLibraryJournal

Back-to-School Innovations from 10 School Librarians ow.ly/yqK050T9Wy0

On Sunday, the Baltimore Orioles honored the 23–24 Teachers of the Year! Mary Kay Connerton, #MDTOY2024, threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Local TOY’s were honored on the field for their impactful work with Maryland children in the classroom and beyond!