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In honor of Native American Heritage Month, we are giving away five copies of “Powwow Day” by Traci Sorrell along with five signed book plates.
To enter – Like and retweet this tweet. For additional entries, respond to this tweet and tag a friend! Winners will be chosen on 12/2!
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SURPRISE - we're doing a weekend giveaway! Enter now to win a copy of "The Last Cuentista" with a signed book plate.
To enter, simply like this tweet and respond to it by tagging a friend. One entry per friend tagged! Winner will be contacted on Monday.
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Libraries ARE the heart of the school and the librarians are the heartbeat. We love this sentiment from
@StudioJJK
.
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Webcast Alert! Join us Thursday, March 18 at 3pm EST, in honor of World Storytelling Day, when we’ll be chatting with
@Roshani_Chokshi
all about her series, Aru Shah, the importance of exciting fantasy stories for middle grade readers and more!
@DisneyBooks
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With 5 starred reviews,
@KSekouM
's
#middlegrade
#scifi
/
#fantasy
is our editors' next pick. This new title "Deftly addresses hard topics of slavery, toxic masculinity, and adult expectations, and shows the power of positive male influences." Subscribe at
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Are you looking for resources to keep your students engaged during this “new-normal” of school closures and social distancing? Make yourself at home with JLG
@HOME
! Get FREE unlimited access to eBooks on our JLG Digital online reading platform—and more!
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@YALLWEST
We are heartbroken to hear how
@brownbookworm
was treated today — and the horrible things said to the teacher as well. These authors are generously and graciously sharing themselves and their work. Horrible that their generosity might be met with such hate.
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PW KidsCast: A Conversation with John Rocco
@johnroccoart
about BLIZZARD via
@publisherswkly
http://t.co/vhgtNiluJK
#JLGselection
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Today is the last day to share some
#JLG
love. Heart ❤ this post if you love Junior Library Guild. Bonus! Comment why you love your monthly delivery for a chance to win a JLG Swag Bag.
#JLG
#LibraryLoversMonth
#ContestAlert
#freeswag
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Yay! We are thrilled to have you and Rue in our Fantasy/Science Fiction High Plus category. Young adult readers are going to LOVE Wings of Ebony.
#magic
#girlpower
#sisters
News!🎉
#WingsOfEbony
is a 🌟Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection🌟
As a former (
@kipp
) educator this news brought me to tears. Its about the kids for me, rearing them up to make some “good trouble.” I’m 😭 typing this. THANK U
@JrLibraryGuild
#JLGSelection
#writerslife
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JLG
@Home
Update: No passwords needed for JLG Digital! Just visit and click to enter the school-level stream of your choice. The streams are ready to share with your readers and easier to access than ever!
#read
#stayhomechallenge
#JLGDigital
#library
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We are celebrating National Library Lover's Month by sharing some
#JLG
love because we love happy librarians. Heart ❤ if you love Junior Library Guild. Bonus! Comment why you love our service for a chance to win a JLG Swag Bag.
#JLG
#LibraryLoversMonth
#ContestAlert
#freeswag
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Finding Wonderland blog features THE IRON TRIAL by
@cassieclare
and
@HollyBlack
http://t.co/4TR2SglvZd
#JLGselection
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We stand with our librarians, authors, illustrators & readers in anti-racism. The tragic current events underscore how critical it is that we continue to fill our collection & yours with books that bring powerful Black voices forward to educate, empower & celebrate their stories.
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Librarian spotlight! Today we want to give a special shout out to Victoria Clarke from Cople Elementary School. To get her students excited about reading, Victoria crochets these animals. When students read 20 books and write a report, they get an animal! . Great job, Victoria!
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Join us TODAY at 3pm EST as we celebrate World Storytelling Day with
@Roshani_Chokshi
! She’ll be talking to us all about the importance of telling stories as a way to express yourself, teach, learn and more. The webcast begins in just a few hours; register so you don’t miss out!
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"If you’re going to read one graphic novel this year, make it this one." ★ Kirkus NIMONA by
@gingerhazing
http://t.co/spz4DzumsN
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This is the kind of flood we love to report in
#Texas
! Last day of the
@TXLA
#TXLA19
conference in Austin and the
#librarians
are ready for more. Let’s get our read on!
#librarylife
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Congratulations,
@JoKnowles
! Her book "Ear Worm" was named a best Read Aloud by
@sljournal
. Students will love this musical treat for the ear and eye.
#JLG
#goldstandard
#musicinschools
#picturebooks
#songs
#readaloudbooks
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Veteran’s Day is a day to honor all of those who have served our country and protected our freedom.
Here are some of just a few of our titles that honor military service and sacrifice.
To all those who have served, do serve, and will serve, we salute you!
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It’s
#NationalIceCreamDay
! Here’s a tasty teaser:
@ibizoboi
’s My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich is a Gold Standard Selection in our fall 2019
#middlegrade
Advanced Readers collection.
#librarians
- make sure it’s in your
#bookbox
!
@DuttonBooks
@penguinusa
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Our Book of the Week this week is “Artie and the Wolf Moon,” written and illustrated by
@OliveOilCorp
.
Did you miss out on this book and wish you had it for your collection? Don’t forget you can always swap it into your next shipment:
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.
@randyribay
in the JLG house! So glad you took a few minutes out of your free day to let us celebrate you! PATRON SAINTS OF NOTHING is a fan favorite in our Mature Young Adults Plus category AND the audiobook is coming out in our Audiobook category this June!
#alamw20
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We're SO
#grateful
for all that our school librarians do... 📷
We know it's much more than books—it's spending time with students, making every dollar count, advocating for literacy, applying for grants, navigating resources for your school, and maybe even...
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The Sydney Taylor Book Award Young Adult Honor Book goes to "The Last Words We Said" by Leah Scheier
#ALAYMA
#JLGWatchParty
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Need a complete list of sanitation and quarantine guidelines for your library materials? Check out our blog post and infographic for a printable guide you can share and hang on your library walls!
#library
#librarian
#books
#read
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Happy International Literacy Day!
Today, we would like to give a shoutout to the incredible people that support literacy every day- librarians!
We support librarians and we appreciate everything you do for our communities and our world.
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One of our favorite things to do here at JLG is to travel to conferences to meet our awesome members and authors. Recently, we’ve given our conference booth a bit of a makeover. Check out this sneak peek of our new booth and tell us what you think!
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We're proud to announce the launch of our brand new, revamped website. Check it out!
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It’s almost Spanish Language Day, a special day to celebrate the history, culture and use of Spanish as an official language. We can’t wait to join the fiesta this year with our webcast for librarians/educators, Thursday at 3pm ET: For the Love of Libros!
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For
#ReadAcrossAmericaDay
we are sharing
#JLG
selected books! Here is
@JanaeMarksBooks
introducing you to Zoe Washington. These books are part of our Upper Elementary and Junior High Plus category.
@HarperChildrens
@KTegenBooks
#JLG
#timetoread
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More JLG-selected authors make the days of
@TXLA
#librarians
at
#txla19
#booksigning
booths. Smiles everywhere! Book links in the comments.
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Congrats to
@JerryCraft
! His Newbery-winning graphic novel NEW KID has been optioned by
@KingJames
,
@mavcarter
and
@TheSpringHillCo
! We cannot wait to see Jordan Banks on the big screen. Learn more about SpringHill’s adaption of NEW KID!
@UniversalPics
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Newbery Honor Book - "Red, White, and Whole" written by Rajani LaRocca
#ALAYMA
#JLGWatchParty
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Guess what? It’s National Shelfie Day! Shelfies are a fun way for book lovers everywhere to show off their literary collections. Here's a thread of our JLG selfies, but we want to see yours! Snap a
#shelfie
, tag us, and we will repost our favorites.
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Congrats
@KatCho
! We are so honored to have your book in our current trends category for
#highschool
readers. Such a great
#fantasy
story.
#Librarians
- get it in your
#bookbox
!
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The fan-girling is in full effect and we LOVE it!
@jbaldwin_books
and
@annbradenbooks
make the cutest hugs. 🐙 ❤️
#teamoctopus
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They say good things come in sets of threes. Congratulations to Kara LaReau, who recently learned that she's a JLG author three times over!
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Congrats to Cicely Lewis of Meadowcreek High School for winning the 2020
@sljournal
and
@Scholastic
School Librarian of the Year Award! We are so honored to have you as one of our librarians, and we are so proud of all the work that you are doing to advocate for students.
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Did you catch our
#graphicnovels
webcast yesterday with JLG editor
@AngrygirLcomics
and Aquicorn Cove author
@strangelykatie
? Lots of insight into how this medium helps teach visual literacy and empathy. View on demand at
#comics
#comicbooks
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Powerful. Honored to have
@halseanderson
’s SHOUT book and audiobook in our collection. So many readers need to hear this.
Shame turned inside out is rage
#SHOUTTogether
@halseanderson
Content warning: the words in this video may be triggering to survivors of rape and sexual abuse.
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There’s nothing better than recognizing the incredible people behind our JLG selections. Look at this awesome photo from Matt Tavares, Illustrator of “Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.”
We are so honored to have you as a JLG illustrator, Matt!
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Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist goes to "From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement"
#ALAYMA
#JLGWatchParty
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Congratulations to
@susanorlean
, whose book The Library Book was selected as the Library Reads top voter favorite of 2019!
Find it in our Adult Crossover Nonfiction Plus category that you can add to your collection today.
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We can’t wait for you to be at
#aasl19
! (Early-bird notice
#librarians
: if you wanna hug
@annbradenbooks
AND get a signed copy of OCTOPUS, pop by our booth during the conference!)
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In a starred review of Look Both Ways by
@JasonReynolds83
Reynolds, Publishers Weekly says, "each story rings with emotional authenticity and empathy." Find it in our Upper Elementary & Junior High category & add it to your wishlist here:
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Come and visit Junior Library Guild at LibLearnX23! We are all set up at Booth
#313
, and we can't wait to see you!
#JLG
#ALA
#americanlibraryassociation
#liblearnx23
#nola
#welovelibraries
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The John Newbery medal honor books are Iveliz Explains it All, The Last Mapmaker, and Maizy Chen's Last Chance. The winner of the Newbery is Freewater.
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Pins are a big part of our history, stemming back to the membership pins we gave our readers in the early 1900’s. Today, we award pins to JLG authors.
Check out these photos from author Hanna C. Howard of her recent pin for her book "Ignite the Sun."
Congratulations, Hanna!
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Congrats to our Excellence in Graphic Novels Award winners: Real Friends by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham (First Second) The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui (Abrams Comic Arts) Spill Zone by Scott Westerfield and Alex Puvilland (First Second). Shop today:
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Coretta Scott King Book Awards for new talent are Janelle Washington (illustrator) for Choosing Brave and Jas Hammonds for We Deserve Monuments (author).
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Congrats
@kellyyanghk
! An honor well deserved! We are thrilled to have Front Desk in our Upper Elementary/Junior High category of JLG Gold Standard Selections.
#librarians
#kidlit
Most days writing is working from home in my pajamas. Today it’s going to Washington DC to receive the 2019 Asian Pacific American Award for Children’s Literature and the 2019 Chinese American Librarians Association Best Book of the Year! ✈️❤️📚🏅
#DCBound
#alaac2019
#FrontDesk
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Hey! Hey! Hey! These authors of fan-favorite JLG selections made a bunch of
#txla19
#librarians
happy at the book signings in the
@TXLA
Authors' Area. Links to their books are in the comments. More signings tomorrow so get ready!
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Librarians! We want to hear from you! What are the biggest challenges you face in your every day career? What obstacles do you have to overcome to maintain your library? Let's chat.
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Webcast Alert: Join us Tues, Sept. 15 at 1PM EST to hear from superstar and author Jason Reynolds! You'll even hear from guest host Meg Medina, the Newbery Award winning author! Click the link to register today:
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RT
@sljournal
: All of our maker stories on one nifty landing page:
http://t.co/fYpySJPbH0
http://t.co/18sZJi83h3
#LTCmaker
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Thank you so much for tuning in to our webcast with
@JasonReynolds83
and
@Meg_Medina
yesterday! Miss the live event or want to soak in the wisdom all over again? Watch it on-demand and share it with your friends here:
#webcast
#read
#books
#kidlit
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The Asian/Pacific American Award Children's Literature Honor Book goes to "Finding Junie Kim" written by Ellen Oh and published by HarperCollins
#ALAYMA
#JLGWatchParty
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Hey
#librarians
! Have you picked up The Fountains of Silence yet?
@RutaSepetys
we are so happy that you, Daniel & Ana are part of our History High category! 10 weeks on the
@nytimes
Best Sellers List & on 10
#BestofTheYear
lists so far, add it today!
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GIVEAWAY ALERT - JLG selection “Run: Book One” a 2021 JLG selection recently won the Eisner Award for Best Graphic Memoir. We are giving away 10 signed copies!
To win- you must be following us. Respond to this tweet by tagging a friend, retweet, or quote tweet it to enter.
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“Snow Struck” by
@nickcourage
will leave you wondering how anyone can survive the artic blast while caught in a storm’s dangerous path chasing their lost dog across the frozen city. What book keeps you warm?
#jlg
#juniorlibraryguild
#middlegradebooks
#snowstruck
#staywarm
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Don't miss this powerful event for both children and parents. Organized by
@kwamealexander
,
@JackieWoodson
and
@JasonReynolds83
, the Kidlit Rally for Black Lives will elevate the issues, conversations and unification so critically needed now. Tune in! We will be!
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Ching, we hope dinner was AH-mazing! (
@adriamgoetz
can ya pass that on?). This is such a great addition to our “realistic fiction middle school” category and tells such an important
#Immigrant
story.
More good news! HOUSE WITHOUT WALLS by Ching Yeung Russell is a
@JrLibraryGuild
selection!
Ching isn't on Twitter, but she told me she is requesting her husband take her out for a fancy dinner tonight, and that is too cute for Twitter to not know about. 💜
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Who’s coming to
#aasl2019
?! We are! Pop by booth
#328
and say hi. And make sure you come our way TOMORROW at 3 to meet
@annbradenbooks
and get an autographed copy of The Benefits of Being an Octopus from our Advanced Readers Plus category for grades 6-9.
#teamoctopus
#librarylove
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Calling all book lovers - looking for a new phone background? Look no further! We’ve gotten lots of positive feedback on the book wall design used on our new JLG booth. Feel free to download this image to use as a fun new lock screen design, let us know if you use it!
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Congrats! It is so exciting to welcome you to the JLG Family! The Lost Package is such a great exploration of the U.S. Post Office. People of all ages will love this inside look at the journey our mail and packages take before they reach us!
Thank you so much
@JrLibraryGuild
for this prestigious honor:
THE LOST PACKAGE, illustrated by
@jalanan
and edited by
@EmilyFeinberg
, is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!
#JLGSelection
Pre-order links available here:
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Check out these amazing debut authors in our blog post!
@jenfrankbooks
@ahwestergaard
@RinaHeisel
@britasandstrom
@hungrynavajo
@ZoeHanaMikuta
@lilyroro
@SarahDassAuthor
There’s nothing like a new book from an up-and-coming new author! See our blog to get a taste of some of the buzzworthy preK-YA debuts coming from JLG this fall. And, learn how you can subscribe to any of JLG's 80+ categories to receive noteworthy titles all year. Now 20% off!
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A
@JrLibraryGuild
#GoldStandard
and a perfect STEM selection, The Fire of Stars, written by
@KirstenWLarson
and illustrated by
@KRoyStudio
, tells the story of how stars are born.
#JLG
#womeninstem
@ChronicleKids
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Quote of the Day: “I know exactly what I would do with immortality: I would read every book in the library.”
― Mark Jason Dominus
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Girls looking for a hero don’t need to look any further than
@SylviaAcevedo
, keynote speaker at
@TXLA
conference. From the dirt roads of small-town to NM, to NASA to the CEO of
@girlscouts
to author of JLG selection “Camino a las estrellas”. What an inspiration!
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Check out this starred Publishers Weekly review of Stargazing by Jen Wang (
@alooghobi
): . It's an upcoming JLG selection in our Graphic Novels Elementary Plus category. Add it to your wish list here: .
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We're thrilled that The Fountains of Silence by
@RutaSepetys
has received starred reviews from Booklist and Kirkus Reviews! It's an upcoming JLG selection. Keep an eye out for it!
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Retweeting to spread the word. You NEED Yasmin! Your READERS need Yasmin!
Yesterday wasn't good for me, but today's a new day and I refuse to let others pull me down. I'm giving away a copy of YASMIN IN CHARGE (a
@JrLibraryGuild
selection) to one lucky winner. Follow, RT and tell me why Yasmin is important. Ends 12/20. USA only plz.
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JLG-selected authors seriously dominated the
@TXLA
#booksigning
booths. The lines were full all day long! Book links in the comments.
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Hey ALA Midwinter attendees, stop by our booth today at 11 to meet Juliana Brandt and get an autographed copy of her upcoming book, The Wolf of Cape Fen! Can’t make it? You don’t have to bargain with Baron Dire—subscribe to our Fantasy/ Science Fiction Middle Plus category today!
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Fountains of Silence by
@RutaSepetys
has received SEVEN starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Booklist, The Horn Book, BCCB, School Library Connection, and BookPage.
Find this upcoming JLG selection in our History High category:
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We received so many questions and are touched that you’d ask. Feel free to share our JLG
@Home
, JLG Digital and Webcast resources with your friends, family, anyone that loves to read, because in the true spirit of our beloved libraries, these resources are available to all!
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Congrats to NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book winner The Wild Robot! Book:
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That time we met
@mariekeyn
- whose graphic novel THE ORACLE CODE_ - is in our Paperback High category! We are pretty sure she wins
#besthair
too!
@DCComics
#alamw20
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Follow the
@JrLibraryGuild
Twitter feed for live award announcements from the ALA YMA at
#LibLearnX
starting Monday morning at 9 a.m. EST. How are you celebrating?
#JLG
#ala
#alayma
#bookawards
#bookparty
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We are so excited for the Association for Rural & Small Libraries Annual Conference (ARSL) this week! We love meeting our members and authors. Abby Baker and Alaine McDaniel will be there this week, so make sure you come say hi if you’re attending.
Will we see you there?
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It’s official!
@HornBook
and
@BostonGlobe
have announced the 2019 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners. Congratulations to the winners & honorees! Did we mention that 7 out of the 9 recipients are JLG selections?
#librarian
#librarylife
#kidlit
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