BIG NEWS! PebbleGo Next Spanish Is Here, Friends!

 

Big News this week from our friends at Capstone! 

PebbleGo Next Spanish is here! 

This amazing new addition to PebbleGo Next supports our Spanish-speaking, Spanish-learning, and ELL students in grades 3-5, by helping them explore topics with more accessibility and engagement.  

PebbleGo Spanish now has incredible content for students in grades K-5.  

You can find out more about this special addition to PebbleGo Spanish here, friends.

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It's Time For Our April Choice Boards, Friends!

                   

Friends, it's April this week and time for Our April Choice Board!  In April, we have so many special things to celebrate including Poetry Month, Earth Day, and the Total Lunar Eclipse on April 8th. 

You will find Our April Choice Board here to share with students.  

If you would like to make changes, you can make a copy of it here. And remember, to share a copy with students, you must go to File and Publish to the Web. 

You will grab that link you create to share with students. 

You will find the Total Lunar Eclipse Choice Board in this post.  I used the new PebbleGo article and two Capstone Interactive eBooks to create this choice board. 

You will find the Poetry Month Choice Board here in this post. 

For Earth Day, I made two versions of the choice board.  One with PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next, 

and one with National Geographic Kids.  

You will find the Let's Celebrate Earth Day (with PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next) Choice Board here.  If you want to make a copy, you will find the link here. 

You will find the second Let's Celebrate Earth Day (with National Geographic Kids) Choice Board here. If you want to make a copy, you will find the link here. 

You will find the April Choice Board with PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next, linked above.  And the second version with National Geographic Kids can be found here to share with students and here is the link to make a copy and edit. 

Please let me know if you have any questions and have a wonderful time planning for April with your students, teachers and school community too. 

The April Activity Journal From Book Creator Is Here, Friends!

                    

One of my favorite monthly activities to share with our teachers and students are the monthly activity book journals from Book Creator.  These special books are filled with amazing activities for each day of the month. 

The April Activity Book Journal is packed with fun tasks for National Librarian Day, Science Appreciation Day and more. 

Plus, dive into eco-friendly fun for Save the Earth Month.

And one of my favorite days is on April 18, when we celebrate Poem In Your Pocket Day!  

You can find the April Activity Book Journal here, where you can remix and share with your students too.

Get Book Creator here today, friends. 

Excited To Announce A Special Giveaway With 20 Books For Learning All Year Long! Enter Today, Friends!

 

I have a special giveaway to share with all of you from our friends at Capstone and Follett Content. 

I picked out 20 of my favorite Capstone books that are perfect to keep learning going all year long.  

We will be giving away this entire set to 6 librarians or educators.  The deadline to enter is April 30, 2025. 

You can enter this amazing giveaway here.

You can also click on any book cover to view each book, and see my full book list on Titlewave here. 

The Power of the School Librarian....A Wonderful Infographic & Information For School Library Month!

                   

April is School Library Month and a time for us to celebrate, share and educate others about the importance and impact of school librarians and libraries. 

When preparing for this special month, I am using this wonderful infographic created by our friends at Capstone.  I just LOVE everything that The Power of the School Librarian contains.  

It's perfect to print off to post in your library and throughout the school community; to include in your newsletter or yearly report; to share with school board members and administrators; to share with your teachers and families; to post on your social media; to add to your website and so much more.  

This infographic is part of this AMAZING page We Love Librarians on the Capstone site. It includes lots of valuable information and resources that will be helpful in your journey and advocacy efforts. 

You can find it on Capstone's website here.  

And you will find more information on AASL's School Library Month here. 

Preparing Students To Smash Summer Reading Goals With Sora....Join This NEW Book Creator Webinar On April 2nd!

 

There is a NEW Book Creator webinar coming up this week on April 2 at 12:00pm EST that you won't want to miss! 

It's called Preparing Students to Smash Summer Reading Goals with Sora. 

As shared in the invite, 

Join David Hotler, Book Creator's Community Manager, and Tiffany Wincek, OverDrive’s Product Liaison, to learn how to smash summer reading goals with Book Creator and Sora! Sora’s new Daily Reading Goals motivate students with positive reinforcement, helping them explore the cosmos with every page they read.

You can register for this exciting webinar here, friends. 

The April 2025 Demco Activity Calendars For Early Literacy Activities and Children's Activities Are Here, Friends.

The April 2025 Demco Activity Calendars are here! 

I love finding these special calendars each month on the Demco site. I love printing them off to share with our teachers and families, and I love sharing them online too. 

You will find the Early Literacy Activity for April 2025 here.

And the Children's Activity Calendar for April 2025 here.

Both of these calendars are filled with ideas and activities for you to engage with your students and children all month long.

You can also find all of the Activity Calendars here at the Demco Ideas and Inspiration site. 

Have a fun April, friends. 

Celebrate National Library Week With These Mad Libs From Our Friends At Penguin School and Library

 

As we get ready to celebrate National Library Week, April 6-12, 2025, our friends at Penguin School and Library have created something super fun to use in our libraries. 

You will find the National Library Week Mad Libs here.

Free Author Events Every Friday In April From Our Friends At Storyvoice!

 

There is an amazing line up of author events in April from our friends at Storyvoice. 

These events start this Friday at 10:30am CST. 

You will find them here. 

Submit your Books For Book Creator's Be An Author Month By April 5, 2025, Friends!

 

In March, we have been celebrating our student authors by writing personal narratives using Book Creator for Be An Author Month.  It's been so much fun and such a wonderful way to give our students a special way to share their writing, creativity and voice. 

Now it is time to publish and submit the books for the contest, friends. The deadline for submission is April 5, 2025. 

You will find the link to submit your entry here on the Book Creator site. 

If you have more questions, you will find that information there too. 

Gear Up For Summer Reading With The NEW "Art of Reading" Site From Capstone!

 

I love getting ready for summer reading with my friends at Capstone!  And today is the day they shared a special site and lots of amazing resources for our students to read, color, create and explore all summer long. 

As shared on The Art of Reading site from Capstone, 

Summer is the perfect time for kids to explore new books, discover favorite authors, and keep their love of reading alive. Partnering with your local library can help families find exciting new booklists and fun programs that inspire kids to keep turning pages all summer long! 

On this site, you will find so many wonderful resources including, 

Downloadables such as a Reading Log, Summer Reading Bingo, Bookmark Bundle, and even the...

Capstone Summer Reading 2025 Coloring Book; 

Booklists to Spark Creativity, 

four Capstone books and activities, 

Quick Tips for Parents, and more. 

You will find Capstone's Summer Reading site, The Art of Reading, here. 

Let's Learn Together At The Creative Lib Fest, A Celebration of Creativity in School Libraries with Adobe Express for Education!

 

I am excited to be part of the very first Creative Lib Fest, A Celebration of Creativity in School Libraries with Adobe Express for Education and an amazing lineup of creative librarians. 

The Creative Lib Fest is on April 26 from 11:00am-2:30pm EST. This will be a wonderful event for all school librarians. 

As shared in the invite, 

April is School Library Month, and what better way to celebrate than by bringing together passionate school librarians and educators for a day filled with creativity, inspiration, and hands-on learning?

Join us for this free virtual event designed to spark ideas, build connections, and showcase innovative ways to bring Adobe Express for Education and creative learning strategies into school libraries.

📅 Event Date: Saturday, April 26, 2025

⏰ Time: 11am - 2:30pm ET

📍 Location: Virtual (links to sessions shared after registration)

Whether you’re looking to enhance digital storytelling, instructional partnerships, media literacy, student voice, or creative approaches to fostering a love of reading, this event is for you!

I hope you will join us for this special event, friends. I cannot wait to connect and learn with all of you.  The schedule will be shared very soon.

Register here today https://adobe.ly/creativelibfest

Episode 2 Of The Future Ready Librarians Podcast Is Now Live....Administrator Support Is Essential For Future Ready Librarians!

 

Season 10 of the Future Ready podcast series, Leading From The Library is now LIVE with 12 new episodes with amazing librarians, educators and other special guests. We couldn't be more excited about this new season full of amazing stories, timely topics and inspiring conversations. 

In the second podcast, former school librarian and current middle school assistant principal Blake Hopper and his school's new librarian, Andrea Wilson, talk about being a new school librarian and ways principals can support Future Ready Librarians and the library program. 

It was a great episode and one you won't want to miss. It's also the perfect episode to share with your administrators too.

On the Leading from the Library podcast site, you will find all of the future and past episodes.

There are so many important, interesting and exciting topics for all of us as Future Ready Librarians and educators. You won't want to miss them. 

You can subscribe to wherever you listen to your podcasts. 

A big thank you to our friends at Follett Content for supporting our Future Ready Librarian Podcast Series. 

We hope that you join us each week for the Leading from the Library Podcast, friends.  

Follow Us At "The Library Voice Pinterest" For Lots Of NEW Updates, Ideas, and Fun!

 

We love finding, sharing, and saving on Pinterest.  There are so many amazing things shared every day. 

Brianna and I have been doing a lot of work in The Library Voice Pinterest and can't wait to share more throughout the year.

You will find The Library Voice Pinterest here, friends. We hope you will give us a follow for lots of new updates, ideas, and fun! 

The NEW April 2025 PebbleGo & PebbleGo Monthly Holiday Calendar Is Here! Turn It Into An Interactive Research Choice Board For Your Students & Teachers!

The NEW April 2025 PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next Monthly Holiday Calendar is here!  I love these calendars that our friends at Capstone share each month.

In this post, I share more about the PebbleGo Monthly Calendars. 

I love making paper copies of these to share with our teachers and kids. 

They hang them up in their classrooms and hang them in our library too. I also share them online through social media and as an image in Google Classroom or Seesaw. 

Here is the PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next April 2025 Holidays Calendar. 

Last year, when I was sharing the calendars with teachers and students, I thought....Hey, this would be really fun in a choice board! 

So, I opened up a Google Slide, uploaded the PebbleGo April 2025 Holidays Calendar, and added a little chalk board with text over the top.  

Then I went through the calendar and found every special day in PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next. 

For example, Children's Book Day on April 2, so they have the How Books Are Made PebbleGo article featured. I went to PebbleGo and found the article in PebbleGo.

I grabbed the link, as shown in the image above.  

I took that link and added a linked text box around each special date. 

Now, when the kids click on a holiday, it will take them directly to that PebbleGo article.  

One thing I LOVE about this years PebbleGo Calendars is that we include Capstone Interactive eBooks too!  You can just grab the link just like we do in an article and...

 ...add it to the choice board where the book covers are located in the calendar. 

If you want to use the template to create your own, you will find the Google Slide here to make a copy and add links to the PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next articles. 

And to make it a choice board, just Publish to the web, as shown in this image above. 

You will share that Published Link with your students.  

I love sharing these interactive PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next Holiday Calendars with our students and teachers. They love learning all about these special days that are highlighted each month too.

I am excited to have the April 2025 PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next ready to go for the month. I hope you will find ways to use it with your students and teachers this month, and all throughout the school year too.