A New Way to Support Standards Alignment with The Achievery!

I am excited to share my new blog post, A New Way to Support Standards Alignment with The Achievery. 

AT&T's The Achievery now includes state standards-aligned content, developed with ASCD to ensure academic rigor and classroom relevance.  

You will see how you can explore content tailored to your state in The Achievery. 

It's a game changer, friends.  You will find the new blog post here. 

And sign up for The Achievery here. It's free for everyone. 

What Advice Do You Have As We Pack Up Our Library For The New Library? We Would Love To Hear, Friends.

 

We are packing up our library to move into our new library in August. 

What tips and tricks do you have for this process?  Where do we start? How do we label the boxes?  How do we organize the boxes in storage? 

We'd love to hear from you.  Please add anything you want to share onto our Padlet here. 

Thank you, friends. 

You've Been Book'd With Books For Children's Book Week, Friends!

 

We are celebrating Children's Book Week this week, May 4-10, 2026. 

On the Children's Book Week site, they share, 

Children’s Book Week, established in 1919, is a celebration of books and the connection they bring. This beloved program continues to grow and adapt each year with new resources and ideas for joining in. As part of the longest-running national celebration of books for young people and the joy of reading, schools, libraries, and bookstores will celebrate Children’s Book Week on May 4-10 and November 9-15, from coast to coast across all 50 states.

This month I have been working on a big order of new books using the Spring 2026 Sneak Peek Catalog from Follett Content.  I have found so many amazing new books that I have been adding to my Titlewave list. 

I am excited to share 36 of the picture books with you as we celebrate Children's Book Week. 

You will find the You've Been Book'd With Books for Children's Book Week choice board here.  You can click on the book covers to find each book in Titlewave, and I included a link to the full list there too. 

Have fun celebrating children's books this year, and all year long, friends. 

Support Every Learner with New Read-Aloud Speed Controls in Capstone Interactive eBooks and PebbleGo!

Supporting every learner just got easier with PebbleGo!

With the new Read-Aloud Speed Controls, students can adjust the narration in PebbleGo, PebbleGo Next, and Capstone Interactive. I love how this helps personalize the learning and reading experience for all students.

You can learn more about it here on the Capstone blog. 

Big News! Literati Book Fairs Are Expanding to New States, Friends.

 

If you’ve been waiting for Literati Book Fairs to come to your area, here’s some exciting news…

Literati is expanding into new states they haven’t served before including Washington, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, and more. Check out the map above!

We love hosting Literati Book Fairs and can’t wait for more schools and communities to experience them too. You can find out more here, friends.

You Are Invited To The Future Ready Librarians At ISTE, Friends! Sign Up Today To Reserve Your Spot.

 

ISTE 2026 is right around the corner and we are excited to invited you to the Future Ready Librarians Summit on Sunday, June 28 from 9:00-11:00am EST.  

This year our theme is Mapping the Journey to Lead from the Library as we focus on the NEW Future Ready Librarians 3.0 framework and the amazing additions around freedom of read, multiple literacies, AI, and more. 

Our event is always such a special ways to kick off ISTE.  You can register at bit.ly/FRLISTE26 friends.

We can't wait to see you!  

It's Here, Friends....Our May Choice Board!

 

It's here, friends!  Our May Choice Board where reading, learning, making, coding, technology and music can take you on adventures all month long. 

This month, the choice board is filled with so many new and exciting things!  I can't wait to share it with our students, teachers and families, and all of you. 

You will find the Our May Choice Board here to share with students.  And if you would like to make changes or additions, you can make a copy to edit here.

There are also several choice boards embedded.  

Under the Learn about celebrate special events in May column, there are two including...

...the Cinco de Mayo Choice Board that you will find here in this post and...

...Star Wars Day...May the 4th Be With You Choice Board that you will find here in this post. 

Under the Read column, I have created a choice board for Children's Book Week on May 5-11, 2025.  You will find it here in this post. 

I hope you and your students have a wonderful May and lots of fun exploring all of the choice boards this month.   

Let's Celebrate May the 4th All Week Long With This Choice Board For Creating, Exploring, Learning, Coding, & Fun!

                

This week we are celebrating May the 4th....Star Wars Day! 

On this day, there are lots of exciting, educational, creative and fun ways to celebrate.  We tie in lots of STEAM, art, coding, reading and learning online to this day and throughout the week. 

To kick off our celebration, I created this choice board, Let's Celebrate Star Wars Day With This Choice Board. You will find the link to share with students here.   

If you would like to make a copy to edit, you can get a copy here. 

I also made a version that includes space and planets articles from PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next so our students can research and learn about these topics for Star Wars Day. 

You will find this version with PebbleGo to share with students here.  You can make edits to this choice board here.  If you have PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next, you will want to add links to those articles. 

In addition to the choice boards, we are going to set up different stations and activities for our students.  Here are some of the resources we are going to use.  

The Anthony Herrera Designs site has amazing Star Wars Snowflakes. 

You can download the snowflake patterns so students can create their own.  You will find the site here.

The Star Wars Day May The 4th Be With You site has lots of special resources and information too. You can visit it here. 

I love the cooking and...

...craft activities.  

And this Star Wars Day Activity Kit is packed full of games, recipes and more!  You will find it here.

I hope you have fun planning a Star Wars Day Celebration for your community.  I can't wait to see what you and your students have planned. 

MassCUE 2026 Call For Proposals Is Open! Come Share Your Expertise In The Future Ready Librarian Court!

 

The MassCUE Fall Conference, New England's premier education technology event, is looking for school librarians to present at this year's conference, Forward and Beyond.

Taking place October 14–15, 2026 at Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA, MassCUE brings together thousands of educators from across the region to learn, connect, and be inspired.

This year, we have a very special area for all of us called The Future Ready Librarian Court!

We are especially seeking sessions on:

Media literacy and critical evaluation of digital information
Research skills in the age of AI-generated content
Library-classroom collaboration models
Digital tools that support student inquiry and literacy

Presenting is a powerful way to share your practice with educators who are ready to listen and to position your library program as a model for the region.

Proposal Deadline: May 22, 2026

Submit your sessions here. I hope to see you there, friends.

5 Ideas for Creating and Using Collections by Destiny for Summer Reading... A New Blog Post From Follett Software

 

Summer is the perfect time to turn your catalog into ready-to-use reading experiences.
In this blog post that I wrote for Follett Software, you’ll find 5 ways to use Collections by Destiny for summer reading—from grab-and-go grade-level lists and student/staff picks to multimedia “learning journeys” that mix print, eBooks, audio, and vetted web resources, all inside Destiny Library Manager.

I just love using Collections by Destiny for summer reading and so many other things throughout the year.

In my upcoming Follett Software webinar on May 7, 2026 at 2:00pm CST, Co-Planning for Impact: How Library-Curriculum Partnerships Move The Achievement Needle, I will be sharing more about Collections and how I create and use them within our school community, classrooms, library, and for summer reading too. 

You can register for our webinar here. Hope to see you there, friends.