Children’s Books News
Thank you to Eerdmans Books for Young Readers for promoting Ready and Waiting for You as a back-to-school book for libraries, classrooms, and families! The Family Reading Partnership in Ithaca, New York, shares Vamos a leer/Read to Me in their prenatal visit with expectant families. Star Bright Books, illustrator Kyra Teis, and I are delighted they have continued for many years to use our book to launch their “Books to Grow” project.
Presentation News
On Sunday, October 12, 2025, I will be sharing selected verses from Wherever There’s a Good Fight: An Illustrated Verse Portrait of the Extraordinary Mother Jones at the Miners Day Celebration at the Union Miners Cemetery in Mt. Olive, Illinois.
On Wednesday, October 15, 2025, I will be presenting a table talk at the Leap Into the Future of School Librarians No. 2 pre-conference for the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Conference. The title of my talk centers on our book Radical School Librarianship: A Global Response is “Warriorship in the Year 2025.”
On Friday, October 17, 2025 at AASL, I will serve on a panel titled “Building Allies and Accomplices for Students’ First Amendment Rights.” The panelists are all members of the Freedom to Read Foundation Judith Krug Education Committee.
Professional Publications News
Hooray! Radical School Librarianship: A Global Response was officially published on September 4, 2025. I solicited chapters from school librarian leaders from around the globe to share their efforts to defend core values: equity, diversity, inclusion, and intellectual freedom. I edited and contributed to this book as well. Thank you, Facet Publishing in the UK, for giving us this opportunity.
For more information, you can read about and order our book on the Facet Publishing website, the ALA Store, or on Amazon.
Thank you to the school librarian leaders who were able to attend the Supervisors Section meeting at the American Library Association Conference in Philadelphia. I appreciate you for sharing your successes, challenges, and goals.
In August, 2023, I published three blog posts on the Knowledge Quest Blog regarding the “science of reading” focus on phonics. The Right to Read Film: Part 1: What Every School Librarian Should Know; Part 2: The Science of Reading:” Here We Go Again; and Part 3: In Search of The Elusive Silver Bullet.
Core Values in School Librarianship: Responding with Commitment and Courage is available from Libraries Unlimited/Bloomsbury.
My blog at SchoolLibrarianLeadership.com is now an archive.
Last Updated on September 28, 2025 by Judi Moreillon
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