Kathryn Cole

@BespokeLib ❤️📚❤️

@KatColeReads I feel the same about you and your beautiful practice. ♥️♥️♥️

Being in community with @BespokeLib always feeds my soul. She gets it. And her practice is a beautiful model of librarianship built on the core values of JOY+BELONGING in a way that can only be present when systems that cause harm are de-centered & Ss are humanized. #ncslma24

Walked away with some great takeaways from @LeadwithReading steeped in joyful literacy programming and practices. Can’t wait to try some out in our @NESlibrary 👍🏼📚💯 #NCSLMA24

My life’s work. ❤️ Back at it.

“We need lower class sizes, not wild conspiracy theories. We need more teacher assistants and school nurses, not cameras in bathrooms. We need access to more technology and consistent internet, not banning library books." #nced #ncpol ncnewsline.com/2024/08/29/dem… via @NCNewsline

@JEFordNCTOY Sending you love and strength. He sounds like a beautiful soul.

My father, James E. Ford, Sr. departed this earthly realm on Wednesday. He was the smartest, gentlest, most artistic and loving man I have ever known. I bear his name but more importantly I carry his legacy. I love you forever, Daddy. Words can’t express. Thank you God for 83yrs

And that's a wrap on year 18! It's been a great year of LEARNING, COMMUNITY and JOY in our @NESlibrary centering our core values at every turn! Wishing all my @NorthsideES friends + families a restful and restorative summer and will see you in August! #ALookBack2324 #AnnualReport

Thrilled to share the cover for *Manga Goes to School* coming out later this year from @alaeditions! It was a joy to collaborate with @manga_librarian @sm_wordsmith @emratica @St_741 to create this guide tailored for school ❤ librarians. @aasl alastore.ala.org/mangaschool

@BespokeLib @alaeditions @manga_librarian @sm_wordsmith @emratica @St_741 @aasl @JamieSantoroALA It looks AMAZING! 😍 Can’t wait to order a copy! 👏🏼👏🏼

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❤️📚🫶🏻 Mr. Graña is the best! #CHCCSLibraries are such critical spaces in our schools that center joy and belonging.

@BulldogsMedia @NESlibrary ❤️🫶🏻📚 Keep doing the good work. It’s vitally important.

Shoutout to the amazing @KatColeReads at @NESlibrary for this inspiring quote! #RepresentationMatters #LiteracyIsLiberation

So thankful to have community support around this shift in how we think of Book Fairs in our schools & the purpose they serve. What an incredible endeavor our @CHC_PSF has done to lift this up as a central focus to Think + Act Differently in @chccs #TrueBookFAIR #CHCCSLibraries

And I am forever grateful for the fierce student-centered + equity-driven work of librarian Julie Stivers @BespokeLib who taught me how to make this a reality in our @NESlibrary. Want to learn more? She has a whole chapter dedicated to this in the book below. #TrueBookFAIRS

📚❤️ #TrueBookFAIRS not only build a community of JOY around book ownership, it also supports equitable access to literacy, which is what we should always be advocating for through our libraries. All books - All Joy - for All. Always. #CHCCSLibraries

𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵: An important time to reiterate and amplify the validation of all our students and staff. Swipe the graphics to read our full statement...

Equity traps and tropes educators must be aware of when engaging in equity work ( A thread 🧵)

The best part of my day. ❤️ #WeAreBirders

And big thank you to @CHCCSEquity and @CHC_PSF for sponsoring this opportunity for educators to learn and build out curricular ideas last summer. Our work will continue -- this is only the beginning. #CHCCSLibraries #LocalHistoryMatters #StudentVoice #TheNorthsideVoice

We now have history & voices captured that can be enjoyed for years to come. Each quote listed on the display are words of wisdom shared w/3rd graders. @NorthsideES is a special place. #CHCCSLibraries #TheNorthsideVoice #JoyMatters #CommunityMatters #LearningMatters

This was such a special project. Last summer, as part of a collaborative learning opportunity w/ @MCJCenter I set to work to reimagine what a 3rd grade social studies project could be that centered local Black history, connected with primary sources and oral histories...