Melissa McBride (she/her/hers)

⁦@SESLibraryLand⁩ ⁦@southoldelem⁩ ⁦@mrswinfirst⁩ ⁦@toddparr⁩ After seeing Todd on our Author Visit, one of our students made him a card! Thanks for the awesome drawing lesson and Toddparrty!!!

⁦@SESLibraryLand⁩ ⁦@mrswinfirst⁩ ⁦@southoldelem⁩ Celebrating National Space Day by listening to a REAL astronaut read to us from Space!!! #nationalspaceday

@toddparr @SESLibraryLand @southoldelem Thank you Todd Parr for a wonderful visit. We enjoyed the stories you read to us.@mrsDrow1st #read

I'm alarmed at surging book bans and efforts to remove “objectionable” books from school libraries. This morning, @OversightDems will investigate this threat to free speech to ensure protection of the 1st Amendment in the classroom and beyond.

I am so grateful to the #Caldecott #CorettaScottKing and #Sibert Award committees for honoring @floydcooper4 UNSPEAKABLE & me. When I first saw Floyd's art, I texted back: "Caldecott calling." I love being right.

@pacylin Congratulations! @southoldelem Ss are so excited for you!

yes, this really happened...

@laurenTarshis @akazdin @southoldelem Thank you! I will!

@SESLibraryLand @akazdin @southoldelem Wonderful!! Email me at Readingandlearning1@gmail.com and we can find a good time. ♥️

Teachers, you now I love visiting classes to talk about I Survived. Now I'd love to do some free story times for k-2 to share my new picture book, Only My Dog Knows...which is all about bouncing back from making mistakes. Let me know if you're interested!

Learning to use @buncee today! @seslibraryland #SESRocks #southoldelem #bunceeeducators instagr.am/p/CVV-_Ljvzn5/

The celebrated illustrator Jerry Pinkney, a legend in the world of children's publishing who won a Caldecott medal for his picture book "The Lion and The Mouse," has died at 81 after suffering a heart attack. n.pr/3m0v2cl

@southoldelem @mrsDrow1st @SESLibraryLand Makerspace fun!

"How much diversity is enough diversity?" Wrong question. "Who's voice is still missing? Who are we excluding? How do we welcome them?" The right questions. #DisruptTexts