Elizabeth Partridge

Fave photo of the day …

Opening day on the Golden Gate Bridge, May 27, 1937

Opening day on the Golden Gate Bridge, May 27, 1937.
Here’s how Ellen Heck illustrated that joyful day. @bookishariel.bsky.social

Color chart Shikizu mondo

Color wheel Masaki Iehara, Shikizu mondō, Shiga Sinbun Kaisha, Ōtsu, 1876.

Masaki Iehara, Shikizu mondō, Shiga Sinbun Kaisha, Ōtsu, 1876.

Love being paired with another book about building. Thanks, @pubspotlight.bsky.social !

Collage of book covers - OTHER WORDS FOR HOME, a white background with a brown-skinned girl in a pink/peach hijab on the cover , THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES blue background with a light-skinned boy with an orange backpack on a mountain summit with a Bernese mountain dog, GARVEY'S CHOICE, with a house with lighted windows against a blue night sky, ALL THE BLUES IN THE SKY with a girl with brown skin and braids against a collaged blue city sky, KNOCK OUT with a red cover and the silhouette of a boxer on the cover, and THE CROSSOVER, with a white cover and the silhouette of a tall boy spinning a basketball on his finger.

Ever wonder why MG readers love novels in verse so much? Here are five reasons these books have become so wildly popular with kids. (thread)

ATTN Readers! Find out how to support libraries & library personnel in 2025 at the ALSC Blog: Pursuing Excellence for Library Service to Children: www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2025/02... #kidlit #libraries #picturebooks #librarians @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @aaslala.bsky.social @wearealsc.bsky.social

Can’t cave. It just requires that we defend our democracy. Not a job for the weak.
#keepthefaith

You know, when I look more closely, it looks like ducklings in there with the chickens. So both right.

The only thing you bake that you ever want to turn out nice and clumpy.

Sure looks like young Jack is feeding the chickens…

Thank you for sharing these photos of your grandfathers!

Get a library card—even if you don’t plan to use it. Your registration helps secure funding for libraries, keeping them open and thriving for the entire community. Every card counts!

Yep. This is unbelievably stupid and will result in many deaths. Vaccine unavailability turns out to be not only for children but adults as well.

Classroom/Library enrollment was down pretty bad in February. National chaos and uncertainly likely has something to do with it.

Can you help me make sure that all the educators on bluesky know Skype a Scientist exists and is ready to connect them with scientists? Every RT helps!

#EduSky #STEMEd

Sure! You can help me in my California apple orchard, and I’ll show up for whatever you need! (Appreciate you, Sherrilyn Iffill)

Researching with Dorothy Moss in Hung Liu’s studio. Exciting, inspiring, and overwhelming.

Two artists

Hung Liu as a child, second from right

Lovely celebration for #HungLiu on what would have been her birthday.

Hahaha… yikes!

Are they attentive bc they are protecting them or bc they might be tasty snacks? Honest question!

The brave people who defend us deserve to exercise the rights they protect, and their children deserve the right to read a broad array of materials and learn from a range of perspectives that reflect the abundance of ideas from all Americans. Show up for our libraries. American Association of School Librarians, American Library Association.

ALA, AASL decry U.S. Defense Department censorship of schools and libraries on military installations
Read the full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/02...

#ShowUpForOurLibraries