Thoughts of a school librarian

Fourth year school Librarian at a K-5 elementary school.  29 year old female. I like books, jokes, history, and stuff.

[tabitha1917]

[hydro-homies]

ooo

[nerdster312]

Bottle me up some of that juice!

[dankmemeuniversity]

[books-and-cookies]

listen here, i’m not responsible for my 5 star ratings to bad books back in like 2013 and shit, it was a simpler time

[grrover]

no one talks about how rick riordan literally scammed disney 

[grrover]

dead ass pjo was that seemingly “normal” kids fantasy series with a seemingly white straight kid saving the world and it’s a fucking success. percy jackson? iconic! ppl fucking love percy and his character and then hoo comes out? everyone is pumped bc everyone is in love with that world. the first book? two main bad ass poc characters. the second book? two more bad ass poc characters! the fourth book and there’s literally a gay character and it’s not like disney could say no. hoo ends and then there’s magnus chase and ppl are fucking pumped bc that’s annabeth chase’s cousin and in the first book there’s a muslim girl and by the second book there’s a transgender and genderfluid character. trials of apollo? a main gay couple in a happy relationship and a fucking bi character. could disney say no? no. literal 10 year olds are reading books with heaps of representation all published by disney. rick riordan played the game. you step in thinking ur just gonna get white cishets and you walk out surrounded by different cultures and rainbows.

tldr; rick started out with the basic pasty white and straight series which got hella successful and used his success to pusblish more books and allow only one (1) cishet and only one (1) white

[grrover]

i doubt he planned it but deadass it would be so funny if that’s what happened

[kaylapocalypse-deactivated20201]

I saw him speak on /writing in the UK right before (or early in on when) his series hit it big. Planned. Definitely planned. 

[runwithskizzers]

Thousand percent planned. Also Percy? Has a learning disability. RR’s son inspired him to write bc he is ADHD and dyslexic. This was all planned. He is all about inclusivity and representation.

[hurricane-eggbeater]

He just recently turned down an invitation to be recognized by the Texas state legislature because of of their new bathroom bill.

[thewellofastarael]

He also makes his books incredibly funny, which is rather rare for YA and makes them more accessible to kids who don’t really like to read. In addition to having loads of POV character who have trouble reading themselves.

For those who’ve been living under a YA rock, this is Rick Riordan:

(this was the gay character in the second series)

(and the trans character in a later series)

[meeshay]

Let’s not forget that he has an interest in the mythologies of other countries, but instead of writing them himself promotes other writers through his “Rick Riordan Presents” publishing imprint to do so!

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/kids/aru-shah-end-time-kicks-off-terrific-new-series-inspired-rick-riordan/

[gabsyferreira-deactivated202504]

Riordan is what JK Rowling wanted to be

[cadenlang02]

Riordan is what JK Rowling pretends to be

[thechibrarian]

Baby-Sitters Little Sister Books to Get Graphic Novel Treatment

There's no better time than now to be a BSC fan because we recently learned the Baby-sitters Little Sister series is being adapted into graphic novels!

eeeeeyyyyyyeeeesssssssss! i don’t read graphic novels but i’m just happy this will exist. <3 karen brewer.

[elsinore-snores]

some really beautiful african architecture because honestly this site is so western-centric

mako

unknown

cameroon

burkina faso

mali

Ndebele

burkina faso

please add more if you can!

[datimeizmeow]

Morocco

Tunisia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Dogon

Senegal

[obsidianguise]

The architecture from Burkina Faso and Cameroon was the inspiration for some of the buildings in Wakanda which is amazing

[soundtrack0fmylife]

Brazzaville, Congo

Bamako, Mali

Hausa house, Nigeria

Lomé, Togo

Yaouné, Cameroun

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire

Accra, Ghana

Northern Ghana

- Now zoom in and take at look at the architecture in Wakanda….

[morthilswrites]

cop: can you describe the woman who stabbed you

male author: lithe, spirited, outgoing, and not afraid to speak her mind. she was a raw sexual force and she knew it. she was dandelion fluff on a summer day, gone in an instant, leaving you with nothing but the memory of her touch and the faint taste of strawberries on your lips

[lillivati]

cop: great we have a motive, but we still need a description

[jugandbettsdetectiveagency]

guys… I don’t know if you know this but… if you wake up early… there’s so many more hours in the day

[anextrapart]

[cheshirelibrary]

A Visual History of the American Public Library

[via citylab.com]

A visual exploration of how a critical piece of social infrastructure came to be.

Click through to view the full story.

[tentacleteapot]

you’re no Hamburger Helper

you’re just a Hamburger Hindrance

[sidneyia-deactivated20210826]

if you’re not part of the hamburger solution, you’re part of the hamburger problem.

[tentacleteapot]

[aelingalathyniius]

don’t ever believe my goodreads ‘currently reading’ shelf because that bitch be lying. I’ll have books on there that I’m 2 chapters into but have abandoned 6 months ago, yet they are still on there because I can’t admit failure to myself

[whitepeopletwitter]

What Limeware feels like

[thoughtsofaschoollibrarian]

Did I download TLC’s waterfalls or a virus to destroy the family computer? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[whitepeopletwitter]

What Limeware feels like

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