Lauren Cottrell

Library Media Specialist

[Kelly Yang @kellyyanghk]

It’s my birthday today and I’m giving away five signed first edition copies of THREE KEYS, the sequel to FRONT DESK!!! Together, let’s #StandUpForWhatsRight! THREE KEYS comes out in 2 weeks!!! 🔑🔑🔑❤️📚🛎 Pls like + RT to enter—US only. 🙌😘🥰🎂 #FrontDesk #ThreeKeys #MiaTang

[HarperKids @HarperChildrens]

Join our Shelf Stuff Summer Reading Challenge! #ShelfStuffChallenge

We're challenging you to read one of our fave books each week and take a quiz on that book to be entered to win a VIP prize pack! ☀️📚😎

More info: https://t.co/bEK4yqDWGL #mglit #middlegrade

[Katherine Applegate (kaaauthor.bsky.social) @kaaauthor]

Week six! 📚✨ US educators, I'm giving away five $100 gift cards to some of my favorite independent bookstores. RT and follow for a chance to win one! Winners will be chosen at random and notified on 5/22 at 2 PM PT.

The stores: @watchungbooks, @8cousinsbooks, @ParnassusBooks1

[Lauren Cottrell @Mrs_Cottrell]

Loved Amal Unbound @aishacs #beautifulstory

[Library Girl - See Pinned Tweet @jenniferlagarde]

plight of teachers, please instead share links to resources and/or the handles of people who are already curating and sharing lawful resources for kids and teachers to use right away.

[Library Girl - See Pinned Tweet @jenniferlagarde]

that are available to share w/kids in 2020, following the law isn’t that big of an ask. Two people to follow who are curating and sharing said resources are: @KateMessner @KristinZiemke Finally, rather than using this thread to debate the merits of copyright or recount the...

[Library Girl - See Pinned Tweet @jenniferlagarde]

author has permission from their publisher to give YOU permission, they need to include that in their statements. I cannot imagine a publisher going after a teacher for doing this right now, but I’ve seen crazier things go down. Additionally, given the amount of resources....

[Library Girl - See Pinned Tweet @jenniferlagarde]

Y’all. I think copyright laws are basically BS that are designed to protect corporations and not creators. HOWEVER it’s important to keep in mind that reading books online for kids is a copyright violation UNLESS you have permission from the PUBLISHER (not the author). If the...

[Scholastic @Scholastic]

Scholastic put together FREE engaging online resources and activities from #ScholasticLearnAtHome to help teachers and parents prepare for school closures. https://t.co/56t0nPeZuq

[Lauren Tarshis @laurenTarshis]

Teachers! Our beautiful FREE Scholastic Learn at Home hub is up! Day by day learning journeys across the content areas for your kids to do at home, on their own, with fams or teachers. Let me know what you think! We will be adding more and more.https://t.co/guXj3bo49U @scholastic

[Lauren Cottrell @Mrs_Cottrell]

Love @IbtihajMuhammad The Proudest Blue. Read it during our morning assembly and highlighted my favorite part, Mama’s advice. “Don’t carry around the hurtful words that others say. Drop them. They are not yours to keep. They belong only to those who said them.” #ChooseKindness

[John Schu @MrSchuReads]

More to Note: More Spring 2020 Books @100scopenotes' is Looking Forward To: https://t.co/2UvRodEeT1

[John Schu @MrSchuReads]

Beverly, Right Here comes out tomorrow! https://t.co/MMHvhtDYB9

[Donalyn Miller @donalynbooks]

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[Lauren Cottrell @Mrs_Cottrell]

@StevensonPTO #TigerNation

[Lauren Cottrell @Mrs_Cottrell]

Celebrate reading with us by coming to one of our BOGO book fair events next week! Two dates, lots of fun! #StevensonTigers @katyannhansen @ScholasticBooks @olsonhouse4 @Scholastic

[Colby Sharp @colbysharp]

I LOVED Planting Stories! Pumped that readers will get to experience Pura Belpré’s story through this beautiful book. Read it to my students yesterday. They were fascinated by the story. Adding it to my list of awesome 2019 books. #bookaday

[Lauren Cottrell @Mrs_Cottrell]

@kaaauthor thank you for your beautiful book #Wishtree. We celebrated our entire school reading it together with our own wishing day, pledge, artwork of your beautiful characters, and games that celebrated acceptance, kindness and teamwork.

[Lauren Cottrell @Mrs_Cottrell]

Today we celebrated the completion of @kaaauthor #Wishtree as an entire school kindergarten through fifth grade. So thankful I was able to share this with the entire school.

[Lauren Cottrell @Mrs_Cottrell]

Thanks @MrSchuReads and @kaaauthor for my bedtime reading. I cannot wait to share this book with Stevenson students and staff #StevensonLMC

[John Schu @MrSchuReads]

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