Julie Kreft

Wife/mom/human/progressive Christian. Elementary school librarian. Guided Inquiry teacher. Writer of things. Book reader/reviewer/hoarder. She/her/hers

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@nikkigrimes9 I love this beautiful book! Thank you for creating it!!

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@emilyjmasters Librarian! Dogman is stained and the cover is literally falling off? It’s fine. Clorox wipes and tape will save it for a few more rounds!

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@erinbowbooks This book made me feel every single emotion!!! I love it immensely! Pretty stabby!

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@emilyjmasters Chock full o’ nuts! 🤣

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@Lessafetoday08 Thank you!!!! 💖

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@emilyjmasters So cute and creative!

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@JackieWoodson @Scholastic Literati!

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@Scholastic When we all stand up to the bully, especially huge publishers and corporations, the bully has less power. What a disappointment and missed opportunity, Scholastic. I’ve switched to Literati.

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Robert De Niro’s full statement on Trump. Please read and let me know your thoughts:

I’ve spent a lot of time studying bad men.  I’ve examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty. Yet there’s something different about Donald Trump. When I look at him, I don’t see a bad man. Truly.

I see an evil one.

Over the years, I’ve met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he can’t quite pull it off. There’s such a thing as “honor among thieves.” Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong.  Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story — but — they have a moral code, however warped.

Donald Trump does not. He’s a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.” He has contempt for all of them.

We New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego.  We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership.  We tried to warn the world in 2016.

The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination.  Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world. We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags.
The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior.  That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse.

Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously.
So today we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America:
This is our last chance.

Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator.

And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided.

So what do we do about it?  I know I’m preaching to the choir here.  What we’re doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls.   We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House.  They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice.  Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them.

Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect.  Let’s not talk about “democracy.”  “Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it.  Let’s talk about right and wrong.  Let’s talk about humanity.  Let’s talk about kindness.  Security for our world.  Safety for our families.  Decency.  Let’s welcome them back.  We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump, and fulfill the mission of this “Stop Trump Summit.”

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We introduced 1st grade to the #makercenter by reading The Little Red Fort by @brendamaier and using different materials to build forts. #makermonday #librarianlife

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@emilyjmasters Exactly!!!! Yes, I want my students to both read for pleasure and for learning. And yes, both of those elements can be found in many graphic novels. And if the want to read Dog Man over and over? Let them learn that the library is a safe place.

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@sheliapmoses Following!

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Thank you @kwamealexander for helping my boys become readers, thinkers, and leaders.

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@ktubb Yay!!! Thank you so much!

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@ktubb Yes, please! You know how we love KT books in Ok!

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@annbradenbooks My kids love the Yasmin books, so stack four! 💜

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@laurenTarshis I would love to do this! I’m a teacher librarian in Oklahoma and my kids absolutely love your books!

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@stefwass Those Kids From Fawn Creek, Ogress and the Orphans, New From Here, Anybody Here Seen Frenchie, A Duet For Home.
All excellent!!!!

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@Sanditeach4fun @stefwass @DanGemeinhart Yes it is! Just finished it last week! Another fantastic one @DanGemeinhart !