Coonley ES Library @CoonleyLibrary
The Coonley library serves 900 students from K - 8th grade. Coonley Elementary is a Chicago Public School in the North Center neighborhood. coonleylibrary.weebly.com Chicago, IL Joined September 2014-
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Kid Lit Authors Send Letter to Congress to Speak Out Against Book Banning ow.ly/1HYJ50JerXF
A screen capture of a slide I used yesterday in a presentation about selecting children's books by Native writers. Looking at the book covers, the names of Native people on those covers... so very cool!
Happy birthday week #MargaretWiseBrown! Born May 23, 1910 Brown was an iconic queer author of picture books like The Important Book (1949) & Goodnight Moon (1947). She was featured in our 2005 exhibit The Picture Book Made New: Margaret Wise Brown & her Illustrators.
40 books published in 2022 that I love booktalking: pinterest.com/mrschureads/ha…
Look for @reneewauthor's Ways to Share Joy on September 27, 2022! barnesandnoble.com/w/ways-to-shar… Illustration Credit: @msbeautifique
ER is reading a book 📖.It’s wing’s of fire 🔥.It’s the 2nd book. CD @CoonleyES
Today all the students — freshman to seniors — at Juarez and Al Raby learned they are getting a free ride to college, plus their PARENTS get scholarships. “I get to go school,” one mom told me. “Let’s dream big!! wbez.org/stories/all-st…
Hi I m JS and CD and ER and QH are reading. @CoonleyES
Brave, competitive, unpredictable and confident. 2022 is the year of the Tiger and the Lunar New Year begins on February 1st. Celebrate with a story of hope and promise.
📚 CTU Librarians shared some of our favorite new books with colleagues today! 📚 @CTULocal1 educators from K to 12 shared books they ❤️ to use with our @ChiPubSchools students. We’re still working. #lorilockout #cpslibrarians @aasl
Our Motivational Employee for today's #MeetMEMonday is Dorsey Chambers! Although she retires this week, her legacy of being a stalwart champion of school librarians + all students throughout her 30 year tenure @ChiPubSchools will never be forgotten! 👏👏👏@CpsLibraries
Today @2ndCougars read I AM EVERY GOOD THING by @Author_DDB and @GordonCJamesArt. They made a classroom book of statements and it was so powerful! These students know their worth. 🥰#coonleyreads #coonleywrites #thisishersecondlanguage #tryingnottocry @CoonleyES @CarpenterCougar
Look at all the @bookofkellz books we delivered today to @CoonleyES kids! Yay for local authors who do fantastic virtual visits and yay for @BookCellar for the connection!
Super fun virtual author visit today by Kelly Leigh Miller @bookofkellz! My 2nd graders @2ndCougars and I absolutely LOOOOOVE your books. "Fangs" for sharing with us! Happy Halloween!🧛
Our Online #scholasticbookfair is open! Shop for great books that will be delivered to your home! bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cpto…
Happy Picture Book Month! mrschureads.blogspot.com/2020/11/2021-m…
Hey, teacher friends! @MrAdamRex & I are teaming up for a tag-team read-aloud of THE NEXT PRESIDENT (and we're adding an update for 2020!) We'll have it uploaded in time for you to share with your kids when they go back to school tomorrow.

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