My favorite month of the year is here, because in April we celebrate LIBRARIES!!

Next week, April 6-12 is National Library Week! My local library system is superb, and I plan to show my appreciation by dropping off some treats for the employees on Tuesday, April 8: National Library Workers Day!

However, as I have been telling you, PUBLIC LIBRARIES NEED YOU TO STEP UP RIGHT NOW!

ACTION ITEM: Visit the ALA Show Up for Our Libraries page and DO SOMETHING! Anything! Pick one item from their list and do what you can. Today.

April is also School Library Month, and I have been working feverishly to get things in place at school to be able to promote my space and program every single day. Advocacy can look like fighting for things that are in danger, but also making everyone is super aware of how amazing it is to have what we have RIGHT NOW.

Wisconsin has a very unique way of funding purchases for school libraries that is protected from all politics, and part of that mechanism includes a statute about who gets to spend that money ~ certified school librarians. In addition, my district has thus far protected school librarians from cuts, and we still have one librarian in every building. This is NOT the case throughout the state or nation, and I am grateful every day for their dedication to our profession and what we do for kids.

ACTION ITEM: Whether you have children in school or not, contact your local school district and either thank them for their dedication to their school library program, OR express your desire for them to prioritize improving their school library program by increasing staffing and resources ~ whichever is appropriate in your district. Also, if you have kids in school ~ THIS FRIDAY, April 4 is School Librarian Day! Work with your kids and maybe their teachers to help show some appreciation!

Some Light Library-Related Fiction

What do I love almost as much as I love actual libraries? Romantic reads ABOUT libraries and librarians!! I started trying to make this reading list for you and just kept finding MORE books that I had missed and need to try to get to ASAP ~ alas, what a problem to have.