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PreK - 6th grade Librarian. tweets are my own she/her/hers white see also @Forsyth_Library

 St Louis, MO
Joined January 2010
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Book of the Year!
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“We are not expendable. Every child deserves a library stocked with a collection containing accurate facts and inclusive fiction. Every school deserves a qualified school librarian to lead and serve the students, teachers, and families.” #ILoveMyLibrarian winner Melissa Pillot
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ALT Video still featuring librarian Melissa Pillot

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Melissa Pillot retweeted
mrspillot@Forsyth_Library22 Jan 2022
Winners recorded statements over a month ago. Not sure what will make the cut, but I included shout-outs to @MASLOnline @aislibrarians @SLCL @STLpubLibrary because #ilovemylibrarian too! Couldn't do this without you. #LibLearnX
AASL@aasl11 Jan 2022
The virtual I Love My Librarian Award ceremony will take place during the ALA’s 2022 LibLearnX: The Library Learning Experience Conference at 3:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022 and will be available to stream live at youtube.com/user/AmLibraryAs….
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Get to know Melissa Pillot of the @Forsyth_Library in St. Louis, MO, a winner of this year's #ILoveMyLibrarian Award! Melissa and this year's nine other winners will be honored at a virtual award ceremony this Saturday, Jan. 22, during ALA's #LibLearnX. bit.ly/3qGNk4C
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😅😅 #MyTwitterAnniversary
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This week, Forsyth School librarian Melissa Pillot won one of 10 annual I Love My Librarian Awards, a prize that not only recognizes stellar effort but comes with a tidy $5,000. postdispat.ch/3noeoDK
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It's like a new year's resolution before new year's.
Penguin Classics has joined forces with #DisruptTexts to help expand the literary canon pwne.ws/3CI3dL9
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Rep. Cori Bush announced a partnership on Monday with libraries in St. Louis County and the city to help residents access various government services. stltoday.com/news/local/govt…

U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, library branches partner on ‘Congress in your Neighborhood’

Service centers are planned for four branches of the St. Louis County and city libraries to help residents access federal services.

stltoday.com
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Live music is back at Powell Hall! Thanks for coming to our first concert of the season, @stltoday! stltoday.com/entertainment/m…

Kishi Bashi and SLSO explore Japanese-American internment in powerful concert

No one seemed more blown away by the experience of the concert than Kaoru Ishibashi himself, who said, “This has been a dream of mine."

stltoday.com
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Not gonna lie, these clouds were a great accent to the #greatforestparkballoonrace
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Mark your calendars! @MarleneMpc @franmcveigh & @DrMaryHoward are looking forward to this Twitterchat. @stenhousepub #5KNF #nonfiction #G2Great
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1. Like/RT this thread. 2. Leave a comment sharing which of the four NF new releases pictured you’d most like to read and share w/kids. Easy peasy! On Mon 8/23, I’ll pick one winner and send them a copy of both books! Good luck and happy reading! #readthisnow #5knf
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Melissa Pillot retweeted
swm@sheathescholar20 Aug 2021
this summer, I co-facilitated #RainbowSummer with @Jess5th and amazing interns from @loveliteratea. we read and discussed the work of @kacencallender, @DeanAtta, @QuirkyRican, and @MarkDoesStuff with more than 100 teachers/caregivers. & it was even more amazing than it sounds.
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School and youth librarians are updating Melvil Dewey's flawed and outdated system ow.ly/BTBG50FU48g
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Excellent! I started by not assigning meaning to the numbers at all. I teach them as map coordinates. This way, I can move through the work of moving items, changing spine labels AND changing the catalog. I use the process to model for our students: once you know better...
SchoolLibraryJournal@sljournal19 Aug 2021
School and youth librarians are updating Melvil Dewey's flawed and outdated system ow.ly/BTBG50FU48g
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Today on the blog! #ARCReview: YOUR LIFE HAS BEEN DELAYED by Michelle I. Mason! thebookbratz.blogspot.com/20…

The Book Bratz: ARC Review: Your Life Has Been Delayed by Michelle I. Mason

Reviews of Young Adult and New Adult books.

thebookbratz.blogspot.com
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Today, every molecule that I am made of is buzzing with excitement! Y’all… @Target and I have collaborated on a limited edition collection of 70 items across home and apparel for kids and baby! Available in all Target stores and online August 15th!#ChristianRobinsonxTarget
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Shout out to libraries and library workers. We love and appreciate you 📚 that’s all
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A ribald, in-depth conversation with Alexis Fajardo not simply about the art of creating comics in the 21st century, but also the history of the form for kids, the publishing industry, and more. ow.ly/HXqT50FPblb
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