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Here are 14 things I thought were worth sharing:

1. So happy that the people at McSweeney’s created these author trading cards! Why not create some trading cards about something special to you?!
2. Reading Rainbow is back, with a great new host! I was lucky enough to meet Mychal at a conference in June, and I can’t wait to see the new episodes!
3. There’s still time to catch the beautiful fall foliage all around us! 
4. Speaking of Fall, it’s almost Banned Books Week! The folks at Little Free Library created this Banned Books Map so we can see which areas have the highest number of bans or restrictions, and where the Little Free Libraries are in those areas. Share this with your friends across the country!
5. Do you have any Little Free Libraries around you? Check and see! If they have some room for more books, take a bunch from my giveaway box and make total strangers happy!
6. The ALA compiles banned books stats each year. Here are the stats from 2024. Sobering.
7. Here is a link to Publishers Weekly’s 2025 Freedom to Read issue. Keep up with what’s 
8. Is it true that all of our lives overlap?
9. Are you a podcast person and do you also love the Brooklyn Public Library? Then check this out!
10. Want to see the front pages​ from newspapers all over the world and how they differ? 
11. Some helpful advice about how to read more.
12. For our science teachers: check out all of these everyday scientific mysteries collected by the Library of Congress!
13. The folks at Common Sense Media have created a free AI training course for educators.
14. A ​plug for my profession and how libraries help us all!