Mx. Librarian

@mxlibrarian.bsky.social

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I'm a queer, trans, disabled librarian with a passion for crafting and MG and YA fiction. Working on a new website to get away from Substack, but until that's done I'm at https://mxlibrarian.substack.com/

The cover of Lu and Ren's Guide to Geozoology, by Angela Hsieh. It features two children running in the foreground. The background has giant creatures that look like axolotls. End of description.
A hand holding up a dark colored knitting project with the Busch stadium scoreboard unfocused in the background.
The Busch stadium scoreboard as seen through rain. The infield is in the foreground covered by a wet tarp. The scoreboard reads "the start of tonight's game is currently delayed. Start time is to be determined. Thank you for your patience." A digital runner under the scoreboard is lit up in rainbow colors and reads "welcome to pride night at Busch stadium."
A washcloth done in interlock filet crochet. It is a dark purple music note on a light gray background. End of description.
A half finished dishcloth of a purple music note on a light gray background in a mesh/grid pattern. It is laying flat on a gray tabletop. The two balls of yarn being used are sitting above it. End of description.
A book display with a sign above it that says "Read with pride" in the colors of the Philly Pride flag and the Trans Pride flag. A merle-patterned dog in an orange vest is sitting in front of the display shelf and smiling at the camera. End of description.
The cover of Band Nerd. It features a girl in an orange t-shirt standing in a music room playing a flute. End of description.
A merle patterned dog wearing an orange vest is laying on a white tiled floor and smiling up at the camera. End of description.
A teal t-shirt in the process of being knitted.
The cover of "Rebellion 1776" by Laurie Halse Anderson. It features a white girl with brown hair and spots on her face peering out from behind the stripes of a tattered American flag. End of description.
A merle patterned dog sitting on a gray couch and looking sadly at the camera. His paw is stretched out in front of him and laying on a person's arm. End of description.
The cover of El Niño by Pam Muñoz Ryan. It depicts a boy diving into a wave. His legs are turning into a mermaid fin at the knees. End of description.
The cover of "Mixed-Up" by Kami Garcia, art by Brittney Williams and Lettering by Comicraft's Tyler Smith. It features two girls in the background each reading a book. A girl in the foreground is holding the same book and looking straight ahead with a sad expression. End of description.
A four panel meme. Panel 1: a hand labeled "Library of Congress" reaching up from a body of water. Panel 2: a hand labeled "Congress" reaching toward the first from the top of the panel. Panel 3: the second hand high-fiving the first labeled with the quote "Librarians rule!" Panel 4: the second hand is gone and the first is almost completely under the water. End of description.
A picture of the sculpture titled "Mended Petal" by Yoko Ono.
Two dogs laying in the grass facing each other and smiling at the camera. One is a larger fluffy merle patterned dog and the other is a white puppy with brown patches. The merle dog's paws are on top of the white puppy's paws. End of description.
A merle patterned dog laying on a gray couch. A black ball cap with the purple Minnesota Frost text and logo is on his head. End of description.
A note written by a child on a small piece of scrap paper in pink marker. It reads "I [heart] the library." The child spelled library as L I Y B R A R E Y. End of description.
The cover of Cincinnati Lee, Curse Breaker by Heidi Heilig.
A merle patterned dog smiling at the camera. End of description.
A hand holding knitting needles resting on a merle patterned dog. A TV in the background is showing a hockey game. End of description.
The start of a sweater back being knit from the bottom up in dark green yarn. A purple yarn bowl in the shape of a D20 is in the background. End of description.
A merle patterned dog in an orange vest looking at the camera with people and a shoreline in the background. End of description.
A merle patterned dog laying on a wood floor in a doorway. He is on his side with his legs stretched out. End of description.
A merle patterned dog laying on a black cot and smiling at the camera. The photo has a hazy quality because of the sunlight shining on the dog through an unpictured window. End of description.
A merle patterned dog laying on a black cot and looking up at the camera with his eyes only. End of description.
A merle patterned dog laying on a wood floor in front of a church pew and looking up at the camera. He is wearing an orange vest that says "Service dog in training." End of description.
A person's lap covered by a light blue crochet blanket that is currently being worked on
Three picture books on a wood table. The books are "This Beach Is Loud" by Samantha Cotterill, "All Sorts" by Pippa Goodhart, and "Talking Is Not My Thing" by Rose Robbins.
A radar map showing NE Illinois with a long bowed storm system stretching the length of the map. A box shows the area is under a server thunderstorm warning and a tornado watch.
A shelf with picture books having to do with Spring. A light blue sign above it says "Spring is in the air" with each word in a cloud and pipe cleaners twisted to look like springs surrounding the words. A merle patterned dog in an orange vest is sitting in front of the display and smiling at the camera.
The cover of "It's All or Nothing, Vale" by Andrea Beatriz Arango. It features a Latiné girl with two long braids holding a fencing epee.
A merle patterned dog smiling at the camera wearing an orange vest and a shiny green party hat.
A merle patterned dog laying against a person in jeans on a recliner. His belly is against the person's legs with his front legs on the person's lap and his head on the footrest near the person's feet.
The cover of Vanya and the Wild Hunt by Sangu Mandanna. It features a girl flying on the back of a winged stag.
Cover of The City of Lost Cats by Tanya Lloyd Kyi. It features the top of a tall brick building with a girl looking out the window and many cats around her and on the roof.
A brick church building with a black fence. There is snow coming down with a thin coating of it covering the grass.
A merle patterned puppy standing and smiling at the camera. He is wearing a large post-surgical donut collar decorated to look like a pink donut with sprinkles.
The beginning of a hat in dark blue yarn with a white bone pjoning hook laying across it.
The cover of Bea Mullins Takes a Shot by Emily Deibert. It features three female hockey players standing on the rink.
A picture of a person from the neck down wearing a light gray hand-knitted sweater in a broken rib pattern.
A book display with many children's books about women's history. Sitting next to the display is a merle patterned puppy in an orange vest smiling at the camera.
A person wearing a rainbow colored beanie with a pattern of lines wrapping diagonally around it.
A TV showing Cardinals pitcher Mikolas in the middle of throwing a pitch.
Two light gray sweater sleeves laid out on the footrest of a dark gray recliner.
A PowerPoint slide on a large screen that says Chicago Public Library Best of the Best.
A merle patterned puppy laying down in front of a bookshelf and smiling at the camera.
A merle patterned puppy standing on a gray carpeted floor, looking at the camera and smiling. He is wearing an orange vest that says "service dog in training" and there are colorful carpet squares on the floor in the background.
A large merle patterned puppy sleeping on a black cot with his front paws stretched out in front of his head.
A merle patterned puppy sitting and looking at the camera. He has snow coating his snout and a large snowflake on the top of his black nose.
A merle patterned puppy wearing an orange "service dog in training" vest, laying under a table and looking up at the camera.