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September 11, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Librarian Humor: Regional Picture Books You Never See in the Library, but Maybe Should

September 11, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS   1 comments

bisforbuckeye

In the spirit of books like B is for Buckeye: an Ohio Alphabet book, I present to you a little bit of librarian humor. This was inspired by my child who stood in an ant hill while watching the homecoming parade on Saturday. For those of you not from Texas, ants are a real problem here in Texas. You can be standing where it appears there are no ants in sight and suddenly find yourself under attack. They swarm, they bite, and it is awful. Later you get a little white head full of puss on your bite and it itches. A lot. So I tweeted this after it happened:

Regional picture books you never see

I accidentally stood in an ant hill: A Texas Childhood

What would your region's be?

— TeenLibrarianToolbox (@TLT16) September 9, 2017

I then invited everyone on Twitter to join in on the fun, and they did not disappoint. Here’s a look at some of our fun Regional Picture Books that you never see in the library, but maybe should.
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  1. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16

    Regional picture books you never see

    I accidentally stood in an ant hill: A Texas Childhood

    What would your region's be?


    Sat, Sep 09 2017 21:27:56

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  2. Pamelibrariland

    just pamela@Pamelibrariland
    @TLT16 Jenny Is a Bears Fan, So We Can't Be Friends Anymore #RegionalPictureBooks

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 04:09:58

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  3. Pamelibrariland

    just pamela@Pamelibrariland
    @TLT16 My Nostril Hairs Are Frozen and Other January Tales #RegionalPictureBooks

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 04:14:06

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  4. aquafortis

    Sarah J. Stevenson@aquafortis
    @TLT16 OK, one more.
    This Isn't From Whole Foods So I Won't Eat It: Autobiography of a Picky Northern California Child.
    #RegionalPictureBooks

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 05:03:39

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  5. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/kathglasgow/status/906731633826447365 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 08:25:28

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  6. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/debrabaseden/status/906748218008113154 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 08:25:54

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  7. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/debrabaseden/status/906747408557789185 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 08:26:06

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  8. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/_ash/status/906739508741206016 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 08:26:25

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  9. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/theogany/status/906736507859329024 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 08:26:47

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  10. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/tannertheteach/status/906724507313995776 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 08:28:03

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  11. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/jennygadget/status/906797916471177216 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 08:38:25

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  12. BethanyRobison

    Bethany Robison@BethanyRobison
    @TLT16 a picture book for young Chicagoans featuring a parking ticket ala "I'm just a bill" #regionalpicturebooks

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 08:42:14

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  13. RuralElastigrrl

    Sarita@RuralElastigrrl
    @txlibrarianbabs @TLT16 Some People Wear Not-Boots, a book for 10 year old West Texans #RegionalPictureBooks

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 11:58:08

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  14. RuralElastigrrl

    Sarita@RuralElastigrrl
    @leslie_kuo @TLT16 Wait, I Was Eating What? An Adult Learns Things About Her Military Childhood From Twitter #RegionalPictureBooks

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 12:01:05

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  15. RuralElastigrrl

    Sarita@RuralElastigrrl
    @TLT16 I Miss HEB: a post- college story @HEB #RegionalPictureBooks

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 12:04:49

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  16. ddb_tl

    Diane D Brown@ddb_tl
    @TLT16 Snakes eat breakfast too! (Your toes would do, so wear your shoe) S. Fla #regionalpicturebooks

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 12:38:39

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  17. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/stephandrea_/status/906886848487628801 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 14:34:39

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  18. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/whtabtpineapple/status/906886780917612545 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 14:34:49

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  19. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/bethrevis/status/906884995670839296 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 14:35:01

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  20. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/farre/status/906883043171770370 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 14:35:10

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  21. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/mwdooley/status/906867029491171330 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 14:35:26

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  22. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/kgs/status/906864152974565376 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 14:35:34

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  23. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/booksrule54/status/906889287458856960 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 14:37:47

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  24. SOSICapSid

    Emily Ann Imes@SOSICapSid
    @TLT16 Go To The Middle Of The Bridge And Turn Right: A #Zanesville Ohio Story #RegionalPictureBooks

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 14:40:45

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  25. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/alicejanell_/status/906889948917149698 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 14:41:49

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  26. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/autisticwitchy/status/906892765606432768 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 14:55:09

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  27. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/kris_morahan/status/906893040085880832 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 14:55:22

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  28. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/kaylarayne_/status/906894417352683520 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 14:58:27

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  29. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/rashworthwrites/status/906895628445216768 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 15:04:20

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  30. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/suzannelazear/status/906902686338912257 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 15:36:21

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  31. RobinReads

    robinreads@RobinReads
    Playing in the Storm Sewers: an Oho Childhood. #RegionalPictureBooks

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 15:39:10

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  32. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/writer_carrie/status/906907575953661952 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 15:51:52

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  33. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/redjill55/status/906907075954876416 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 15:52:27

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  34. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/melissalaurene/status/906908628279599104 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 15:55:06

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  35. BooksRule54

    N Novak@BooksRule54
    #RegionalPictureBooks Hold My Beer : A Texas Orphan's Tale

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 16:17:59

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  36. Lunanshee

    Rebecca@Lunanshee

    @TLT16 Things that Melt on Sidewalks: A Texas Tradition

    #RegionalPictureBooks


    Sun, Sep 10 2017 20:47:49

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  37. Lunanshee

    Rebecca@Lunanshee

    @TLT16 Texas Wildlife: Bites & Stings featuring: Fire ants, mosquitos, cotton mouths, scorpions and alligators

    #RegionalPictureBooks


    Sun, Sep 10 2017 20:51:07

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  38. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/msval313/status/907001459295662081 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 22:06:22

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  39. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/shaulaevans/status/906999627458633729 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 22:06:33

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  40. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/biensoul/status/906998550344728576 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 22:06:42

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  41. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/biensoul/status/906997731490754562 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 22:06:49

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  42. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/thisiscdwivedi/status/906949489348562945 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 22:07:14

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  43. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/parkerhaas/status/906945291936350208 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 22:07:27

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  44. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/book_tasty/status/906945150353539073 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 22:07:35

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  45. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/lesliedrush/status/906943080938446848 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 22:07:42

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  46. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/finestmuffins/status/906941852514967552 …

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 22:07:55

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  47. KBaileyBooks

    Kristin Bailey@KBaileyBooks
    What is in the fog? A pileup! San Joaquin Valley CA #RegionalPictureBooks

    Sun, Sep 10 2017 22:41:16

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  48. LynnAAR

    Lynn Spencer@LynnAAR
    Why is everyone buying toilet paper, milk and bread? A Virginia snow story #RegionalPictureBooks

    Mon, Sep 11 2017 00:35:22

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  49. LynnAAR

    Lynn Spencer@LynnAAR
    The Place Where No One Knew How to Drive in the Rain: A DC Metro Area Travel Tale #RegionalPictureBooks

    Mon, Sep 11 2017 00:39:22

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  50. AmySaurusRex

    Amy M. Laughlin@AmySaurusRex
    @TLT16 Listening to strangers ask "isn't Delaware part of Pennsylvania?": A First State childhood #RegionalPictureBooks

    Mon, Sep 11 2017 02:37:59

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  51. TLT16

    TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16
    #regionalpicturebooks  https://twitter.com/ekmreader/status/907206025756917760 …

    Mon, Sep 11 2017 11:52:03

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Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).

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