📚 A library is an oasis. ✨ In this episode of The Storyteller’s Shelf Podcast, we sit down with Michael Hardrick, Executive Director of Forest Hill Library,  ⁨@foresthilllibrarydistrict107⁩ , explore how libraries shape children’s lives, and how authors, illustrators, and educators can collaborate.

Michael, who was recently honored as the Small Community Libraries Round Table’s 2025 Librarian of the Year, explains the nitty-gritty detail to our Storytellers.

So grab your pencils and let’s learn how small libraries actually work and…

✅ How librarians decide which books make the shelves

✅ What book bans & Senate bills mean for teachers, parents, and librarians

✅ Why and how parents still guide children’s reading journeys

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