{"id":7,"date":"2026-07-08T23:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookedandbusylibrarian.com\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-07-09T00:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T00:25:45","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bookedandbusylibrarian.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-theme-palette-5-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-9000fa1c23657da20a1cc395fb7c6d46 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>WELCOME, FRIEND<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Hi, I&#8217;m Ericka White.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Veteran school librarian, resource creator, and your new library bestie. Around here we believe your library should run like a dream without running you into the ground. 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