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January 24, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Friday finds – January 24, 2014

January 24, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS   Leave a Comment

This week at TLT

Enter to win a copy of the first in Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy series and get ready to see the movie!

Author Lyn Miller-Lachmann talks LEGO and the Makerspace Movement

Sunday Reflections: Nameless Wonder 

Teen Tech Week on a Shoestring

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Previously at TLT

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More on LEGOs

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Measuring Materialism in Children’s Books

Some flowers should just stay in the attic (on Book Riot.)

Did you hear? THERE’S GOING TO BE A CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS MOVIE! (Via Bookshelves of Doom.)

3 Myths that Block Progress for the Poor – Bill and Melinda Gates’ annual letter

10 Facts about Americans and Public Libraries

Entertainment Weekly has some first pictures from the set of The Giver movie.  Karen is very concerned. 

Please help Karen get some information for an upcoming presentation at TLA with author Mindy McGinnis!  Can you help with this survey?
 

Be sure also to follow us on Tumblr for looks at new YA coming your way, fun booklists that we reblog and more.

Fun stuff from Twitter:

Paper fortune cookies from withdrawn/damaged manga. #valentinesday @TLT16 pic.twitter.com/BZDIPa00Gg
— Barbary Sanderson (@barbary07) January 24, 2014

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About Karen Jensen, MLS

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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