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April 22, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Zest Books Week 2014

April 22, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS   Leave a Comment

 
This week is once again Zest Books week here at TLT. Zest Books is one of my favorite nonfiction publishers for young adults. Here’s a look at the various books we’ve talked about so far on TLT, including book reviews and program/party outlines. There’s a little bit of something for everyone.

Dear Teen Me, authors write letters to their teen selves edited by E. Kristin Anderson and Miranda Kenneally
The End, a look at books containing epidemics based on The End: 50 apocalyptic Visions from Pop Culture That You Should Know About . . . before it’s too late by Laura Barcella
Tales from the Crib: The 411 on Babysitting with Don’t Sit on the Baby by Halley Bondy (Teen Program in a Box)
Retro Movies with Real Culture: 50 Classic Movies You Should Know About (So You Can Impress Your Friends) by Mimi O’Connor (Teen Program in a Box)
Zoo Station: the story of Christiane F. (Book Review)
87 Killer Programs: Teen programs from 87 Ways to Throw a Killer Party (Teen Program in a Box)
Book Review: Regine’s Book, a teen’s girls last words by Regine Stokke
Book Review: Queer, the ultimate LGBT guide for teens by Kathy Belge and Marke Bieschke
Dead Srange reads, a booklist
Spatacular, turning your library into a stress busting spa with Girl in a Fix, Girl in a Funk and Skin (Teen Program in a Box)
Project Fashion, part 2 with Jeaneology, Junk Box Jewelry, The Look Book, The Book of Styling and Fashion 101
We’ve only got this one Earth: Environmental teen programming with 47 Things You Can Do to Save the Environment
Uncool (Book Review)
Girls Against Girls (Book Review and Discussion)
Historical Heartthrobs (Book Review)
How Not to be a Dick (Book Review)
Little Fish, a different kind of memoir (and a different kind of TPiB)
Super Pop! (Book Review)
Prom (TPiB)
We Survived Our Freshman Year
Where’s My Stuff? A look at organization (and a TPiB)
My First Love (and Break Up): Books about falling in and out of love
Scared Stiff: A Look at 50 Famous Phobias (Book Review)

Filed under: Collection Development, Nonfiction, Zest Books

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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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