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Friday Finds – May 30, 2014

May 30, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS   Leave a Comment

This Week at TLT

Sunday Reflections: On Teachable Moments and Consent, part 2
Memorial Day Reads
Middle Grade Monday – Don’t Call it a Quest!
Diversity Discussions: Diversity is the New Black – by Jayla P.
Get in the Game! YA fiction that features sports
Book Review: The Secrets of Lily Graves by Sarah Strohmeyer
Some thoughts about #YesAllWomen
Take 5: 5 New Titles Coming from Simon & Schuster

Graphic Novel Spotlight, 5 from the April 2014 edition of VOYA

Books, privilege, and how libraries are the only way some children will get to read a bedtime story tonight
Around the Web
One of my favorite ‘YoungTubers’ posted a really brilliant video this week:

Why horror is good for kids

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8 Myths that Undermine Educational Effectiveness

Why the Amazon/Hatchett dispute matters

The tragic murder and mystery of Lois Duncan’s daughter is featured today on Buzzfeed. 

R.I.P. Marilyn Miller

If you’ve enjoyed watching the numbers tick ever upward on the Reading Rainbow Kickstarter this week, I’d highly recommend this video:


We also said goodbye to the incomparable Maya Angelou. Here are 13 of her best quotes in USA Today.

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About Karen Jensen, MLS

Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 32 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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