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July 4, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Friday Finds – July 4, 2014

July 4, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS   Leave a Comment

Welcome to this patriotic edition of Friday Finds! Please use your imagination to play the Star Spangled Banner in the background while you are reading…

This Week at TLT

Sunday Reflections: What the ukulele taught me about reluctant readers
Middle Grade Monday – This Guy
Take 5 TPiBs: Raid the Cabinet, Zero Cost Programs
TPiB: Squishy Circuits
Remembering Walter Dean Myers
Book Review (and swag giveaway): Firebug by Lish McBride

Around the Web

We have all suffered a great loss.

Kelly Jensen shares her reasoning on resigning from the Printz committee in light of the new restrictions. And Julie Jurgens raises some important qustions about the new restrictions.

Novel Novice shares 14 Ultimate YA Summer Reads.

Sadly, World Book Night US has decided to suspend operations due to lack of funds.

Some good news about book banning.

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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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