Friday Finds – Halloween Edition

October 31, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS Leave a Comment

This Week at TLT

Sunday Reflections: The soundtrack of our lives

Take 5: Why I Love Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The Sunnydale Project Year 3)

Middle Grade Monday – Why Rick Riordan is the opposite of a problem

The Sunnydale Project: Celebrating Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Validating Teens, a guest post by author Annie Cardi (The Sunnydale Project Year 3)

Press Play by Eric Devine releases today, so he’s having a cool contest

Webinar: Putting More Music in Our Libraries (Music and Teen Programming)

Starting a Vampire Book Club, a guest post by Carrie (The Sunnydale Project Year 3)

Great YA Reads for Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fans, a guest post by author Alexandra Duncan (The Sunnydale Project Year 3)

Five by Five: 5 Speculative Fiction and 5 Contemporary Fiction Books that Buffy the Vampire Slayer Fans Should Read

Around the Web

Do yourself a favor – drop everything and go read this. It will restore your faith in humanity and soothe your soul.

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More reasons why Rick Riordan is the opposite of a problem. From The Atlantic.

The child poverty rate is falling. Not enough, but it’s a start. Over 100,000 high school and college aged athletes are homeless.

Reasons to help your tween create her own Halloween costume.

Thanks to Leila for this:

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Support the We Need Diverse Books campaign!

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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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