Good Comics for Kids
September 30, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
“If you hunt for monsters you’ll find them” Summary: Twelve years ago Stella and Jeanie vanished while picking strawberries. Stella returned minutes later, with no memory of what happened. Jeanie was never seen or heard from again. Now Stella is seventeen, and she’s over it. She’s the lucky one who survived, and sure, the case […]
September 30, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
This week, I planned to review Super Mario Maker for the Wii U (which I am extremely excited about), but my copy has yet to arrive in my mailbox! So, I am reviewing an older game that I have played for over 100 hours (believe it or not, this is pretty normal for hardcore gamers). […]
September 29, 2015 by Amanda MacGregor
Something new I’m trying to do is write frequent blog posts about all of the fantastic books that appear in my mailbox. As I’ve shown you in the Houghton Mifflin Fall 2015 Roundup post and the Macmillan Fall 2015 Roundup post, I get a lot more than I can/choose to review. Here are the things […]
September 28, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Last week we got the final approval to make some big changes at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (OH) where I am working as the YA Services Coordinator. Namely, my proposal to move the YA fiction collection out of an enclosed space to a new location and to turn that enclosed […]
September 28, 2015 by Robin Willis
We all feel, sometimes, as if we a re living in a house full of freaks; in this case it’s true. Philippa, Thomas, Sam and Max are all orphans living in and working for Dumfrey’s Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders in the New York City of the 1930’s. Owned and operated by Mr. […]
September 27, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I have been told by some readers that my Sunday Reflections always make them cry, to which I must say I’m sorry. So today I bring you a Sunday Reflection full of joy. Yesterday, The Teen and I (and Thing 2, though she had much different feelings about it then us) drove down to Austin, […]
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September 25, 2015 by Robin Willis
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Be a leader. Be a troop leader. TPiB: DIY Chalkboard Fun Middle School Monday – Color Coding and the Tweenage Brain Book Review: What We Saw by Aaron Hartzler TPiB: Locker Crafts Video Games Weekly: Video Game Genres 101 Back to School with BRUTAL YOUTH by Anthony Breznican Circulating […]
September 24, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I know that this is a blog about serving teens, but I need to talk to you about Phoenix. You see, Phoenix is a 7-year-old boy who tried to take his life, and sadly this is not the first time. If I’m remembering correctly, Phoenix was 5 when he tried the first time, though possibly […]
September 24, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Several of you have asked me to keep you updated on the Circulating Maker Kits that we started in late July and early of August 2015 at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (OH). To date we have 16 kits and yesterday 6 of them were checked out. To date the 16 […]
September 23, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
With school back in session, the artist Cassandra Siemon has created new illustrations to accompany excerpts of Anthony Breznican’s dark coming-of-age novel Brutal Youth, which is new in paperback. One of the chief antagonists in the book is Ms. Bromine, a guidance counselor at St. Michael the Archangel high school who has become unhinged with […]
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