Good Comics for Kids
July 31, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I maintain that a genuine staple of a good MakerSpace can be found in Legos. Make no mistake, Legos are not cheap, but they have a versatility about them. And you can get around the cost of Legos by buying random bulk packages off of Amazon. You have no idea what kinds of pieces you […]
July 30, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS
This past week I sat down with The Teen to binge watch Veronica Mars, and I was excited to share what is arguably one of the best teen shows ever created with her. But after a couple of episodes The Teen got up and went to her room. It’s not that she hated it, it […]
July 28, 2017 by Robin Willis
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: The Day I Did Everything Wrong MakerSpace: How to turn a photo into a silhouette – and make it into a book page button of course! Book Review: The Lake Effect by Erin McCahan Video Games Weekly: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy July #ARCParty: A look at some late […]
July 27, 2017 by Amanda MacGregor
The first time I saw myself, I got scared. I was twelve and I’d brought my plate of lentils and rice into the living room in order to sit beside my dad as he watched the news. And there she was: a girl like me. On television. The girl had on a blue hijab exactly […]
July 26, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS
July #ARCParty: A Look at Some Late Summer/Fall 2017 YA Lit titles// Today The Teen and The Bestie are taking a look at a few more upcoming titles. They added a lot to their TBR list. July #ARCParty: A Look at Some Late Summer/Fall 2017 YA Lit titles Best friendship tested by long distance relationships […]
July 26, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS
The first video game that I played and loved back in the mid-90s was Crash Bandicoot. I wrote all about how awesome it was in my very first VGW post for TLT, so you can imagine my surprise when I learned the creators of Crash Bandicoot came out with a remastered version (which includes […]
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July 25, 2017 by Amanda MacGregor
Publisher’s description A funny, bracing, poignant YA romance and coming-of-age for fans of Huntley Fitzpatrick, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and The Beginning of Everything lake effect | n. 1. The effect of any lake, especially the Great Lakes, in modifying the weather in nearby areas 2. The effect of elderly ladies, mysterious girls, and countless funerals, in upending your life, one summer at the beach It’s the summer after senior year, […]
July 24, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Arguably one of the most complicated buttons I have ever made involved learning how to use GIMP to turn a portrait into a silhouette PNG which I could then use for other types of art. To be fair, I set out to make this button because I wanted to learn how to cut a person […]
July 23, 2017 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Setting the Scene: It was a T-shirt Monday. This meant that we would be spending the next six hours in the Teen MakerSpace making t-shirts with any teen who walked into the space, working straight through the traditional dinner hour. It had become our custom on these nights that someone would take our order and […]
July 21, 2017 by Robin Willis
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Today, as the Mother of Daughters, is a Good Day for Geekdom MakerSpace: Button Making is All the Rage (The Complete Button Making Index) MakerSpace: The #ButtonFun Gallery Book Review: Madness by Zac Brewer MakerSpace: How to Design a Button Video Games Weekly: Stardew Valley Recently in book mail […]
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