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Karen Jensen, MLS, November 22, 2014 | YA A to Z
In 2001 author Terry Trueman won the Michael L. Printz Honor Award for his book Stuck in Neutral. In this work, we step inside the mind of Shawn McDaniel, a boy who has Cerebral Palsy. He is also a boy that things his father is about to kill him. You see, Shawn can’t communicate with […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, August 20, 2012 | Life Happens Next, Stuck in Neutral, Terry Trueman
Earlier this month, I wrote about Terry Trueman’s Printz Honor Award winning title, Stuck in Neutral. Tomorrow, Trueman releases a sequel entitled Life Happens Next. Today, he writes about his sequel and is offering YOU a chance to win a signed copy. We are giving away 5 signed copies, find out how to enter at […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, August 9, 2012 | Autism, Stuck in Neutral, Terry Trueman
Sometimes life has a moment of kismet. Just yesterday one of those moments happened. As I sat at the Reference Desk a mom walked up and asked me where “the classics” were. She wanted her child, a daughter, to only read the classics so that she would increase her vocabulary. So we talked. I told this […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, January 1, 2018 | #YAAtoZ
There are 52 weeks in a year, that means every 2 weeks we will cover a new letter. For example, the first 2 weeks of January we will cover the letter A. The next 2 weeks we will cover the letter B. What will that look like? It can look however we want it to […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, July 27, 2016 | #SVYALit, #SVYALit Project, Autism
When I initially began reading AFTERWARD by Jennifer Mathieu, I was certain I would be coming to you today to discuss this title as part of the Sexual Violence in YA Literature Project (The #SVYALit Project). However, as I got further and further into the book, this book became an important read – to me […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, February 11, 2015 | Serving Full TILT
When talking about serving teens, we can’t neglect the need to talk about diversity because like all people groups, teens are a diverse population. We can talk in general terms about the development of teens, but at the end of the day each teen is a unique person shaped by a unique genetic combination and […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, November 29, 2014 | YA A to Z
Sometime this summer I sent out an email to my TLTers and said, “so . . . I have this idea, what to do you think of this?” And my idea was YA A to Z. As Robin once said, “you have good ideas, you just don’t have small ideas.” And YA A to Z […]
Robin Willis, November 28, 2014 | Friday Finds News Roundup
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: A Reflection on Everybody Sees the Ants by A. S. King (guest post by Bryson McCrone) View from the Director’s Chair: Guest post by Lynette Pitrak Middle Grade Monday – Anne Ursu Amanda’s review roundup Win a Signed Copy of ATLANTIA by Ally Condie YA A to Z Terry […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, September 9, 2014 | Autism, Autism and Libraries
The most recent statistics from the CDC indicate that 1 out of 88 children are being diagnosed with Autism. Every day we are encountering teens on the spectrum in our school and public libraries. The question we must ask ourselves is this: What are we doing to meet their needs? Teen Issues: Autism and LibrariesWith […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, April 1, 2013 | Autism, Autism and Libraries
April is Autism Awareness Month The most recent statistics from the CDC indicate that 1 out of 88 children are being diagnosed with Autism. Every day we are encountering teens on the spectrum in our school and public libraries. The question we must ask ourselves is this: What are we doing to meet their needs?Teen […]
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