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Posts by Ally Watkins
Reading Adventures: Engaging Activities to Inspire Middle Grade Readers, a guest post by Alice Reinert
Fostering a love of reading in students is one of the most rewarding roles for me as a school librarian. However, in today’s fast-paced, tech-savvy world, it can be challenging to keep young readers engaged. In this post, I will explore a variety of strategies school librarians can use to captivate students’ interest in reading. […]
Moderating Big Ideas for Middle Grade Minds, a guest post by Katie Engen
I work with young readers who vent to me about fiction books their teachers assign. Ugh, not another book about mean people. There’s just so much sad stuff in this book. Can’t we just read? I hate [insert generic comprehension check here]. Ah, middle grade readers. Such a mix of tender sensibilities, growing toughness, and […]
Fracturing a Fairy Tale, a guest post by Caroline Carlson
My daughter has been a book lover since birth. Even as an infant, she’d settle in her crib only if I read to her from whatever book I happened to have on hand, and she’d start fussing whenever I tried to stop. It became clear to me pretty quickly that I needed a readaloud that […]
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Games and Puzzles as Storytelling Tools, a guest post by Deva Fagan and Jenn Reese
Deva Fagan: I’ve been a gamer for much of my life, starting on long summer road trips when I drew maps of imaginary worlds and then forced various car-bound family members to explore them at their peril. These days I mostly play videogames and help run Live Action Role Playing (LARP) games. But in today’s […]
Your Ideal Reader is At the Library, a guest post by I A M Watson
Hey, I see you, fellow book nerd and introvert. I’m not a regular librarian; I’m a cool librarian! When I was a kid, my children’s librarian affectionately called me a “library rat” because I tried to hide at closing time so I could finish my chapter. Now, I’m the Library Director at Ionia Community Library […]
The Middle Grade Graphic Novel, a guest post by Savannah Hartje and Hannah Spencer
The Middle-Grade Graphic Novel Elementary-age kids are flocking to the library in droves to check out the latest Dog Man or The Baby-Sitters Club graphic novel. All kinds of kids with all kinds of hobbies are interested in reading graphic novels. The format is gaining popularity at an extraordinary rate. Why is this? There are […]
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Like a Prayer: Complexities of Faith in YA Fiction and Life, a guest post by Annie Cardi
I never thought of myself as a particularly religious teen. My family was Catholic because we’d always been Catholic. We ate fish on Fridays during Lent but didn’t say grace before meals. I went to Catholic elementary school, because my parents felt it was a good religious foundation and the school was strong academically, but […]
Can’t wait For Barbie? Try these graphic novels!
The Barbie movie comes out TOMORROW! If you’re on pins and needles for more Barbie content, or if your local theater has sold out, try these tween and teen graphic novels that might scratch your Barbie itch. The Sweet Valley Twins are BACK: in graphic novel format! Join Jessica and Elizabeth as they take on […]
Just As You Are: Church Kids and Purity Culture in Never Saw You Coming by Erin Hahn
This is really the dedication to a 2021 young adult book published by a big 5 publisher. It sets the tone for the whole book. IYKYK, as the kids say. I was a church kid my entire childhood and well into adulthood, really. I was such a church kid. And I wasn’t ready for Erin […]
Perfectly Imperfect, a guest post by Corey Ann Haydu
Author Corey Ann Haydu talks with us about imperfect characters with imperfect feelings
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