Book Covers
The Simon Teen Tastemakers Event at ALA: What the teens said and how you can use this idea as a program
At ALA 2013 this year, Heather and I took a group of teens to a Simon Teen event that was really quite genius. In fact, it would make a fun programming idea. TLT coblogger Heather Booth lives in the Chicago area, so she was on the local events committee. One of the things that she […]
The post in which I rant about book covers, again
Time and time again, we read about the white washing of book covers. And all those pretty book covers with model like beauties with long, flowing hair wearing long, flowing dresses – usually seen gracing the covers of paranormal romance. (See: Body Image and YA Book Covers) But today THEY HAVE GONE TO FAR. Look […]
The Cover Story: body image and ya lit book covers
So these past few weeks Christie G and I have been talking about body image and teen fiction. Which got me thinking: What about the book covers themselves? We know from research that the images that teens see in the media affect the way they perceive their own bodies. 3 out of 4 girls feel […]
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