Booktalking
My Three-Step Hack for Killer Booktalks, by Kristin Nilsen
Librarian, bookseller and author Kristin Nilsen shares her tips for killer booktalks
Booktalking
Kearsten LaBrozzi, from the Glendale Public Library, occasionally puts together Booktalks for us here at TLT. I’ve collected all the posts on Booktalking in one place for you. The 411 On BooktalksBooktalk It! Developing a Booktalk Program to Network with SchoolsBooktrailers#3WordBooktalksMore on #3WordBooktalks at Teens Know Best The Booktalks:It’s the End of the World as […]
Summer Reflections: Thinking about teachers as a public librarian
Karen as a Freshman Before I can tell you about the best teacher I ever had, I have to tell you about the worst. I started a new school in a new state in the 9th grade, my first year of high school. My English teacher that year had just returned from teaching English in […]
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