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Booktalks

December 4, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Social Justice Booktalks, a guest post by Cindy Shutts

Two weeks ago, when I was doing my bi-monthly booktalks for a sixth grade class, I was booktalking Because they Marched by Russell Freedman. This book focuses on the fact that it was nearly impossible to register to vote if you were black before the Voters Rights Act. One of the 6th graders asked me, […]

June 20, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

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 […]

January 17, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Going Back in Time: Middle School-Style – Booktalks by Kearsten LaBrozzi

This month, my middle school book club and I talked historical fiction, naming titles, authors, and six words or phrases to describe the books.  As we shared our past month’s reads, two themes featured prominently: required reading is not always their favorite (e.g., My Brother Sam is Dead and Hound of the Baskervilles) and yes, […]

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October 15, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

This September marked my third year doing a themed book club for 7th & 8th graders at a local K-8.  We meet in their school library during their lunch period, and share the books we’ve read recently.  This year, as we only have about 25 minutes together, we’ve adjusted our sharing style to title, author […]

Selling a Book in Just 3 Words (Let the #3wordbooktalk fun begin!)

October 13, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Reader’s Advisory is an awesome concept in theory, but it assumes that the people sitting behind the Reference desk at a library have a ton of time to chat with patrons about the books they read and why they like them.  The reality is, sometimes we are so busy we can be lucky if we […]

Booktalk This! When You’re Tired of Emo Vamps (by Kearsten)

September 19, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Burned out on vampire romances? Wish the creatures lurking in the dark were a little more bloodthirsty (or possessing more of a sense of humor)? Me, too!  I spent the week rereading Justin Cronin’s The Passage, an epic, sprawling novel of the build-up to and the aftermath of a completely terrifying vampire-virus apocalypse. Cronin’s vamps are deadly and truly […]

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Booktalk This! Not your mother’s bedtime storytelling (Nontraditional Books and Stories for Teens)

August 8, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Though storytelling comes in all forms, I tend to spend the majority of my reading life with fiction told from a 1st or 3rd person point of view, and a “first this happened, and then this, then this…” chronology. Yes, these stories are often wonderful, but I find that sometimes it’s intriguing to mix things […]

Book Talk This: The Books of Summer

July 5, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Summers in public libraries are…chaotic.  Loud, busy, and for librarians, it’s often non-stop action.  And while this is very fun (I get to share so many awesome books with people looking for something to read over the summer), it can be exhausting at times. It’s those times that make me want to dive into a book, looking […]

Booktalk This: The Geek edition

May 3, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

This quote has been circling the internet for a while, and as a life-long nerd and geek, I’ve worked to live up to the sentiment. This is not always easy, and it was especially difficult for me during high school, as I was torn between wanting to both appear “cool” AND to embrace that which […]

Booktalk This! The “Would You Rather?” Edition (by Kearsten)

April 5, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

    I love a good, on-the-spot booktalk while wandering the stacks with a teen, but when asked for formal booktalks, I always worry about keeping the attention of teens sitting for 30 minutes or more.  My new favorite way to keep those teens involved while introducing them to awesome teen fiction? A booktalk version […]

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