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Dear Well Meaning Adult, Here’s how to buy books for teens on your list.
Dear Well Meaning Adult, Maybe you’re a relative, maybe you’re a friend, but no matter what, it is so awesome that you want to buy books for teens this holiday season. If you don’t mind, can I give you a few tips about how to buy books that these teens that you so clearly care […]
Take 5 Gift-Making Programs (TPiB)
Whether it’s in conjunction with the winter holidays, Mother’s Day, or just for something fun, these simple activities are inexpensive, easy to put together, and provide each teen with a nice giftable item to take home. 1. Snack-in-a-Jar Photo credit:www.kids-cooking-activities.com/ There are innumerable variations on the in-a-jar theme, but the very simplest is […]
TPiB: Sugar Skulls for Dia de los Muertos (not as hard as it looks)
Photo from www.MexicanSugarSkull.com – a great resource. If you’re looking to incorporate some cultural programming with a high fun factor into your program year, I highly recommend trying this out. Decorating calaveras, or Mexican sugar skulls in honor of Dia de los Muertos, is something I have wanted to share with my teens for several […]
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There’s been a lot of talk lately in the blogsphere (or maybe I just have been seeing the wrong blogs) about the perceptions and expectations about librarians. To my mind, there have always been expectations that go with certain aspects of the profession, but that those that work with youth tend to get pigeonholed more […]
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