Music
Books with a Soundtrack, a guest post by Meg Whittaker
Educator Meg Whittaker discusses books that have music built into the bones
Fight the Power: Music as a Social Force, a guest post by Lisa Krok
Today Lisa Krok is sharing with us how The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (RRHF) in Cleveland, Ohio hosts programs to inform teachers, librarians, and students about how music was used in the past as a change agent, and how we can apply that to present day.
We Call Upon the Author: A Literary Playlist
As a lifelong reader and writer, I’ve always had a special interest in songs that talk about reading, writing, writers, or books. I’ve compiled 20 of my favorite songs about these topics for your listening enjoyment. I’m also linking to other blogs and articles that compile their own lists. There are A LOT of songs […]
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Teenage Anthems: The Soundtrack to TLT’s Teen Years
We’ve got a music theme going on this week at TLT, so we decided to collaborate on a playlist to share with you. We each chose five songs that were important to us as teenagers. I won’t tell you how long I agonized over this. Only five?! Though I would have agonized even if I […]
This Song Will Save Your Life: Push by Matchbox Twenty, a guest post by author Leila Sales (Blog Tour)
I am a pretty huge fan of This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales. For one, it is about music, which I love, and how music can in fact save you. On Sunday we discussed some of the songs that have saved TLT. And tucked away in the pages of This Song Will […]
Sunday Reflections: The Songs that Saved TLT
What makes you feel most like you? For me, the obvious answers are being with my family and being in the library. The less obvious answer is when I slap on a pair of headphones and just walk. I started doing this some time around middle school, which is in fact when most kids start […]
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Webinar: Putting More Music in Our Libraries (Music and Teen Programming)
For some time now I have been putting together a variety of webinars for Florida Library Webinars (with Novare Library Services). So when they asked me months ago about some potential topics for this year, one of the items I wanted to explore was putting more music in my library programming. I must give a […]
Sunday Reflections: The soundtrack of our lives
Yesterday as I sat watching the Washington D.C. episode of Foo Fighters Sonic Highways, The Tween made a blasphemous statement: ” They’re just another boy band.” “What?”, I replied, aghast. “There is no universe in which the Foo Fighters qualify as a boy band.” “But they are a band, made up of a boys. Thus, […]
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Book Review: Get Happy by Mary Amato
Publisher’s Description:In this poignant, realistic, contemporary YA by a state master list star, perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Gayle Forman, a young songwriter builds a substitute family with her friends in place of the broken family she grew up with. A hip high school girl who loves music, writes songs, and is desperate […]
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