Rainbow List

April 14, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Out of the Closet and Onto the Shelves: A Tweetcap of Christie’s GLBTQ Presentation at TLA

Christie presented at TLA this past week with Peter Coyl from Dallas Public Library and David Levithan. Here’s a Tweetcap of their presentation. #txla14 Come to room 202AB NOW to hear David Levithan, @mz_christie & @petercoyl discuss GLBT Lit pic.twitter.com/sCeWwpdrNP— TeenLibrarianToolbox(@TLT16) April 10, 2014First bk: BETTER NATE THAN EVER by Tim Federle#mglit Stonewall BkAward Boy […]

May 21, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take 5: New GLBT Titles

The Rainbow Committee is a group of readers and librarians who read and read and read all year long to put together a list of outstanding titles that focus on GLBTQ themes for kids and teens. Unlike some of the award committees that work in super secret, the Rainbow Committee has a blog that keeps […]

February 21, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Graphic Novel Review: Drama by Raina Telgemeier

If you don’t have Eisner award winner Raina Telgemeier in your collection, you need to start. Her newest work, Drama, brings us into the world of 7th grader Callie. Deeply in love with the theater, Callie’s dream is to design sets for Broadway. For now, however, she’ll settle for being on set crew for her […]