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Take 5: Creative RA Campaigns for Your Library Shelves
Teen librarian Karen Jensen shares 5 RA campaigns that just may inspire your reader's advisory
Take 5: Fun Stuff for Wordle Fans
From memes to board games to books, Teen Librarian Karen Jensen shares some word game fun for fans of Wordle, or just word games in general
Take 5: 2019 Resources to help with planning, promotion and marketing
Trying to plan for 2019? Here are some movie releases, Bookstagram and reading challenges to help guide you.
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Take 5: Things I Learned at the Library Journal Directors’ Summit
What are library directors thinking about as we enter into 2019? I got a first hand look at the 2018 Library Journal Directors' Summit.
Stuck inside the library? 5 Tips for doing a successful outreach event
If your library is like most libraries, then you probably do a really great job of doing internal marketing but are less successful at external marketing. Your stuck inside the library and need to find a way to take your message out into the community. This has been one of the greatest challenges for most […]
Take 5: A YA Puerto Rico Booklist and the #PubforPR Auction
As they often do, the KidLit and Publishing community has come together to help the people in Puerto Rico after being hit by a devastating hurricane. You can visit the #PubforPR auction here to bid on a variety of amazing packages and help them raise money for the recovery efforts in Puerto Rico. Please visit […]
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Take 5: YA Lit on Asexuality Resources
Earlier today guest poster Laura Perenic shared with us an introduction to asexuality (Introducing Asexuality, a guest post by Laura Perenic). This really resonated with me because of a recent interaction I had with one of my regular teen patrons. I was sitting in the Teen MakerSpace working on some collection development. Specifically, I had […]
“Nevertheless, She Persisted” A Take 5 List, plus 1
Last night, Senator Elizabeth Warren was warned, then given an explanation, but nevertheless, she persisted in reading the words of another woman who was warned, given an explanation, and persisted: Coretta Scott King. In honor and in recognition of these and other women who, despite warning and explanation, persist in their efforts, we offer you this […]
Take 5: Quirky Towns in YA Lit
From a very young age, I was obsessed with The Twilight Zone. My very favorite episode is the episode Time Enough At Last where the banker survives the end of the world and finally has time to read all the books he wants and then he breaks his glasses and there is no one left […]
Take 5: Memoirs on writing to hand to aspiring teen authors
“How do you become an author?” We’ve heard teens ask that question every time they meet an author – published, famous, or neither. And we’ve all heard the answer too: read. Read everything. Read more. No, even more than that. Reading is essential. But more than novels, teens who are firmly dedicated to the writing life […]
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