September 23, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
The #SVYALit Project Index The other night at karate, the sensei was passing out lanyards and the 5-year-old wanted one even though she wasn’t a student there. So she went and asked if she could please have one. His reply was this, “if you give me a hug, I will give you one.” I suddenly […]
January 4, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
As a teen (way back in the early 1990s), my friends and I sighed over a story about one our crushes when he was in 4th grade: that was the year his teacher read Where the Red Fern Grows to him and his classmates (including our storyteller). The whole class was overwhelmed by that books’ […]
May 1, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Every week here at TLT we declare a book our REC OF THE WEEK. These are our favorites that we recommend you check out ASAP. And because I like to pretend I am an artist (“I’m not an artist, I just play one on my blog.”), I like to come up with a unique pic […]
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April 30, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
As part of our ongoing Why YA? series, Leah Miller, author of The Summer I Became a Nerd, shares two titles that moved her and why everyone should read them. Harry Potter is, as we all know, a beautifully written story. It will be with me for the rest of my life (not to mention […]
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