Top 10s
Robin’s Top 10 Books for 2013
So yes, to be honest, this is a somewhat odd list. These are the top 10 books I enjoyed in 2013. A couple of them are children’s books, a couple of them were published before 2013, a couple haven’t come out yet (and one I haven’t finished.) What can I say? Being a librarian is […]
Top 10 for 2013 – Middle School favorites (Robin)
What you see above are the top 10 books in my school library for 2013. These books circulated more than any other books in the library during the 2013 calendar year. Lets look at some reasons why: Yes, they are all fairly popular, well known titles and authors. The Roland Smith book may be a […]
Top 10: ‘Cause You Gotta Have Faith (a flashback post)
Happy Easter! For many people, today is an important religious holiday. So today I thought I would share this flashback post on the spiritual lives of teens with you. Have a great holiday, however you choose to celebrate it. Faith is a tricky business. As a child and teen, your parents want you to adopt […]
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Top 10: Books for the Geek in Us All
The second week in March is reserved for Teen Tech Week in teen services everywhere. Sponsored by YALSA we take the whole week to celebrate the formats of tech in the library- databases and online help, text reference, ebooks, movies and much more! Yet, there is no reason why we can’t celebrate Teen Tech Week with […]
Top 10: You Could Have Been an X-Men
“Ladies and gentlemen, the truth is that mutants are very real, and that they are among us. We must know who they are, and above all, what they can do!” – X-Men, 2000 Inspired by today’s review of Nobody by Jennifer Lynne Barnes, here is a list of 10 ya titles with characters that have […]
Take 10: Myths Made Real, when the world of myth invades the real world
“If I wasn’t careful, I had no doubt this monstrous wonderland would swallow Alice whole . . .” – My Soul to Save, Rachel Vincent With All My Soul, book 7 in the Soul Screamers series by Rachel Vincent, is scheduled for publication on April 1, 2013. Soul Screamers is an urban fantasy about bean […]
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Christie’s 10 Best Words of Wisdom, To My Favorite Christmas Movies
Let’s face it, as teen specialists we are expected to be everything, even if we have that elusive position AS a teen librarian. More often than not, being the teen specialist is included in a myriad of other duties, including youth programming reference, tech services, and in my case, managerial duties. Over decade or so I’ve […]
Top 10: Middle Grade Fiction, Graphically Speaking
If your job description is anything close to what I’ve seen, you get to fill in the blanks for the nebulous population known as the “tweens”- that 10-12 year old scary time where they can’t quite fit in with the teenagers because they’re “little” kids but they want to DO everything the teenagers do, from […]
10 Things I am thankful for . . .
Today is a day of thanks, and I have plenty to give. I am thankful for . . . 1) The opportunity to get up every day and do what I love both as a teen services librarian and as a blogger. I know that I am inordinately blessed to have found myself doing exactly […]
Top 10: Gaming in the Library
The first Saturday in November is now reserved for International Games Day, and I happen to love it. I know it may tweak some librarians (IT’S NOT READING!!!!) but gaming is literacy if you know what to look for, and it’s an important tool in the 40 Developmental Aspects for Teens (and for younger kids […]
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