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All the month of March, which is National Craft Month, we are joining forces with The Library as Incubator Project (@iartlibraries on Twitter) to bring you a new craft activity each Friday that you can do with your tweens and teens. As part of our National Craft Month collaboration, this post originally appeared at The […]
TPiB: Hosting a Teen Film Festival, inspired by Andrew Jenks, My Adventures as a Young Filmmaker
| Andrew Jenks, Art, Creativity, Movies, Programming, Teen Filmmaking, TPIB
TPiB Earlier today, we reviewed (and recommended) Andrew Jenks, My Adventures as a Young Filmmaker. Of course, there are all kinds of programming potential tie-ins for the book. You can go little, hosting a movie viewing party, or go big, inviting teens to create their own short films and hosting a local teen film festival. […]
The Real Fauxtographer: YA Lit + Art = Awesome (Guest post by Margot Wood)
| Art, Photography, Teen Fiction, YA Lit
A couple of years ago, I was googling “The Perks of Being a Wallflower quotes” when I stumbled across a beautiful photograph with a quote from the book on it. This is when I learned that all over the Internet people were making beautiful art from their favorite YA books. Since then, I have become […]
I’m a big fan of teen buy in. When teens feel that they are a part of your teen programming, including your teen spaces, they are invested. Invested means they are more likely to take care of the space because it is now their space. Invested means they feel welcomed and invited, which is how […]
Teen librarians are always trying to find a way to get teen involvement. The 40 developmental assets tell us that having teens involved in the planning and creation of activities geared towards them helps self-esteem and decreases their participation in risk taking activities. We also know that since teens are so peer oriented, having teens […]
I am not a graphic design artist, but I play one on the Internet. In fact almost all teen librarians are forced to play one at some time or another in their career as they make program flyers, teen area displays, and put stuff up online. Over the years I have learned some basic design […]
“All the world’s a stage,And all the men and women merely players:They have their exits and their entrances;And one man in his time plays many parts,” – William Shakespeare If all the world’s a stage, you can help teens play their part with some fun, theater themed programming. Right after Halloween your local stores will […]
Picture It days 8-14 This year’s Teen Read Week theme is Picture It @ Your Library. If you read through my previous Teen Programs in a Box posts, you will find a variety of fun craft/picture themed ideas. And I have already shared one TRW idea called the Book Quotation Celebration. But I thought I […]
Teen Read Week 2011: Book Quotation Celebration
| Art, Creativity, Marketing, Programming, Reader's Advisory
The other day I stumbled across a cool Perks of Being a Wallflower Poster, and as I looked for a good copy to share with you my Google image search revealed a ton of amazing cool fan art that involved teens’ favorite quotes from the book. When I read, I always keep a journal by my side […]
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