MORE 'ZOMBIES' POSTS
“There’s a whole bunch of really scared people out there,” Kat says. “They’re going to need to be dealt with.”Something about the words she chose makes my skin crawl.Jaime takes a cautious step away from the door, as if to make sure no one is going to try to bust through from the hall. “What […]
TPiB: Humans vs Zombies (Lock-In Version with Doctor Who twist)
| Doctor Who, games, Lock-Ins, TPIB, Zombies
v:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Twice every year, right around Martin Luther King Jr. weekend and the beginning of school, I hold a lock-in for teens who have reached a particular reading goal. For the Summer Reading Lock-In, they must read 65 hours or more in order to stay 13 hours in […]
Book Review: Contaiminated by Em Garner
| Book Reviews, Contaminated, Egmont USA, Em Garner, Zombies
“They keep them in cages. The unclaimed. Long rows of narrow, filthy cages lined up along dark corridors lit by bare, hanging bulbs. It’s a harsh, burning smell that hurts the inside of my nose, but it’s better than the reek that wafts up from underneath the odor of cleanser. That smell’s something raw and […]
As a zombie fan, I have posted here about zombies multiple times. In preparation for October, I thought I would put them all in one place for you. I am very considerate like that. See, I care about you. They include fun booklists, programming ideas. and a discussion I had with my then pre-teen daughter […]
The One Word to Terrify Them All (a guest post by K. A. Holt)
| Books written in Poetry, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Jessi Kirby, K. A. Holt, Poetry, Uncategorized, Zombies
On Sunday, March 10th, author K. A. Holt will be visiting my library as part of our Texas Sweethearts and Scoundrels visit. If you live in or around the Grand Prairie area, please consider stopping by and supporting libraries and authors. Today, author K. A. Holt shares a guest post with us to talk about […]
Book Review: The Infects by Sean Beaudoin
| Book Reviews, Sean Beaudoin, The Infects, Uncategorized, Zombies
Zombrule #4 Survival is for the ruthless. Everyone else is a hippie poet. Stuck in a wilderness camp for juvenile delinquents, our feckless hero Nick, aka Nero, thinks that things couldn’t possibly get worse. But since you shouldn’t tempt fate, they of course do – when everyone starts eating people. That’s right, overnight half of […]
TPiB: Zombie Prom (by Stephanie W)
| Teen Program in a Box, Teen Programming, TPIB, Zombie Prom, Zombies
In 2010, I decided that I wanted to start having a program that was 1) after-hours, 2) for teens ONLY, and 3) in the Fall. And so…Zombie Prom was born. Zombie Prom is our annual (we’re heading into year #4) Teen Read Week celebration and our annual Teens ONLY party event of the year. So, […]
Down the Zombie Hole: Book Review: Alice in Zombieland by Gena Showalter
| Alice in Zombieland, Book Reviews, Gena Showalter, Zombies
As part of our Harlequin Teen week, we are re-running this book review for Alice in Zombieland which originally appeared on October 16, 2012. Also today, Stephanie will be outlining her Zombie Prom activity for you. Book 2 in the series, Through the Zombieglass, will be released in October of 2013. This is a great […]
TPiB: Beneath the Surface Ideas for Tweens/Teens
| Collaborative Summer Reading Program, Dinosaurs, Law Enforcement, Minecraft, Mummies, Sharks, Spies, Summer Reading, Superheros, TPIB, Zombies
Ah, February… the time when every teen services specialist thinks of candy hearts, chocolate tastings, and OMG, we have HOW MANY DAYS UNTIL SUMMER?!?!??! Do not fear! We at Teen Librarian Toolbox have not one, not two, but EIGHT different ideas that would fit in with the 2013 Collaborate Summer Reading Program Theme (Beneath the […]
The post where Jonathan Maberry helps me impress my husband (An Author Interview)
| Apocalypse, Author Interview, Boys, Comic Books, Dust and Decay, Flesh and Bone, Guys Reading, Jonathan Maberry, Rot and Ruin, Zombies
The Mr. will make this shocked face! The Challenge This is the true story of how the following post came to be. Earlier this year, Lois Lowry did a guest post here at TLT and I went home exploding in excitement to my husband. “Who’s Lois Lowry?”, he asked. So, after realizing that I […]
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