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It makes sense, but the 4th of July always gets me thinking about Banned Books Week (usually the last week in September). Now is a great time to start planning what you want to do. At the bare minimum, I recommend doing a display. But you can also do things like read ins, contests and […]
June is National Pride Month. As today is the last day of June, my co-worker and fellow teen enthusiast Christie Gibrich presents a wrap up of her presentation from the 2012 ALA Conference on GLBTQ trends in teen fiction. Don’t forget to check out TLT blogger Stephanie Wilkes Top 10 list of GLBTQ titles. GLBTQ books […]
Since today we are talking Pretty Amy by Lisa Burstein and Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr, I thought our Friday Fill-In could be about contemporary titles as well. Fill In the blanks in the comments My favorite contemporary title is ________________ by ________________.
Galen, a Syrena prince, searches land for a girl he’s heard can communicate with fish. It’s while Emma is on vacation at the beach that she meets Galen. Although their connection is immediate and powerful, Galen’s not fully convinced that Emma’s the one he’s been looking for. That is, until a deadly encounter with a […]
Librarians are all about sharing, so come share your experience and passion with us. Answer any or all of the questions in the comments and join in on the conversation. 1. How did you become a teen librarian? 2. What is your favorite teen read (book or author)? 3. What is one thing you wish […]
Post apocalyptic fiction is very popular these days in YA lit. It can include zombies, or not. There is often some vast government control – I’m talking to you Hunger Games, Delirium and Matched. Or simply a society that has devolved into utter chaos where it is every person out for themselves. So here are […]
On April 23, hundreds of thousands of people joined together to spread their love of the simplest of items: the book. World Book Night is an annual celebration, started first in 2011 in the UK, which exists simple to spread the love of reading and books from person to person. This year, WBN made its […]
ALA Anaheim continues, but I am back because I have to work and feed small children. But it was an AMAZING experience . . . First, I met the lovely Miss Stephanie in the flesh. We hung out a lot and had a great time. We made a race car. We fangirled over books. We […]
So, for those of you just tuning in, this is final post concerning the Building Bridges to Literacy for African-American Male Youth which I attended and presented at earlier this month. If you haven’t read the previous posts, you may feel a little confused, so I entourage to start here, go here, and then come […]
Stephanie Wilkes, co-blogger extraordinaire, and I are happy to announce that we have two new regularly contributing members here at TLT. So we go from three . . . Karen Jensen, MLS Teen Reviewer Cuyler Creech Stephanie Wilkes, MLIS to six. They bring lots of experience and some unique points of view to add to our […]
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