MORE 'UNCATEGORIZED' POSTS
Right now, as I type this post up, TLT co-blogger Stephanie Wilkes is already at ALA in Anaheim. Tomorrow, it is my turn. And I am getting excited. But more importantly, like any good librarian, I am getting organized! I have several goals for my time in ALA. 1. The ARCs I have, of course, […]
Today we are pleased to introduce you to our newest contributor here at TLT, Karen DeWysockie. She reads graphic novels, I do not. I have tried, I really have, but they are just not for me. But they are very important to libraries, so I wanted to make sure we had an informed way to […]
This summer marks my tenth as a teen services librarian. It’s far less than many in our profession, and a decade more than some. But it’s a landmark to me, and it has gotten me thinking about time. In particular, I’m thinking about how quickly things change when it comes to the teens that I […]
I’ve been home now for about a week and a half and I am still reeling from the amazing summit that I had the privilege of attending and speaking at the gorgeous University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill campus. The topic, as many of you know after reading my initial post, is extremely near […]
Since we are now about half way through the year, and because yesterday I announced a book that was one of my front runners, today’s Friday Fill-Ins is about the 2013 Printz Award. Fill in the blanks by leaving your choice in the comments One of my front runners for the 2013 Printz Award is […]
TLT is proud to announce that we will soon be joining with The Library as Incubator Project, The Real Fauxtographer and EgmontUSA for an epic Teen Read Week (Teen Read Week is trademarked by Yalsa) Art Contest. It Came from a Book The premise is simple: your teens can turn their favorite books into any type of […]
Yesterday, in her post about racial stereotyping in YA lit, Stephanie mentioned working with incarcerated youth. At my last library position, in Marion, Ohio where I worked for almost 10 years, I too had an outreach program to incarcerated youth. This particular facility was a last ditch attempt at rehabilitation before teens were sent to […]
I will be the first to admit that I feel awkward at times addressing the race issue in YA literature. Perhaps it is because I live in Louisiana, and when the word race or racism is even mentioned, people scatter so quickly away that you can immediately hear the lone cricket chirp. Perhaps this Southern […]
TLT began as a way for me to keep doing what I love doing – being a teen services librarian – while my family was moving. I’m not going to lie, I love it! Because of TLT I have met some fabulous authors, met some fabulous teen services librarians, and even met some fabulous teens! […]
I am a huge fan of cover art. Like…HUGE. It’s no mistake that teen books have some of the best cover art out there and generally because most of our teens are looking for things that are visually appealing. But some of the books that I read and fell in love with didn’t have the […]
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