MORE POSTS FROM JULY 2012
Today’s Why YA? post is brought to you by TLT contributor Christie Gibrich, MLS Why YA? Because the Shoe Fits Meeting people for the first (or second time), and it is usually pretty predictable. Right after they find out my profession, the second question I’m always asked is, What do you read? (Comes right after […]
As a reader, I know that story has the power to change lives. From the moment I read It by Stephen King in the 6th grade, I knew that I wanted to be THAT type of friend. When I read To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee I knew I wanted to be THAT type […]
Dragons rule the land of fantasy, and Seraphina by Rachel Hartman creates a unique fantasy world where dragons can take on human form, though not necessarily human emotion, and try to blend in. For 40 years the land has been ruled by a shaky peace treaty between humans and dragons, but not everyone supports the […]
Top 10: Reasons you should buy Quarantine Book 1: The Loners for your library (guest post by Lex Thomas)
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|OUR SHAMELESS PLEA: TOP 10 REASONS OUR BOOK BELONGS ON YOUR LIBRARY’S SHELF Because I knew I was going to make Quarantine by Lex Thomas our TLT Rec of the Week this week, I decided to invite the authors – yes, authors as Lex Thomas is actually two people – to make this week’s Top […]
Who knew – there is an International Dot Day! September 15th (ish) they say. International Dot Day is based upon the book The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. The Dot is the story of Vashti, who sits in art class and feels that she is no artist. So she makes an angry dot. But even […]
Every year in September in Marion, Ohio there is a conference known as The Wild Child Conference. The goal of this conference is to keep educators and organizations that work with teens in the know about teen life, culture, and the topics that impact their lives. For the third year in a row, I have […]
Drum roll please . . . it is time for the 3rd annual Top 10 Trends poster. Here is a look at some of the trends in teen fiction for 2012. You can download the poster at https://www.box.com/s/3ddeaacaa435fff16164 and you can follow the discussion at https://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2012/05/top-10-tuesday-trend-watch.html?showComment=1337189859193
In today’s installment of Friday Fill Ins, we’re talking tools. Books, craft supplies, tech skills, whatever. Fill in the blank in the comments. The ONE tool every teen librarian needs to keep in their back pocket is _____________________.
No parents. No rules. No way home. Set in the time of the Vietnam war, Lost Girls by Ann Kelley is the story of 14-year-old Bonnie who is living with her military family on a base in Thailand. A group of girls, a part of the Amelia Earhart Cadets (think Girl Scouts), leave for a […]
Here’s the background: I am a librarian. A living, breathing MLS degree holding librarian with 19 years of experience. When I started as a paraprofessional, I had to go downstairs to the one computer that had the program on it to look up books in Books in Print. Today, I find out about books mainly […]
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