MORE POSTS FROM DECEMBER 2014
Choosing just three blogs to feature for our 12 Blogs of 2014 was hard. I may have sent Karen, Robin, and Heather about 15 emails constantly changing which blogs I was calling dibs on. I hope you’re adding all of the blogs we’re featuring to whatever blog reader you use and following the blogs and […]
My two young daughters love fairy tales and princess stories. There’s drama, sparkle, action, and a happy ending. Throw a few fluffy dresses and sparkly scarves their way for easy reenactments at home, and what’s not to love? Of course there are problems with the princess fairy tale trope, but when you’re four and The […]
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: The Sanctuary of Stories Why Norman, OK Matters – a look at what happens when students come forward with rape allegations Middle Grade Monday: Cruelty and Community, J.A. White’s Thickety: A Path Begins 12 Blogs of 2014: R. David Lankes Amanda’s Top 14 of 2014 12 Blogs of 2014: […]
If you haven’t noticed my intellectual crush on Anne Ursu by now, you haven’t been paying attention. Terrible Trivium is Anne Ursu’s Tumblr account and it is a resource for an amazing amount of thoughtful critique on issues that are close to my heart, including literature for children of all ages, book publishing, and many […]
Every so often, something so wonderful, so amazing, comes along that we have to include it in a 12 Blogs post, even though it’s not technically a blog. In this case it started on Tumblr (technically a blog platform) and then morphed into a newsletter with an accompanying Twitter account. The brainchild of Margaret Willison […]
Career Conversations, programming for older teens
free programs, High School, Programming, Teen Programming, TPIB
|What do older teens want out of library programing? Communities differ, but in my area, with teens in a highly demanding school loaded with AP courses and ample, high quality after school activity options, the library’s offerings have tough competition for teens’ precious after school time. The strategy here is not to attempt competing with […]
Most of the blog posts I read are linked to from Twitter. In fact, most of what I read from the Internet is linked to from one of the Twitter accounts I follow. I started following John Scalzi’s Twitter feed a few years ago when I noticed how often he was interacting with…say it with […]
“The incarceration rate has nearly quadrupled since the U.S. declared a war on drugs, researchers say. Along with that, racial disparities abound. Incarceration rates for black Americans are more than six times higher than those for white Americans, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics.” – Science Daily, June 25, 2014 At the same […]
As Karen, Robin, Amanda, and I were deciding which blogs each of us was going to highlight this year, I looked back over the list from years past and realized that we’d not yet talked about Liz Burns’ broadly useful, always thoughtful A Chair, A Fireplace, & A Tea Cozy. Maybe it’s because we figured […]
One of the best/worst things about the end of the year are the many “best books” lists that appear. This is one of the best things because my TBR list grows in leaps and bounds. This is one of the worst things because my TBR list grows in leaps and bounds. It’s always fun to […]
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