MORE POSTS FROM JULY 2016
Puzzles, mystery, a darkened library, a time limit, and the ominous feeling that a ghost just might be looking over your shoulder? Yes, please! My library is this gorgeous 80+ year old building that’s been expanded thoughtfully so that the original building–a one-room stone space with tall windows, a fireplace, and impressive oak doors–has been […]
Video Games Weekly: Pokemon Go and Teen Programming (TPiB)
Teen Porgramming, Teen Program in a Box, TPIB, Video Games, Video Games Weekly
|Unless you live under a rock, you’ve probably heard of Pokemon Go, the newest app that inspires gamers to GO OUTSIDE! Many libraries have already utilized Pokemon Go as social media content, book display inspiration, and promotional material. Instead of focusing on what Pokemon Go is and how to play, this article is going to […]
This summer my teenage daughter got to spend some time with me at my library in the Teen MakerSpace. (I work in a different state then we live, yes it’s weird.) As a mom, I was very excited that my daughter got to spend time with me at work. As a teen services librarian, I […]
Publisher’s description It’s like the apocalypse came, only instead of nuclear bombs and zombies, Mike gets school participation, gay thoughts, and mother-effin’ cheerleaders. Junior year is about to start. Here’s what Mike Tate knows: His friends are awesome and their crappy garage band is a great excuse to drink cheap beer. Rook Wallace is the […]
Here are some more upcoming titles I’m excited about, two from authors active in the We Need Diverse Books movement and one about an issue that is rarely addressed but affects more children than we’d like to believe. Flying Lessons & Other Stories by Ellen Oh (Edited by) On Sale date: January 3, 2017 “Whether […]
This weekend my timeline flooded with posts about Pokemon Go. Then on Sunday afternoon, The Teen came home from a friend’s house declaring they had walked 3 miles trying to catch Pokemons. So I decided I needed to figure out what this Pokemon Go is because my teens are definitely in to it. Pokemon Go […]
Many readers have often told me that Sunday Reflections are their favorite posts here at TLT. They’re moving I hear. Insightful. Challenging. I’m sorry dear reader but today, I have nothing. I can not even begin to process what is happening around our world, in my country, near my home (I live 20 minutes from […]
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: When the Rains Came Down, a reflection on THE LAST BOY AND GIRL IN THE WORLD by Siobhan Vivian Middle School Monday: The Gallery by Laura Marx Fitzgerald Book Review: P.S. I Like You by Kasie West MakerSpace: Instagram Scrapbook and Mini Books (Book Making in the Teen MakerSpace […]
The following are books that have arrived here recently. I’ll be reviewing many of them in the upcoming months. Head on over to the Rafflecopter to be entered to win one package of three books from this list! You can also enter by retweeting this post or following me (@CiteSomething) on Twitter! US entries only, […]
Sometimes you have one of those moments of serendipity. I had just gone through an ordered a handful of books about book making when a teen came into the Teen MakerSpace and made a book. It was a sign, so we created a book making station. And because The Teen spent the first month of […]
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