MORE 'READERS-ADVISORY' POSTS
Today as part of our week dedicated to Broadway musicals, teen librarian Maisie shares with us a list of read-alikes for the hit musical Hamilton.
Read Wild during Shark Week as Sarah Mulhern Gross shares great reads for shark lovers of all ages.
An infographic to help teens and the people who care about them find and share LGBTQIA+ YA Literature.
Today librarian Cindy Shutts is sharing with us how she turned reader's advisory into a simple yet fun and effective program.
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo A new kind of big-hearted novel about being seen for who you really are. Amanda Hardy is the new girl in school. Like anyone else, all she wants is to make friends and fit in. But Amanda is keeping a secret, and she’s determined not to get […]
As part of our 2017 Social Justice in Young Adult Literature project, we will be posting reading lists on various social justice-related subjects. Guest blogger Natalie Korsavidis pulled together this one on disabilities. We will mainly be focusing on books published after 2000. We encourage you to add any other titles you can think of in […]
Thinking about doing a community-wide read for teens? You could create a list of companion books for teens inspired by an adult selection like the St. Joseph County Public Libraries did, you could select a book specifically for your teens, or you could encourage the whole community to dive into teen lit by selecting a YA […]
Take 5: Memoirs on writing to hand to aspiring teen authors
| Reader's Advisor, Reader's Advisory, Reading, Take 5, Writing
“How do you become an author?” We’ve heard teens ask that question every time they meet an author – published, famous, or neither. And we’ve all heard the answer too: read. Read everything. Read more. No, even more than that. Reading is essential. But more than novels, teens who are firmly dedicated to the writing life […]
As a librarian, I’ve always tried to champion the reluctant readers. I’ve worked to provide a wide variety of reading material in my collection development ranges – everything from high interest low level books, to compelling nonfiction, to fiction told by and about diverse voices, to comics, image heavy browsing books, and more. When parents would […]
“Librarians are how libraries speak.” ~ The Bloggess
| Community, Compassion, Reader's Advisory, Sunday Reflections
I’ve had a deep, abiding love for the writing of Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, ever since she introduced the world to Beyonce, the giant metal chicken, and now it turns out she loves me too. And you. And you. (It’s a few weeks old, but read it now if you haven’t yet.) Makes your heart […]
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