MORE POSTS FROM APRIL 2013
Like a lot of Middle and High School students, I started writing angsty teenage poetry with the best of them. And I love doing National Poetry Month (April) activities with my tweens and teens. Actually, you can read some of my poetry as I wrote a few poems as part of the awareness campaign for […]
Prom! That’s right, it is prom season. Last week as the girls and I were out shopping, we couldn’t help but look at the dresses EVERYWHERE. The tween and I spent some time looking at them, apparently you are never to young to start thinking about prom. We told one teen with a group of […]
Scholastic Book Fair: April
Alaya Dawn Johnson, Collection Development, Dragon Run, Freaks, Jack Heath, Jennifer Nielsen, Kieran Larwood, Money Run, Patrick Matthews, Scholastic, The Runaway King, The Summer Prince
|It’s April, which means it is time for another edition of our Scholastic Book Fair here at TLT. Since I have a tween in school, we have been buying a lot of Scholastic books from the book fair. Here are a look at some new Scholastic titles you may want to look into. This month […]
Book Review: The Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
Book Reviews, cassandra clare, Clockwork Princess, Steampunk
|Henry lurched to his feet, his gingery hair matted with blood and ichor. His gear was torn at the shoulder, scarlet fluid leaking from the would. “Tessa,” he exclaimed, and then he was beside her, helping her to her feet. “By the Angel, we’re a pair,” he said in his rueful Henry way, looking at […]
Book Review: Pantomime by Laura Lam
Book Reviews, Fantasy, GLBTQI, Laura Lam, Pantomime, Steampunk
|“‘Nice try, love,’ she said, and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek. “It won’t be so terrible, just you wait and see.” I hoped she was right. And so I bathed and brushed and shaved and scented myself. All the while, I tried to stifle the feeling that it was like a holy […]
As part of Steampunkpalooza with author Suzanne Lazear, we are bringing you today some excellent Steampunk Crafts. Steampunk USB Drive (using Polymer clay)Ehow takes you through the 7 easy steps to make a fantastic Steampunk USB Drive. If you search on Etsy and Deviant Art you will see that people are making and selling all […]
Book Review: Also Known As by Robin Benway
Book Reviews, Collaborative Summer Reading Program, Robin Benway, Spies
|After Angelo left, I circled the park once to see if there were any new locks that I hadn’t seen yet. They were still the same though, simple and easy to access, and I knocked back the rest of my espresso, spilling a drop on my white shirt (of course), and head hoe. My mom called […]
The Cassandra Project, or youth involvement from the ground floor (a guest post by Patrick Jones)
40 Developmental Assets, Cassandras Turn, Patrick Jones, Teen Involvement, Teen Participation, Youth Involvement
|Today, I am very honored to present a guest post by YA Librarian GURU Patrick Jones, the author of many teen books and what has long been the ya librarian bible, Connecting Young Adults and Libraries. As a librarian in Ohio, I once attended library training presented by Patrick Jones as a result of an […]
Not a Punch Line, Not Something Everyone Should Go Through: Sexual Assault and What We Can Do In the Library to Help Our Teens
Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Teen Empowerment, Teen Violence, Things I Never Learned in Library School
|If you are a teen librarian, a teen specialist, a youth librarian, or someone who works with teens, you need to be aware of sexual assault and what is going on in the schools and communities we work in, and not just when particularly harsh cases make headlines. Steubenville was atrocious, and things like this go on […]
Book Review: Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick (SPOILERS)
Book Reviews, Forgive Me Leonard Peacock, Matthew Quick, School Violence, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Teen Violence, Violence
|Spoiler Alert: Please note, given the sensitive nature of this book, this review contains spoilers. You have been warned. Short, non-spoilery review: This is an excellently written book about a young man struggling with emotional issues and the day he sets out to kill Asher Beal and then himself. Raw, powerful, stunning and a shining […]
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