MORE POSTS FROM SEPTEMBER 2013
Please note: the winner of the Cress ARC Giveaway (random drawing) is KIKID (Kierra D) and her book is in the mail. Thank you all for reading our blog and playing our casting call game. We enjoyed hearing your thoughts. This book series if VERY popular it turns out. Keep watching for more giveaways. I am completely […]
Take 5: Scorchers, aka It’s #DragonDay (list by Cuyler)
Christopher Paolini, Collection Development, Dragons, Eragon, Mari Mancusi, Rachel Hartman, Reader's Advisory, Scorched, Seraphina, Take 5
|What’s scarier than vampires, zombies, and werewolves combined? Dragons, baby. These fiery serpents have seared their way into fiction for years and they’re here to stay. Everyone needs a little fire-breathing, knight-eating goodness in their reading piles this Fall, so why not take a gander at these scorching tales: 1) Seraphina by Rachel Hartman- Seraphina […]
The closest thing to a dragon Trinity Foxx has ever seen is in her favorite online video game Fields of Fantasy. But that all changes when her grandfather, her legal guardian and somewhat unorthodox museum owner, brings a new piece that he says will save the museum from being forced to close its doors. A […]
There are moments in your life you never forget. Their memory hangs like a picture in your mind with stark clarity. Blink and you can see a slide show of those moments. I sat in my English class in the 8th grade day the Challenger exploded. We were there, watching it live, as we watched […]
Book Review: White Lines by Jennifer Banash
club scene, drug abuse, Jennifer Banash, substance abuse, The 1980s, White Lines
|“What’s up, kitty cat?” Marla has a big, booming voice, and it bounces off the tiles and reverberates through my head. I walk over with a smile as she reaches to enfold me in her fleshy arms, practically cutting off my circulation with her cleavage. “Taking a break?” “You got it,” I say as she […]
All you need to create some original art is really a blank canvas and some Mod Podge. Well, and a few things to put on your canvas. But the beauty is, you can take all that fantastic art you see in the store for a high dollar amount and create your own less expensive versions. […]
Pattyn Scarlet Von StrattenSome ThingsYou can’t take back, nomatter how much you wishyou could. No matter howhard you pray to some all-powerful miracle maker. Some supposed God of Love. One you struggle to believe exists, because if he did, things wouldn’t be so out of control, and you wouldn’t be sucked dry of love and left to […]
Karen’s Introduction Oh look, here is Karen meeting Sean Beaudoin Later in September, Banned Books Week happens. Banned Books Week is basically a promotional event to remind us that the freedom to read what we decide to read for ourselves in an important and precious right; a right worthy of being defended. Just last night […]
TPiB: 10 Things To Do With a Blank Canvas, part 1
Apps, Art, Blank Canvas, Canvas, Instagram, Programming, Technology, Teen Programming, TPIB
|One of my recurring programming themes is Renovate Your Room. We are actually in the midst of doing this right now as the Tween has decided that she no longer wants a princess room (sob, why do they grow up so fast?). Now we are creating a new room with a Paris/Doctor Who theme. My […]
Things I Never Learned In Library School: Changing Your Mindset, or how it ultimately hurts your library if you donate time, money and more
Professional Development, Things I Never Learned in Library School
|A lot of people don’t understand teen librarians and teen specialists. Like youth librarians, we are people with big hearts and big ideas, and we strive to make our libraries and communities a better place. However, we have a peculiar mindset- we like to give until way past when it hurts. We ARE a vocation […]
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