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This short story is a part of my ongoing efforts to raise awareness of the life threatening pregnancy illness that I suffered in three pregnancies, Hyperemesis Gravidarum. You can read more about my HG experiences in the HG Awareness portion of TLT. For more information and support please visit the Hyperemesis and Education Research Foundation […]
Buffy, off the screen and on to the page: seasons 8 and 9 (guest post by Maria Selke)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Comic Books, Graphic Novels, The Sunnydale Project
|Buffy the Vampire Slayer appeared on TV for 7 seasons, but that is not the end of the story. In a unique twist, Joss Whedon continued the story of the Buffy verse in comic book seasons. So far there has been a season 8 and 9. They are released as serial comics and then compiled […]
Remember how a while ago there were those books “everything I needed to know about life I learned in Kindergarten” or from Stark Trek? Well, you may be surprised to discover that the Animaniacs are the perfect framework for discussing young adult librarianship. For those of you who are young pups, the Animaniacs was an […]
Gratituous Duran Druan PicSAT Question: Duran Duran is to Teenage Karen as what author is to Librarian Karen? When I was in High School, I went with my two best friends to see the love of our lives in concert: Duran Duran. I remember when the show was over we sat there and all of […]
We’ve been talking about all sorts of horror and things lately (see My Horrific Life or I Eat Cereal But I Am Not A Serial Killer), and more will come throughout October. I am a fan of the 80’s horror movies, back when you knew that the blood was fake and the killers were behind masks. So I […]
This year, I am excited (and honored) to be a first round panelist (judge) for the Science Fiction and Fantasy panel of the 2012 Cybils. The Cybils are the Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards. They are taking public nominations for awards through October 15th. You can nominate a title published between last year’s […]
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (sometimes referred to as Texas), two library branches got together for an epic – and out of this world – day of books and fun with Tweens and Teens known as Star Wars Reads Day A battle was being fought between good […]
Freeing your life with words . . . (TPIB: poetry and writing crafts)
Crafts, Ellen Hopkins, Poemcrazy, Poetry, Susan Wooldridge, Tilt, TPIB
|I never wrote a poem,At least one that I’d shareBut if I wrote a poemDoes that mean I won the dare? It seems like there is not enough poetry in the world today, if you ask me. I have been doing poetry contests with teens in libraries for almost 20 years and each year, there […]
Should the sun beatsummer too fiercelythrough your afternoonwindow, you can slantthe blinds to temperheat and scatter light,sifting shadows this wayand that with a […]
10 Perks of Being a Wallflower (by Heather B)
Laurie Halse Anderson, Movies, Rats Saw God, Rob Thomas, Sherman Alexie, Speak, Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, YA Lit
|“We accept the love we think we deserve.” I first read The Perks of Being a Wallflower soon after it was published and was completely taken. I passed it to my younger brother, still in high school, who said something like, “If they gave us stuff like that to read in school, I might still […]
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