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This year’s Teen Read Week theme is Picture It @ Your Library. It runs from October 16-22. But don’t worry, during the month of September TLT has been helping you get ready! The truth is, you can do a wide variety of fun things with this type of a theme. You can challenge your teens […]
On September 13th I attended my second Wild Child Conference in Marion, Ohio. The Wild Child Conference looks at contemporary issues in the lives of teens and seeks to give participants the tools to recognize and deal with important issues. Last year’s topic was the role and impact of technology in the lives of teens. […]
Every year you notice them, the trends in teen fiction. After the wild success of Harry Potter there were a ton of new Fantasy novels being written for teens. For the last couple of years vampire fiction was without a doubt super hot, due in part to the success of the Twilight saga. Then all […]
This year’s Teen Read Week theme is Picture It @ Your Library. It runs from October 16-22. But don’t worry, I am here to help you get ready! Here are the links presented for the 3rd week of September as a part of the prep for TRW 2011. Picture it day 15: Stamping with Legos […]
This year’s Teen Read Week theme is Picture It @ Your Library. It runs from October 16-22. But don’t worry, I am here to help you get ready! The truth is, you can do a wide variety of fun things with this type of a theme. You can challenge your teens to picture themselves doing […]
The Teen Librarian’s Toolbox loves FREADOM (the freedom to read) and encourages everyone to celebrate Banned Books Week (9/24 – 10/1). And we have prizes! Join us in the fight against censorship during BBW and Tweet for FREADOM (it’s so important you have to say it all in caps!). Teens and their favorite librarians are […]
Picture It days 8-14 This year’s Teen Read Week theme is Picture It @ Your Library. If you read through my previous Teen Programs in a Box posts, you will find a variety of fun craft/picture themed ideas. And I have already shared one TRW idea called the Book Quotation Celebration. But I thought I […]
Also known as, the value of unstructured versus structured programming! Necessity is the mother of invention. It is also how I learned about the power of, and importance of, hanging out in the lives of teens at the library. The first library I ever worked at was just a few blocks down the street from […]
Every writer starts as a dreamer. Cuyler dreamt of being a writer. And now his first book is being published. This is his story of how he is turning his dream into a reality. My Journey as a WriterBy Cuyler Seth Creech My name is Cuyler Seth Creech. I am currently eighteen years of age […]
On paper, I seem like the least likely candidate to advocate for Banned Books Week. I have a bachelor’s degree in youth ministry from a conservative Christian college and I teach children’s church. Don’t get me wrong, there are books that I have read that have appalled me (although more for just bad writing then for actual […]
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