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Robin Willis, June 3, 2016 | Friday Finds News Roundup
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Newsflash – Teenage Girls Have Periods, Let’s Not Make That Suck for Them Book Review: Drag Teen by Jeffery Self, reviewed by teen reviewer Lexi Middle School Monday: Welcome, Julie! #MHYALit Book Review: Meet Me Here by Bryan Bliss Video Games Weekly: E3 On Your Radar: FEMALE OF THE […]
Robin Willis, May 27, 2016 | Friday Finds News Roundup
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Saying Goodbye to My Book Club Minions #MHYALit: OCD Tales – Reflections on an OCD Sufferer’s Sabbatical Study of YA Novels of Mental Illness MakerSpace: Learning to Code in Scratch #MHYALit: Why You Shouldn’t Ban Your Kid from the Internet, a guest post by Laura Tims Book Review: Without […]
Robin Willis, May 20, 2016 | Friday Finds News Roundup
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: The Teen, Me, Genetics and HG (Hyperemesis Gravidarum World Awareness Day) MakerSpace: Low Tech Tool – The Recycled Paper Bead Maker Middle School Monday: Saying Goodbye to Middle School #MHYALit: What You Want to Hear, a guest post by Shari Goldhagen #MHYALit Book Review: 100 Days of Cake by […]
Robin Willis, May 13, 2016 | Friday Finds News Roundup
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: We Are More Than Mothers, We Are More Than Our Bodies MakerSpace: Thumbprint Art Buttons Middle School Monday: The Trials of Apollo (not a book review) #MHYALit: Writing a Therapy-Positive Book, a guest post by Marisa Reichardt Book Review: Ask Me How I Got Here by Christine Heppermann Twin […]
Robin Willis, May 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: It’s Not Transgender People in the Bathroom I Worry About When I Think About Sexual Violence #MHYALit: Those Left Behind, discussing the ways that the mental health struggles of others affect teens, a guest post by Katherine Fleet Middle School Monday: Robotics Book Review: Wild Swans by Jessica Spotswood […]
Robin Willis, April 22, 2016 | Friday Finds News Roundup
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: They Don’t Care About Your Test Scores, They Are Just Trying to Survive Middle School Monday: Django Wexler guest post Book Review: The Awakening of Sunshine Girl by Paige McKenzie, reviewed by teen reviewer Lexi #MHYALit: Shattered Illusions: Growing up with a Bipolar Father, a guest post by Kim […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, April 20, 2016 | #FSYALit, Faith
Tuesday, April 19th, Ally Watkins and I presented an overview of the #FSYALit discussion (which is ongoing) at the TLA Annual Conference in Houston, Texas. Here are the slides we discussed. And here are some of our notes: SLIDE 1: Introductions SLIDE 2: We are white christian women, our voices are very much the least […]
Robin Willis, April 15, 2016 | Friday Finds News Roundup
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: What if Best Friends Aren’t Forever? Mental Health in YA Lit Chat for #ReadYALit Middle School Monday: Curiosity House: The Screaming Statue by Lauren Oliver #MHYALit: Nineteen Years of Living, a guest post by Shaun David Hutchinson Book Review: ’89 Walls by Katie Pierson Video Games Weekly: Street Fighter […]
Robin Willis, April 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Yes, I Talk to My Teenager About Sex (Sexual Assault Awareness Month) #MHYALit: On Medication, a guest post by author Emery Lord Middle School Monday: Keep Your Eyes Peeled #MHYALit: Fight the Stigma, Ask for Help, a guest post by Heather Marie TPiB: MakerSpace Poetry Video Games Weekly: Pokken […]
Robin Willis, April 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: My Favorite MakerSpace Moments (So Far) #MHYALit: The Fantasy of Being Thin and YA Lit, a guest post by Katelyn Browne Middle School Monday: Rachel Hawkins’ Lady Renegades What’s New in LGBTQIA+ YA March and April 2016 Enter to win Summerlost by Ally Condie Book Review: Character Driven by […]
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