Politics in Practice
Karen Jensen, MLS, February 10, 2014 | Themes, TPIB, Valentine's Day
1950’s not your style? If you want to flip back in time for Valentines (or any time for a teen program) try the 1960’s. Instead of bobby socks and poodle skirts think of the mod and miniskirts, flipped hair, and the beginning of the hippies. Jacqueline Kennedy, Twiggy, Austin Powers, and the Beatles. Gilligan’s […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, January 7, 2014 | Bottle Cap jewelry, Canvas, Crafts, Marble Magnets, Sherlock, Teen Program in a Box, Teen Programming, TPIB
After the success – and fun – of my Doctor Who program, I decided to have a Sherlock themed program. Pop culture is a great programming tie-in. For Sherlock, I am doing some hands on forensic science projects as well as some crafting projects. The forensic science themed projects can be found here at my […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, March 9, 2013 | Art, Crafts, Programming, TPIB, Uncategorized
All the month of March, which is National Craft Month, we are joining forces with The Library as Incubator Project (@iartlibraries on Twitter) to bring you a new craft activity each Friday that you can do with your tweens and teens. As part of our National Craft Month collaboration, this post originally appeared at The […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, March 2, 2013 | Booktalk This, Booktalking, Dr. Seuss, Picture Books, Uncategorized
March is a big month for picture books, as many elementary schools celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday with Cat in the Hat costumes, green food-coloring and Read Across America. Why not remind your teens of the fun of picture books by recommending some they might have missed? This is the perfect time to display those […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, April 4, 2012 | Contests, Prom, Reader's Advisory
I wore a blue Scarlet O’Hara type dress. Hoopskirt and white elbow length gloves. And I drove myself and my date in a tiny little yellow car. I could barely get the door closed thanks to that stupid hoop skirt. Looking back, it was a hideous dress. I shudder at the horror of the memory […]
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