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Karen Jensen, MLS, October 21, 2014 | Fall 2014 New Titles, GLBTQ
by Amanda MacGregor Every other month I’ll be doing a roundup of new and forthcoming GLTBQ YA books (and sometimes some non-YA books). I’ll try to include as many titles as possible. Know of a title I missed in this list? Or know of a forthcoming title that should be on my radar for an […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, October 20, 2014 | Book Reviews, Kathleen Hale, Pop Culture
This weekend my Twitter feed was overflowing with discussion about an article that Kathleen Hale wrote in the Guardian this weekend (Do Not Link provided). And while I won’t talk here about the particulars of the article, because many have already discussed it eloquently and thoroughly, I want to discuss one trend I saw repeated […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, October 5, 2014 | Dress Codes, Schools, Sunday Reflections, Teen Issues
I am an artistic type, married to an artist. Creativity and self expression is very important to us. So when we moved to this new place and found out that my kids would have to wear school uniforms, I cried. I literally cried saline tears, bereft that my daughters would be shackled by this dress […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, September 29, 2014 | A Snicker of Magic, Jennifer Ziegler, MG Lit, Natalie Lloyd, Revenge of the Flower Girls, Tweens Read
It is only incredible motherly love that could make me wake up at 4:30 A.M. on a Saturday and drive almost 5 hours. I mean, do you know how early 4:30 A.M. is? And on a Saturday. A SATURDAY! The Tween, Natalie Lloyd and Tween 2 As you may know, earlier this year The Tween, […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, August 12, 2014 | Book Reviews, Holly Goldberg Sloan, Just Call My Name, Prison
Any fan of Joss Whedon knows that one of the core concepts of his storytelling is the notion of the chosen family. There are the families that we are born into, and there are the families that we choose, that find us. In Buffy, it was the Scooby gang. In Firelfy it was the crew […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, August 1, 2014 | Gender, Gender stereotypes
When The Tween was born, 12 years ago this month *sniff sniff*, The Mr. and I went out of our way to try and find non-pink baby things. We bought a very cool green blanket with giraffes and the lyrics to Yesterday, because we are that cool. But the truth is, she had a lot […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, June 23, 2014 | Middle Grade Monday
Are you a Middle Grade fan going to ALA Annual in Las Vegas this year? Here are the list of middle grade authors I’d want to queue up for if I had the opportunity: Jon Scieszka – He’ll be there promoting his new Frank Einstein book, the beginning of a middle grade science series about […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, May 16, 2014 | Friday Finds News Roundup
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: I am not a librarian, I am a champion and the book is my sword Book Reviews Hungry by H. A. Swain Grasshopper Jungle VS 100 Sideways Miles Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson Middle Grade Monday – Vandals! Take 5 Science and Lit resources for the Collaborative […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, May 15, 2014 | A. S. King, Bleed Like Me, Book Reviews, Christa Desir, Collection Development, Complict, Delilah S. Dawson, Glory O'Briends History of the Future, Poetry, Poisoned Apples, Servants of the Storm, Stephanie Kuehn
So I read, a lot. Sometimes 3 to 5 books a week. These are some books that I have read recently that I think are so spectacularly good that everyone should read them. Yes, that means you. Some of these you have heard me mention frequently on Twitter. Others, I have been holding my bubbling […]
Karen Jensen, MLS, May 1, 2014 | Diversity, Jacqueline Woodson, MG Lit
In the spirit of the We Need Diverse Books campaign, here are 5 upcoming middle grade titles that fit the bill: I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosin An eleven-year-old’s world is upended by political turmoil in this searing novel from an award-winning poet, based on true events in Chile. Celeste Marconi is a […]
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