Politics in Practice
Amanda MacGregor, October 11, 2024 | Book Reviews
Undeniably one of the weirdest and best books I've read in my lifetime of reading.
Amanda MacGregor, October 11, 2024 | Take 5
If I had a dollar for every time I said something to the effect of "graphic novels are real books" or "reading graphic novels is reading" to someone disparaging them... well, I couldn't quit my job, but I would have a LOT of dollars.
Amanda MacGregor, October 11, 2024 | Guest Post
You’re never too old to read a picture book!
Amanda MacGregor, October 10, 2024 | Guest Post
One of Heartstopper’s central themes is that it’s rude, even dangerous, to speculate on someone’s else’s sexuality. But some fans aren’t getting the message.
Amanda MacGregor, October 10, 2024 | Guest Post
This version of pillow fighting is a semi-professional fight club where anything goes as long as the pillow is the first point of contact. It’s more roller derby or WWE-style wrestling than a pillow fight in pajamas at a girls’ night sleepover.
Amanda MacGregor, October 10, 2024 | Guest Post
The power of books, reading, and a good library help create brave spaces.
Karen Jensen, MLS, October 9, 2024 | Middle Grade, Middle Grade Fiction, Mind the Middle, Mind the Middle Project
Author Tina Athaide asks middle grade readers why middle grade books matter
Cindy Shutts, October 9, 2024 | Cindy Crushes Programming, Escape Rooms
In the most recent Escape Room by Teen Librarian Cindy Shutts: Cryptids
Amanda MacGregor, October 9, 2024 | Guest Post
I’m never going to be a marine biologist at this point in my life. But writing about sharks. . . educating kids about them, about why we need them, why we need to care about their declining populations . . . that I can do.
Karen Jensen, MLS, October 8, 2024 | Middle Grade, Middle Grade Fiction, Mind the Middle, Mind the Middle Project
Librarian Jackie Eagleson shares middle grade books that talk about cryptids
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Politics in Practice
by John Chrastka
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