Heavy Medal
Amanda MacGregor, May 7, 2024 | Guest Post
Keep your eyes open. Notice the art in your community and look for opportunities to engage students. Watch for special exhibits in your school and community. No matter the size of your community, there are artists.
Here’s the thing that took me awhile to learn: suppressing our feelings, or berating ourselves for having them in the first place, only makes those difficult feelings worse.
This great read is a real page-turner and will especially appeal to readers who love family stories and readers who (like me) like their fantasy to be quite grounded in reality. An absolutely smashing read that everyone should pick up this summer!
Amanda MacGregor, May 6, 2024 | Guest Post
Everyone—children, teens and even adults—need safe outlets to explore their emotions, fears and unspoken curiosities. Whether you’re writing a book or reading a book, stories can be that safe harbor.
Amanda MacGregor, May 3, 2024 | Take 5
We are lucky to live in a time where there is just so much wonderful middle grade coming out. There's no reason to hear a middle schooler say "I'm bored" this summer.
Amanda MacGregor, May 3, 2024 | Guest Post
I’ve finally been able to reach into that drawer and grab some panache. CJ and the soccer-princess-sprite deserve a lot of thanks for that.
Karen Jensen, MLS, May 2, 2024 | Crafts, DIY, Makerspace
Teen librarian Karen Jensen discusses learning to do sublimation and what works, and what you might want to think twice about, in a library makerspace
Amanda MacGregor, May 2, 2024 | Guest Post
In 1999, almost everyone was worried about a computer flaw or bug nicknamed Y2K for year 2000. Now Erin Entrada Kelly has put the subject in a middle grade novel, The First State of Being.
Rachel Strolle, May 1, 2024 | new books
Teen librarian Rachel Strolle shares a look at some of the new YA coming out in May 2024
Cindy Shutts, May 1, 2024 | Escape Rooms
Teen librarian Cindy Shutts shares her recent Among Us themed escape room
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by Travis Jonker
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