Politics in Practice
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
This month kicks off a celebration of books featuring or by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders. I am excited to shine a spotlight the Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander portion of that lengthy acronym.
Amanda MacGregor, April 30, 2024 | Book Reviews
I can't wait for young readers to get to discover this awesome new series!
Amanda MacGregor, April 30, 2024 | Guest Post
The bar and bat mitzvah—or, to use the modern gender-neutral term, bnei mitzvah—occurs at such a perfect, middle gradey moment. And new stories grounded in bnei mitzvah are being told all the time.
Amanda MacGregor, April 29, 2024 | Guest Post
As an author, how do I approach the potential for pain in the lines I write? How, as a reader, do we make these mostly well-intended but sometimes trivial-feeling statements actually hold meaning for us?
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Politics in Practice
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