The Classroom Bookshelf
Tag: Reading
Cloud Town and the Basement Librarian, a guest post by Daniel McCloskey
I wanted to talk about how librarians (like you) are appreciated by slow learners (like me). That is to say, not always at the moment.
Finding Freedom at the Library, a guest post by Christyne Morrell
A library offers its own kind of freedom - to roam and discover and try on.
Confessions of a Binge Reader (and Writer), a guest post by Marilyn Kaye
Why did I love series books? I think it was partly because I never wanted a story to end completely. So it was only natural for me that when I began to write, I wrote series.
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The Only List That Matters, a guest post by Francisco X. Stork
What does it mean for a young aspiring writer to have a life-long lover of books take the care and time to create a reading list specifically for him?
Assigned Reading is the Worst, By Teen Contributor Riley Jensen
A teen talks about the impact that assigned reading has on reading desire.
Looking back: TLT, connection, and a life spent reading
And so ends another decade. My teenager is fond of pointing out how MANY of these I have now seen. He also looooves to tell me that now 1990 is 30 years ago, and not, like, ten, which is what it is in my head. Rude. Many of these past few years (what do we […]
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With Her Nose Stuck in a Book, a guest post by Jessica Burkhart
Jess joins us to talk about how anxiety and depression robbed her of her desire to read and how she found her way back to books.
Rah! Rah! Rah! Sis boom bah! School Is in Session, and It’s Time to Get Fired Up about Reading and Writing, a guest post by McCall Hoyle
McCall Hoyle, avid reader, high school English teacher, and published author of young adult books, shares her thoughts on the importance of firing up everyone involved in education when it comes to reading and writing for pleasure. Yes, just for pleasure. No grades. No logs. No strings attached. As a high school English teacher, […]
Sunday Reflections: When Darkness Means You Can’t Read – Reflections on Mental Health and Reading
TRIGGER WARNING: This post discusses depression, anxiety, mental illness and suicide Recently, Time magazine reported that less 1/3 of teens don’t read for pleasure. At the same time, a lot of YA/Teen librarians are looking at their circulation statistics and wondering why they’re going down. I did a completely informal and unscientific Twitter poll, and […]
Behold the Power of Reading; Or, how my 8-year-old was inspired to start her own #TrashTuesdays
Last Saturday, Thing 2 turned 8. For her birthday, a friend sent her the following three books: Monday night, The Teen, Thing 2 and I curled up and bed and read them together. We cried as we read Malala’s story. We were inspired as we read about Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton. One thing that […]
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