Good Comics for Kids
September 30, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I am very excited, and honored, to be a first round panelist for the YA Sci Fi/Fantasy category for this year’s Cybil awards. The Cybils are the children and young adult literary blogger awards. But don’t fear, you can participate . . . Public nominations are open from October 1st through October 15th, so please […]
September 30, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
World Suicide Prevention Day was September 10th, twenty days ago. I didn’t know it at the time. I found a postcard on my desk, buried in catalogs and other mail, reminding me of this fact just this morning. I have a love/hate relationship with these types of days. Part of me feels like it does a […]
September 30, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen, the teen librarian is:A) A person of deep personal faith beliefsB) A strong advocate for teensC) A voracious readerD) A defender of librariesE) An outspoken defender of free speech and celebrant of Banned Books WeekF) All of the above It was while majoring in Youth Ministry (Christian Education) at Mount Vernon Nazarene College […]
September 29, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
For the last two Saturdays, as part of The Sunnydale Project, I have shared with you some of my favorite Buffy read alikes. Today, I share with you a guest blog post by an author of another amazing Buffy read alike, Ilsa J. Bick, author of both Ashes and Shadows. One of the key characteristics of […]
September 28, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Looking Back: a book of memoriesLois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children1998 ISBN: 978-0395895436 Oh dear, it is happening already. And the book isn’t even officially published yet. Two people who have read SON in an advance copy have contacted me to ask, “But what about Einar? Will he ever get together with Claire? You […]
September 28, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Earlier this week I confessed that Historical Fiction is my Achilles heel (I even managed to turn a post about historical fiction into a post about epidemics – I am that awesome) when it comes to collection development – so I enlisted help! Today I bring you a guest blog post by someone who writes historical […]
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September 27, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
photo courtesy of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt There will be two parts to this post. The first, in which I discuss the amazing book Son by Lois Lowry, the final book in The Giver quartet. And the second, in which I discuss why this book was so near and dear to my heart and I get […]
September 26, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
We were talking about Epidemics on the Yalsa-bk listserv and some people reminded me of some great titles that I didn’t mention on Tuesday: The Masque of the Red Death by Bethany GriffinThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Kill Order by James DashnerPandemia by Jonathon RandEarth Abides by George StewartI Am Legend by Richard MathesonThe Rot […]
September 26, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Capture the Flag by Kate Messner is a contemporary mystery with a touch of history (in the form of historical facts), just perfect for middle grade students and younger tweens. Anna, Jose and Henry (7th graders) don’t meet each other at a special reception for THE flag that inspired the writing of “Star Spangled Banner”. They […]
September 26, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
photo courtesy of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt I’ve never read Messenger until now. And I literally just closed the book five minutes ago and I am completely in awe of this amazing book. For those of you who were left with the ambiguous ending of The Giver and felt as if you had questions to be […]
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