Politics in Practice
January 31, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
This Week at TLTWe hosted Victoria Schwab on her blog tour for her latest novel The Unbound. Read our review and her answers to our not at all stalkerish questions. In our Sunday Reflection, Karen talks about the 5 episode season of Torchwood, Children of Earth, and it’s uncanny look at how we really feel […]
January 31, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Today I am very excited to announce a new monthly contributor to TLT, Jayla. She has been gracious enough to add her perspective as a new librarian to the mix here at TLT. She has also decided that she would like to start a new monthly column called Diversity Discussions. So join us the last […]
January 30, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
About two hours ago I hosted my first ever Google Hangout on Air to (mostly) non-disastrous effects. I’ll have to write you a post about what I learned about doing that some other time. But what I really want to talk about is the conversation that I had with authors Christa Desir, Trish Doller and […]
January 30, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
A person can last:3 Minutes without Air3 Days without Water3 Weeks without FoodA community begins to die in just seconds . . . 30 minutes before Todd’s paper is due, he is in the school’s computer lab trying to have his best friend Adam type it for him. Suddenly everything stops working. Computers. Cell phones. […]
January 29, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Today at Noon Eastern (11 Central), I am going to be (attempting to) host a Google Hangout with the fabulous authors of Faultline (Christa Desir), Where the Stars Still Shine (Trish Doller) and the Morris nominated Sex & Violence (Carrie Mesrobian) to discuss sexual violence in young adult literature. This will be the first time […]
January 29, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Naomi Bates is an (awesome!) public school librarian – High School – here in Texas. She also runs a blog called YA Books and More. I love this blog. In fact, when I first moved to Texas I emailed her and asked her if she wanted to meet for lunch. It didn’t happen then, but […]
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January 29, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
1. MUSLIMS IN YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE There is a great list of titles that depict Muslims in Young Adult Literature. Since September 11th, the Muslim population has been the target of a tremendous amount of fear, bias and outright racial targeting. This is a good and varied list that examines the Muslim life in a […]
January 28, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I have been reviewing for VOYA since 2001. This year, something really exciting happened. On page 55 of the December 2013 issue of VOYA, I reviewed THE LIVING by Matt de la Pena. Just yesterday, at the ALA Youth Media Awards, it was announced that this title won a Pura Belpre Honor Award. “The Pura […]
January 28, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I had already written Brotherhood when I first listened to Brené Brown’s TED Talkabout shame. Growing up in the North as the child of Southern-born parents, I’d picked up on my parents’ sense of shame. Whether it was over our family’s complicity in the wrongs of the Confederacy or the Jim Crow laws, I don’t […]
January 27, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
In case you missed it, today was the day that the American Library Association announced its 2014 Youth Media Awards. Also known as ‘Youth Librarian Christmas,” among other titles. It’s so exciting! I want to start off by saying that the dedicated committee members who basically sacrifice a year or more of their lives to […]
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