Politics in Practice
July 31, 2015 by Robin Willis
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: On DUMPLIN’ by Julie Murphy, or why today I will choose to put on a bathing suit and make a memory with my daughters This is how I came to write a short story about my “first time” in the upcoming anthology The V Word edited by Amber Keyser […]
July 30, 2015 by Amanda MacGregor
This past week, I attended Simmons College Center for the Study of Children’s Literature‘s Homecoming: An Institute. I went to Simmons for graduate school and haven’t been to an institute since 2005. The institute happens every other summer. They invite a load of great voices from the children’s book world and this year’s lineup was […]
July 29, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
As I approached my position as the YA coordinator at a new library, one of the things I knew I wanted to do was to evaluate my maker programming and try and recreate the parts of it that were successfull while making any necessary changes to improve on the model. And since it was a […]
July 28, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Last week while discussing the Candy Camera app, suggested by The Tween and the Bestie, librarian Maria Selke reminded me of the A Beautiful Mess photo app. I am a huge fan of the A Beautiful Mess (ABM) blog, so I had actually purchased the app well over a year ago. The only problem is […]
July 28, 2015 by Amanda MacGregor
Two teens take turns narrating their story in this painfully honest look at young love and all of its ups and downs in B.T. Gottfred’s FOREVER FOR A YEAR. For Carolina, 9th grade brings big changes. She stops going by “Carrie” in an attempt to be taken more seriously. She’s smart and geeky, but […]
July 27, 2015 by Robin Willis
Over the past six months or so, I have touched every piece of furniture, electronic or computer device, and every book in my school library media center (except the smart board, which I have to wait on for a trained professional.) Some might ask why, and my muscles would certainly chime in on that question. […]
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July 27, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Since starting this blog 4 years ago, a variety of things have happened. I wrote a book with Heather Booth. I lost my house. I’ve met a variety of authors. And I wrote a short story for a collection of true stories about women having sex for the first time that will be published by […]
July 26, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
If you have ever had your heartbroken because your 6-yr-old daughter came and asked you if she was fat, you should read DUMPLIN’ by Julie Murphy. If you have ever watched as your pre-teen daughter refused a piece of her favorite cake at her birthday party, you should read DUMPLIN’ by Julie Murphy. If you […]
July 24, 2015 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Publisher’s Book Description: A sixteen-year-old governess becomes a spy in this alternative U.S. history where the British control with magic and the colonists rebel by inventing. It’s 1888, and sixteen-year-old Verity Newton lands a job in New York as a governess to a wealthy leading family—but she quickly learns that the family has big secrets. […]
July 24, 2015 by Robin Willis
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: This is what courage looks like Cover reveal: Original Fake written by Kirstin Cronn-Mills with art by E. Eero Johnson Middle Grade Monday – Online Museum Resources Book Review: Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler July #ARCParty The Faith of The Girl of Fire and Thorns, a #FSYALit guest […]
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