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February 28, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Today for YA A to Z, guest poster Cindy Shutts is talking dragons! Dragons are beasts that have lived in the imagination of people all over the world and bring an element of mythology and world building to the canon of Young Adult Fiction. Patricia Wrede changed the role of dragons in Young Adult Fiction […]
February 28, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Today as we continue YA A to Z, our very own TLTer Ally Watkins is discussing Comics 101 with us. She writers our monthly Collecting Comics feature. Comics are wildly popular and fun, but they aren’t always the easiest thing to collect for libraries. But our patrons love comics, so a little information about how […]
February 28, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor
Growing up, my parents struggled financially, and for years we lived on the brink of homelessness. My parents couldn’t afford childcare, so on Saturdays my mother dropped my six-year-old brother and me off at the steps of our rural public library where the doors opened at 9:00 am, and we were greeted as patrons. At […]
February 27, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor
Publisher’s description Welcome to Daniel Boone Middle School in the 1970s, where teachers and coaches must hide who they are, and girls who like girls are forced to question their own choices. Presented in the voice of a premier storyteller, One True Way sheds exquisite light on what it means to be different, while at the same […]
February 27, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor
Publisher’s description MEET KIRANMALA: INTERDIMENSIONAL DEMON SLAYER (Only she doesn’t know it yet.) On the morning of her twelfth birthday, Kiranmala is just a regular sixth grader living in Parsippany, New Jersey . . . until her parents mysteriously vanish and a drooling rakkhosh demon slams through her kitchen, determined to eat her alive. Turns […]
February 26, 2018 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Yesterday The Teen and I attended the HOPE NATION launch party at Irving Public Library. One of her best friends, a big reader and also the daughter of a YA librarian, was there with us as well. We were excited to learn more about this anthology, get copies signed, and to hear the authors share […]
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February 26, 2018 by Robin Willis
My coworker Eileen Foley-Breck is a retired English teacher and found information about a wonderful nationwide event series created by the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English, called the African-American Read-In. The purpose of the Read-In is to promote diversity in literature and “make literacy a significant part of Black History […]
February 23, 2018 by Robin Willis
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: When Adults Fail, the Teens will Save Themselves Things I Never Learned in Library School: Toxic Masculinity and Teaching Boys to Accept No for an Answer, Even in Our Libraries Book Review: Flight Season by Marie Marquardt #ReadForChange: Girls Fight Back in Jennifer Mathieu’s Moxie, a guest post by […]
February 22, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor
Now that I work in an elementary library, I’m reading a lot more titles for younger readers. Rather than review all of them like I usually do, I’m stealing Karen’s Post-it note review idea and sharing the titles with you that way. It’s been super interesting to me to see what the students (grades K-5) […]
February 22, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor
Publisher’s description Hope is a decision, but it is a hard one to recognize in the face of oppression, belittlement, alienation, and defeat. To help embolden hope, here is a powerhouse collection of essays and personal stories that speak directly to teens and all YA readers. Featuring Angie Thomas, Marie Lu, James Dashner, Nicola Yoon, […]
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Good Comics for Kids
by Brigid Alverson
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