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Happy New Year! First, want to thank you for an awesome 2012. We could not have done it without you, so from the bottom of our hearts – thank you! For 2013, we have a new look (we hope you like it), some announcements (they are juicy), and a chance for you to win a […]
So You Wanna Be a Superstar? The Book, The Event, The Giveaway
Contests, Performing Arts, Programming, So You Wanna Be a Superstar, Teen Involvement, TPIB
|Kids who love the arts often hang out in our libraries. Chances are when you attend the school musical, you know half the kids on stage and wonder why you have never met the other half. How can you serve the superstar aspirations of those kids? Could the library be more than a repository of […]
In the Kitchen at The Library as Incubator Project with Myra McEntire
Contests, Hourglass, Library as Incubator Project, Myra McEntire, Timepiece
|Today, please take a moment to visit with ya author Myra McEntire over at The Library as Incubator Project website. She is presenting a guest post as part of our It Came from a Book art contest. And check out my review of both Hourglass and Timepiece by Myra McEntire The Hourglass series is […]
Book Review: Ask the Passengers by A. S. King (reviewed by Jenny Torres Sanchez)
A. S. King, Ask the Passengers, Contests, Felicia Day, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Social Media
|It was author Jenny Torres Sanchez that introduced me to the marvelous writings of A. S. King, so I thought I would let her review Ask the Passengers for us today. Besides, you probably already know that I love the book. So here is another point of view. Stay tuned at the end and enter […]
So, I read this book on Mother’s Day and had a moment. Maybe you read about it. If not, read about it here: A LETTER TO A. S. KING. Anyhow, I LOVE this book. Stephanie Wilkes loves this book. Christie Gibrich loves this book. We were all amazed by the writing and the message. So […]
Yesterday I went and saw Snow White and the Huntsman. It was the second retelling of Snow White I have seen this year as I also went and saw Mirror Mirror. And many of us spent Sunday nights waiting to see which fairy tale they would incorporate into Once Upon a Time, the hit television […]
I wore a blue Scarlet O’Hara type dress. Hoopskirt and white elbow length gloves. And I drove myself and my date in a tiny little yellow car. I could barely get the door closed thanks to that stupid hoop skirt. Looking back, it was a hideous dress. I shudder at the horror of the memory […]
Way to Go, happy book birthday and a contest
Contests, GLBTQ, GLBTQ Fiction, Homosexuality, It Gets Better
|Today I present you with a guest blog post by debut YA author Tom Ryan. His debut novel, Way to Go, comes out today. Read on to hear more about this exciting new addition to the ya field and how it can help teens struggling with their sexual identity find peace in their lives. This […]
I am very excited to introduce you to this creative and interesting work of short stories edited by Kelly Milner Halls. Every story has two sides, right? So what happened when Kelly Milner Halls asked 12 authors to write short stories that each told one side of parallel stories? You get Girl Meets Boy. Learn […]
I always blog wearing a tiara 🙂 Contests: They are simple and fun ways to keep your teens engaged. They generate repeat business. They help you appeal to a wide variety of interests. In short, they work for teen librarians. Last week we discussed why I love them and I shared one of my favorite […]
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