MORE POSTS FROM SEPTEMBER 2013
The guard was still blocking the exit when Reese and David emerged from the back office and headed for the door. She was so caught up in thinking over what had just happened and how she and David were going to manage to lie to both the Imria and CASS that she barely noticed that […]
Banned Books Week 2013: Defending Harry Potter by Geri Diorio
Banned Books Week, Censorship, Harry Potter, Intellectual Freedom, J K Rowling
|It’s Banned Books Week! The most magical week in a librarian’s year! Every day, librarians celebrate the free and open access to information, but during this week, we really flaunt it. “Free and open access” includes being able to read whatever you wish, and that might mean the best-selling book series in history, a series […]
Banned Books Week 2013: Defending The Giver by Lois Lowry (guest post by Elsa Ouvrard-Prettol)
Banned Books Week, Censorship, Intellectual Freedom, Lois Lowry, The Giver
|September 22 – 28 is Banned Books Week, a week which serves to remind us that there are those who would like to ban books. The books vary, as do the reasons. But the bottom line should always be this: each person gets to decide for themselves what to read. Information is power. Story is […]
Book Review: The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Book Reviews, Dream Thieves, Maggie Stiefvater, Paranormal Fiction
|Spoiler Alert: If you have not read The Raven Boys, turn around. Do not read this review. Also, why the heck not? That book is wicked awesome. The Excerpt: That night, Niall Lynch came home in the blackness, and when he woke, he found Ronan standing above him in the small white master bedroom. The […]
Sunday Reflections: A Radical Banned Books Week Thought – Throw Out Your Materials Challenge Form and Truly Embrace the Freedom to Read
Banned Books Week, Censorship, Intellectual Freedom, Professional Development, Sunday Reflections, Things I Didn't Learn in Library School
|A funny thing happened on Twitter a couple of weeks ago. In preparation for Banned Books Week I came up with what I thought was a great idea: We would put challenged books on trial and I tweeted out asking everyone if there were certain books they wanted to write a defense for as guest […]
We all have the best of intentions for our libraries and the most creative ideas. We’ve scoured the internet and pinterest, culled and shared ideas through listservs and friends, and made plans to do the most AMAZING things. And then that thing known as life smacks you upside the head and laughs and says, “HAHAHAHAHAHA, […]
This Week at TLT Book Reviews The Year of Shadows by Claire LeGrand Picture Me Gone by Meg Rosoff Meet author Mindy McGinnis and enter our giveaway! Remember what it was like to be 14? It should help you understand why books like Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor and Park are so important to today’s teens. Libraries […]
Extra! Extra! 6 tips for talking with local press
Advocacy, Social Media, Things I Never Learned in Library School, YA Librarianship
|Don’t wait for the press to come to you – go to the press! As hyperlocal news gains a foothold in more and more communities and grows in popularity, you will undoubtedly be called upon to offer a few quotes to local — or not so local — media in your position as a teen […]
Booktalk This! When You’re Tired of Emo Vamps (by Kearsten)
Booktalk This, Booktalks, Collection Development, Reader's Advisory, Vampires
|Burned out on vampire romances? Wish the creatures lurking in the dark were a little more bloodthirsty (or possessing more of a sense of humor)? Me, too! I spent the week rereading Justin Cronin’s The Passage, an epic, sprawling novel of the build-up to and the aftermath of a completely terrifying vampire-virus apocalypse. Cronin’s vamps are deadly and truly […]
Take 5: 5 TV Shows Teens are Talking About
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Arrow, Doctor Who, Once Upon a Time, Popular Culture, Sleepy Hollow, Take 5, Television, Trends
|Ah, September. Time for school, turning leaves, football, sweaters…. and new television episodes!!! If your teens are anything like mine, they are almost as excited for some of the new things on TV as they are for Catching Fire and Thor: The Dark World to be released. Yet I know your schedule is as packed […]
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