MORE POSTS FROM AUGUST 2014
My protruding belly weighed me down as I sat there, me and just seventy of my favorite teens hanging out in the library. The sound of voices trying to talk over one another created a steady din that hummed in my brain. I surveyed these kids, my kids in so many ways, and wondered what […]
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Lies we tell girls about boys Book Review: Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld Middle Grade Monday – Talking about Ferguson Thinking About Ferguson This is what happened when I asked Twitter to recommend MG & YA lit titles for those asking about Ferguson This is Why Libraries Matter: Ferguson […]
Our very own Heather Booth is over at EbscoHost with an article on Leapfrog Readers’ Advisory. She’s talking about working with parents to get teens reading when teens aren’t present. It has some good information and you can check it out here: http://www.ebscohost.com/novelist/novelist-special/leapfrog-readers-advisory The article originally appeared in the September 2014 issue of Kids and […]
I woke up this morning and the first thing I did was a Twitter search of “Ferguson Library” to see what the library was doing today. They are serving meals and holding classes for kids grades K-12 today and tomorrow as the town waits for schools to reopen next week. I took a couple of […]
Yes, I love to read. But if I’m going to be honest, I love going to the movies and watching TV almost just as much. They are, to me, another version of storytelling and if it has a good story, then I’m on board. And as someone who constantly has to come up with programming […]
You guys…I can’t even. I have lost all of my ability to even. Seriously. I’ve been a fan of Kiersten White’s since Paranormalcy, and I think I’ve read all of her published books (unless one has slipped my notice.) She is a very dependable author – engaging characters, intricate plots, twists that catch me by […]
Today I feel very overwhelmed by world events. So I thought I would take a moment and share with you what the Ferguson Library is doing for its residents, a very important reminder to us all that libraries do in fact matter. With schools delayed another week because of the protests in Ferguson, the library […]
This is what happened when I asked Twitter to recommend MG & YA lit titles for those asking about Ferguson
Collection Development, Ferguson, MG Lit, Reader's Advisory, YA Lit
|Inspired in part by Robin’s post yesterday on talking with her middle grade students about Ferguson and the book Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth, I wondered what kind of list we could put together quickly to recommend to students who were wondering about the events happening in Ferguson. So I went to Twitter and […]
When I was in middle school, my best friend was an amazing and fun girl named K. And her skin happened to be black. We both grew up in Southern California together and her home was like a second home to me. It was my favorite place to be. We grew up singing the songs […]
One of my more creative teachers has the habit of sending students one or two at a time to research some topic of interest to them that has come up in class. If I’m not teaching at the time, I will sit down with them and talk through their research goals and help them find […]
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