MORE POSTS FROM JANUARY 2015
Trisha Leaver is a seasoned guitar player, but not the kind you’re thinking of. This author plays emotional ballads, not with guitar strings, but with heartstrings. And she rocks them hard. This author, rightly referred to by some as the ‘Queen of the Reveal’, is so good at building tension, both exciting and terrifying, it […]
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Impoverished Youth: Over half of public school children now live in low income homes Bearing Witness to Violence, a guest post by author Eric Devine Middle Grade Monday – Publishing and Diversity Book review: Alex as Well by Alyssa Brugman In the most recent issue of SLJ Serving Full […]
Karen Jensen: A long time ago (sometime in December) in a galaxy far, far away (erm, not so much), two librarians met on Twitter asking a simple question: Why isn’t there more discussion about the spiritual lives of teens in YA literature? You see, Ally Watkins (more about her in a moment) and I couldn’t […]
STEM/STEAM Programming for Teens (an Infopeople webinar) (TPiB)
Tech Talk, Technology, Teen Filmmaking, Teen Program in a Box, Teen Programming, Teen Programming in a Box
|Yesterday I had the honor of doing my first webinar for Infopeople. The subject was STEM and STEAM programming for teens. Infopeople webinars are free and it looks like you can access the webinar in the archive by filling out a little form. STEM and STEAM Programming for Teens at Infopeople In this webinar I […]
At a recent YA book club meeting, we talked about some of the things that we dislike as readers, things that we’re so over. The list was of the long, varied, and ranty variety. It seems like every meeting we discuss our dysptopia-fatigue, so that made the list. If we’re going to read a dystopia, […]
Early Word YA Galley Chat
Collection Development, Professional Development, Social Media, Twitter, Twitter Chat
|Every month Early Word hosts a Twitter chat for YA librarians and readers to gather together and discuss upcoming titles. You can follow the hashtag #ewyagc to see yesterday’s discussion. Or you can check out the handy Storified version of the conversation. What is Early Word? It’s an online tool for collection development and reader’s […]
Serving Full T.I.L.T.: Sarcasm, Spice and Everything Awesome: The Developing Teen by Rebecca Denham
Adolescent Development, Professional Development, Serving Full TILT, Teen Issues
|Teenhood is a confusing time for teens and the adults in their lives. Adolescents who never before questioned authority are suddenly abusing sarcasm, questioning every authority figure in sight and dependent on their friends rather than parental figures for emotional support. There are biological changes impacting teens physiologically and social development factors that influence the […]
When I’m reviewing books for professional publications, I stay quiet about them on social media. I’m always really excited once a review comes out to be able to talk about the book, finally! Here’s one of my most recent reviews, which originally appeared in the January 2015 issue of School Library Journal. Gr 9 Up—Fig is six […]
“Alex is with me. The other Alex. I am Alex as well. We are the two Alexes. I guess that’s confusing for a lot of people. Sometimes it’s confusing for me too.” When we first meet Alex we know a few things. Alex has stopped taking some medicine recently. Alex is getting a makeover. […]
Thanks to a tweet from Anne Ursu, I was made aware of this list of all of the middle grade and YA fiction by African American authors published in the US in 2014. It’s a wonderful resource – you should have a look at it. I’ll warn you, though, before you click on it, that […]
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