MORE POSTS FROM MAY 2015
As Christmas vacation approached during my 9th grade year, my fear increased. I couldn’t go back. But there was a part of me that also thought, surely I must be wrong about what happened. So one day I went into my school guidance counselor and I told her the story of what happened the year […]
SRC is Coming: 5 Tips for Staying Calm During the Stressful Summer Months
Professional Development, Things I Never Learned in Library School
|It’s almost here – summer reading. If you are a YS or YA librarian you’ve most likely spent the last month getting publicity together and out into the public, making school visits, decorating, and making sure performers are all lined up and payment paperwork is in order. It’s a busy time of year. And that’s […]
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Writing Religion When It’s Not Your Faith, a guest post by Melissa Walker (#FSYALit) Middle Grade Monday – The Truth About Stacey (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels) Take 5: 5 Tools for Movie Making in Your MakerSpace (Quarto Week) (MakerSpace) Book review: Vanished by E.E. Cooper Take 5: Postcards […]
In Sarah Dessen’s latest novel, Saint Anything, we meet main character Sydney at a turning point in her life. Her brother Peyton, in and out of trouble since middle school, has just been sentenced to time in prison for a drunk driving accident that severely injured another teen boy. Sydney’s parents, especially her mother, are […]
Duct tape crafts have been a very popular part of my MakerSpace. Sometimes I’ll have some high tech making planned and my tweens and teens will walk in and say nope, we want a break from that can you please bust out the duct tape. There’s just something satisfying it seems sometimes about sitting around […]
This week is Quarto Publishing Group week. Every day we are highlighting a different book from the Quarto Publishing Group, chosen by yours truly. In exchange for hosting this week, I got to choose 5 of my favorite titles to give to YOU, our readers, as a giveaway. So I did my research and chose […]
Book Review and Program Ideas: Playing with Surface Design by Courtney Cerruti
Crafts, Programming, Programming Resources, Programs, Teen Porgramming, Teen Program in a Box, Teen Programming, Teen Programming in a Box, TPIB
|When The Mr. and I were in college, he was an art major. I had the distinct privilege of of learning about an array of artistic ideas while watching him take classes. Because of this experience, or perhaps just because of the moments we’ve shared and the influence he has had on me, I’ve always […]
Take 5: Postcards from France, programs, books and more for a France themed day (Quarto Week) (TPiB)
Crafts, origami, Paris, Programming, Programming Resources, Programs, Teen Program in a Box, Teen Programming, Teen Programming in a Box, Teen Programs in a Box, TPIB
|In my home, Paris is a dream destination. The Tween collects a variety of memorabilia and we tend to collect and read books that take place in France. This post for a Paris themed TPIB has been sitting in my drafts folder for a really, really long time. But I’m finally dusting it off and […]
In E.E. Cooper’s Vanished, Kalah is left to put together the pieces of a mystery after one of her best friends disappears and another commits suicide. Kalah, a junior, is newly best friends with seniors Beth and Britney, who have a long history of fighting and making up. Kalah and Beth have been hooking […]
One of the things my teens like to do best in my MakerSpace is to make mini movies, so I’ve been working on upping our game and finding new tools to learn new skills. Below are 5 of the various resources, apps and tools I recommend for making a variety of types of short films […]
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