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Check out the early reading list for Heavy Medal's 2022 Mock Newbery Award. Readers submitted possible candidates published in early 2021...see the results here.

The post First Contenders: The Heavy Medal Mock Newbery reading list…so far appeared first on Heavy Medal.

Check out this week's list of new releases featuring The Leak For Love of Truth from First Second and Thor and Loki Double Trouble from Marvel Comics.

The post The Leak | This Week’s New Comics appeared first on Good Comics for Kids.

A Take 5 list of thoughts, resources and tools for public libraries and teens to navigate college planning

The post Take 5: College Planning Resources and Ideas for Tweens and Teens appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

In Bear Island, Caldecott-winning author and illustrator Matthew Cordell affirms for children that they can find resilience and hope in the midst of grief.

The post Wandering through Grief Towards Reassurance with Bear Island appeared first on The Classroom Bookshelf.

Today my teen, Riley Jensen, is going to share with you a bit about her journey trying to get into the college program of her dreams. She got accepted, but we didn’t get enough financial aid to make it happen for her. Here’s some more on that story. We’re trying to figure out what she […]

The post Things I Wish I Had Known Before Applying to College; By Teen Contributor Riley Jensen appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

When we heard that the Dr. Seuss estate was pulling six relatively obscure Seuss titles from publication due to offensive content, we thought we might try one on for size. So here's the first book Seuss ever made for kids.

The post Fuse 8 n’ Kate: And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss appeared first on A Fuse #8 Production.

My March 2021 newsletter is out

The post The March Newsletter Has Floated to Inboxes appeared first on 100 Scope Notes.

A reflection on the stress and heartache of trying to navigate applying to and paying for college as a high school senior

The post Sunday Reflections: College Dreams Denied and the Heartache of Being a High School Senior appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

This week, I was excited to attend the launch event for The Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy. At a time when school districts are focused on delivering curricular essentials . . . At a time when school districts have seen a 50-year erosion of civic education schools—to the point that the federal government now […]

The post Making civics a priority: “The Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy” appeared first on NeverEndingSearch.

This Week at TLT When Being Different Makes Us Powerful, a guest post by Jessica S. Olson THIS IS NO GAME: WHEN FACTS MATTER, SPORTS NON-FICTION IS A GOOD PLACE TO TURN, a guest post by Andrew Maraniss Cindy Crushes Programming: 3 RPG Games I Want to Try on Roll20, by Teen Librarian Cindy Shutts […]

The post Friday Finds: March 5, 2021 appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

Can you guess the classic children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads?

The post One Star Review, Guess Who? (#135) appeared first on 100 Scope Notes.

Anchors Elvis, Lupin and Puck are back for the fourth volume of Breaking Cat News with funny and heartwarming news stories important to cats.

The post Elvis Puffs Out | Review appeared first on Good Comics for Kids.

A video interview with the author, illustrator, and fans of the strangest, most charming, Dutch import of 2020.

The post International Video Day: I Wish by Toon Tellegen, ill. Ingrid Godon appeared first on A Fuse #8 Production.

Olson's debut novel, Sing Me Forgotten, tells a gender-swapped version of the Phantom of the Opera story from the Phantom’s perspective, and it explores how deeply damaging it is when society villainizes people for the ways they differ from what’s expected.

The post When Being Different Makes Us Powerful, a guest post by Jessica S. Olson appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

What better genre than sports to shine a light on the everyday elements of American life that have perpetuated injustice? These are the stories where the truth shines the brightest.

The post THIS IS NO GAME: WHEN FACTS MATTER, SPORTS NON-FICTION IS A GOOD PLACE TO TURN, a guest post by Andrew Maraniss appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

This book is an utter joy. One of those titles that lives up to, and then proceeds to exceed, the hype. Heck, I’ll say it. One of the best wordless books I’ve ever read. Full stop. Period.

The post Review of the Day: The Midnight Fair by Gideon Sterer, ill. Mariachiara Di Giorgio appeared first on A Fuse #8 Production.

Teen Librarian Cindy Shutts shares 3 RPGs you can try on Roll20 for more virtual programming ideas

The post Cindy Crushes Programming: 3 RPG Games I Want to Try on Roll20, by Teen Librarian Cindy Shutts appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

A quick roundup of links to lists of 2021 Middle Grade releases

The post Take 5: Middle Grade Book Lists for 2021 New Releases appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

Like a modern-day Nancy Drew, teenage sleuth Goldie Vance teams up with her friends to solve mysteries at the resort hotel where she lives and works.

The post The Goldie Vance Mysteries | Review appeared first on Good Comics for Kids.

Yesterday Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced that six Seuss books would cease to be published.

My opinion? It's a good move.

The post The Seuss Post appeared first on 100 Scope Notes.