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This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: On Trying to Be Better Zombie Love: Why Are Zombie Things So Popular? (A guest post by Geri Diorio) Middle Grade Monday – Women in Fiction Book Review: We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach #FSYALIT Girls Like Me Don’t: Thoughts on Things I Can’t Forget by Miranda Kenneally, [...]
Those of you hanging around the Internet this weekend, especially on Twitter, were probably inundated with the hashtag #womeninfiction. It seemed that all of the librarians, authors, and publishing people I follow came out of the woodwork to tweet and retweet about their favorite female fictional characters. Many of those were characters remembered with strong [...]
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Growing Children as Readers #FSYALit Discussion: Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie Coyle Middle Grade Monday – Mixing things up in the Middle School Library Book Review: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli In the Most Recent Issue of SLJ Serving Full [...]
Look, it’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Maureen Johnson. You didn’t know? Do you live under a rock? I follow her everywhere – Tumblr, Twitter, etc. She has a fantastically skewed sense of humor that I find appealing, and I love how much she cares about the young people for whom she [...]
I’ve had a couple of wonderful opportunities to attend conferences lately. One was a one day school library focussed conference, and the other was a two day instructional technology conference. They both provided exposure to a wealth of new ideas I’m hoping to weave into plans for reconfiguring both the space and purpose of my [...]
Every piece of recent research points to the fact that, above all else, freedom of choice is the key to engaging children with reading and turning them into lifelong learners. And not just choice of reading material, although that is of primary importance, but choice of what to read, when to read, how to read, [...]
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: What’s a Powder Puff? Book Review: The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith Middle Grade Monday – World Traveler Edition Book review: Top 250 LGBTQ Books for Teens Serving Full T.I.L.T. : Talking Up Teens Full STEAM Ahead with Tween and Teen Programming, webinar for Florida Library Webinars Book Review: [...]
Okay, not so much world traveler, but I did get on a plane today, which is a big deal for me. I’m in Michigan visiting some friends who have a 6 week old and a 2.5 year old, so all the snuggles for me! Meanwhile, here are some middle grades novels I’m looking forward to [...]
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend, Egmont’s Last List Middle Grade Monday: Funny Cats and Crooks, Mary Amato and Patrick Jennings (#LastListEgmont) #SVYALit Project: Bone Gap and Survivor Stories, a guest post by author Laura Ruby Celebrate Eisner Week With Diverse Graphic Novels #LastListEgmont: Authors Ilsa J. Bick and [...]