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Sunday Reflections: Last Christmas, I Gave You My Hope
The girls and I woke up last Christmas in an empty apartment full of nothing but hope. There was no tree. There were no lights. There weren’t even any dishes to eat a take out Christmas dinner on. You see last Christmas, we had hope that our lives were going to change. I had been […]
#MHYALit Update and January 2016 Launch Schedule
It’s almost 2016. Wait – what? IT’S ALMOST 2016! How did that happen? This month we have been busily plugging away at putting together a January launch schedule for the #MHYALit Discussion. So here’s a little look at what we have coming in 2016. So far, we have about 40 authors, librarians, parents of teens, […]
Take 5: Stop Motion Animation Hacks for a MakerSpace
When I became a librarian, I never knew that one day I would become the creator of stop motion animation. But lo and behold, here we are and I spend a lot of time with my teens teaching them how to do stop motion animation. I have the basics down, and the rest we figure […]
Book Review: Other Broken Things by Christa Desir, reviewed by teen reviewer Lexi
When I read OTHER BROKEN THINGS by Christa Desir, I thought it was one of the most authentic teen voices I had read in a while. And now that we a TLT Teen Advisory Board, I thought I would ask one of them to read it and tell me what they thought. Lexi’s review follows […]
TPiB: Quick Doctor Who Decorations/Ornaments
The other day in the Programming Librarian Interest Group on FB page someone (Melissa Hozik) mentioned that they were having a Doctor Who themed holiday program. And someone (Evan Mather) then mentioned that they should call it a Doctor Wholiday Party. Genius!! As a huge Doctor Who fan I was disappointed in myself for not […]
Sunday Reflections: Reflections on the perfect gift and what it means to be a man
The other day I received a text from The Mr.: Don’t ever let it be said that I don’t love you or support Teen Librarian Toolbox, it said, I’m currently driving an hour away to buy you a book cart for your “office”. For the record, my “office” is technically the dining room. We eat […]
Video Games Weekly: Video Game Awards
Did you know the gaming community has the equivalent of the Academy Awards for video games? They do, and it’s called The Game Awards! This year is the second annual Game Awards, so the show is very new. This year, the show was free to stream on December 5th on various platforms (it was […]
Tech Talk: HUE Animation Studio Review
Someone from HUE Animation Studio found TLT and reached out to me to ask if I would like a HUE Animation Studio kit to review and since I am actively putting together my library’s MakerSpace, I was excited to have an opportunity to review this product. One of the stations that I am working to […]
Sunday Reflections: Mapping the Violence in Your Childhood Memories
Wednesday night I was on the phone with my dad making sure my family was okay and when he asked what I was doing I said I was writing a post. He told me to mention him in my post – so this post is for him. Right before I began the third grade my […]
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