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Video Game Weekly: Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
For those of you who don’t know much about Animal Crossing, it is a simulation game that first came out in 2002 for the Nintendo GameCube. Since then, Nintendo has created other versions of Animal Crossing, although the gameplay has essentially stayed the same. In Animal Crossing, your character lives in a remote village with […]
Star Wars Reads Day 2015 at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County
Saturday October 10th was Star Wars Reads Day – one of my favorite holidays of the year! Why? Well for one, I got to dress up like Princess Leia. Of all the princesses I think she is my favorite because she saved Han Solo and Luke Skywalker just as much as they saved her. Never […]
Sunday Reflections: That Time I Sat and Soaked in the Glorious Words of Roxane Gay
I don’t know how I became aware of Roxane Gay, but it probably has something to do with working on the #SVYALit Project and Christa Desir and Carrie Mesrobian. A lot of my life has been learned and changed by working with Christa Desir and Carrie Mesrobian on the #SVYALit Project to be completely honest. […]
If Adults Are the People Buying YA Literature, Should We Still Call It YA? I Say Yes!
On Monday, David Thorpe at An Awfully Big Blog Adventure pointed out that current statistics indicate that 80% of YA fiction titles are purchased by adults. This percentage has seemingly increased since the last time we talked about this here at TLT back in 2012 when we discussed that We NEED YA Books for Teens. […]
Video Games Weekly: Super Mario Maker
This week, I’m reviewing Super Mario Maker, which I have been anxiously awaiting for weeks! Super Mario Maker is probably the most unique Mario game Nintendo has put out in recent years, and I’m looking forward to showing you why! Platform: Wii U Rated: E for “Everyone”, but don’t let that fool you. This game […]
App Review & Blended Pic Tutorial: Fused (with an assist from the Silhouette app)
Monday my co-blogger Heather Booth sent me a text that said,” you might really like this app called Fused.” She had no idea what she was starting as I quickly became obsessed, for the MakerSpace and my teens of course! Using the app I was able to create these images: Now I have been seeing […]
Sunday Reflections: The Weight and Meaning of Words, thinking about the casual ways in which we use words associated with mental health issues
At some point in the last few years I really began paying attention to the words we use and what they mean. There are campaigns to remind people not to use “That’s so gay” as an insult. Or the “R” word. As we realize the origin of words and how they are used to put […]
Book Review: Prison Island, a Graphic Memoir by Colleen Frakes
The other day a fellow librarian contacted me and said she needed some good YA nonfiction recommendations, to which I replied PRISON ISLAND! Prison Island is a memoir told in graphic novel format about McNeil Island in the state of Washington. It was one of the last remaining prison islands. Colleen Frake’s family was one […]
A Look at the Akron Public Library Mini Maker Faire
In September I went and visited the Akron Public Library in Ohio to check out it’s Mini Maker Faire. They had around 60 individuals and groups participate, setting up booths throughout the library. They began marketing the event early, giving people time to make their creations: While browsing the various exhibits I met some very […]
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