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Faith and Sprituality in YA Lit: GLBTQ YA and Issues of Faith, a guest post by Robert Bittner
Writing about spirituality is a really complex thing and includes myriad ways of looking at the world and at institutions that purport to nurture the spiritual lives of youth, since we’re getting specific. My own history within institutionalized Protestant Christianity left me feeling marginalized, especially due to my identity as a young gay man (though [...]
Sunday Reflections: The Weight and Meaning of Words
When my twin nephews were born I was young, around 24. At that time, they were just starting to talk a lot in the news about Autism, it wasn’t as prevalent as it is now. I knew nothing about it, and while I still know next to nothing about it from a medical or scientific [...]
TPiB: Strawbees, a great tool for Makerspaces
My first weeks as the YA Services Coordinator at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County in Ohio, the children’s librarian came to me with an ad for these things called STRAWBEES and asked what I thought of them. And what I thought of them was that they looked pretty cool. So she [...]
#SVYALit: Author Christa Desir discusses the Voices and Faces Project
Four years ago, I participated in the first Voices and Faces Project survival testimonial writing workshop. Entitled “The Stories We Tell”, this is a two-day writing workshop geared toward survivors of rape, domestic violence, and sexual trafficking. I have long been affiliated with the Voices and Faces Project. I am one of the founding members [...]
Serving Teens Full T.I.L.T. : Diverse Teens, Diverse Needs (Eden Grey)
When talking about serving teens, we can’t neglect the need to talk about diversity because like all people groups, teens are a diverse population. We can talk in general terms about the development of teens, but at the end of the day each teen is a unique person shaped by a unique genetic combination and [...]
TPiB: Zip Tie Crafts
I recently learned about some amazing crafts that you could do with zip ties from my friends in Ohio, MM and MM. That’s not a typo, there are two of them. They are very cool – and crafty. Disco Balls MM originally saw these on Pinterest and knew that she wanted to make them, but [...]
#FSYALit Discussion Index/Hub
It began as a casual conversation over Twitter, but YA Librarian Ally Watkins and I decided that we really wanted to explore and discuss issues of faith and the spiritual lives of teens in YA literature, thus the #FSYALit Project was born. And as part of our initial research we found some interesting background information: [...]
Author Cecil Castelluci is Offering a Book Based Gaming Package to Libaries
Author Cecil Castelluci (Tin Star) has made a table top RPG for Tin Star, kind of like D&D, where you play aliens who dock on the space station and interact with the characters from the book on a mini adventure. You don’t have to have read the book to play the game, or play the [...]
Book Review: The Forgetting by Nicole Maggi
Publisher’s Description: Georgie’s new heart saved her life…but now she’s losing her mind. Georgie Kendrick wakes up after a heart transplant, but the organ beating in her chest doesn’t seem to be in tune with the rest of her body. Why does she have a sudden urge for strawberries when she’s been allergic for years? [...]
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