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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? [...]
Serving Teens Full T.I.L.T.: Asset Building 101, How using the 40 Developmental Assets can help us plan and evaluate teen programming
Early on in my career as a YA librarian I was invited to a community meeting where I learned about the Search Institute’s 40 Developmental Assets. This information became one of the guiding principles for me in youth librarianship; it informs what I do as a YA librarian along every step of the way from [...]
#SVYALit: Author Heather Demetrios discusses sexual choices & boundaries in I’ll Meet You There
As part of our ongoing discussion about Sexual Violence in YA Lit for The #SVYALit Project, we also want to make sure that we talk about healthy sexual experiences in YA literature as well. Today, we are excited to have author Heather Demetrios join us to discuss her upcoming YA book I’ll Meet You There. [...]
Book Review: Tear You Apart by Sarah Cross
I was very excited to hear that there was going to be another title that examines the twisted fairy tale world of Beau Rivage and Tear You Apart did not disappoint. This is what I said in my review of Kill Me Softly about Beau Rivage: Beau Rivage is a glorious place where there are [...]
2015 Calendar
Planning. It takes, well, planning. What kind of displays do I want to do? What kinds of programming? Here are some upcoming events that I am using to help me plan. I am a big movie junkie so I like to do tie-ins when I can, even if it is just a genre display. And [...]
The #SVYALit Hangout on Hazing – and a hazing book giveaway!
Yesterday we had a great discussion with authors Eric Devine (Press Play), Anthony Breznican (Brutal Youth) and Joshua Cohen (Leverage) about their books and the topic of hazing/bullying. If you missed that conversation, you can watch below, or for you podcast fans you can “press play” and listen to it as a podcast. Great news! [...]
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