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#MHYALit: Small Towns and Mental Illness, a guest post by This is Not a Love Letter author Kim Purcell
Today we are honored to have a guest post by author Kim Purcell. She is discussing with us the topic of small towns and mental health. She is also generously offering to give away one copy of THIS IS NOT A LOVE LETTER, which comes out tomorrow, January 30th, from Disney Hyperion. In This Is […]
YA A to Z: Boarding Schools, a guest post by Tawny Stokes
It’s the fourth week of January, which means we’re discussing the Letter B in YA A to Z. Today we are talking about boarding schools with author Tawny Stokes. You can find out more about YA A to Z here. School. That regular staple in almost every teen’s life. It’s a place rife with drama […]
Take 5: New YA Booklists You’ll Want to See (January 2018)
2018 YA Diverse Books: http://www.epicreads.com/blog/2018-diverse-ya-books/ Notable Books for Teens about the Arab World: http://diversityinya.tumblr.com/post/90356654158/notable-novels-for-teens-about-the-arab-world 11 Books about the South Asian Dia...
A Collection of Tweets on the Discussion of YA Books Set in College/Post High School
Over the past few days, there has been an ongoing discussion on Twitter about the need for YA books that highlight the post high school life and whether or not they should be marketed as YA. I tweeted a lot about it and have compiled those tweets below. I am also working on putting together […]
Sunday Reflections: That Delicate Balance Between Quality Patron Services and Employee Personal Boundaries
Please note: This post will share a bunch of stories of patron interactions in public libraries and no names or locations will be shared. Some of them are stories from friends, social media, and my own. None of them will reveal that communities in which they occurred to help protect all parties involved. The man […]
MakerSpace: DIY Metal Stamping (A metal stamping kit review)
Jewelry making has been pretty popular in our Teen MakerSpace, and I really wanted to give metal stamping a try. However, the individual components always seemed more expensive then something I wanted to spend just to try something out. Fortunately, I found a complete metal stamping kit at Target for only $24.99, and that seemed […]
Book Review: Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
Publisher’s Book Description: New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of a striking new series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockhart. Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded […]
So, You’ve Just Tweeted That Nobody Uses Public Libraries Anymore . . .
Hi There, So, you have just tweeted that nobody uses public libraries anymore and we don’t need to fund them, but I’m going to stop you right there. First of all, I’m going to assume that what you really mean is that you don’t use your public library anymore so because you don’t, you assume […]
YA A to Z: Let’s Talk About . . . Aromantic and Asexual, a guest post by Bridgette Johnson
It’s the second week of January, which means we’re discussing the Letter A in YA A to Z. Today we are talking about aromantic and asexual with librarian Bridgette Johnson. You can find out more about YA A to Z here. Before we delve too deep into our topic, let’s have some super basic broad […]
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