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#SJYALit Hello, I’m Your Social Justice Librarian, a guest post by Perlita Payne
I became the Social Justice Librarian at Alameda County Library in September. I had gotten my MLIS the year before while working for many years at a health center in an urban high school. After graduation, I was an hourly Reference Librarian at a couple of public library systems including the one that I now […]
Middle School Monday: Spy on History Blog Tour and Giveaway
We are pleased to be today’s stop for the Spy on History blog tour! Here is the question put to me: If you could go back to anytime or place in history, where would you put your spy skills to use? This is such a difficult question! So many times in history would be fascinating […]
Friday Finds: February 10, 2017
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Dear World, Here’s What We Want You to Know about Teen Girls Middle School Monday: It’s All About the Memes #SJYALit Reading Lists: Disability in YA Lit, a guest post by Natalie Korsavidis Book Review: At the Edge of the Universe by Shaun David Hutchinson Love and Justice: What […]
Middle School Monday: It’s All About the Memes
This is going to be another one of those posts where I’m almost embarrassed to share this idea because it is so EASY. SIMPLE. But, who among us wouldn’t like some shared, simple ideas for library engagement? I ALWAYS want some! [That means: bring ‘em on, people!] Over the summer, I had hung up some […]
Friday Finds: February 3, 2017
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: My Fellow Americans, You’re Breaking My Heart Cover Reveal: 27 HOURS by Tristina Wright Middle School Monday: What We Say—and Don’t Say—Matters Book Review: Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley Book Review: The Careful Undressing of Love by Corey Ann Haydu So You’re a Librarian (or Library), What […]
Middle School Monday: What We Say—and Don’t Say—Matters
Our students are listening to us. Being neutral—or quiet—is also being registered by our students. They are noticing what we say. What we do. They also notice the silence. Every one of us is on a different spot on our journey of cultural competency.* I was thinking this weekend about what is going on in […]
Friday Finds: January 27, 2017
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: This is Why I Marched Here We Are: Feminism & Social Justice In Action by Kelly Jensen (#SJYALit: Social Justice in YA Lit) Book Review: Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World edited by Kelly Jensen Book Review: The You I’ve Never Known by Ellen Hopkins Here We […]
Friday Finds: January 20, 2017
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Greater words than ours Middle School Monday: Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri Book Review: History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera #SJYALit: How does real life and research fit with LGBT young adult lit? A guest post by Alex B Video Games Weekly: Why You Should Buy […]
Middle School Monday: Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri
Last week, I wrote about the books on the top of my TBR pile of dreams. All were published in late 2016 or early 2017. Except one. Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri (Candlewick Press) came out in 2011. Honestly, these are my favorite titles to be on my TBR lists, because it feels like I’m […]
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