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Middle School Monday: Short Stories for the Win
Like hopefully every middle school librarian on the planet, I’m joyously awaiting the release of Flying Lessons & Other Stories in January—a collection of short stories edited by Ellen Oh (Crown Books, 2017). The publisher’s note: “Whether it is basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighborhoods, this bold anthology—written by the best children’s […]
Friday Finds: November 4, 2016
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: My Teens Will be Voting in the Next Presidential Election, What are We Teaching Them? #MHYALit: How to Help, by Ally Watkins Middle School Monday: Let Students Do It #MHYALit: For Whom The Book Is Written: Addressing Intended Audience in YA Novels about Mental Illness, a guest post by […]
Middle School Monday: Let Students Do It
You know that social media phenomenon where everyone is putting forth their best selves and as users we can come away with a warped view of how fabulous everyone else’s life is? I don’t want this blog to be like that. I don’t want to share projects and ideas that have turned out successfully and […]
Friday Finds: October 28, 2016
This Week at TLT Tech Talk: The Ongoing Quest for iPad/iPhone Printing, Or, How I Fell in Love with a Printing App Middle School Monday: Embracing our Book-ishness #MHYALit: Puzzling Through Teen Mental Health, a conversation with Emily Franklin and H.A. Swain Video Games Weekly: Paper Mario – Color Splash October/November #ARCParty Uppercase Unboxing #MHYALit: […]
Uppercase Unboxing
Welcome to the first of three unboxing posts – one each month. As you might have already gathered, I was contacted by Uppercase and offered a free three month subscription to their ‘box’ service in return for blogging about what I received. I’m not entirely sure why they chose me out of the four of […]
Middle School Monday: Embracing our Book-ishness.
Last week, I wrote something review-ish. It was frankly more of an ode to a book than a review of one and I am happy to own that fervent love of a book. I’m also proud to own (and advertise) the consuming love I have for MG and YA books in general. It was striking […]
Friday Finds: October 21, 2016
This Week at TLT Win 5 from Merit Press Middle School Monday: A Review. Of a Book. That is Fire. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Spring 2017 Showcase and Giveaway Things I Never Learned in Library School: Dealing with Minors and Pornography NerdCon: Stories 2016 Video Games 101: What you need to know about Lego Dimensions Privacy […]
Middle School Monday: A Review. Of a Book. That is Fire.
Like most of us, I’m in love with books. Love. Books. As school librarians, though, it’s important for us to also focus on other aspects of our practice—youth identity development, information literacy, responsive pedagogy. So, I’ve tried to focus here on MSM on programming I’ve already done with specific novels and the work we do […]
Friday Finds: October 14, 2016
This Week at TLT Middle School Monday: Let’s Crossover Some More #SVYALit Book Review: Rani Patel in Full Effect by Sonia Patel #MHYALit: Psychological Thrillers and Mental Health #MHYALit: You’re Not Alone, a guest post by author Pintip Dunn #SVYALit: No, It’s Not Normal Locker Room Talk and Yes It’s Important That We Say That […]
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