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Video Games Weekly: Terraria WiiU
Last September, I reviewed Terraria for the PS4. I found the controls didn’t translate well to the PS4 from the PC, and suggested circulating collections may not want to buy a copy. Well, this month Terraria came out on the Wii U, and I wanted to give it another chance because the controls would be […]
#MHYALit: Please Let’s Stop People Telling with Mental Health Issues to Just X, Y or Z
Trigger Warning: Suicidal Thoughts Mentioned On Friday, I was scrolling through my Twitter feed when I saw a headline from Jezebel: Save Your Xanax and Watch Some Calming Ink Videos Instead. I suffer from a Generalized Anxiety Disorder and there are a few periods in my life where I have been prone to panic attacks. […]
#ARCParty: End of Summer 2016 Bash – New #YALit Releases
Storify by TeenLibrarianToolbox Thu, Jul 21 2016 20:10:59 Edit #ARCParty for September 2016 #YALit Releases They decided they wanted to do September as well. With duck face apparently. #ARCParty TeenLibrarianToolbox · Mon, Jul 11 2016 19:46:48 Genetic engineering leaves “The Ones” with advantages, until the script is flipped TeenLibrarianToolbox · Mon, Jul 11 2016 19:48:16 […]
Kicky’s Post It Note Reviews, Jackaby Edition
The Teen recently read 8 books in 3 weeks, none of them of course were the ones she needed to read for school. I had the honor of going to ALA in Orlando for a quick trip this year, and came home with several ARCs, many of which she has already read. She also read […]
Book Discussion: Autism in AFTERWARD by Jennifer Mathieu
When I initially began reading AFTERWARD by Jennifer Mathieu, I was certain I would be coming to you today to discuss this title as part of the Sexual Violence in YA Literature Project (The #SVYALit Project). However, as I got further and further into the book, this book became an important read – to me […]
#ARCParty: July 2016 New #YALit Releases
Here’s a look at some new #YALit releases coming out in June, July and August of 2016. Storify by TeenLibrarianToolbox Thu, Jul 21 2016 20:13:46 Edit #ARCParty for July 2016 #YALit Releases We are getting to go through July #yalit ARCs #arcparty TeenLibrarianToolbox · Mon, Jul 11 2016 19:24:31 “There is nothing innocent about Shadow […]
MakerSpace: Making Fingerprint Pokemon Go Buttons
Pokemon Go is big – you’ve probably heard. So my library is like many libraries and we are trying to plan a Pokemon Go program for our patrons while the program is still hot. Yes, I know Pokemon has been popular for 20 years now, but this is a new level of popularity and we […]
Sunday Reflections: It Starts in Local Communities – And it Starts with You!
A man laid down on the ground with his hands up in the air, he was shot anyway. There were bombings in Kabul and a mass shooting in Germany. The Republican convention ended with the notion that we should hang the democratic presumptive nominee for treason and the leaked news that members of the DNC […]
#MHYALit: There is Hope When You’re Dealing with Depression by Jodie Andrefski
Today as part of the #MHYALit Discussion we are honored to host author Jodie Andrefski. You can find out more about the #MHYALit Discussion and see the posts here. In The Society, the main character, Sam, had been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and then did not receive mental health treatment. On top of that, she […]
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