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Teen Book Club – Creating a Place to Read and Belong! (a guest post by Sheri Schubbe)
Everyone who works with teens in an educational library setting knows it’s a struggle to compete for a their time and attention. We’re up against schoolwork, sports, various extracurricular activities, part-time jobs, social media and technology. We want teens to spend time in our libraries and love reading, but it can be challenging to get […]
Things I Never Learned in Library School: The Best Made Plans . . . Still Sometimes Fail
On paper, it’s the perfect program. An afternoon spent making as we help teens learn various tasks they may need to participate in cosplay? Sounds like a great idea. It was an idea sparked by a comment made by a presenter at ALA in 2016. And we ran with it because 1) we have an […]
Quick Book Review: The Other F-Word by Natasha Friend
Basic Synopsis: A teen conceived through IVF goes in search of answers about her past and finds herself examining what it means to be a family. Karen’s Quick Thoughts: So this book was fun, heartwarming and enjoyable. It covered a topic I have never seen discussed in YA – kids conceived by donor sperm. 5 […]
Support Libraries, Save the IMLS
Earlier this week, the newest proposed federal budget was introduced and it included massive cuts to many services (see link below for a complete look at the budget in the Washington Post). Included in those potential cuts would be a complete elimination of the IMLS, the Institute of Museums and Library Services. The IMLS provides […]
MakerSpace: April National Poetry Month Activities
In the Teen MakerSpace at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (OH), we’re getting ready for National Poetry Month (April). We have a variety of activities that we will be hosting all month long in our makerspace using our materials to get teens thinking about and creating poetry. Some of our ideas […]
Video Games Weekly Disney Emoji Blitz
This week, I was going to review the new Legend of Zelda game, but due to a shipping mix up, I haven’t received my copy yet! So, this week is about a “freemium” game that I have been addicted to for the past few months called Disney Emoji Blitz. If you shop at Walmart, you […]
Book Review: BRACED by Alyson Gerber
The first time I ever had to wear my backbrace in public, I threw up. That’s what I remember the most. We were going to one of my brother’s baseball games and I was anxious that everyone would be able to tell that I was wearing it. So I barfed, as one does. The second […]
Sunday Reflections: Who Gets to Decide What it Means to be “Real”?
Real American Real America Real Christian Real Patriot Real Man Real Woman There is a lot of talking lately about being real. Real America, many people argue, lies in the heart of the poor, rural Midwest communities with silos and farms. As if the big cities no longer matter. Coastal elites, they claim, don’t represent […]
Video Games Weekly: Abzu
The video game Journey, which I talked about at length here, is one of my favorite video games at all time. The same creator recently came out with a new video game called Abzu, which I pre-ordered because I loved Journey so much. Although it’s not the same experience as Journey, I think many parents […]
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