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Building Our Portable Photo Booth – Outreach at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County, Day 2
Yesterday I shared with you that this week was all about outreach and introduced you to our basic format. Today, I’m going to share with you how we created our portable outreach photo booth. Our primary outreach event is called First Fridays, which is a downtown festival with food trucks, an outdoor concert, and an […]
Teen MakerSpace Outreach at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County, Day 1 – Getting Organized
At The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County, we have been working really hard to do outreach for our new Teen MakerSpace. This week, I thought I would share with you what our outreach looks like. We have now put together 2 separate outreach packets, and I am working on a third. What […]
Who in the world am I? Growing up in Wonderland, a guest post by Nicky Peacock
Last year was Alice in Wonderland’s 150th anniversary, and this inspired me to re-read the book as an adult. I’d always known there were certain themes flowing through the story: growing up, madness, etc. but it was only on this second read that I started to truly understand them. My book, Lost in Wonderland, then […]
Video Games Weekly: Undertale
This week’s video game, Undertale, is once again a PC game that teens (especially teen girls) love, but circulating library collections may not be able to purchase because it is a digital download only. My teens requested an Undertale themed library program, and it attracted a more diverse crowd of teens compared to my usual […]
#MHYALit: Kneejerk Reactions are Just Jerky, a guest post by author Stacie Ramey
Today as part of the #MHYALit Discussion, we are honored to host author Stacie Ramey. You can read all the posts as part of the Mental Health in YA Lit Discussion here. An experience hits me every time a celebrity admits they’ve been diagnosed with depression. I think. Wow. I had no idea. And then […]
Sunday Reflections: Faith Shaming and Mental Illness, Reflecting on Faith and Mental Illness for the #MHYALit Project
Please note, I am writing this post today from a Protestant point of view, because that is my faith and the faith I am most familiar with, but I believe it is true of all faiths. So while the words may not be correct, the idea is universal. You can read all the posts as […]
Take 5: YA Lit Titles for Makers and MakerSpaces
Collection development is an active process in which I, like all librarians, actively seek to build balanced collections of all types of books. Because we have an active and popular Teen MakerSpace, one of the things I actively look for are “maker” related books. These can be books that include any type of maker related […]
#MHYALit: Five Ways to Cope: A Survival Guide for Family Members of Those with Mental Illnesses
If 1 in 4 adults suffers from some type of mental illness, and they do, then that means that a significant portion of our teenagers are living in families that are affected by mental illness. Today, as part of the Mental Health in YA Lit Discussion (#MHYALit), guest Diana Cabinian shares some tips for surviving […]
Kicky’s Post It Note Reviews: THE FIXES, ENTER TITLE HERE, SEVEN DAYS OF YOU, THREE DARK CROWNS and THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR
It’s time once again for a new installment of Kicky’s Post It Note Reviews. The Teen reads a book from her TBR pile and leaves it on my desk with her Post It Note review. It’s a very sophisticated process. I always like to know what actual teenagers think about books and since I am […]
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