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Middle Grade Monday – Reader’s Advisory and Reference Interviews with Tweens
I’ve had a couple of conversations in the library Twittersphere about Reader’s Advisory, and the lack of training we had in our Library School programs. I do remember having some brief training on doing reference interviews during my basic reference class. The thing I remember most from it was that it’s important to ask a [...]
Friday Finds – March 27, 2015
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: On Trying to Be Better Zombie Love: Why Are Zombie Things So Popular? (A guest post by Geri Diorio) Middle Grade Monday – Women in Fiction Book Review: We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach #FSYALIT Girls Like Me Don’t: Thoughts on Things I Can’t Forget by Miranda Kenneally, [...]
Middle Grade Monday – Women in Fiction
Those of you hanging around the Internet this weekend, especially on Twitter, were probably inundated with the hashtag #womeninfiction. It seemed that all of the librarians, authors, and publishing people I follow came out of the woodwork to tweet and retweet about their favorite female fictional characters. Many of those were characters remembered with strong [...]
Friday Finds – March 20, 2015
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Growing Children as Readers #FSYALit Discussion: Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie Coyle Middle Grade Monday – Mixing things up in the Middle School Library Book Review: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli In the Most Recent Issue of SLJ Serving Full [...]
Book Review: The Shadow Cabinet by Maureen Johnson
Look, it’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of Maureen Johnson. You didn’t know? Do you live under a rock? I follow her everywhere – Tumblr, Twitter, etc. She has a fantastically skewed sense of humor that I find appealing, and I love how much she cares about the young people for whom she [...]
Middle Grade Monday – Mixing things up in the Middle School Library
I’ve had a couple of wonderful opportunities to attend conferences lately. One was a one day school library focussed conference, and the other was a two day instructional technology conference. They both provided exposure to a wealth of new ideas I’m hoping to weave into plans for reconfiguring both the space and purpose of my [...]
Sunday Reflections: Growing Children as Readers
Every piece of recent research points to the fact that, above all else, freedom of choice is the key to engaging children with reading and turning them into lifelong learners. And not just choice of reading material, although that is of primary importance, but choice of what to read, when to read, how to read, [...]
Friday Finds – March 13, 2015
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: What’s a Powder Puff? Book Review: The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith Middle Grade Monday – World Traveler Edition Book review: Top 250 LGBTQ Books for Teens Serving Full T.I.L.T. : Talking Up Teens Full STEAM Ahead with Tween and Teen Programming, webinar for Florida Library Webinars Book Review: [...]
Middle Grade Monday – World Traveler Edition
Okay, not so much world traveler, but I did get on a plane today, which is a big deal for me. I’m in Michigan visiting some friends who have a 6 week old and a 2.5 year old, so all the snuggles for me! Meanwhile, here are some middle grades novels I’m looking forward to [...]
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