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As kind of a wrap up to our Serving Full T.I.L.T. (Teens in Libraries Today), I took to Twitter to get your input asking, “What do you wish adults would remember about teens today?” What follows are some of your answers. If you would like to add more, please leave us a comment. @TLT16 They’re [...]
As part of our Faith and Spirituality in YA Lit Discussion, Ally Watkins and I decided we would both read several books and have joint discussions about them. Our first selection was Vivian Apple at the End of the World by Katie Coyle. Ally’s Thoughts: So, our plan in theory was good. Except Ally DNFed [...]
Full STEAM Ahead with Tween and Teen Programming You can register and view the archived webinar here What you’ll find in the webinar slideshow: Why use technology in your library programming? What technology can you use in your library programming? Evaluating Cubelets, Little Bits, Makey Makey, Raspberry Pis and Spheros (with help from The Robot [...]
For our final piece in our Serving Full T.I.L.T. (Teens in Libraries Today) series, Eden Grey is talking about advocacy. Next week we’ll here from you. Why is in-house advocacy important? We all see advocacy at a national level, in social media blasts by ALA and YALSA, awareness campaigns by School Library Journal, fundraisers by [...]
Publisher’s Book Description: Once again blending multiple story strands that transcend time and place, Grasshopper Jungle author Andrew Smith tells the story of 15-year-old Ariel, a refugee from the Middle East who is the sole survivor of an attack on his small village. Now living with an adoptive family in Sunday, West Virginia, Ariel’s story [...]
Matt Myklusch and Jon and Pamela Voelkel first met on a panel at the Texas Library Association. At the time, the Voelkels were promoting their action-packed Jaguar Stones series, and Matt was doing the same for his superhero adventure books, The Jack Blank Adventures. Now, a couple years later, with Jon and Pamela Voelkel releasing [...]
Today as a part of our weeklong look at #LastListEgmont, authors Bree Despain and Anne Bustard share their stories in a joint interview. Bree: On the surface, our books seem pretty different—Anywhere but Paradise is a middle grade story about a girl who moves to Hawaii in 1960, while my book The Eternity Key is [...]
Earlier this week, author Laura Ruby wrote a post about survivor stories inspired by her new release Bone Gap. The conversation came in part by this simple question: What do the survivors of sexual violence owe us when they share their stories? The answer of course is nothing, they owe us nothing. Talking about sexual [...]
As the two authors with fairy-tale retellings on Egmont USA’s Spring 2015 list, Sarah Cross (Tear You Apart) and Sarah McGuire (Valiant) thought it might be fun to interview each other about fairy tales, happy endings, and how they approach their own retellings. The conversation took place in the library of an enchanted castle, over [...]