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#MHYALit: You’re Not Alone, a guest post by author Pintip Dunn
Today we are honored to host author Pintip Dunn who is discussing her book, Remember Yesterday and the Forget Tomorrow series, as part of the #MHYALit Discussion. You can read all the posts as part of the Mental Health in YA Lit Discussion here. The FORGET TOMORROW series features a world where memories can be […]
#MHYALit: Psychological Thrillers and Mental Health
A few weeks ago, I received a postcard promoting a new YA psychological thriller: Personally, I don’t like reading psychological thrillers. Don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoy reading thrillers in general, but psychological thrillers always hit me the wrong way because of the way many tend to use mental illness as a shallow plot […]
Video Games Weekly: Warframe
This week’s video game is a FTP (free to play) third-person shooter video game available on multiple platforms. When I say “free”, I mean that it is a freemium game where players are able to play for free just like anyone else, but can make micro-transactions to purchase better items. Warframe as far as I […]
#MHYALit: Speak Up! A guest post about PTSD by author Shannon Greenland
Yesterday, PTSD got a lot of attention. The truth is, PTSD is a psychological response to extreme trauma. Soldiers are not the only individuals that experience PTSD. Many other people experience PTSD, including victims of violent crimes, people who experience an extreme life event like a car accident, and even women who have a traumatic […]
ICYMI: Teens as Caregivers in SLJ for #MHYALit
I wrote an article about teens as caregivers for School Library Journal. You can read it here: Current estimates suggest that there are 1.3 million households with caregiving youth, or 3.2 percent of all households with children between the ages of eight and 18. Child caregivers tend to live in homes with lower incomes, indicating […]
Sunday Reflections: TRIGGER WARNING – This Post is About Suicide and Why We Shouldn’t Joke About It
TRIGGER WARNING: THIS POST IS ABOUT SUICIDE. I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND IF YOU CAN’T READ IT. On December 31st of this year, my best friend from high school got online and posted on Facebook: “Happy New Year everyone, have a great year.” A mere twelve hours later his new wife – they had just gotten married […]
Teen Coloring Postcards: Outreach at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County, Day 5
Although we have a Teen MakerSpace that tends to be technology focused, we have also found that our teens want and enjoy a lot of more traditional arts and crafts. In fact, we have created both a drawing and teen coloring station in our Teen MakerSpace and both have proven to be very popular. So […]
Making Text Transfer Chalkboard Speech Bubbles: Outreach at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County, Day 4
Here we are, day 4 discussing outreach and let’s talk about making chalkboard speech bubbles as photo booth props. Full disclosure: I have awful penmanship. I write myself notes and then later, I have no idea what they say. None. So I was worried about how we were going to make our speech bubbles for […]
TPiB: Undertale Party
Last week, I wrote a review about the video game Undertale. If you haven’t read it, go ahead and skim it before trying out this program! Also, be sure to ask your regular teens if they’re fans of Undertale before deciding to do this program. Undertale is a niche fandom that isn’t nearly as big […]
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