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Sunday Reflections: Yes, I Talk to My Teenager About Sex (Sexual Assault Awareness Month)
“Does it hurt the first time you have sex?,” she asked me. I wasn’t so much surprised by the question, but by the where and when of the asking of it. We were in a park. With my mother. But my mother didn’t flinch and neither did I. “I think for some people it does […]
The Twitter Chat with E. K. Johnston, author of EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR
Here's What Happened When We Had a Twitter Chat with EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR Author E. K. Johnston// Storify by TeenLibrarianToolbox Fri, Apr 01 2016 00:22:46 Edit Here's What Happened When We Had a Twitter Chat with EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR Author E. K. Johnston TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16 So @ek_johnston, how did this story come […]
Book Review: Breakfast with Neruda by Laura Moe, reviewed by teen reviewer Lexi
Publisher’s Book Description Michael Flynn is just trying to get through his community service after he made the dumb decision to try to blow up his friend’s car with fireworks–the same friend who stole Michael’s girl. Being expelled and losing his best buddy and his girlfriend are the least of his problems: Michael has learned […]
Video Games Weekly: Plants Vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2
One of the biggest requests I get from parents visiting the library is a video game that isn’t “too violent” that their kid/teen will also enjoy playing. As you can guess, it’s really hard to find a shooter game that fits that category, since most shooter games like Call of Duty are rated M. Luckily, […]
Book Review: Character Driven by David Lubar
What do Better Off Dead, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and Lizzie McGuire all have in common? Besides the fact that they seriously date me, I mean. Character Driven by David Lubar all bring these references to mind in both voice and in the way the main character breaks the fourth wall. Cliff, that is his […]
#MHYALit: The Fantasy of Being Thin and YA Lit, a guest post by Katelyn Browne
Last week, we had several conversations about the book Kill the Boy Band and body shaming. You can read post 1 and post 2 for background. In the midst of all these online conversations, Katelyn Browne contacted me and said I want to write a post about “the fantasy of being thin”. Today, we are […]
Sunday Reflections: My Favorite MakerSpace Moments (So Far)
Our Teen MakerSpace is in full swing now at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (Ohio). We have hired and trained two MakerSpace Assistants, who it turns out are incredibly awesome. And every day we have anywhere from 10 or more teens come into the space. Word of mouth is definitely spreading […]
#FSYALit: There You’ll Find Me, a guest post by Dahlia Adler
Today for #FSYALit author Dahlia Adler discusses There You’ll Find Me by author Jenny B. Jones. You can read all of our #FSYALit posts here. Confession: I had no idea that There You’ll Find Me by Jenny B. Jones was Christian Fiction. When it was initially recommended to me, I was just looking for more […]
Video Games Weekly: Pikman 3
This week, I was going to review Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, but then I learned on Twitter that Nintendo released their Nintendo Selects 2016 sale! This sale is especially sweet for libraries that have Wii games that don’t want to spend the full $60 on older titles, and I personally think every game […]
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