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July #ARCParty
I got some new books while I was away in Ohio so the girls and I decided that last night was a great night for an impromptu ARC party. For those of you new to TLT, here’s how an ARC Party works: The Tween and The Bestie go through each title, reading the back cover […]
Sunday Reflections: This is what courage looks like
cour·age noun: courage the ability to do something that frightens one. “she called on all her courage to face the ordeal” 2. strength in the face of pain or grief. “he fought his illness with great courage” For weeks now people have been talking about Caitlyn Jenner and courage. You don’t have to like that […]
Book Review: Court of Fives by Kate Elliott
Publisher’s Book Description: In this imaginative escape into an enthralling new world, World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott begins a new trilogy with her debut young adult novel, weaving an epic story of a girl struggling to do what she loves in a society suffocated by rules of class and privilege. Jessamy’s life is a […]
How Do You Measure Summer Reading Participation?
How do you ask teens to keep track of their reading during your summer reading program? That is one of the ongoing questions we seem to be asking ourselves each year as we approach summer reading. My 21st teen summer reading program has just come to an end. I emptied out containers of reading slips […]
MakerSpace: Quick and Easy Stop Motion Movies
As part of our ongoing development of Maker Mondays, I decided to add a Stop Motion station near our Lego station this past Monday. While working at Betty Warmack Branch Libary (Grand Prairie, TX), I learned just how much tweens and teens like making stop motion movies or .GIFs. A little station fit in really […]
Sunday Reflections: Today, I am Eeyore (a reflection on depression and anxiety in the life of tweens and teens)
Yesterday TLT celebrated 4 years as a blog but the truth is, I haven’t been very celebratory this week. In fact, this week has been one of the hardest of my life. Not the hardest, just one of them. And this week I had to have one of the most difficult conversations with my almost […]
Confusing Consent, what we can learn from Bill Cosby (An #SVYALit Discussion)
By now we are all very much aware that one of the icons of my childhood, Bill Cosby, has been accused by 40 plus women of drugging and raping them. This is a story that has been in the press for some a little over 9 or so months, but for others they have known […]
5 Truths about Making and Makerspaces in Our Libraries
I am in the midst of a profound “Maker awakening”. Yes, that’s what I think I will dub it. I have spent the last couple of months immersed in the research and development of incorporating the maker movement into the library I am currently working at. I have been reading, reading some more, and refining […]
Thoughts on Our First Maker Mondays at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County
We hosted our first Maker Monday yesterday at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (OH) and it looked something like this: We had 7 stations with 6 activities: A button making station Bottle cap magnets LittleBits Strawbees Legos Ellison Shape Cutters and a Paper station for selecting and cutting papers for the […]
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