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Behold the Power of Reading; Or, how my 8-year-old was inspired to start her own #TrashTuesdays
Last Saturday, Thing 2 turned 8. For her birthday, a friend sent her the following three books: Monday night, The Teen, Thing 2 and I curled up and bed and read them together. We cried as we read Malala’s story. We were inspired as we read about Barrack Obama and Hillary Clinton. One thing that […]
Video Games Weekly: Lego Harry Potter Collection
The Lego Harry Potter Collection is the remastered PS4 edition of the original Lego Harry Potter games, (it’s unknown if a remastered edition will be released for Xbox or Nintendo) but this time the entire game is on one disc! The release was timely considering the movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them came […]
Teaching Teens Media Literacy 101
Media Literacy 101 TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16 Decoded: he would prefer it if only rich people could vote https://twitter.com/shaunking/status/803286999692115969 … Mon, Nov 28 2016 20:46:05 ReplyRetweetFavorite TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16 A tweet string on media literacy. 1) always review the source. Who? What? Why? Where? How? 2) examine media bias 3) examine personal bias Mon, Nov 28 2016 20:50:05 ReplyRetweetFavorite TeenLibrarianToolbox@TLT16 4) […]
Sunday Reflections: Common Sense isn’t Really all that Common
Occasionally you will hear someone say that a person – let’s say Joe – has a lot of book smarts but not a lot of common sense. The idea is that they’ve read a lot of books but they don’t have a lot of real life knowledge. I would argue that common sense isn’t all […]
TPiB: The Great Ornament Hack
Every once in a while, I feel like I have a moment of genius (it’s not often). This Teen MakerSpace activity was one of those moments, I hope. I was standing in Michael’s when I saw this big tube of clear plastic ornaments. In the past, I have done the paint inside the ornament craft […]
Things I Never Learned in Library School: On Being a Teen Librarian 2 Weeks After the Election of Donald Trump
I knew eventually something like this would happen, I just didn’t think it would be so soon. The call came on Friday. A co-worker, her nephew took his own life. He was both black and gay and he saw the writing on the wall and he was scared. He read the news, he heard the […]
Spending the Day After the 2016 Election with Teenagers
I have been a teen services librarian for 22 years, maybe 23. I have sat with teenagers through a lot of moments. Many elections. 9/11. I have talked with them about war, the economy, and yes, about their abortions. Some teenagers we see once or twice, others we come to know more personally. They […]
The Nature of Collaboration With Kim Askew & Amy Helmes, a guest post
In the course of publishing our Twisted Lit novels (each of which is inspired by a different Shakespeare play), we’ve often fielded questions about what it’s like to collaborate. The process demands an equal and ego-free partnership, an ability to view the world through a similar lens, and a willingness to see the strengths in […]
MakerSpace: Fun with Lettering and Quarto Books
Lettering might seem like an odd thing to discuss when it comes to making, but there are lots of great ways that you can include lettering with making. If you have read any of my makerspace posts, you know that I have mentioned how my teens tend to be into more traditional arts and crafts […]
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