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Middle Grade Monday – The Truth About Stacey (The Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels)
Raina Telgemeier, who is currently taking over the world, turned her incredible talents in an interesting direction, taking on the retelling of the original Ann M. Martin Baby-Sitters Club novels in graphic novel format in the mid 2000s. Now that her talents are being widely recognized and are in high demand, these are being re-released [...]
Friday Finds – May 15, 2015
This Week at TLT Sarah Dessen, on SAINT ANYTHING and more Middle Grade Monday: Camo Girl by Kekla Magoon I Was a Sixteen Year-Old Jesus Freak (Just Not In the Way You Think) by Terra Elan McVoy for #FSYALit Book Review: Finding Paris by Joy Preble The New Makerspace: Unboxing and the Learning Curve Let’s [...]
Middle Grade Monday: Camo Girl by Kekla Magoon
Camo Girl tells the story of three sixth graders with one thing in common – all have lost their fathers. Title character Ella lives with her mother and grandmother, who moved in to care for her after the death of her father almost three years ago. Ella’s mother travels four days a week to support [...]
Friday Finds – May 8, 2015
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: The narrative of competition Tech Talk: Making an “Ad” for My TSRC Take 5: Australian YA Tech Talk: App Review – BeFunky #FSYALit: Muslim Representation in YA Lit, a guest post by Kaye M Priorities, or An Embarrassment of Riches Book Review: Heat of the Moment by Lauren Barnholdt [...]
Priorities, or An Embarrassment of Riches
So sorry I was incapacitated on Monday and didn’t get to post my usual Middle Grade Monday! I hope you can forgive me. I’ve recently come to the realization that, although my Mother generously gave me a bookcase last year, I still have stacks of books around my house. They’re decorative! But, seriously, I’ve had [...]
Middle Grade Monday – the DNF Debate
As you may have read here, next week we are doing a Second Chance Challenge – we are challenging you to pick up a book that you didn’t finish and try again. Thus the DNF (did not finish) debate. For those of us who are school librarians, it can be a challenge to help some [...]
Friday Finds – April 24, 2015
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: She is Safe? A Personal Reflection for Sexual Assualt Awareness Month #FSYALit: Orthodox Representation in YA Lit Middle Grade Monday – The Power of Doorstops What’s New in LGBTQIA+ This Spring The Trouble with Telling, author Kristin Halbrook discusses her new release EVERY LAST PROMISE for #SVYALit March Arc [...]
Middle Grade Monday – the Power of Doorstops
The last conference I attended had a wonderful session entitled ‘Radical Hospitality in the School Library Media Center.’ And I’m not just saying that because it was a friend and colleague who was presenting. It was really wonderful. I’ve strived since my first library to find ways to make the students feel welcome and wanted [...]
Friday Finds – April 17, 2015
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: YouTube Killed the MTV Star (#YouTubeWeek) From the Screen to the Page: How the YouTube Sensation Became a YA Book, a guest post by Paige McKenzie and Alyssa Sheinmel (#YouTubeWeek) Middle Grade Monday – YouTube for the Tween Crowd #SVYALit: ALL THE RAGE and rape culture, Trish Doller interviews [...]
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