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Christina Keasler started a new job with no official title or description. After conducting focused outreach and listening to community feedback, she found her calling serving middle schoolers in the public library.
A middle-school librarian conducted his own research on ebooks. What he found out now guides his collection development—and may be the answer to the "middle school drop-off" in pleasure reading.
This month's 30-second booktalk—which is presented in both English and Spanish—comes to us from Dr. Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez. She recommends Julia Alvarez's fantastic middle grade novel, When Tia Lola Came to Stay.
Many mock Caldecott programs take months of planning and can last an entire school year, but for librarians tight on time and budget, a mini Mock may be just the thing to ignite rich discussion of text and art with middle graders.