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How Can Libraries Support Children and Immigrant Families? By Doing What We Do Best. 

How Can Libraries Support Children and Immigrant Families? By Doing What We Do Best. 
Rachel G. Payne and Jessica Ralli,  Jul 04, 2019

The plight of immigrant families at the U.S. border prompted the Brooklyn Public Library and others to act. 

Libraries Can Inspire Empathy with Community-Wide Podcasts

Libraries Can Inspire Empathy with Community-Wide Podcasts
Pamela Rogers and Anne Bensfield,  Jun 20, 2019

Listening and programming suggestions for children and adults to enjoy together.

Kids Help Kids Impacted by Hurricanes

Kids Help Kids Impacted by Hurricanes
Tamara Ellis Smith,  Oct 03, 2018

The author of Another Kind of Hurricane created a service project for students to aid others by sending clothes and handwritten messages of kindness.

Little Free Libraries: Pet Projects or Literacy Tools?

Little Free Libraries: Pet Projects or Literacy Tools?
Taryn Venner Ashe,  Sep 26, 2018

The adorable book-swap boxes weather criticism while spreading books around neighborhoods.

REFORMA Leads Efforts To Get Books to Migrant Children

REFORMA Leads Efforts To Get Books to Migrant Children
Kara Yorio,  Aug 03, 2018

Donation drives pop up across the country to give children separated from their parents a book of their own, as REFORMA continues its efforts and builds relationships to support the migrant youth.

Book Review: We’ll Fly Away by Bryan Bliss

Book Review: We’ll Fly Away by Bryan Bliss
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  May 08, 2018
Publisher’s description Luke and Toby have always had each other’s backs. But then one choice—or maybe it is a series of choices—sets them down an irrevocable path. We’ll Fly Away weaves together Luke and Toby’s senior year of high school with letters Luke writes to Toby later—from death row. This thought-provoking novel is an exploration of friendship, […]
Putting the Science Back in Library Science: Collection Development, Diversity Audits, & Understanding Teens – Analyzing Data for Decision Making

Putting the Science Back in Library Science: Collection Development, Diversity Audits, & Understanding Teens – Analyzing Data for Decision Making
Karen Jensen, TLT | Blogs,  Mar 21, 2018
I began working at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County in Ohio in January of 2015, for the second time. This was actually the public library I got my start in and I, along with a peer named Holly, were the first people ever hired to do teen services at this library. […]
Book Review: Being Fishkill by Ruth Lehrer

Book Review: Being Fishkill by Ruth Lehrer
Karen Jensen, TLT | Blogs,  Nov 13, 2017
This book will rip your heart right out of your chest. Several times. Literally. Publisher’s Book Description: Fishkill Carmel fends for herself, with her fists if need be — until a thwarted lunch theft introduces her to strange, sunny Duck-Duck and a chance for a new start. Born in the backseat of a moving car, […]
Book Review: The Closest I’ve Come by Fred Aceves

Book Review: The Closest I’ve Come by Fred Aceves
Amanda MacGregor | Blogs,  Nov 07, 2017
Publisher’s description The Closest I’ve Come is a must-read from talented first-time author Fred Aceves, in the tradition of Walter Dean Myers. Marcos Rivas yearns for love, a working cell phone, and maybe a pair of sneakers that aren’t falling apart. But more than anything, Marcos wants to get out of Maesta, his hood, away from his […]
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