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Self-discovery, burgeoning independence, and romance take center stage in these teen reads.

Summer love figures large in these novels for fans of the Amazon show based on Jenny Han's YA novel.

These nonfiction audio adaptations of recent Young Readers Editions cover a range of ages, and most feature difficult subjects including history, climate change, and systemic racism.

Videos add important liveliness and novelty to classroom topics. A carefully chosen video, whether used in its entirety or by selected scenes, gives educators the opportunity to pre-plan and address challenging issues with educational forethought. Here are 15 DVDs educators can show elementary, middle school, and high school students.

In good historical fiction, nothing is "made up." L. M. Elliott explains in this blog tour stop for her new book, Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves.

The post Facts vs Fiction, a guest post by L.M. Elliott appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

Ellen Outside the Lines challenged me in the research it initially required to get a handle on my setting and the cultural heritage of the characters who called Barcelona home.

The post Worlds Apart: A. J. Sass on Researching the Barcelona Setting for Ellen Outside the Lines appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

Get out your TBR lists, your order lists, your library card, and be ready to dive into lots of new and interesting books!

The post Book Mail: Orisha gods, ghosts, a road trip, furries, Armageddon, and more! appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

COVID may have taken a lot away, but it also gave family music a new, louder voice that will continue to evolve and grow. Here are 10 not-to-miss family music albums from 2020 and 2021.

Superheroes and alternate dimensions disrupt everyday life in these rollicking books for readers grade 4 and up.

Being a writer was always something I aspired to, but I think that if someone told me that I’d spend months working on a manuscript and then I’d change protagonists and perspectives and rewrite the whole story from scratch, I’d probably faint and decide to aspire to being a car salesman or something.

The post I Wrote a Romance, a guest post by Gary Lonesborough appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

For young and old, fantasy worlds inspire imaginations, and imaginary play. Places to take refuge whenever the world gets too much.

The post The Benefits for Kids in Reading Fantasy, a guest post by Erika Lewis appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

How do you take care of yourself—and your creativity—when the world around you feels unsafe?

The post Finding Power in the Shadows, a guest post by Claire Legrand appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

Cartoonist Lincoln Peirce’s beloved Big Nate comic strip makes the jump to television in the new Nickelodeon animated series now available on the Paramount+ streaming service. Here’s our review.

Quick reviews of new books--an all elementary and middle grade line-up this time!

The post Post-It Note Reviews: Desserts, Accutane, the Watts Riots, and more appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

Get out your TBR lists, your order lists, your library card, and be ready to dive into lots of new and interesting books!

The post Book Mail: New books from Candice Iloh, Emiko Jean, Kelly Barnhill, and more appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

The very fact that I’m writing these books, writing this piece - when I spent my own young adult years closeted and feeling invisible - fills me with hope and optimism for life.

The post The Writer’s Way, a guest post by Abdi Nazemian appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

Get ready for Women's History Month with this playlist spotlighting trailblazers including Shirley Chisholm, Frida Kahlo, Ángela Peralta, and others. For ages five and up.

In the same way that characters are often composites of real people (in my case, often my students), the fictional Swallowtail Island is made up of little bits of all the islands in my past.

The post There’s Something About Islands, a guest post by Michael D. Beil appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

If it wasn’t for my time writing online I would never have built up the skills I needed to succeed as an author. I would never have felt supported by a community of readers who made what I had to say feel valid, and I would never have been inspired to write my novel.

The post Wolves, Trolls, and Cyberland, a guest post by Penny Jessup appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

I tell kids that I get my ideas from my dog, but I also tell them that they are the source of their own best ideas.

The post Don’t Tell Kids Ideas Are Everywhere, a guest post by Dori Hillestad Butler appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

The inspirations behind the story of a Sri Lankan boy's adventure at sea.

The post The ocean, an elephant, and a historical figure: Three things that inspired The Boy Who Met a Whale, a guest post by Nizrana Farook appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

Be bold enough to believe in your own extraordinary perseverance. And do the most miraculous, bravest act of all that would make even the Knights of the Round Table gleam with pride: create, and persist.

The post I Could Plaster My Walls With Rejection Letters—and a Million Lessons Learned, a guest post by Alexandria Rogers appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

The Counterclockwise Heart isn’t just about dead moms. No story is. In this story, there’s magic and fear and questions that aren’t questions and answers that aren’t answers and creatures and empathy and compassion and anger and betrayal and hope.

The post Another Dead Mom, a guest post by Brian Farrey appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

I was sending my character on an island vacation, and I got to tag along just when I needed it most.

The post Needing the Story More Than It Needs You, a guest post by Elana K. Arnold appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

Books for kids glued to the Disney movie and humming along to its soundtrack by Lin-Manuel Miranda. 

A fascinating crash course in the politics and race relations of the time told through the lens of the Green Book of the 1930s to 60s.

The post Book Review: Overground Railroad (The Young Adult Adaptation): The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America by Candacy Taylor appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

Colby Sharp and I recap the biggest awards in children's literature.

The post Now on The Yarn Podcast: Reactions to the 2022 Youth Media Awards appeared first on 100 Scope Notes.

Quick reviews of a bunch of new and forthcoming titles.

The post Post-It Note Reviews: A brave little garlic, graphic novel biographies, opioid addiction, a new slayer, and more! appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

Here’s a look at what has arrived here lately. Get out your TBR lists, your order lists, your library card, and be ready to dive into lots of new and interesting books!

The post Book Mail: Time travel, a hockey romance, the power in being difficult, and more! appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

It was my long-standing appreciation for social media that helped spark the idea for my sophomore YA novel NO FILTER AND OTHER LIES. I wanted to create a character whose obsession with social media goes a little too far and also highlight the pressures of existing in that digital space as a teen.

The post How to use social media as a force for good, a guest post by Crystal Maldonado appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

When I was developing the superhuman foster parents in my debut, I first thought about who they were and how my main character -- 12 year old, Logan—would see them.

The post Creating (Super) Powerful Characters for Kids, a guest post by Shawn Peters appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

What do a pizza place, a robotic band, Zubaz, a giant tire, and a strip mall have in common? Let's find out!

The post Catalog of Inspirations, a guest post by Zach Smith appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

By reading books that explore difficult issues, kids have the opportunity to learn about, experience vicariously, and practice mentally, these hard subjects in nurturing ways, preparing them for positive encounters later in life.

The post Tough Terrain: Why & How I Craft Story for Connection & Compassion, a guest post by Heather Mateus Sappenfield appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

Here Lies Me is the first realistic fiction podcast about middle school, but the idea for the story began as a novel too "dark" for middle grade.

The post Is There a Place in Publishing for Realistic Fiction About Middle School? A guest post by Hillary Frank appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

Over and over, I find myself looking at climate change through the lens of fantasy, using magic and dragons and Incursions to tell the story.

The post Hope in the Time of Apocalypse, a guest post by Jodi Meadows appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

If you have been asking yourself, where are all the YA books with teens in marching band, here are 2 new titles coming in 2022 to answer the call

The post This one time at band camp . . . YA Lit about Marching Band Coming Soon appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

Vedder talks about her Sleeping Beauty retelling and recommends a few favorite books.

The post Something Old, Something New: The Magic of Reimagining Fairytales, a guest post by Leslie Vedder appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

Point of view can shape and enhance the tropes, themes, and even the genre you are trying to execute.

The post On Writing Multiple Points of View, a guest post by Dana Swift appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.

Three invaluable resources in building the world of THE IVORY KEY: a book, a tv show, and family.

The post Three Resources That Shaped the World of THE IVORY KEY, a guest post by Akshaya Raman appeared first on Teen Librarian Toolbox.