YA Books and More

Viking, 2015 Peyton and Syndey, brother and sister, couldn't be more different from each other.  They're separated by not only p...

Social media for libraries from Naomi Bates

Saga Press, 2015 Skyler and Phee are two sisters with very different personalities. Skyler is the quiet one, thinking things through while...

2015, Balzer + Bray Bone Gap is a small town where everyone knows each other on a first name basis.  It's also a small enough town w...

Usually, #readYAlit doesn't have summer chats, but this year, we are!  This is the brainchild of Diane Mankowski, an Illinois school lib...

Dylan Thomas had it right:      "Do not go gentle into that good night...Rage, rage against the dying of the light." Okay, m...

Scholastic ,2015 It was known as Paris in the past.   Today, it’s called the Sunken City where two classes live.   Those that liv...

Feiwel and Friends, 2014 Edie knew this was the end of the line.  One step off the bridge would take her from the misery of her current...

I recently sent out a survey about genrefication, and here are the results from over 600 respondents. The link for this is at: https://magi...

I've seen all types of Top Five's for different areas of education, but rarely do I see a Top Five for school libraries (or librarie...

So, I would say I'm a pretty connected librarian, and I definitely will say my professional Twitter account has really taught me a lot. ...

Amulet Books, May 2015 Triss has woken up, not really knowing what happened before.   She vaguely remembers who she is, where she’s...

Orion, 2015 Mare Barrow lives in a world divided between the wealthy (the Silvers) and the poor (The Reds). Her days consist of pick-poc...

Almost everyone uses powerpoint, but to what degree of success is hard to tell.  The beauty of online presentation tools is the fact they ad...

2014, HarperCollins Eva Tilling is the girl who has it all…popularity, a good-looking boyfriend, and a family who is considered the ...

Hyperion, 2014 My students EAT UP Laurie Faria Stolarz books!  SO glad she wrote a new one!  Dark, creepy, mysterious, on-the-edge of your...

It was during a #yalove Twitter chat one night that I happened to notice one tweet from author Will Weaver.  I always have an open invitatio...

I've been a reading machine lately (yes, it has to do with setting a goal for the year and this year I VOW to make it!).  This is going ...