Teen Librarian Toolbox
April 28, 2010 by Travis Jonker
COVER WHITEWASHING HITS THE EVENING NEWS KMOV in St. Louis ran a story about the recent outbreak in children’s/YA book cover whitewashing. The usual suspects are all mentioned or shown: Liar, Magic Under Glass, and The Mysterious Benedict Society. They did a pretty nice job on this story, hitting the local indie bookstore and talking […]
April 27, 2010 by Travis Jonker
One Crazy Summer By Rita Williams-Garcia Amistad (HarperCollins) ISBN: 9780060760892 $15.99 Grades 4-7 In Stores *Best New Books* Review copy from library. Also reviewed by Kids Lit, A Chair, A Fireplace, A Tea Cozy, Educating Alice (in the New York Times), A Fuse #8 Production. Find this book at your local library with WorldCat.
April 25, 2010 by Travis Jonker
Children’s lit, it done changed. Indy Week has a nice interview with Lois Lowry, where she talks about how books for young people have changed since the 70’s. Click here to read. Read a book online. A book is donated to someone in need. Penguin Group is making this happen. Click here to read. If […]
April 22, 2010 by Travis Jonker
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Hey, mon… Wow. Is this some sort of lame Jamaican stereotype knock knock joke? That’s in pretty poor taste. …arch butterflies seem to be on a lot of book covers lately. Oh, heh. Hey monarch butterflies seem to be on a lot of book covers lately who? This isn’t a joke; […]
April 21, 2010 by Travis Jonker
I PREFER MY ARTWORK INSPIRED BY KID’S BOOKS Picture Book Report is a site where illustrations inspired by books are put on display. Or, from the site: Picture Book Report is an extended love-song to books. Fifteen illustrators will reach out to their favorite books and create wonderful pieces of art in response to the […]
April 20, 2010 by Travis Jonker
April has been a great month. After laying down the gauntlet, challenging teacher and librarian-types to try book spine poems with kids, emails have been arriving. Yesterday, after receiving a new batch, two thoughts struck me: 1. You should check out the student book spine poem gallery. 2. Keep sending ’em. You can email me […]
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April 19, 2010 by Travis Jonker
Bookshelves of Doom recently made me aware of BuzzFeed’s collection of 20 Passive Aggressive Library Signs. If you find mirth in the following… …then I advise you click here to head over to the aforementioned Bookshelves and read the rest. (Headline Image: ‘Oral Roberts University Holy Spirit Research Center‘ http://www.flickr.com/photos/45082883@N00/436337545)
April 18, 2010 by Travis Jonker
What’s with the bad grammar in this headline? Abby (the) Librarian recently wrote about The Library of Congress acquiring the Twitter archive (click here to read more at MSNBC). This deal means that the LOC will be preserving every tweet ever written until, most likely, the end of time. I use Twitter to share such […]
April 16, 2010 by Travis Jonker
Books – frustrating, aren’t they? Covers always wanting to flap open, all those pages so easily turned. Recently, a group of book covers have tried solving this problem. The cover artwork isn’t similar, but they all have one element that (bad pun alert!) binds them together: Queste by Angie Sage. The Flight of the Phoenix […]
April 15, 2010 by Travis Jonker
Avert your eyes! The American Library Association just released their list of the ten most challenged books of the past year. Here are the top five: 1. ttyl, ttfn, l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle Reasons: Nudity, Sexually Explicit, Offensive Language, Unsuited to Age Group, Drugs 2. “And Tango Makes Three†by Peter Parnell and […]
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