Looking for a ready-made booklist of books to recommend to 8-12 year olds? Look no further! The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has created an attractive booklist, complete with annotations, to help kids find the right book. All books were published in 2012 or 2013.
Just another benefit provided to us all by ALSC–if you can afford to join this great group, I highly recommend it.
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| Read Kid Read: flickr photo credit: quinn.anya |
I talked with Regina Arndt, the long-time youth services librarian in Altoona recently and got inspired by some of her programs. Teen programs can be tricky, and some of these ideas seem like they might work well for other libraries! Ping Pong and Pizza Nights Every...
Great questions were asked, great ideas were swapped! Here are a few highlights (sorry if I’m forgetting something): Karen Magnusson (formerly of Woodville, now of Baldwin) gave a report about her experience at the Play, Make, Learn Conference in...
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