Blog Share Week 4
As I searched for a blog to recommend, there were so many to choose from. But I wanted to select one that was current, in that it was updated regularly, and I wanted it to have meaningful information, if that’s not too lofty an ideal. (Insert laughter here.)
What I finally found was School
Library Journal with so many additional blog sites to support the vast array
in which librarians support children. The blog hosted by School Library Journal
is incredible, you can find so many amazing things a great deal of which is
free, without a subscription! I will focus on a couple that caught my attention
below.
One of its links is for the Teen Librarian Toolbox.
This site is an amazing resource for all things related to teenagers. It has
guest writers for some of the content where they discuss the issues teens face today.
They believe to be a good teen librarian, you need to know and understand
teens, the world they live in, and adolescent development(Teen Librarian
Toolbox, n.d). The blog introduces
authors and materials that can be useful when discussing these touchy subjects,
with tabs that break up this information into manageable chunks.
One of the interesting items under the “Programs” tab is TPiB which
stands for Teen Programs in a Box! There you can find prepackaged program ideas
that can easily be tailored and adapted to your facility and your audience. A
great place to find ideas for those of us that are not the least bit artistic
and have trouble finding ideas we think would work.
The “A Fuse #8 Production” discusses the latest in children’s
literature. One of the interesting things I found under this link was its small
presses and international book reviews. These are other options librarians have
for gaining information about lesser-known publications that come from people
we can trust to have our children’s best interests at heart. There is also a
podcast hosted under the same name, where authors are interviewed and
discussions are had about librarians out in the world today.
Overall, it’s a great website and you couldn’t go wrong with any
tab you clicked on.
The book selection this week was incredibly entertaining. For my
ghost books, I wound up with more 8 to 12 category of materials, which made for
slightly longer reads. But I can’t complain because the material is amazing!
One book from this week I wanted to highlight specifically Spooky Sleuths #1: The
Ghost Tree by Natasha Deen. Deen worked hard not to just tell a good ghost
story, but to be inclusive with the characters depicted in her story. There was
a nonbinary teacher, characters of multiple races and nationalities, just to
list a few. It was a great story that provides both windows and doors for our
youth today.
Spooky
Sleuths #1: The Ghost Tree by Natasha Deen
The poetry was quirky and witty. Some collections had a few mischievous words that should get quite few youngsters to pick up the book for the title alone. Some are intriguing and moving. All make you think, some make you laugh, which is what a good poem is supposed to do. I hope you enjoy them too.
Poems
in the Attic by Nikki Grimes
Image Credits
All images were obtained via Amazon.com unless credited separately.
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