TAG: books
On My Coffee Table
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You on March 25, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Kelsey Hudson I’ll let you in on a little-known librarian secret—we don’t get to read quite as much as we’d like and we definitely haven’t read or watched everything in the library. Don’t get me wrong, there are so many amazing things to enjoy in our libraries, but more often than not, my “to […]
Tags: booklists, books, on my coffee table
Let’s Hear It For #WeNeedDiverseBooks
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, kids, Parents and Teachers on February 18, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs Just after 6am on the morning of February 2nd, I settled on the couch with my laptop, a fresh cup of coffee, and an uncontrollable mane of bedhead. While my bleary eyes slowly focused on the live webcast of the Youth Media Awards being held right that moment in Chicago, I opened […]
Tags: awards, books, diversity, Youth Media Awards
Behind the Scenes at the Youth Media Awards
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, kids, Parents and Teachers on February 5, 2015 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs Mondays are not normally my thing. But there’s one Monday that occurs around this time every year that I anticipate with the kind of nerdy fervor that other people reserve for, say, the World Series. I’m talking about the Youth Media Awards (or YMAs, as we librarians like to call them), during […]
Tags: awards, books, Geisel, Youth Media Awards
From Bullies to Besties: Navigating the Social Landscape of School
Posted in Explore and Discover, For You, kids, Parents and Teachers, Teens on September 16, 2014 at 6:00 am
By Sheri Boggs I was not popular. Pale, uncoordinated, sensitive and bookish, I was the kind of kid who hung around the margins, who waited for other kids to talk to me, and who tried not to care if I wasn’t invited to a party. I’m not exaggerating when I say that books saved me—through […]
