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11answers
323 views
Storytime for special education teens
I have recently started a storytime for our local high school special education students. I have been reading humorous picture books and short, photograph-filled nonfiction childre …
3
votes
6answers
107 views
graphic novel and novel adaptation conundrum
With all of the new adaptations and graphic novel/ manga versions of classic novels, we are having an issue with deciding where to place these new books. For example, should a mang …
2
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5answers
100 views
1920s Teen Books
My teens have pained me with a 1920s summer reading theme. I'm looking for about 30 or so books for a bonus book list. I would like to find books set in the 1920s, but at this po …
2
votes
2answers
27 views
Arabic Language Books
I'm a librarian at a school with a large Arabic-speaking population. I'm having a very difficult time finding new books for my middle and high school students. We've been able to …
6
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21answers
401 views
Suggestions for Twilight lovers?
It seems like every day I get a patron who is a Twilight lover ask me for suggestions as to other books. For the adults, I've gone with the Anita Blake series, and Sookie Stackhous …
8
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12answers
275 views
Good books for a teen Valentine’s display?
Edit: Thanks for all the great suggestions! I'm putting together book blurbs for the display now, and it looks like it'll be terrific!
This year, my Valentine's theme for the high …
2
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2answers
46 views
Teen Book Club?
I'm currently looking into starting a book club for high school students. Have any of your libraries, school, public or otherwise, done anything like this?
Best organizational me …
8
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6answers
153 views
high demand manga, low budget- help please!
We have a real demand for manga in our teen community; we don't even quite have a grasp of how big the collection is because so much of it is always checked out. This is one of ou …
3
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9answers
363 views
Programming Ideas for Teens
Would like to hear about successful teen programs? What has really worked for you and why do you think it was successful?
Have recently taken on youth services and the teens se …
4
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4answers
170 views
M-Rated Games in the Library
I want to do a Halo 3 tournament at our Library, where we have been doing gaming programs for four years running now. Unfortunately, Halo 3 is rated M by the Electronics Software …
3
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17answers
621 views
Young Adult Display?
Any ideas for a fun YA book display? Currently I have "Spy-Fi"...trying desperately to avoid more vampires.
3
votes
6answers
368 views
Promoting Large Print for Teens
Come the new year, I'm revealing a new addition to the YA section of my library: Large Print for Teens.
I hope this will help/attract those kids with reading problems, or who just …
5
votes
11answers
144 views
Best Games for a program?
What are the best games (video and board) to offer for a teen game night?
5
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4answers
119 views
Gaming Tournament Boredom
Have you run a video gaming tournament? How did you set it up so that people weren't bored stiff waiting for their turn?
4
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2answers
354 views
Sneaky censorship
How do you deal with censorship in your library?
Particularly censorship
at or before the point of aquisition?
aimed at younger readers?
against books requested by patrons?
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