Summer term has flown by. With only 2 weeks left, I have a bit of a breather from assignments. I am taking this opportunity to make a posting. Below are 3 “great summer reads” booktalks that I put together for my Readers’ Advisory class. I was quite happy with how they turned out. Please keep [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Readers’ Advisory’
8 Apr
Review: Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist Rachel Cohn & David Levithan New York: Alfred A. Knopf, c2006 183 p., pbk, $9.99 CAN ISBN: 978-0-375-84614-4 Broken-hearted Nick can’t believe it when he sees his ex-girlfriend Tris walk into the club with another guy. Turning to the girl beside him, he does the only thing he can [...]
9 Mar
Book-Talk
Well, here’s my first book-talk. I chose to promote L.M. Montgomery’s classic finale to the Anne series, Rilla of Ingleside. I had a tough time deciding what book to use. I finally chose Rilla because it meant so much to me growing up – and still does. I found it very difficult trying to figure out [...]
13 Feb
Professional Resources
I examined two reader’s advisory guides for my report on professional resources. The first, Crossing Boundaries with Children’s Books, appealed to me because of its stated goal to “promote international understanding through children’s literature”. The second, Reality Rules!: A Guide to Teen Nonfiction Reading Interests caught my attention because I know very little about nonfiction [...]
13 Feb
Eragon, by Christopher Paolini
Eragon Christopher Paolini New York: Laurel-Leaf, 2007, c2003 754 p., pbk, $9.99 ISBN: 978-0-440-24073-0 When Eragon discovers the mysterious blue stone in the mountains, the teenager has no idea how it will change his life. But when the stone hatches to reveal a dragon, Eragon is pushed from his simple farm life into a world [...]
6 Feb
David Macauley’s TEDTalk
In class last week, Erin presented her seminar on Picture Books for Teens. One of the books she brought in was David Macauley’s Rome Antics. I was so excited to see the book because I watched a TEDTalk last year with David Macauley in which he explained the process of creating the book. (From the [...]
14 Jan
Welcome
This is my first post! I am excited to have this space in which to voice my ideas and opinions about libraries and young adult/teen materials. And, admittedly, I am a bit nervous as well. It’s a daunting task, preparing one’s thoughts for public view. I am sure I’ll have no difficulty, however, forming ideas [...]
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