With the beginning of each school year, I look forward to seeing which titles will be the most circulated ones in my library. Sometimes I can accurately predict what will be popular, and other times a sought-after title takes me… Read More ›
YA books
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year: Book Lists
One of my favorite times of the year is the end-of-year book lists. Public libraries, journals, authors, publishing companies, educators—they are all posting their favorite books from the year. Are you a middle-grade librarian? There are lists just for the… Read More ›
What comes after the YA dystopian novel?
What a year! Oh my, this has been an unusual school year! My year may have been different than yours. Here we held in-person classes for the entire year with all kinds of Covid precautions. Library tables divided by plexiglass,… Read More ›
Why YA Is Important for Adults
It Was Epic! I recently attended Epic Reads Day, a HarperCollins event that featured half a dozen YA authors discussing some of their latest books. (By the way, if you ever get the chance to visit the offices of a… Read More ›
My Summer Stack
Often when I tell people I am a school librarian, they tend to believe my job entails sitting at a desk reading all day long. As many of you know the fantasy of what a school librarian does and the… Read More ›