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links for 2008-11-22

hungarianlibrarian — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:04:09 +0000

Fantastic Fiction

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Study on YA Programming

hungarianlibrarian — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:31:01 +0000

Want your youth programs to succeed? Than involve teens! School Library Journal (May 20, 08 ) / SLJteen posts an artical regarding teen program creation, execution and evaluation: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6562609.html?nid=4302&rid=1403506335&source=title Included in the article is a great new study guide Nine to Nineteen . “The guide is based on a yearlong study which looked at 400 IMLS-supported youth programs conducted at museums and libraries from 1998 to 2003, along with case studies of best practices for successful and sustainable programs.” You can read the entire final report here. The survey’s and case studies are really insightful. See page 60 and 106 for my favorite parts.

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Anime Review Sites

hungarianlibrarian — Wed, 21 May 2008 17:26:11 +0000

Here are some helpful links for anime review and general links on understanding the medium:

THEM anime reviews. Good for getting the synopsis of a series. See: Reviews tab and then scroll alphabetically: http://www.themanime.org/

Anime for Libraries. These reviews are done by librarians: http://www.animeforlibraries.com/

Gilles’ Service to Fans. Author is the writer of Anime Companion books. Good for understanding general anime and manga: http://www.koyagi.com/

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links for 2008-05-17

hungarianlibrarian — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:36:43 +0000

The Site for Books & Readers – Shelfari

good for tracking what you’ve read

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Booklist Online – The Underneath, by Kathi Appelt (REVIEW)

Book reviews from the American Library Association

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Booklist’s top 10 picks for YA SF/Fantasy 2008

hungarianlibrarian — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:44:35 +0000

Searching for your next fix beyond Tamora Pierce? Look no further than Booklist Online’s top ten SF/Fantasy picks for Youth, 2008–hot off the presses:

http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=2719491

You will recall that yours truly picked Nancy Farmer’s The Land of the Silver Apples earlier this year as one of her favorites! : )

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My Favorite Craft Sites

hungarianlibrarian — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:33:14 +0000

http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/

www.craftbits.com

http://gimp.org/

http://www.irfanview.com/

The first two offer an abundance of preschool and elementary school aged children’s crafts. Gimp and irfanview deliver free photoshop / open source software. And, everyone’s favorite free photo software: http://picasa.google.com/download/

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YALSA Best Book Nominees 2009

hungarianlibrarian — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:04:35 +0000

As of May 5, there have been 70 titles officially nominated for YALSA’s Best Books for Young Adults 2009. You can view the nominations at:

http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/bestbooksyoung.cfm

What’s your favorite?

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New Adult Fiction

hungarianlibrarian — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:36:54 +0000

Since teens often enjoy reading adult fiction, here is a list of some of the titles currently popular with our community this month, April 2008. They’ve just been added to our collection.

Bell at sealey head	McKillip, Patricia A.
Branch and the scaffold	Estleman, Loren D.
Catch	Mayor, Archer
Clean cut	La Plante, Lynda
Cold case	Wilhelm, Kate
Dance with dragons	Martin, George R. R.
Dark of day	Parker, Barbara
Devil’s brood	Penman, Sharon Kay
Doggie day care murder	Berenson, Laurien
First daughter	Lustbader, Eric
Forced out a novel	Frey, Stephen
Given day	Lehane, Dennis
Hell bent	Tapply, William G.
Indignation	Roth, Philip
Just breathe	Wiggs, Susan
Lion among men	Maguire, Gregory
Longing	Lewis, Beverly
Night of thunder a bob lee swagger novel	Hunter, Stephen
One fifth avenue	Bushnell, Candace
Other side of silence a mystery	Pronzini, Bill
Pirate king transitions book ii	Salvatore, R.A.
Quilter’s kitchen an elm creek quilts novel	Chiaverini, Jennifer
Riven	Jenkins, Jerry B.
Scourge of god a novel of the change	Stirling, S.M.
Tsar	Bell, Ted
Two to the fifth	Anthony, Piers

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Best Sellers April 2008

hungarianlibrarian — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:09:04 +0000

Looking for a hot read? Here is a list of best sellers that have just been added to our public library catalog.

Acheron	Kenyon, Sherrilyn
Adventures of Slim & Howdy	Brooks, Kix
Art of Racing in the Rain	Stein, Garth
Bright Shiny Morning	Frey, James
Broken Window	Deaver, Jeffery
Comforts of a Muddy Saturday	McCall Smith, Alexander
Dalhousie #5	McCall Smith, Alexander
Dark Summer	Johansen, Iris
Death and Honor	Griffin, W. E. B.
Death Angel	Howard, Linda
Delia’s Crossing	Andrews, V. C.
Fearless Fourteen	Evanovich, Janet
Fifth Floor	Harvey, Michael
Final Theory	Alpert, Mark
Heat Lightning	Sandford, John
Hot Mahogany	Woods, Stuart
Love the One You’re With	Giffin, Emily
Plague Ship	Cussler, Clive
Resolution	Parker, Robert B.
Return to Summerhouse	Deveraux, Jude
Rough Justice	Higgins, Jack
Seven Sins	Land, Jon
Sister	Adams, Poppy
Spoonful of Poison	Beaton, M. C.
Tailspin	Coulter, Catherine
Winter Study	Barr, Nevada

I just finished ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ (finally) and absolutely loved it! If you have not yet had the opportunity (I may be the only one on the planet that had not yet had the pleasure,) I would highly recommend it! I wanted to read ‘The Kite Runner’ first, then Suns and then see the KR movie. If you have seen the new movie, please write in.

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Hot YA Titles of 2007

hungarianlibrarian — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:18:34 +0000

I’m working my way through a stack of books that have been on my ‘to read’ list for too long: The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Friday Night Knitting Club, The Lottery Rose, I Am The Cheese, Hidden Talents, Dairy Queen, Nothing But the Truth, Martin’s Mice, Poppy, Monster (again), Gathering Blue, Messenger, Zen and the Art of Faking It, Drums Girls and Dangerous Pie, The Red Kayak and The Cat Who Went Bananas. What do all these have in common? Not much. You can see there are titles here for upper elementary students, teens, adults and senios. Why? I think it is important to read a wide selection to provide the best reader’s advisory possible to the many groups of patrons I serve at the reference desk. By becoming familiar with popular reading I might not typically choose for pleasure, I have found new, interesting authors and opened myself to new experiences.

Here are fifteen hot teen titles from 2007 that were recently recommended at a local InfoPeople seminar. I’m putting them on my “under the bed” stack for the next time I need a good read:

Deadline by Chris Crutcher
On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
Red Moon atSharpsburg by Rosemary Wells
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Touching Snow by M. Sindy Felin
Shark Girl by Kelly L. Bingham
Dragon’s Keep by Janet Lee Carey
The Off Season by Catherine G. Murdock
Freak Show by James St. James
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Your Own Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill
Lemonade Mouth by Mark Peter Hughes
Boy Toy by Barry Lyga

What are you reading? Anyone want to discuss the above titles?

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