brookline teen librarian
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“Why did they train Luke up and not Princess Leia who was cooler, and had more to fight for, and was less screwed up? Patriarchy!”
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Batgirl (and later Oracle) was a librarian, lest you forget.
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Extra! Extra! Read an early chapter!
EW’s Shelf Life blog has an excerpt from Maggie Stiefvater’s The Dream Thieves, the second book in...
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This is everything I have ever wanted in a...
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Hat Day at the Brookline Public Library: I declare a success!
Over the course of the day, people walked through the library with more and more puzzled expressions on their faces, and we could see them gearing up to ask just WHY we were all wearing hats.
Just for fun, we say, and to make the day a little bit more classy.
Perhaps next year more libraries will join us?
Who’s ready for Hat Day at the library?
I’m ready for Hat Day at the library.
For the record, though, I will not be wearing my sunglasses inside.
So got the unsourced post taken down, and now I’m putting all of them, including WGWG, into one post as a master post. To my followers I swear this is the last time I’ll shove these drawings in your face, I’m just trying to make it easier for people who wanted them all in a group. Hopefully having them all together will keep people from reposting it without a source again.
Anyway, all of the John Green books, plus Will Grayson Will Grayson. c:THIS IS AMAZING FANART!
I LOVE YOU, TINY COOPER!!
Join us to celebrate Straw Hat Day (officially, time to wear straw hats opened on May 15th, but we here at the Brookline Public Library are celebrating by wearing all of our favorite hats on Wednesday, May 22nd.
Show off your own hat or just drop by to see us in our finery!
Which hat should I wear?
1. YA usually has a YA protagonist (13-19), but not always.
2. YA is usually shorter than adult fiction (60-80k, though fantasy can be longer).
3. YA is usually more quickly paced, with more dialog, less exposition, and fewer subplots.
4. YA tends to be in first person or very close third, and it…My favorite part: There is no ennui.
Couldn’t make it to TCAF 2013? Well 9 of the panel presentations have shown up online, thanks to Jamie Coville and Bleeding Cool:
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/05/14/nine-panels-at-toronto-comic-art-festival-in-audio-and-the-doug-wright-awards/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Includes programs from Library & Educator Day, TCAF proper, and The 2013 Doug Wright Awards. Check’em out!
In case anyone was wondering, this is where I was this weekend. Moderating panels, finding brand new comics, and meeting creators. No other event really compares to TCAF for the sheer variety, enthusiasm, and love for comics — plus, it takes place in the Toronto Reference Library! Library love is strong with TCAF, folks.
These audio recordings include three of the panels I was a part of (moderated two, participated in two over the course of the weekend), so go have a listen!
REMEMBER! Monday May 13, 3:00pm at the Main Library, Hunneman Hall.
Come and meet author SARA ZARR touring to celebrate the release of her latest novel, The Lucy Variations.
It could be a depressing thing to believe, at sixteen, that your best years were behind you. Especially when the people closest to you seemed to agree.
Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. The right people knew her name, her performances were booked months in advance, and her future seemed certain.
That was all before she turned fourteen.
Now, at sixteen, it’s over. A death, and a betrayal, led her to walk away. That leaves her talented ten-year-old brother, Gus, to shoulder the full weight of the Beck-Moreau family expectations. Then Gus gets a newpiano teacher who is young, kind, and interested in helping Lucy rekindle her love of piano—on her own terms. But when you’re used to performing for sold-out audiences and world-famous critics, can you ever learn to play just for yourself?
Find out more about Sara Zarr at her site http://www.sarazarr.com/
(via brkteenreadnext)
“Verdant England” - a new Delilah Dirk illustration inspired by vintage travel posters. This one takes specific cues from the London Transport Museum’s poster collection from the 1920s.
I love the travel posters! I have Constantinople at home…
Maureen Johnson, “The Gender Coverup” (via schoollibraryjournal)
This bit was my favorite.
(via libraryjournal)
