Central Massachusetts Year of the Teen

New in the professional collection

Just in! New professional titles:

Best Books for Young Adults, Third Edition. Edited by Holly Koelling

Sizzling Summer Reading Programs for Young Adults, Second Edition by Katharine L. Kan

They can be requested via CW/MARS - enjoy!

Add comment February 29th, 2008

Rainbow Project announces first GLBTQ book list

Co-sponsored by the American Library Association’s Social Responsibility Round Table and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Round Table, the Rainbow Project proudly announces its first annual bibliography for young readers from birth through age 18.

These 45 fictional and informational books that validate same-gender lifestyles and experiences were chosen for their high appeal to readers, quality writing and illustrations, and realistic portrayals of issues.

An annotated list is available at the Rainbow Project official site.

Add comment February 6th, 2008

Heroes graphic novel

There’s a new graphic novel out that is a tie-in with the NBC series “Heroes”. If you have teens (or adults even) who are fans of the show, this is a must-have. It’s a compilation of comics that were written on the NBC website between episodes during Season 1 of the show.

A review in Publisher’s Weekly Comics Week newsletter calls the book “An impressively readable melding of TV and comics storytelling.” (Isn’t the cover gorgeous too?)

Fans of the show are going to be clamoring for this book, and with the writer’s strike continuing, they’re going to need their Heroes “fix” pretty soon.

Add comment November 28th, 2007

New professional books!

Fresh from CMRLS cataloging … new professional titles on working with teens! Here’s a list, and you can request any of these titles through CW/MARS:

• 101+ Great Ideas for Teen Library Websites by Miranda Doyle
• The Teen Reader’s Advisor by RoseMary Honnold
• Reading Rants: A Guide to Books That Rock! by Jennifer Hubert
• Reaching Out to Religious Youth by L. Kay Carman
• Extreme Teens: Library Services to Nontraditional Young Adults by Sheila B. Anderson
• Teen Reading Connections by Tom K. Reynolds
• Serving Homeschooled Teens and Their Parents by Maureen T. Lench
• Serving Young Teens and ‘Tweens by Sheila B. Anderson
• Teens, Technology, and Literacy; Or, Why Band Grammar Isn’t Always Bad by Linda Braun
• Serving Older Teens by Sheila B. Anderson
• Library Teen Advisory Groups by Diane Tuccillo
• The Teen-Centered Book Club: Readers Into Leaders by Bonnie Kunzel

Add comment November 21st, 2007

31 author chats in 31 days this month

31 top authors for teens will participate in online chats that are open to teens anywhere with an Internet connection this month. All the chats are at 8 pm Eastern, and some of the authors include Brent Hartinger, Stephanie Meyer, Holly Black, Ann Brashares and Meg Cabot. The full schedule, downloadable posters and bookmarks, plus directions to join the chats, are all posted on the Readergirlz website.

Add comment October 1st, 2007