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[bookriot]

If you are a reader, you know the special pleasure of going out to read in public. But for most of us, reading in public has meant reading in public alone.

But recently, a few recurring Silent Reading Parties have sprung up, giving readers a chance to read alone in public, but together. That’s right: a bunch of people get together and read. And that’s it. Doesn’t it sound great?

http://bookriot.com/2016/05/18/host-silent-reading-party-7-easy-steps/

[stamperstories]

How about a reading party in the JBS Library?

[pickeringtonlibrary]

One of the best parts of being a librarian? Getting to see all the new books as they come in and hit the shelves (and then seeing them fly right off the shelves again)! While browsing our new releases section, we realized how many other new and recent books - plus some upcoming titles that are on our radar - would be perfect as read-alikes. Here’s a short list for your winter, spring, and summer TBR piles. :)  

If you read All the Bright Places, by Jennifer Niven, try:

My Heart and Other Black Holes, by Jasmine Warga

The Last Time We Say Goodbye, by Cynthia Hand

If you read Down from the Mountain, by Elizabeth Fixmer, try:

Starbird Murphy and the World Outside, by Karen Finneyfrock

The Chosen One, by Carol Lynch Williams

If you read The Law of Loving Others, by Kate Axelrod, try:

The Chance You Won’t Return, by Annie Cardi

Made You Up, by Francesca Zappia (May 2015)

If you read I’ll Meet You There, by Heather Demetrios, try:

The Summer I Found You, by Jolene Perry

A Million Miles Away, by Lara Avery (July 2015)

[pickeringtonlibrary]

Reblogging for a couple of reasons: 1) @jasminewarga, of the incredible My Heart and Other Black Holes, is one of our featured authors at this year’s Teen Book Fest - if you’re as much a fan as we are, join us on June 11, just three weeks away. 

2) May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, and if you’re looking for books that address mental health, My Heart and Other Black Holes, All the Bright Places, and The Last Time We Say Goodbye are about suicide, while The Law of Loving Others and Made You Up are about schizophrenia - all are absolutely stellar and absolutely worth the read. 

[stamperstories]

Great list!

[penguinteen]

What is spring cleaning for? Making shelf space for the hottest summer books coming your way, of course. Read on for 5 upcoming reads we’re absolutely in love with that you NEED to keep on your radar:

1. The Season by Jonah Lisa Dyer and Stephen Dyer

Pride and Prejudice meets She’s The Man? Is this a dream come true? When soccer star Megan gets sucked into the 2016 Dallas debutante season, she has no idea what’s she’s in for – but you’re in for a hilarious, page-turning adventure.

2. Highly Illogical Behavior by John Corey Whaley

Warning: this book will make you want to hug the person next to you. 16-year-old Solomon’s story is one of coming-of-age, coming out, friendship, love…and agoraphobia.

3. The Rose and the Dagger by Renee Ahdieh

This is the highly anticipated sequel to THE WRATH AND THE DAWN, the romantic 1001 Nights retelling that kidnapped our hearts in 2015. Find more from the world of THE WRATH AND THE DAWN here!

4. Mirror in the Sky by Aditi Khorana

Tara Krishnan’s junior year changes dramatically when a mirror planet to Earth is discovered, meaning that on another planet, there is another version of herself…who could be living a better life. 

5. The Reader by Traci Chee

There’s nothing better than a book about a book. Set in a world where reading is unheard of, this fantastical adventure is a blend swashbuckling pirates, merciless assassins, and the power one book can have. 

[stamperstories]

Look for these books in the JBS Library!

[medievalpoc]

Books by Authors of Color and Those With “Diverse Content” Disproportionately Challenged or Banned

(American Library Association) The OIF (American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom) has been tracking an increasing number of challenges to diverse titles. Authors of color and books with diverse content are disproportionately challenged and banned. The OIF defines books with diverse content as those that include:

Non-white main and/or secondary characters

LGBT main and/or secondary characters

Disabled main and/or secondary characters

Issues about race or racism

LGBT issues

Issues about religion

Issues about disability and/or mental illness

Non-Western settings, in which the West is North America and Europe

Malinda Lo analyzed OIF’s list of the “Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000–2009” and the “Top Ten Challenged Books” lists for 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. Lo discovered that 52% of the books challenged or banned include diverse content. OIF analyzed the 2014 Top Ten Challenged Books and found that eight of the ten titles included diverse content.

Read More at ALA.org

[stamperstories]

I love this timeline!

[explore-blog]

Lewis Carroll's three tips for problem-solving and overcoming creative block

[npr]

Great tips to file away! -Tajha

[diversityinya]

Congratulations to all the books on the 2015 Rainbow List, “a bibliography of books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender content, and which are aimed at youth, birth through age 18.” Here are the Top 10 picks:

Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World by Janet E. Cameron (Hachette Books Ireland)

Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel by Sara Farizan (Algonquin Young Readers) — Read Sara Farizan’s interview with DiYA

I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (Dial Books for Young Readers)

Far From You by Tess Sharpe (Hyperion) — Read Tess Sharpe’s interview with DiYA

Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith (Dutton Books)

Secret City by Julia Watts (Bella Books)

Sweet Tooth by Tim Anderson, Tim (Lake Union Publishing)

We Are the Youth: Sharing the Stories of LGBT Youth in the United States by Laurel Golio and Diana Scholl (Space-Made)

Not Every Princess by Jeffrey Bone and Lisa Bone (Magination Press)

This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman, illustrated by Kristyna Litten (Magination Press)

Check out the whole 2015 Rainbow List here.

[malindalo]

Yay for Tess Sharpe and Sara Farizan whose books are great! (I haven’t read the rest!) And I’m really gonna have to read this Secret City book soon because it keeps popping up on my radar…

[weneeddiversebooks]

As young adult novelists Ellen Oh and Lamar Giles sat together on a panel at a Virginia teen literature conference in early 2014, Oh relished the rare experience of sharing the stage with another a…

Editor for flavorwire Sara Seltzer spoke with authors, publishers, editors, and WNDB members on why the diversity movement is taking hold and why the call for We Need Diverse Books is as important now as it ever was.

[stamperstories]

INFOGRAPHIC: Banned Books Through History

Book banners are almost always condemned, and yet people keep trying. The following infographic from Printerinks.com takes a look at book censorship's iniquitous history.

[diversityinya]

Congratulations to the diverse* young adult books honored today at the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards!

How I Discovered Poetry by Marilyn Nelson, illustrated by Hadley Hooper (Dial Books) — Coretta Scott King (Author) Honor

When I Was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds (Atheneum Books for Young Readers) — Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award

Read Jason Reynolds’s DiYA guest post

I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosín, illustrated by Lee White (Atheneum Books for Young Readers) — Pura Belpré (Author) Award Winner

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin (Candlewick Press) — Stonewall Honor

Girls Like Us by Gail Giles (Candlewick Press) — Schneider Family Book Award Winner

Laughing at My Nightmare by Shane Burcaw (Roaring Brook Press) — YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults (Finalist)

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights by Steve Sheinkin (Roaring Brook Press) — YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults (Finalist)

Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero (Cinco Puntos Press) — William C. Morris Award Winner

Read Isabel Quintero’s DiYA guest post

I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson (Dial Books) — Michael L. Printz Award Winner, Stonewall Honor

Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith (Dutton Books) — Michael L. Printz Honor

This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Jillian Tamaki (First Second) — Michael L. Printz Honor, Randolph Caldecott Honor

Read Mariko Tamaki’s DiYA guest post

And congratulations to Sharon M. Draper, honored with the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults!

Check out all the winners of ALA’s Youth Media Awards here.

* Diverse = A book about a main character who is of color, disabled, and/or LGBTQ; or a book written by an author who is of color, disabled, and/or LGBTQ.

[stamperstories]

Awesome! the Stamper library at John Burroughs School in St. lOuis has most of these! 

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Novel Sounds

A cool blog which "sounds YA books"! Very fun.

http://novelsounds.net/#ny_subscribe_wrapper

[stamperstories]

I’M WRITING A GRAPHIC NOVEL!!!So, this is the news I’ve been keeping secret so long, and I’m super-super excited about it. I signed a deal with Calista Brill at FIRST SECOND BOOKS to write t...

[yungvermeer]

A Walk Through Art History

I designed these shoes with a unique goal in mind: to create a shoe as a summation of an entire culture’s art. Each shoe possesses design qualities, color palettes, and designs only found in the respective culture. This project allowed me to investigate art historical cultures in a special way by challenging myself to translate an entire style (or series of styles) onto a single object.

Conveniently, I was able to use these designs as the concentration section of my AP Studio Art portfolio and received a score of a 5! 

 I possess full federal copyright of these designs. 

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BEAUTIFUL

[stamperstories]

Well isn't this amazing! Just lovely!

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Poetry for the day

His mind was elsewheres in an area where the soul not talks but sings & where foes are attacked with axes. –John Berryman

[diversityinya]

2014 African American MG & YA Fiction

[stamperstories]

It’s that time of year again! How many Black-authored middle grade and young adult novels were published in the US in 2014? Let’s find out. If I’ve missed any titles, please leave additions in the …

Any JBS students reading this, please let us know which books you have liked and which books you'd like us to add to our collection!!!

[libraryjournal]

Mystery book sculptor answers questions

This is 50 shades of awesome.

An anonymous artist has been leaving delicate paper sculptures made from old books at locations in Edinburgh and around Scotland for more than three years

Question: Why did you start making the sculptures?

Answer: The first book sculpture, a little tree for The Scottish Poetry Library, was made primarily as a response to library closures and cutbacks.

But it was also as a bit of fun for the library staff who, throughout Scotland, the UK and much further afield, provide a service in straitened times - above and beyond.

It was a poor attempt to illustrate the notion that a book is more than just a book - and a library is a special kind of building.

It’s no secret that I would like everyone to have access to books, art, artefacts and the buildings that house them. Not just those with the money for a ticket.

I think it’s true that the immediate way we can and do now access information has altered things.

But it remains important to have expert help, to see things for real, to have buildings set aside that inspire and make expectations of us and that anyone can enter.

[stamperstories]

OMG, this is so great!!!

[pwplsteens]

For those of you who aren’t familiar with the many wonderful book vlogs on Youtube, the good people over at BookRiot have prepared A Beginner’s Guide to BookTube, a great introduction to the joys of watching videos about books.  

[stamperstories]

Huh, sounds fun!