FEATURED ARTICLE-GOTH PROGRAMS An Interview with Youth Librarian: Annmarie (Mimi) Curtis Mimi, you do great programs with tweens and teens. Can you tell us about one of your favorites? One of my favorites, and it's timely given this summer's Collaborative Library Summer Program theme, was Goth 101 for teens. The goth [...]
ACTIVITY GUIDE
April 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
FEATURED RESOURCE: ACTIVITY GUIDE Several weeks ago, I featured an interview with author Donna Gephart (If you missed it, check out our blog www.PageTurnerAdventures.com/blog). In the interview, Donna talked about her newest book Olivia Bean Trivia Queen. There's now a FREE 9-page activity/reading guide to go along with the book, with reading questions, vocabulary words, [...]
Positive Pages
April 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
FEATURED ACTIVITY: Positive Pages In the article and video above, we talk about the importance of a positive attitude! But HOW can kids start to have a positive attitude? They can start with POSITIVE PAGES! This is a riff on the idea of a gratitude journal. But the idea is to train kids to see the [...]
Positive Attitude is Everything
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FAIRYTALE FRENZY
April 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
FEATURED ARTICLE: FAIRYTALE FRENZY "If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will." -Abraham Lincoln During our live motivational school shows, we tell kids… Besides studying, doing your homework and listening to your teachers, having a positive attitude is the most important thing you can do for [...]
FAIRYTALE HATS
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Library Hunger Games
March 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Mulberry Public Library's Hunger Games Event by Sofia Simpson, Youth Services Librarian Gue The Hunger Games movie is on every teen's mind right now, it seems. So we, at The Mulberry Library, decided to bring the Games to life by having an actual Hunger Games event. Played on a high school football field, teens signed up to [...]
Janeen Mason and the Art of Creativity
March 15, 2012 By 1 Comment
Featured Interview: Author/Illustrator Janeen Mason Janeen, can you tell me a little about GIFT OF THE MAGPIE? GIFT OF THE MAGPIE is a colorful picture book about two friends who miscommunicate. It's funny and sweet, silly and – OH NO – (even a little embarrassing)! But in the end it's a story about friends [...]
Donna Gephart & Olivia Bean Trivia Queen
March 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Featured Interview: Donna Gephart Can you tell us a little about your newest book? Olivia Bean's twelve-year-old brain is crammed with trivia, and she will do anything to get on Kids Week on the TV quiz show, Jeopardy! Her father abandoned the family years earlier, but she's supported by her hard-working mother, new stepdad, [...]
