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clpteens
Best thing I’ve seen all day.
schlowlibrary
Bringing new meaning to the term ‘Library Science’
Awesome collection of resources for weeding. Some links no longer work, but the ones that do are solid.
Spotlight: National Library Week
Selections from our copy of Using Your Library. 32 Posters for Classroom and Library. Danville, N.Y.: F. A. Owen Publishing Company, 1965.
Be a Library Champ!!
The key, he says, is a space without much security, where kids feel free to just hang out. "It makes teens feel as if they have free reign over the space," he says. "They don't feel like they're under this intense adult scrutiny."
This awesome site posts reviews of graphic novels every day. EVERY DAY! Reviews include novels for kids, teens, and adults - and even breaks them down into genres.
What an excellent resource for librarians! This site features articles, programming strategies and ideas, videos, and additional resources.
One does not simply weed the collection.
Because who wouldn’t go to a pizza eating contest?
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The Ultimate List of YA Booklists
A couple of years ago on my old Tumblr, I created a massive list of YA book lists that my co-blogger Kimberly and I have written either on STACKED or in other places. I created a permanent page for it here.
I gave it a huge update and overhaul, so feel free to bookmark the permanent page or save/share this post. Enjoy!
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We make a lot of young adult book lists at STACKED, and I know how useful they are for collection development and reader’s advisory purposes. They’re useful enough for me when I write them or read the ones Kimberly’s written. So I thought I’d make a list of some of our book lists, for those who are interested in digging deep into the various genres and themes within YA fiction.
I’ll add to this periodically as we update our book lists so that finding them all in one place is easy, useful, and convenient. This is a permanent, sticky page.
Get Genrefied Series
All of these lists focus on specific genres or subgenres within YA fiction. They each talk about the defining characteristics of the genre (or format!), followed by a big book list, and other websites and blogs to explore that delve even further into the specified genre.
- Steampunk
- Dystopia
- Romance
- Graphic Novels
- Historical fiction
- Contemporary/Realistic
- Verse Novels
- Mysteries and Thrillers
- High Fantasy
- Science Fiction
- Horror
- Humor
- Short Stories
- Urban Fiction
- Fairy Tale Retellings
- Realistic YA Novels Made into Teen Movies
- Historical Fantasy
- Magical Realism
- Alternate History
- Climate Fiction (cli-fi)
- Mythology
- Gothic Fiction
- YA in Translation
- Christian Fiction
- YA Memoirs
- Urban Fantasy
- Alternate Format Books
- Westerns
Other Thematic Book Lists
We’re fans of book lists, period, and we’ve made a number of thematic and trend-style book lists.
Contemporary Realistic Fiction:
- Stories featuring dynamic or interesting families
- Humor
- Mental Illness
- Multiple Points of View or Alternative Formats
- Diverse and Multicultural Stories
- Sports
- Memorable Settings
- Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n Roll: Edgy Stuff
- Grief and Loss
- Series Books
Beyond the Bestsellers
At Book Riot, I run a series called “Beyond the Bestsellers,” where I offer suggestions of lesser-known titles to read after you’ve read a well-known, bestselling YA book or author.
- So you’ve read The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- So you’ve read Divergent
- So you’ve read Ellen Hopkins
- So you’ve read Sarah Dessen
- So you’ve read Marissa Meyer’s “The Lunar Chronicles” (Cinder, Cress, Scarlet)
- So you’ve read Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
- So you’ve read Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
- So you’ve read The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
- So you’ve read If I Stay by Gayle Forman
- So you’ve read the “His Fair Assassins” trilogy by Robin LaFevers
Also at Book Riot, I’ve been writing a weekly column called “3 On A YA Theme.” It takes one theme and highlights three books that fit. I’m always happy to take suggestions for this one, so let me know if you have a theme you’re interested in seeing a short book list for.
- 3 On A YA Theme: Diverse Takes on Romeo and Juliet
- 3 On A YA Theme: Intersectional Feminism (it’s actually 11 books!)
- 3 On A YA Theme: Takes on Sherlock
- 3 On A YA Theme: Comic Novelizations
- 3 On A YA Theme: Graphic Memoirs of Foreign Places
- 3 On A YA Theme: So You Love THE HANDMAID’S TALE
- 3 On A YA Theme: Let’s Get Political
- 3 On A YA Theme: Funny Books
- 3 On A YA Theme: Social Media and Teens
- 3 On A YA Theme: All Things ‘Midwest Gothic’
- 3 On A YA Theme: Dream Stories
- 3 On A YA Theme: Recent Urban Fantasy
- 3 On A YA Theme: Witches and Witchcraft
- 3 On A YA Theme: Diverse Mysteries
- 3 On A YA Theme: Rock Stars In YA
- 3 On A YA Theme: Teens In (Love With) Space
- 3 On A YA Theme: Indie Press Titles
- 3 On A YA Theme: Ice Cream on the Cover
- 3 On A YA Theme: First Love
- 3 On A YA Theme: Gender Fluid, Genderqueer, and Gender Unspecified Teens
- 3 On A YA Theme: Intersex Teens
- 3 On A YA Theme: YA Books Featuring Pets
- 3 On A YA Theme: Diverse Speculative Short Story Collections
- 3 On A YA Theme: Asexuality
- 3 On A YA Theme: Realistic Fairy Tale Retellings
- 3 On A YA Theme: A *Small* Selection of Verse Novels
- 3 On A YA Theme: Post-It Note Covers
- 3 On A YA Theme: Teens Who Are Poets
- 3 On A YA Theme: Bisexuality
- 3 On A YA Theme: Blind Characters
- 3 On A YA Theme: Short Books
- 3 On A YA Theme: Persephone Tales
- 3 On A YA Theme: Twisting Mythology
- 3 On A YA Theme: Girls of Color Who Dance
- 3 On A YA Theme: Tattoos
- 3 On A YA Theme: Historical Fiction in Verse
- 3 On A YA Theme: Candy on the Cover
- 3 On A YA Theme: Trans* Teen Experiences and Lives
- 3 On A YA Theme: Characters with Disabilities
- 3 On A YA Theme: Stories Set in Africa
- 3 On A YA Theme: Beautiful Covers for “Anne of Green Gables”
- 3 On A YA Theme: YA Takes On “Little Women”
- 3 On A YA Theme: It’s Basketball Season
- 3 On A YA Theme: Teens Who Are Writers
- 3 On A YA Theme: Parents Who Are Writers
- 3 On A YA Theme: It’s Halloween, Or, Books With A Halloween Scene
- 3 On A YA Theme: Girls Who Love Horror Movies
- 3 On A YA Theme: Be Ready To Be Scared
- 3 On A YA Theme: If You Love Watching Supernatural
- 3 On A YA Theme: Sylvia Plath
- 3 On A YA Theme: Aussie YA
- 3 On A YA Theme: YA-Inspired Art
- 3 On A YA Theme: Football
- 3 On A YA Theme: YA Films on Netflix Instant
- 3 On A YA Theme: More YA Films on Netflix Instant
- 3 On A YA Theme: Astral Projection
- 3 On A YA Theme: Dolls On Covers
- 3 On A YA Theme: Girls Who Run
- 3 On A YA Theme: Dystopian YA Nail Polish
- 3 On A YA Theme: Summer Camp
Other YA Book Lists:
- Horror (from School Library Journal)
- Abortion in YA Lit
- Black Teen Girls Matter: A Reading List
- Refugee Stories
- Ballet in YA
- Swords on YA Book Covers
- Interracial Romance in and on YA books
- Glass Fantasies
- Takes on Arabian Nights
- Experimental Hybrid Novels
- Teens in Witness Protection Programs
- Witches in YA
- Microtrends in YA Fiction: Reality TV, Missing Mothers, Kleptomaniacs, and More
- Ampersand Titles
- Set in the Summer Between the End of High School and Start of College
- Co-written YA Books
- Feminism
- Microtrend: Amnesia
- Secret Historical Societies of Teen Girls
- Complicated/”Unlikable” Female Characters
- Sex, Sexual Assault, and Rape: Discussion Guide and Reading List
- A Little Heart on the Cover
- Titles By Number
- Books That Happen in a Single Day — or Less
- Teen Girl Sleuths
- Juvenile Delinquent Stories
- Reality TV and Teens & Reality TV Part Two
- Reading Pathways: Blake Nelson (or where to begin if you want to read his work and don’t know the best starting points)
- Teenage Criminals
- Prom Books
- Hacking, Gaming, and Virtual Reality
- Hispanic Heritage Month: Books Featuring or Written By Hispanic People
- Teens in the Death Business
- Teen Suicide and Depression
- Adrenaline-fueled, male-centered realistic fiction
- Less financially-privileged teens and teens who have part-time jobs
- Ancient Historical YA, not set in Greece, Rome, or Egypt
- Ballet in YA
- Circus Reads
- Non-Fiction YA Reads
- Prom in YA
- Revisiting Parallel Worlds
- YA Takes on GONE GIRL
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THIS IS A GREAT RESOURCE
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Therapy dogs are motivating kids who have trouble reading to hit the books.
How a child first learns to read is a tale of either magic and fairies or missed chances and unnecessary loss.
Maryann Wolf
Spy Camp! Fingerprinting! DNA Workshops! Mystery Drinks! Laser Fields! Murder Mystery Night!
Here’s one library’s programs that all had a Mystery theme. The laser field station is definitely where it’s at.
Once school lets out, the computers at my neighborhood library are always filled with kids playing Minecraft. Here are some SUPER SIMPLE activities you can do - the best part is is that they are super easily adaptable for younger kids and tweens. Oh, and they’re CHEAP. Activities in the article:
Sticker block crafting Construction paper pixel art Construction paper pixel art masks Creeper magnets
I’m SO EXCITED for some of these (and sorry for the sappy picture that the link chose). The BFG by Roald Dahl was always my third graders’ favorite read aloud.
I’ve been looking a lot at collection resources for Tweens/Middle Schoolers. This one caught my attention because like the picture says - a group of kids were asked what THEIR favorite was. Not librarians, not teachers, not parents...but the kids! The list includes some of the expected classics, but also a handful of titles I haven’t heard of before. That’s a huge advantage of asking kids what it is they love to read - we are exposed to so many books we might not have seen on any other list. Favorites include:
- Holes by Louis Sachar (still one of my favorites) - Wonder by R.J. Palacio - Out of my Mind by Sharon Draper - The Book of Elsewheres by Jacqueline West - The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom - The Dragon Slippers Series by Jessica Day George - The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart