Gene Luen Yang

I’m a big fan of our current National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, Gene Luen Yang.  I like his work, I like his speaking style (I got to hear him once when he was in Eau Claire), and I love his platform.  The Reading Without Walls...

2016 Teens’ Top Ten Voting Now Open

Every year, the Young Adult Library Services Association creates a list, with the help of teen readers across the country, of nominees for the Teens’ Top Ten.  Then from August 15 through October 15, teens can vote for their top ten.  The winners are...

Squeaky Shoes

Last month, there was a discussion on an ALSC listserv I follow about a preschooler who comes into the library wearing squeaky shoes–there are apparently shoes that are squeaky on purpose, they squeak with each step.  A youth services librarian was looking...