The Youth Services Section of the Wisconsin Library Association has yet another terrific resource for all of you busy librarians out there! 52 Weeks of YA Programming was created by a team of YSS members who have had successful teen programs and were willing to share about them. I’m pleased as punch that 8 of the contributing members are from IFLS (Ashely Bieber, Cole Zrostlik, Becky Arenivar, Katherine Elchert, Colleen Zertler, Kerri Ashlin, Krissa Coleman and Georgia Jones). Way to go YSS, and YSS members! For a weekly reminder of the program, check out the YSS Blog.
Thanksgiving Books
I recently got a question from a librarian who had weeded a lot of Thanksgiving books that perpetuate myths about Thanksgiving that are both historically inaccurate and promote harmful ideas about the Indigenous people already here when the colonists celebrated their...