I had heard about the Teen Librarian Toolbox blog/resource before, but hadn’t really spent much time exploring it until I had the chance to see Karen Jensen at this year’s Wisconsin Library Association YSS Luncheon.
If you haven’t taken time to look, I highly encourage you to take a gander. Here are some of the treasures:
- Real-life issues like sexual violence and consent, and ideas about how to use literature to open up important discussions about these topics
- Suggestions for working with middle-grade/tween audiences (3rd-7th graders)
- Teen Services 101, with everything from suggestions for booktalking to creating teen service plans to a whole bunch of other relevant stuff
- A plethora of teen programming ideas
And a whole bunch more. Take a peek, you’ll be astonished and pleased that there is such a fabulous resource out there FOR YOU!