It’s not every day that we get to hear from someone whose work received a Caldecott Honor, so we are thrilled to welcome Daniel Minter to the Mackin Community Blog. Not only is he an [...]
by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager and Makerspace Specialist At my son’s swim meet last month, I overheard a group of adults complaining that kids these days rely too much on [...]
Happy Lunar New Year or Chinese New Year! This is a great time to take a look at your shelves and see if they represent the diversity of your community and open windows into the lives of people [...]
Our featured guest author on the Mackin Community blog is Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first Muslim American woman to compete for the United States in the Olympics while wearing a hijab. She is an [...]
by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager and Makerspace Specialist Millennials have a bad reputation for being lazy, entitled, and self-obsessed. But since 2015, a group of young [...]
Aida Salazar is a celebrated writer and activist. Her middle-grade novel, The Moon Within, received four starred reviews and won an International Latino Book Award. She has several upcoming [...]
by Katy Tessman, New School Services Project Manager and Makerspace Specialist The holidays are a great time to go see a movie with family and friends. My sons and I love to watch movies that are [...]
As part of my role as a Collection Management Librarian at Mackin, I evaluate new contemporary fiction titles for middle school and high school. This means that I get sneak peeks at the new [...]
