Books to Teach Kids the Value of Their Vote
Generation Z (born between 1996 and 2009) and Generation Alpha (born in 2010 or later) have the potential to be the most politically informed and engaged generations this country has ever seen. [...]
Celebrating National Library Week with Books about Digital Literacy
By Rachel Benzine, Collection Management Librarian Happy National Library Week! As a librarian, I’m excited to be able to chat with you about what I see as one of the most important functions of [...]
Beyond the Western Canon: Diversity in Classic Literature
I’ve had an up-and-down relationship with the classics. The Great Gatsby, Romeo and Juliet, and The Old Man and the Sea were all required reading for my high school English language arts classes. [...]
New Asian Biographies to Celebrate the New Year
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 [...]
Exceptional Contemporary Fiction for 2020
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 [...]
Foster Care and Adoption
As May draws to a close, we are wrapping up National Foster Care Month! There are over 442,000 children in the foster care system in America1. The kids in foster care range from newborns to older [...]
Keep Your Series Current: December 2017
Update your popular series with these books that will be published in December. Enjoy! PRIMARY SERIES & SEQUELS Battle of the Boss-Monster (Notebooks of Doom, Book 13) by Troy [...]