Teen Advisory Boards (TABs) are an excellent resource for libraries. Whether teens assist with programming or offer feedback on library resources for teens (or something in between), a TAB can benefit ...

Emlyn “Emmy” DuLaine stopped writing and telling stories after her sister unraveled and vanished before her eyes seven years ago. Now she is at a loss when a small dragon that she wrote about as a ...

As summer approaches and the weather warms up, your teen readers might be feeling a little more feisty and in the mood for some rebellion (as they get ready to escape their schools’ authority, some ...

This is the time of the year when budgets are being built, evaluated, and updated. Did you know that ALA Divisions, including YALSA, are working on three budgets at the same time? Alena, interim ...

April was the launch of our new volunteer season and process. I’m excited for the increased transparency in the process and hopeful that the new timeline provides improved communication throughout the ...

Teen coding expert Caprice Alexander knows how the next year should play out; she’ll graduate, pick a college, and finish coding the app that a wealthy community member has commissioned her to make ...

It is snowing at my library. It might be snowing at your library too. Even when I am not reading I like to imagine things. I wonder what people are doing other places. Sometimes I like to role play ...

Neeta Pandey and her best friend Emery Botwright are guessing the lives of embarking passengers on the SS Lark, the luxury cruise liner that they live on along with Neeta’s brother, Aamir. All appears ...

It is snowing at my library. It might be snowing at your library too. Even when I am not reading I like to imagine things. I wonder what people are doing other places. Sometimes I like to role play ...

In the year 2025 Stevie Henry is a Cherokee teen working at a museum in Texas the summer before she goes to college. She lives with her little brother and parents and has two best friends that also ...

In the year 2025 Stevie Henry is a Cherokee teen working at a museum in Texas the summer before she goes to college. She lives with her little brother and parents and has two best friends that also ...