Star Wars Reads Day is one of my favorite “unofficial” holidays in library world. I get to let my geekiness come out and share all the fun of Star Wars with my tweens and teens, and just spend the day having a blast! It doesn’t matter if you’re a public, school, or academic library, […]
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Star Wars Reads Day
I am absolutely in love with Star Wars Reads Day. This is the third year for it, when publishers and Lucasfilms get together to celebrate a love of reading and a love of everything Star Wars. This year it falls on Saturday, October 11 (although you can have yours anytime around there), and it’s just […]
Banned Book Week Movie List
Banned Books Week is September 21-27 this year, and I know libraries across the country are doing all sorts of book displays- I’ve seen the ideas working around Pinterest and various discussion boards. I’ve done them myself, and while they get a LOT of interest at my library, they don’t translate into circulation stats […]
Steampunk in the Library
Want a quick, easy way to introduce your teens to the idea of the Steampunk genre? Show a movie! There has been a plethora of movies that have embraced steampunk, and the following can serve as an introduction into the genre. Pair them as a movie festival with a book display, and get interest […]
Zombie Movies for the Teens
I love nothing more that a good film night. Curl up with some popcorn or other snackable treat and a good movie, and I am good. My teens seem to feel the same way, although they want seem to want a more social aspect to it- a table for card games (like Yu-Gi-Oh), a […]
Humans vs Zombies: 2014 Summer Edition
Every summer since I’ve started my current job I have thrown a lock-in for teens who have read over and beyond the “norm” for our system. This year, I required teens (13-18 or graduating seniors from high school) to read 65 hours or more in order to be able to attend the summer lock-in- […]
Reaper Movies for Halloween
I completely love reapers. While my favorite version of the Grim Reaper actually appears in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (Cartoon Network), fall gets me in the mood to start watching all the creepy movies again. I’ve put together a list of all my favorite movies with Death/ Reapers in them; click through and enjoy!