It's certainly an exciting time to be getting my degree in library science! There are so many technology-based resources at my fingertips, and I'm having a great time exploring them all. One way that I can stay current with the happenings in libraries is to read blogs from fellow librarians. One of my favorite blogs is Mrs. Reader Pants . I first found her blog while looking for recommendations of YA books to read for one of my classes. Her book reviews were thorough and entertaining (for example, she gives a short synopsis of the book, includes her personal opinion, and gives her age/grade level recommendation). Her blog is very easy to use with tabs along the top for options such as "book reviews", "book talks", "library ideas", "book fair tips", etc. I think I have read through all of the tabs several times each! She also labels per posts so that you can easily click on the a specific label and see all the book reviews for that topic (such as romance, bullying, chick lit, etc.). So if you had a student that only loved to read action/adventure books, you could click on that label and pull up a bunch of book reviews for that genre!
I recommend Mrs. Reader Pants to everyone I work with because her blog is so easy to read and is chock-full of helpful tips and tools.
Wow, what a great blog! Thanks for sharing. I have never heard of this blog, but I took a quick look, and there is a lot offered! I particularly like the booktalks tabs and the thematic tab in which she gives a list of topics that students might be interested in and then provides books about those topics. Who knew there were so many YA books about prom!!! I will definitely hold onto this blog.
ReplyDeleteI am in the same boat as Caroline, I had never heard of this blog either, but there is so much information! I really like the tabs across the top that make it easy to access what information you are trying to find. Thanks for sharing this awesome blog!
ReplyDeleteDid this blogger also discuss technology perhaps related to YA lit?
ReplyDeleteI too love Mrs. ReaderPants and have her site bookmarked on my bookmarks bar. I also found it doing my YA project.
ReplyDeleteWow! This is great information. The detail she puts into every single review is amazing. I particularly love how she connects each book to different subjects' curricula where applicable. I think this will be a must for me if I pursue working in a high school library. Thanks so much for the tip!
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