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Teen Read Week: It Came From The Library!

Teen Read Week has arrived, and this year’s theme, It Came From The Library– Dare To Read For The Fun of It, is a perfect fit with our mission here at MonsterLibrarian.com. And so I’d like to share with you the inspirational artwork created by our own Bob Freeman in honor of the occasion.

It Came From The Library

 

I have to say, it has a much more threatening  and ominous feel than the stuff YALSA created. Wouldn’t this make an awesome bookmark? Visit YALSA’s Teen Read Week ning here and our own Teen Read Week page for 2012 here, and check out our Pinterest board for Teen Read Week 2012 here for more reviews and resources, and make sure to come back soon– we’ve got a guest post from Kenneth Oppell, author of This Dark Endeavor and Such Wicked Intent, coming up!

Posted on October 14, 2012 by , Reply

A Classic Takes On New Life: “The Raven” Is Hard to Handle.

As October proceeds and Halloween approaches, it’s the perfect time to pull out the works of Edgar Allan Poe, and that usually means the appearance of what is probably his most famous poem, “The Raven”. It’s not easy trying to convince a bunch of middle schoolers that it’s worth it to conquer the language of literary classics. Or even adults. Or even librarians. Thank goodness that the Stand-Up Librarian has come to the rescue with a rockin’ musical version of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”. Click here to read her confession about reading Poe… or trying to… and what a difference the music makes.

Posted on October 12, 2012 by , Reply

Book Thieves, Beware!

Yes, it is nearing Halloween, the time of year when we celebrate giving scary books to friends in the tradition of All Hallow’s Read (established by Neil Gaiman). But for those of you who prefer to keep your collections intact, or have your books returned in a timely fashion, I bring you Bookplates of Doom– blog posts from a bookplate collector, of bookplates with dire warnings and threats to book thieves and belated borrowers. Click here and here for some inspiration, or just to admire them!

Posted on October 11, 2012 by , Reply
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