Adult Programs in the Library

It has always been important for libraries to serve their communities with good programming. But as technology and bookstores pull customers away from traditional library services, programs have becom

Librarians describe innovations in libraries focusing more on people--either staff or patrons--than on technology. They cover innovation in terms of culture, staff, outreach, technology, spaces, and p

Farmer (California State University) examines the school library program in light of the student, school, and societal factors that contribute to educational achievement. Intended for library media t

Gaming Programs for All Ages at the Library shows you how you can launch and support gaming programming in your library. Everything from acquisitions to budgeting to circulation is covered in this pra

Addressing the needs of new adults—those aged 18–29—in the library is a relatively new yet important challenge. This book explains the needs and wants of new adults in the public library setting and i

Written by librarians who have experience with integrating technology into all subject areas and working with teens and young adults, this book is a toolkit for youth and young adult librarians—school

Freeman, a former school librarian, presents storytime programs for children from birth to age 14. She discusses different elements that can be used in interactive storytelling, with examples--picture

The release of U.S. census data in 1910 sparked rhetoric declaring the nation had a literacy crisis and proclaiming illiterate citizens a threat to democratic life. While newspaper editors, industrial

Looking for a programming guide for computer tablet use in the library setting? This book provides detailed plans and instructions with specific literacy goals for child, teen, and adult audiences—exa

Authors Sharon Snow and Yvonne Reed present fashion as a way to offer a fun and interesting program for teens in the library—and not just for girls. Today's fashion-savvy teenaged guys are just as lik

Planning Programs for Adult Learners, Third Edition covers the development of adult education programs in clear, specific detail. This popular step-by-step guide contains information on every area of

In this study of the main conceptual and normative issues to which the education of the adult gives rise, the author demonstrates that these issues can be understood and resolved only by coming to gri

What do you do when you are offered any number of gifts including but not limited to artifacts, letters, historical documents, collections of pictures, postcards, arrowheads? This book helps you reje

This librarian-tested sourcebook provides complete programs that spotlight the value and necessity of singing, speaking, and reading to babies in their earliest months. Ten ready-to-use programs are d

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of a pioneer in the field of young adult librarianship, this book commemorates her commitment for connecting teenagers to reading and the library. The bo

This latest collaboration in the Library Programs that Inspire series explores library media center events that target the high school age audience. Detailing particular methods to inspire high schoo

The essays in this book focus on political strategies, pedagogical models, and community programs that enable adult ESL learners to become vital members of North American society. This is particularly

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by Kirkus, School Library Journal, and the Chicago Public Library!A propulsive YA novel in verse that blends the contemporary magic of Jandy Nelson with the simmering feminist rage of Laurie Halse Anderson's Shout As far back as anyone can remember, the women of the Strand family have been magical. Their gifts manifest when they each turn fifteen, always in different ways. But Nell Strand knows that her family's magic is a curse. Her mother's age changes every day; she's often too young to be the mother Nell needs. Her older sister bleeds music and will do anything to release the songs inside her. Nell sees the way magic rips her family apart again and again. When Nell's own magic arrives in the form of ladybugs alighting on the keys of her beloved piano, the first thing she feels is joy. The ladybugs are a piece of her, a harmless and delicate manifestation of her creativity. But soon enough, the rest come. Thick-shelled glossy beetles that creep along her coll

A brilliant con artist and a secretive librarian collide in New York Times bestselling author Kalyn Josephson's enchanting new adult fantasy debut packed with twists, tricks, and magical creatures, perfect for fans of S.A. MacLean's The Phoenix Keeper and The Book that Wouldn't Burn by Mark Lawrence. ***DELUXE LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVER with stenciled edges, a beautiful foil-stamped hardcover, and exclusive interior design with full-color illustrated endpapers!*** Only while supplies last. Kasira used to be a masterful con artist: choosing her target, building trust, judging the precise moment to make her move. Now, she's working off a lengthy prison sentence by hunting dangerous magical creatures on behalf of the fanatical kingdom of Kalthos. But Kasira's past catches up to her when the ambassador from Kalthos arrives at her camp with a deal: her freedom in exchange for infiltrating and destabilizing the magical institution meant to protect all six kingdoms--the Library of Amorlin. Whe

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Publishers Weekly, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, School Library JournalIn this poignant mixed voice, mixed form collection of interconnected prose, poems and stories, teen characters, their families, and their communities grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. Amidst fear and loss, these New York City teens prevail with love, resilience and hope. From the award-winning author of Chlorine Sky and Vinyl Moon. Grief, pain, hope, and love collide in this short story collection. In New York City, teens, their families, and their communities feel the brunt of theCOVID-19 pandemic. Amidst the fear and loss, these teens and the adults around them persevere with love and hope while living in difficult circumstances: Malachi writes an Armageddon short story inspired by his pandemic reality.Tariq helps their ailing grandmother survive during quarantine.Zamira struggles with depression and loneliness after losing her parents.Mohamed tries to help

榮獲多項大獎，《Everything We Never Had》透過四代菲裔美國男孩的故事，揭開身份認同、男性角色與家族創傷的深層探討。祖父弗朗西斯科背井離鄉追夢卻屢遭挫敗，父親艾米爾不願重蹈父親路線，孫子克里斯在叛逆與尋根中拉扯，曾孫恩佐則在疫情籠罩下，試圖縫合家庭裂痕。作者用精緻結構與深刻筆觸，描寫跨世代的傷痛與羈絆，讓人看見即使代溝難解，愛與理解依然有可能傳遞。Winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult LiteratureLonglisted for the 2024 National Book Award for Young People’s LiteratureA National Indie BestsellerA Publishers Weekly Best YA Book of the YearA Kirkus Best YA Book of the YearAn NPR Book We Love of 2024A School Library Journal Best YA Book of the YearA Booklist Editors' ChoiceAn ELLE Staff Pick of the Year2024 BookBrowse Best YA Award WinnerA CALIBA Golden Poppy WinnerA Mirrors & Windows Award for Excellence in Children's Literature FinalistA Bank Street Best Book of 20252025 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for FictionA 2025 Texas TAYSHAS Reading List PickA Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Book of 2024A Common Sense Media Best Book of 20242024 California Book Award Finalist (California)2025-26 Georgia

2025 SLJ Best Young Adult BooksUSA TODAY BEST SELLER!She's read every romance...except her own."Clever and delightful; a standout in the genre." - ⭐KIRKUS STARRED REVIEW "A must-have flirtation-via-tropes tale with all the swooning and joy readers want in a love story." - ⭐SCHOOL & LIBRARY JOURNAL STARRED REVIEW"Susan Lee has written an ode to all romance readers. It's the kind of book I've been wanting to read for decades: a love letter to love stories and an instant favorite!"-Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love HypothesisIrene Park loves romance novels--so much so she's made a career of them as an online book reviewer with a massive following. But Irene's real life dating story? Non-existent.So when she starts her freshman year of college, she sets her sights on finding true love using the one thing she really understands...romance book tropes.If only it were that easy.Enter Aiden Jeon, Irene's online book review rival and biggest nemesis. When Aiden cha

2025 SLJ Best Young Adult BooksFrom award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes her groundbreaking contemporary fantasy debut—a novel in verse based on Caribbean folklore—about the power of inherited magic and the price we must pay to live the life we yearn for.SIX STARRED REVIEWS!A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!“Our new home with itsthick walls and locked doorswants me to stay trapped in my skin—but I am fury and flame.”Fifteen-year-old Marisol is the daughter of a soucouyant. Every new moon, she sheds her skin like the many women before her, shifting into a fireball witch who must fly into the night and slowly sip from the lives of others to sustain her own. But Brooklyn is no place for fireball witches with all its bright lights, shut windows, and bolt-locked doors. . . . While Marisol hoped they would leave their old traditions behind when they emigrated from the islands, she knows this will never happen while she remains ensnared by the one pers

我們尋尋覓覓，我們失去， 卻永遠不會忘記—— ◆ ◆全世界電影粉絲爭相收藏的原著圖像小說，台灣版一次珍藏電影海報書衣與原版書封 ◆動畫電影入圍2024年奧斯卡最佳動畫長片、入選2023年坎城影展特別放映 ◆改編動畫榮獲2024安妮獎最佳獨立動畫長片、2023年歐洲電影節最佳動畫大獎、2023年安錫動畫影展「新視野競賽」最佳影片 ◆《柯克斯評論》、《出版人週刊》年度選書 ◆美國青少年圖書館服務協會（Young Adult Library Services Association）、美國兒童圖書館服務協會（Association for Library Service to Children）選書 ◆ 「精緻而低調，肢體語言細膩，色調柔和而內斂，但狗與機器人之間的情誼無庸置疑是歡欣鼓舞的。」——《柯克斯評論》 「溫柔、有趣且充滿智慧。」——《出版人週刊》星級評論 「飽含真實的情感。」——《書單》星級評論 「這本幾乎無字（也無對話）的圖像小說時而趣味，時而感人……讀者放下書後仍會久久記住它。」——《學校圖書館期刊》（School Library Journal）星級評論 「這本圖像小說在無言中傳遞了情感，帶來歡笑、淚水，也讓人領悟到友誼的複雜性。」——《語文藝術評論》，全美英語教師協會優秀書籍（NCTE Notable Book in the Language Arts Review） 「這是一本罕見的真正適合所有年齡層讀者的圖像小說，雖然沒有文字（除了偶爾出現的標誌、印刷品字樣，以及狀聲詞和感嘆聲），但當中充滿足以吸引孩子的幽默事件，以及那些經歷過情感友誼變遷的成年人才能理解的苦樂參半洞見。」——《童書中心公報》（The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books）推薦書籍 ◆ 一隻小狗與機器人的故事，正是你我埋藏在心中的那個故事。 2023-2024年間，零台詞卻逼哭所有大人的動畫電影《再見機器人》，刻入了所有影迷心中。它改編自圖文創作者莎拉．維朗的同名圖像小說。西班名導帕布羅．貝嘉（Pablo Berger）在看過原著之後，久久無法忘懷，讓從未執導過動畫片的他毅然投入製作，最終以它擄獲各大影展獎項、影評人的心，並且感動全球觀眾。 莎拉．維朗的原著脱去了電影的豐富、華麗、飽滿，以同時適合大人、小孩的俐落敘事風格，訴說了小狗與

A Finalist for the 2023 YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award.Rex Ogle's companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother's legacy.In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle's abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on--to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him precious words in Spanish, to bring him to the library where he could take out as many books as he wanted, and to offer safety when darkness closed in. Throughout a coming of age marked by violence and dysfunction, Abuela's red-brick house in Abilene, Texas, offered Rex the possibility of home, and Abuela herself the possibility for a better life.Abuela, Don't Forget Me is a lyrical portrait of the transformative and towering woman who believed in Rex even when he didn't yet know how to believe in himself.

A Finalist for the 2023 YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award.Rex Ogle’s companion to Free Lunch and Punching Bag weaves humor, heartbreak, and hope into life-affirming poems that honor his grandmother’s legacy.In his award-winning memoir Free Lunch, Rex Ogle’s abuela features as a source of love and support. In this companion-in-verse, Rex captures and celebrates the powerful presence a woman he could always count on—to give him warm hugs and ear kisses, to teach him precious words in Spanish, to bring him to the library where he could take out as many books as he wanted, and to offer safety when darkness closed in. Throughout a coming of age marked by violence and dysfunction, Abuela’s red-brick house in Abilene, Texas, offered Rex the possibility of home, and Abuela herself the possibility for a better life.Abuela, Don’t Forget Me is a lyrical portrait of the transformative and towering woman who believed in Rex even when he didn’t yet know how to believe in himself.

In this pithy board book series, an overenthusiastic, impulsive lion tests his daily routines to their limit—in Lionel Poops, cheerfully trying all sorts of places to poop before ending up proudly on the potty.Lionel is bouncing on his trampoline when all of a sudden he needs to poop. Where will he do it? On some cows! No, Lionel, no! On some wildcats! No, Lionel! Lionel thinks of many inappropriate places but eventually poops on his potty. Well done, Lionel! But wait—that’s not all…Cheeky toddler lion Lionel learns about looking after his own body. His mischievous grin puts the reader instantly on his side, and the tolerant voice of his adult helper provides an amused commentary. Ideal to read to a child while they are on a potty.Series includes Lionel Eats All By Himself.From the author of Encyclopedia of Grannies…“A completely bonkers, gleefully silly guide to grandmothers of all stripes.” School Library Journal…and My Pictures after the Storm (3 starred reviews)“A terrific little b

From the author of Encyclopedia of Grannies…“A completely bonkers, gleefully silly guide to grandmothers of all stripes.” School Library Journal…and My Pictures after the Storm (3 starred reviews)“A terrific little book that will amuse all out of proportion to its size.” Wall Street JournalIn this pithy board book series, an overenthusiastic, impulsive lion tests his daily routines to their limit—in Lionel Poops, cheerfully trying all sorts of places to poop before ending up proudly on the potty.9781776574636 Lionel PoopsLionel is bouncing on his trampoline when all of a sudden he needs to poop. Where will he do it? On some cows! No, Lionel, no! On some wildcats! No, Lionel! Lionel thinks of many inappropriate places but eventually poops on his potty. Well done, Lionel! But wait—that’s not all…Cheeky toddler lion Lionel learns about looking after his own body. His mischievous grin puts the reader instantly on his side, and the tolerant voice of his adult helper provides an amused

Taking a genre approach, this overview of young adult literature shows new librarians and library science students the criteria to use for selecting quality books, including recommended titles.• Provides unbiased, authoritative guidance for finding recommended classic and recent titles by genre• Presents an excellent introduction to the field of young adult literature for undergraduate and graduate students who intend to be public or school librarians and for librarians who are new to working with young adults • Focuses on timely topics such as diverse books, LGBTQ+ selections, the role of book formats, and the relevance of librarians serving teen populations • Provides updated information on audio and e-books, accessible books, and graphic novels• Shows how YALSA and AASL standards and competencies can be demonstrated

As adult instruction becomes a more common part of library practice, librarians need guidance in an area that may not always have been a part of their library science education. This book provides the

In 2008, Usain Bolt became the fastest man in the world. He won three gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games that year - and he did it again in 2012, and in 2016. So how did a boy from a little Jama

Drawing on stories from successful programs and research, this book shows librarians how to provide students with the practical information they need for a bright future. Chapters cover career readin

Providing a model of critique useful in readers advisory, collection development, and book clubs, this title encourages the inclusion of young adult titles advancing a positive representation of girls

Focusing on the most compelling—and in many cases the most accessible—titles across the vast area of imaginative fantasy and science fiction literature and media, this book showcases creative ways to

Drawing on the lived experiences of Black students in adult degree completion programs at predominantly White, Christian institutions in the southern United States, this book presents a model for reim

This guide shows youth librarians how to use the appeal of Minecraft—a game that many young learners are intensely passionate about—to create engaging library programs that encourage creativity and bu

This guide explains how to manage and create projects in libraries and archives that build digital collections. It discusses digital libraries, how they developed, and current challenges; the key elem

There are a wealth of resources out there geared towards serving the needs of toddlers, school age children, young adults, and senior citizens. But something's missing. Library users in their 20s and

Veteran public speaker and former adult books editor at Booklist, Hooper guides librarians through book programs and author events. First, in chapter 1, he discusses his feelings about public speaking