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a blog on books and non-print media for tweens
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As a MLIS project, I'm reviewing current media for 9-14 year-olds: novels, graphic novels, nonfiction, audiobooks, games, movies, music, poetry, online resources. Enter any term in the search box above, or use the clickable lists below my profile: Items Reviewed, Media Formats, Content Tags, Blog Archive.
About Me
Items Reviewed
- • American Born Chinese, by Gene Luen Yang
- • American Girl Online Games, by American Girl, LLC
- • American Medical Association Boy’s Guide to Becoming a Teen, by Amy B. Middleman & Kate Gruenwald Pfeifer
- • American Medical Association Girl’s Guide to Becoming a Teen, by Amy B. Middleman & Kate Gruenwald Pfeifer
- • Artemis Fowl [sound recording], by Eoin Colfer
- • B is for Bob, by Bob Marley and the Wailers
- • Cartoon Network Games, by Cartoon Network
- • Chew on This: Everything You Don’t Want to Know About Fast Food, by Eric Schlosser & Charles Wilson
- • Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam [sound recording], by Cynthia Kadohata
- • Downtown Boy, by Juan Felipe Herrera
- • Earth-Friendly Crafts for Kids: 50 Awesome Things to Make with Recycled Stuff, by Heather Smith with Joe Rhatigan
- • Eleven, by Patricia Reilly Giff
- • Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree [sound recording], by Lauren Tarshis
- • Fantastic Mr. Fox [movie], by Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach (based on the book by Roald Dahl)
- • Farmville, by Zynga Game Network, Inc.
- • Fearless, by Taylor Swift
- • Goosebumps Horrorland #7: My Friends Call Me Monster, by R. L. Stine
- • Hate that Cat, by Sharon Creech
- • Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat. Editor Nikki Giovanni
- • Holes [movie], by Louis Sachar
- • I Feel a Little Jumpy Around You: A Book of Her Poems and His Poems Presented in Pairs, edited by Naomi Shihab Nye and Paul B. Janeczko
- • I, Freddy: Book One in the Golden Hamster Saga, by Dietlof Reiche
- • If the World Were a Village [Film], by Kate Barris, based on the book by David J. Smith
- • Looking for Bobowicz: A Hoboken Chicken Story, by Daniel Pinkwater
- • Love That Dog, by Sharon Creech
- • Maple Story, by NEXON Corp. and NEXON America, Inc
- • Meet Me at the Corner [Web site], created by Donna Guthrie.
- • Name That Style: All About Isms in Art, by Bob Raczka
- • Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science, by John Fleischman
- • Salt Water Taffy: The Seaside Adventures of Jack and Benny, Vol. 1: The Legend of Old Salty [graphic novel], by Matthew Loux
- • Secrets, Lies, Gizmos, and Spies: A History of Spies and Espionage, by Janet Wyman Coleman with the International Spy Museum
- • Sky Scrape / City Scape: Poems of City Life, selected by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Ken Condon
- • Stuck in the Middle: Seventeen Comics from an Unpleasant Age. Editor Ariel Schrag.
- • Teen Ink [Web site], created by The Young Authors Foundation, Inc
- • Teens in Peru (Global Connections Series), by Sandy Donovan
- • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
- • The Fame, by Lady Gaga
- • The GREENS [Web site], by WGBH Educational Foundation
- • The Higher Power of Lucky, by Susan Patron
- • The Night Tourist, by Katherine Marsh
- • The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle [sound recording], by Avi
- • The Twilight Prisoner, by Katherine Marsh
- • Tween Tribune: News For Kids & News By Kids, by TweenTribune
- • Un Lun Dun, written and illustrated by China Miéville
- • We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things., by Jason Mraz
- • Where the Wild Things Are [movie], by Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers (based on the book by Maurice Sendak)
- • Wonderland, by Tommy Kovac and Sonny Liew
- • Yes We Can: A Biography of President Barack Obama, by Garen Eileen Thomas
Media Formats
- Audiobooks (4)
- Films (3)
- Games (1)
- Graphic Novels (4)
- Nonfiction Books (8)
- Novels (8)
- Novels in Verse (2)
- Online Resources (4)
- Poetry Collections (1)
Content Tags
Accidents
(1)
Adventure
(3)
Ambition
(3)
Amusement Parks
(1)
Animal's Point of View
(1)
Animals with Human Qualities
(6)
Animation
(1)
Art
(3)
Assembly Line
(1)
Becoming a Teen
(3)
Book Reviews
(1)
Brain
(1)
Brothers
(1)
California
(1)
Cats
(3)
Caves
(1)
Cemeteries
(1)
Chinese Fables
(1)
CIA
(1)
Comics
(2)
Courage
(1)
Crafts
(1)
Creativity
(1)
Creatures
(1)
Crime
(1)
Death
(3)
Deserts
(1)
Documentaries
(1)
Dog Handlers
(1)
Dogs
(2)
Elves
(1)
Environment
(1)
Escape from Captivity/Imprisonment
(2)
Fairies
(1)
Family
(5)
Fantasy
(8)
Fast Food
(1)
Fathers
(1)
Fear
(1)
Feedback
(1)
Filmmaking
(1)
Fitting In
(2)
Forgiveness
(1)
Foxes
(1)
Friendship
(9)
Fulfillment
(1)
Ghosts
(2)
Girls' Guide
(1)
Great Britain
(1)
Greek Myth
(1)
Guardians
(2)
Guinea Pigs
(1)
Guys' Guide
(1)
Hamsters
(1)
Health
(3)
Hearing Challenges
(1)
High School
(1)
History
(5)
Hope
(1)
Horror
(2)
Humor
(7)
Illustrations
(4)
Individual vs. Community Needs
(1)
Industry
(1)
Injustice
(1)
Ireland
(1)
Jealousy
(2)
Journals
(3)
Juvenile Work Camps
(1)
Libraries/Librarians
(1)
Literacy
(1)
Loneliness
(1)
Love
(2)
Maids
(1)
Maine
(1)
Male-Female Interaction
(1)
Middle School
(2)
Military
(1)
Misunderstandings
(1)
Monsters
(2)
Mothers
(2)
Moving
(1)
Mystery
(4)
Neighbors
(1)
Neuroscience
(1)
New Jersey
(1)
New School
(1)
New York City
(1)
New York State
(1)
News
(1)
Objects With Human Qualities
(1)
Perceptions
(1)
Personality
(1)
Peru
(1)
Photos
(1)
Poetry
(3)
Poverty
(1)
Reading Challenges
(2)
Reconnaissance
(1)
Recycling
(1)
Romantic Relationships
(1)
Running Away
(1)
Science
(1)
Sea/Ocean
(3)
Self-Discovery
(2)
Self-Esteem
(5)
Ships
(1)
Socioeconomic Differences
(1)
Sons
(1)
Spies
(1)
Subways
(1)
Suicide
(1)
Supernatural
(2)
Survival
(2)
Sustainability
(1)
Teachers
(1)
Teen Communities
(1)
Teens in Other Countries
(1)
Texas
(1)
Theft
(3)
Treasure
(1)
Trust
(2)
Underworld
(1)
Vacation
(1)
Video Podcasts
(1)
Vietnam War
(1)
Visual Art
(1)
Voyages
(1)
Wild West
(1)
Woodworking
(1)
Writers' Workshop
(1)
Writing
(3)
Blog Archive
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