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LGBTQ Non-Fiction for Teens: A Collection Development Guide

“I read books about schools that have gay/straight alliance clubs.  These are fictional books.  And so I believe gay/straight alliance clubs must also be fictional. ” -A.S. King, Ask the Passengers A few months after starting my new position, I culled Deal With It!  A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a…

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Native American Heritage Month

Debbie Reese is my blogging heroine, my blogging role model.  If there’s one blog I wish my blog could be like, it’s Reese’s American Indians in Children’s Literature.  She was the model for what I wanted this blog to be like.  She says things people don’t always want to hear, whether it’s about Little House…

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“I Hadn’t Even Considered That!” or Why Librarians Matter

REJOICE, THE BLOG IS BACK FROM THE DEAD!!  (peeks around) I hope some people are actually still out there reading?  Hello?  Please forgive my absence, I hope some readers are still around! ZOMG, has it really been over a month!?? I can’t believe it’s been this long between posts!  Getting back in the habit of…

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