The Haunting of Henry Davis By Katryn Siebel  Published: July 2, 2019 Pages: 240 Ages : 8-12  The Book  It comes down to this: either you believe in ghosts or you don't. Twelve-year-old Barbara Anne was never a believer. That is until she met Henry. Henry is new in town, and on his first day of school, he sees his first ghost. One night during the school play piano stars to play itself and Barbra Anne and Henry can longer ignore the ghost's presence. Who is this ghost and why is he around? Barbara Anne and Henry team up with their classmates to find out the ghost's history in hopes to free ..read more

Confession, I am a sucker for historical fiction books. When I came across several reviews for the book Lovely War by Julie Berry, I knew I had to read it. As a teen librarian, I am always on the hunt for crossover and under books that would appeal to a wide audience and this one hit on all of my wants. I challenge you to put this book on your to-read pile!  Below is a quick overview of the things that you need to know about this book. Lovely War By Julie Berry  Release: March 5, 2019 Grades: 7 and up Pages: 480  About the Book  In New York City on the eve of WWII, the Greek god Hephaestus cat ..read more

Summer reading prep can be even crazier than actual summer reading! Between school visits, frantically getting ready for summer programming, and organizing summer reading pieces, and juggling current projects there is little time to do much else, but if your library is like mine, you must also begin to plan for fall and winter programming. As we juggle these things, we also have to start to think about fall and winter programming.   One thing to assist with this is to look at current movies with tween interest.  Summer is full of blockbusters that will dominate future programming.  Make sure ..read more

Marvel Movies have universally taken over pop culture. So when it comes to programming for tweens and teens, Marvel has become a fandom favorite.  Recently, we did an Avengers: Infinity War interactive movie program for teens that attracted tweens, teens, and some adults. We ended up with triple the number of participants then we normally have, and all it took was a Marvel hook and some self-guided library activities.  We popped some popcorn, provided some cookies, and set out a few fun activities.  The main activities was trivia. My library is lucky enough to have several large projectors ..read more