MattIf you have children asking difficult questions about war and conflict then this selection of picturebooks may help begin answering them in ways they can understand. 📚📜 #readersadvisory
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SarahVReader's advisory request: Does anyone have any fiction recommendations that feature a police officer who decides to leave the force? #ReadersAdvisory
Guy LeCharles GonzalezWith one quarter of 2025 behind us, I took a look at Comics Plus' circ data and wasn't surprised to see "backlist is frontlist" continues to be the #ReadAllTheComics secret weapon.
One of the main advantages of a deep, diverse digital collection for readers to explore is they can choose to read whatever’s most interesting to them at the time — regardless of how new or old, mainstream or niche, popular or “under the radar” a book might be.
https://librarypass.com/2025/04/09/comics-plus-most-popular-january-march-2025/
A. Rivera> The Very Virile Viking by Sandra Hill https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/reviews/the-very-virile-viking-by-sandra-hill/
Ha ha! Some of my classmates in a #ReadersAdvisory class had to read this one, much giggling ensued.
March is #NationalReadingMonth. https://nationaltoday.com/national-reading-month/
You can always visit and support your local libraries to get your #reading.
Need some ideas? Check out my #blog for honest #reviews of #books. You can check book tag or by publisher.
Of possible interest for some. I checked our local library catalog, and we have 9 out of the 17. Also, I will be passing this on to our zines specialist here to add to our collection.
> https://violetbfox.info/radicalbooks/
You can either download the zine (and fold and staple) or get the PDF document (what I did so I could check the catalog).
Guy LeCharles Gonzalez (MOVED)"When we know what their issues and concerns are, we can be better partners with them in our shared goal of getting more books by independent publishers into our collections." Becky Spratford
Librarians have to be willing to meet smaller publishers halfway and do a little extra legwork to learn about their titles because traditional marketing channels simply aren't designed to support their discovery.
#libraries #publishing #discovery #ReadersAdvisory
https://raforall.blogspot.com/2024/08/independent-book-publishing-association.html
ALA Editions | Neal-Schuman"The Readers' Advisory Guide to Horror" is the first selection for our new book club! Join Phil Morehart & special guests from the world of horror and libraries for this FREE Zoom event: 1 PM CT, Sept. 18. Details at http://alaeditions.org/bookclub!
#ALA #AmericanLibraryAssociation #LIS #MLIS #libraries #librarianship #InformationScience #ra #readersadvisory #HorrorBooks #HorrorAuthor
A great list of #Tarot books. I've read a few of them, have most of the others on the #TBR list.
#books #reading #RA #ReadersAdvisory
>25 Tarot Books You MUST Read If You Want To Grow Your Tarot Skills!
https://www.thetarotlady.com/25-tarot-books-you-must-read-if-you-want-to-grow-your-tarot-skills/
Theresa Reed, the Tarot Lady, has updated her very popular list.
Good advice here for #librarians, especially if they do #RA #ReadersAdvisory An example of meet them where they are.
#books
#reading #ReferenceDesk #resources
>Resource Reminder: Use the Resources Our Readers Use http://raforall.blogspot.com/2024/06/resource-reminder-use-resources-our.html by #RAForAll