It's that time again, this afternoon there was a lovely cart of new books in technical services; and while they were not all mine, perish the thought, several were. During lunch this afternoon, stretched out with my feet propped on a chair in
my office, I perused the titles, placing lovely blue post-it note strips inside the covers of titles that caught my interest.
- Hauntings and Other Tales of Danger, Love, and Sometimes Loss, by Betsy Hearne
- Sofi Mendoza's Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico, by Malin Alegria
- What they Found, by Walter Dean Myers
- The train jumper, by Don Brown
- Ethan Suspended, by Pamela Ehrenberg
- Love, Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli
- Billy Creekmore, by Tracey Porter
Yes, there were more than seven titles on the cart. Yes, there were picture books, juvenile fiction, young adult fiction, and juvenile literature. No, I do not want to read everything I order for the library. I am building a collection to support the curriculum, not greedily purchasing what I want to read.
Interesting timing ... a cart has arrived to be cataloged and I have been going through the most recent copies of Booklist, Book Links, and School Library Journal making selections for September and October.
Tags: Juvenile books, YA books, New books, Academic library
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