One of the things I’m happiest to create for my library teens are recommendation booklets. I love talking face to face with teens about what they’re reading and what they’re looking for, but let’s fac...

It’s May! Summer Reading is almost upon us, the birds are chirping (probably), and some of our brains need some shuteye. I wasn’t sure who that last one could possibly be referring to other than the f...

It’s that time my friends, Sunrise on the Reaping releases tomorrow. This Hunger Games title is highly anticipated, as many fans have hoped for a prequel with a young Haymitch Abernathy for a long tim...

Plaintiffs claim that Idaho's HB 710, implemented last summer, violates First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.

It’s my final post of Best of 2024, and this time I’m talking about adult books! This is the first year ever that I’ve read more adult books than YA books (I still read more YA books than likely anyon...

Destruction of US public libraries may start with complaints over books, but that's not the end goal. Alpena Public Library is now the tool of those book banners and serves as a stark warning of what'...

It’s time to talk best Middle Grade of 2024. I have a lot of feelings about middle grade right now—and especially that in between space of Middle Grade and Young Adult (and between Middle Grade and Ea...

It’s time to talk best Middle Grade of 2024. I have a lot of feelings about middle grade right now—and especially that in between space of Middle Grade and Young Adult (and between Middle Grade and Ea...

Welcome to the second of four lists I’m doing chronicling my favorite books released in 2024. As a teen librarian, YA is the category I’ve read the most in, and this particular post covers about 30% o...

Rec-It Rachel picks her favorite picture books of 2024 which include previous Caldecott honorees, many large cats, and a lost stick.

From a retold classic to a tale of magical Timbuktu, the best books of 2024 will introduce you to worlds known and unknown.

From a retold classic to a tale of magical Timbuktu, the best books of 2024 will introduce you to worlds known and unknown.

From a retold classic to a tale of magical Timbuktu, the best books of 2024 will introduce you to worlds known and unknown.

It was a huge week in the movie world this Thanksgiving, as Wicked and Gladiator II continued their streaks and Moana 2 premiered to huge numbers. So I thought, while listening once again to the Wicke...

It was a huge week in the movie world this Thanksgiving, as Wicked and Gladiator II continued their streaks and Moana 2 premiered to huge numbers. So I thought, while listening once again to the Wicke...

Teen librarian Rachel Strolle looks at some of the new YA releases coming out in September 2024

The number of books being banned and challenged in schools and libraries has increased exponentially in the USA in recent years. These attacks on our freedom to

After 8 years of being a teen librarian, there are some titles that pop up in my recommendations more frequently than others. Sometimes it’s because they cover a plethora of genres and therefore are e...

Some favorite fall reads and things I’m excited about including books by Chloe Gong and L. L. McKinney, some great romantasy and dark academia, and a perfect graphic novel.

A resource for those looking for YA books set in the different US states