Book Review: Final Cut by Olivia Worley teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/11/12/b... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Book Review: Self Portrait by Ludwig Volbeda A transgender teen struggles with a self-portrait assignment in this introspective and meditative look at gender and identity originally published in the Netherlands. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/11/13/b... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Reading FOOLED.

Let’s Talk Graphic Medicine Teen Librarian Karen Jensen talks about graphic medicine, a concept developed by librarian Matthew Noe that discusses using comics and graphic novels to talk about health and medicine teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/11/10/l... @tltkaren.bsky.social

From Code to Prose, a guest post by Rona Wang teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/11/11/f... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Book mail: WE FELL APART by E. Lockhart. Thanks, @getunderlined.bsky.social!

Book mail: BETWEEN SUN AND SHADOW by Laura Genn. Thanks, Peachtree Teen!

Book mail: LITTLE MONSTERS by Máire Roche. Thanks, Simon Kids!

Okay, Minnesota. Settle down.

Take Five: November and December 2025 Middle Grade New Releases I feel like end-of-the-year books get so easily overlooked, especially when I've already been seeing "best of" lists for weeks. Be sure to check these out! teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/11/07/t... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Book Review: Two YA Books Series that Feature Teens Working with the FBI to Solve Crimes teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/11/05/b... @tltkaren.bsky.social

"You privately think 'the kids' are alarmingly intolerant of free speech these days, but you’d never say this aloud or online because 'the kids' are your bosses." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sig...

Starting HOMICIDE AND HALO-HALO.

Reading WINGING IT, thanks to a young friend lending me his copy.

Penguin Young Readers Showcase: November 2025 Books New month, new box of books from Penguin! I hope you find something fun to add to your reading lists. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/11/04/p... @penguinschoollib.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social @penguinteen.bsky.social @tltkaren.bsky.social

Book Review: This is Where We Die by Cindy R. X. He teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/11/03/b... @tltkaren.bsky.social

YA Books to Read if You Like the New Florence & the Machine Album, EVERYBODY SCREAM teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/31/y... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Book mail: A POTION, A POWDER, A LITTLE BIT OF MAGIC OR, LIKE LIGHTNING IN AN UMBRELLA STORM. A STORY OUT OF ORDER by Philip Stead. Thanks, Neal Porter Books/Holiday House!

Book mail: GALAXY MAPPER by Allie Summers and illustrated by Sian James. Thanks, MIT Kids Press!

Book mail: SUPERSQUADS! by Heather Lang and Jamie Harper. Thanks, Candlewick!

Book mail: WAKE NOW IN THE FIRE by Jarrett Dapier and AJ Dungo. Thanks, Ten Speed Graphic!

Book mail: SEVEN DEADLY THORNS by Amber Hamilton. Thanks, Bloomsbury!

Book mail: R.A.T.S REVOLUTIONARY ARMY OF TEENS by Claudia Daher. Thanks, Vanguard Press!

Book mail: SECRETS, SPELLS, AND CHOCOLATE by Marisa Churchill. Thanks, Page Street Publishing!

Book mail: QUESO, JUST IN TIME by Ernesto Cisneros. Thanks, Quill Tree/HarperKids!

Snuggling up with dogs to read ARSENIC AND ADOBO.

Reading FINDING LOST.

Book Mail: Fairy tale retellings, graphic novels, deluxe editions, and more! 32 new and forthcoming books to get on your TBR. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/31/b... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Cindy Crushes Programming: Video Games in Real Life, by Teen Librarian Cindy Shutts teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/30/c... @tltkaren.bsky.social @cindysku.bsky.social

Post-It Note Reviews: Stories set at an amusement park, at a doggy daycare, during holidays, in a haunted house, during the Cuban Revolution, and more! 14 quick reviews of new books. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/29/p... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Schools and districts are not equipped to deal with the dysregulation students are going to experience due to excessive hunger and familial stress over food insecurity. We’re just not in any way prepared.

Starting MURDER AT GULLS NEST.

Publisher’s Showcase: Candlewick Press, Holiday House, and Peachtree 2026 Showcase Hopefully you'll find some great titles here to add to your 2026 TBR! teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/28/p... @tltkaren.bsky.social

I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is [email protected] and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.

Reading GHOST BOYS.

“Truth to Tell,” Using Primary Sources in Biography, a guest post by Angelica Shirley Carpenter In 1838, sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimké were the best-known, most hated women in the United States. My book tells why. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/27/t... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Life Lessons from James Baldwin’s Biography – Jimmy’s Rhythm & Blues, a guest post by Michelle Meadows Author Michelle Meadows discusses her biography of James Baldwin, Jimmy's Rhythm & Blues teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/24/l... @tltkaren.bsky.social

No one is coming to save us but us.

Starting OUTSIDE.

Reading BESTIES SET SAIL.

Reading PASTA GIRLS.

Starting PUSHING HOPE.

We Are Not a Problem To Be Fixed: Discussing Autism Representation in Hollow, a YA Folk Horror | Teen Librarian Toolbox teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/09/w...

Writing About Anxiety in Middle Grade Fantasy, a Teen Librarian Toolbox guest post by Caroline Carlson teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/13/t...

We Need More Books About the Tweens Behind the Scenes teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/20/w...

Take Five: Creepy Middle Grade Graphic Novels teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/24/t...

Book mail: THE LAST KIDS ON EARTH AND THE DESTRUCTOR’S LAIR, WHO DISCOVERED HOW TO BREATHE UNDERWATER: JACQUES COUSTEAU, and WHERE IS…. (Multiple states). Thanks, Penguin Kids!

Book mail: MILES LEWIS TOP CHEF and THE SECRET ASTRONOMERS. Thanks, Penguin Kids and Teen!

Book mail: WHAT MEDICINE CAN DO, I’M TRYING TO LOVE FARTS, WAR IS OVER!, THE CHRISTMAS SWEATER, THE DIRT!: WILD LIFE UNDER THE SOIL’S SURFACE, THIS IS HIP-HOP, and FANNY’S BIG IDEA: HOW JEWISH BOOK WEEK WAS BORN. Thanks, Penguin Kids!

Get ready for the November box from Penguin!