25 Books Nominated for the 2018 Teens’ Top Ten List

The Teens’ Top Ten is a “teen choice” list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year.  This year’s list of nominees features 25 titles that were published between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2017. The American Library Association will announce the winning titles in October. How many of these books …

A Q&A with Colorado YA Author Sandhya Menon

Sandhya Menon is a Colorado-based writer whose first young adult novel, When Dimple Met Rishi, quickly became a New York Times bestseller. We wanted to get to know Sandhya a little better before she visits Old Town Library next week to present her new novel, From Twinkle, With Love (Wednesday, May 23 at 6PM in …

How a Book Grows Up to Become a Library Book

Every single item borrowed from the Library has a very special story to tell. It’s a coming-of-age story that begins when the book is a small unknown creature waiting anxiously on a publisher’s shelf to be given the opportunity to grow up to reach its full potential: a library book! The process of nurturing that …

Read Like a Librarian: Graphic Novels & Teen Reads

For all you teenagers (and teenagers at heart), the Poudre River Public Library District’s librarians have compiled a list of applauded teen novels and graphic novels to round out your Summer Reading Challenge list … or perhaps inspire your Fort Collins Comic Con cosplay. The richly woven marriage of storytelling and intense imagery in the graphic novel selections …

Social Justice, Race, & Cultural Awareness: Books for Kids, Tweens, & Teens

In the midst of our nation’s most recent social turmoil – following the shooting deaths of two black men in Louisiana and Minnesota, and soon after the shooting deaths of five Dallas police officers – you may find it difficult to discuss with children and young adults the images and information they’re seeing in the …