Library Media Chatter

Library Media Chatter

In this podcast, two high school librarians hang out and discuss what they are reading, award-nominated YA books, interesting resources for librarians to check out, best practices, and much more.

Episodes

May 6, 2025 38 mins

On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (Colton Gentry's Third Act by Jeff Zentner and What’s Next by Melissa Fitzgerald and Mary McCormack) and enjoy the biggest night of the YA Lit calendar: the Barnesy Awards.

Sorry for the late episode. We'll be back with all the Chatterboxes in August.

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On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (Promise Boys by Nick Brooks and 49 Days by Agnes Lee), plan your itinerary for the MASL Spring Conference, and celebrate great high school nonfiction with the annual Dogwood Awards.

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March 1, 2025 33 mins

On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd and Rez Ball by Byron Graves), preview the new high school Dogwood nominees, and expect better out of this generation in Accountable by Dashka Slater, a high school Dogwood and our final Reader's Nook of the season.

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February 1, 2025 31 mins

On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (Poemhood, Our Black Revival edited by Amber McBride, Taylor Byos, Erica Martin and Age 16 by Rosena Fung), look for ways to improve their library newsletters, and wish their history classes had taught them more of what is in American Redux by Ariel Aberg-Riger, a high school Dogwood.

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January 1, 2025 28 mins

On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (How To by Randall Munroe and A Short History of the World in 50 Lies by Natasha Tidd), teach the youth how to podcast, try to bring books to non-ELA teachers, and finish (maybe) their dive into this year's Ruta Sepetys works with You: The Story, a high school Dogwood.

For those following along, we will be discussing America Redux by Ariel Aberg-Riger on the Feb...

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On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt and A Long Time Coming by Ray Anthony Shepard), show their charitable side with Project Holiday Cheer, spin around for a while debating wheeled furniture, and head back to school with three first-generation college students in Jennifer Miller's Rising Class, a high school Dogwood.

For those following along, we will be dis...

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On this episode, Greg and Dan welcome a special guest to discuss what they are currently reading (Spirit Sleuths by Gail Jarrow, The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki, the Arden High graphic novels (Twelfth Grade Night and King Cheer) by Molly Horton Booth, Stephanie Kate Strohm and Jamie Green, and Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham), celebrate the important connection between ELA teachers and libra...

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October 1, 2024 28 mins

On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (An Illustrated History of Urban Legends by Adam Allsuch Boardman and Accountable: the true story of a racist social media account and the teenagers whose lives it changed by Dashka Slater), help social studies teachers prep election lessons, shoutout a few new databases, and shower (pun intended) The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson, a Gateway nominee with ...

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September 7, 2024 25 mins

On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (American Wings: Chicago's Pioneering Black Aviators and the Race for Equality in the Sky by Sherri L. Smith & Elizabeth Wein and The Little Liar by Mitch Albom), talk about both the importance of reading across the curriculum and challenges librarians face, and search for clues to whodunit in Karen M. McManus's Nothing More to Tell, a new Gateway nom...

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On this episode, Greg and Dan are joined by special guest Megan, a middle-school librarian, to discuss what they are reading (Garth Nix’s Old Kingdom series, Enter the Body by Joy McCullough, and The Fort by Gordon Korman) and give out some awards in the 3rd Annual Barnsies, which doubles as the 1st annual Gratzies. 
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On this episode, Greg and Dan celebrate the past year's high school Dogwood Reader Award nominees with their own categories of winners and look forward to the MASL Spring Conference by planning your itinerary for you. You're welcome.
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On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (Horizon by Barry Lopez and The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead), highlight Dan's favorite Denny O'Neil list books from each grade band, and learn the rules for assessing science in the news from Marc Zimmer's Science and the Skeptic.
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On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy and Better than We Found It by Frederick and Porsche Joseph), promote reading with a community book club night, and discover true friendship as they discuss the Gateway nominee In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner.
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January 1, 2024 32 mins
On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (Holly by Stephen King and One in a Million by Claire Lordon), promote the wealth of resources in LearningExpress Library, and dive into the world of true-crime Dogwood nominees with three titles: Murder Among Friends by Candace Fleming, Hanged! by Sarah Miller, and Bone Deep by Charles Bosworth Jr. & Joel J. Schwartz.
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December 1, 2023 29 mins
On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (Fairy Tale by Stephen King and Run and Hide by Don Brown), recap an A.I. lunch and learn, and try to solve another Gateway nominee.
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On this episode, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (Kings of the Wyld by Nicolas Eames and Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, the graphic novel, adapted by Mel Valentine Vargas from the original by Meg Medina), prepare for research lessons and the A.I. lessons coming soon, and vandalize local landmarks with a friendly ghost as they dig into We Can Be Heroes by Kyrie McCauley.
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On the first episode of season 3, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (The Drifter by Nick Petrie and Unequal by Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau), work on new passive programming, and discuss Greg's favorite Gateway nominee ever, What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson.
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On the last episode before summer, Greg and Dan discuss what they are currently reading (Fuzz by Mary Roach and Global by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin, and Giovanni Rigano) before getting into the real reason we're all here: the 2nd Annual Barnsey Awards, the recognition all YA authors on the Gateway list dream of achieving.
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On this episode, Greg and Dan stop being polite and start getting real with the Dogwood Awards celebrating the previous year's nominees and the Dogwood Draft that looks forward at the newest high school Dogwood list.
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March 1, 2023 31 mins
On this episode, Greg and Dan recommend new books (Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson, Pop Science: Serious Answers to Deep Questions Posed in Songs by James Ball), respond to listener feedback, rearrange their libraries, and dress to the nines as they discuss their final Dogwood book of the season: The Power of Style by Christian Allaire.
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