{"id":18994,"date":"2018-08-27T00:01:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T04:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=18994"},"modified":"2018-10-03T12:22:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T16:22:47","slug":"celebrate-your-hard-work-this-summer-with-a-literary-treat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2018\/08\/celebrate-your-hard-work-this-summer-with-a-literary-treat\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Your Hard Work This Summer with a Literary Treat!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s August 27th. If your school district doesn\u2019t start back until after Labor Day, you are in the home stretch with Summer Learning! If your Summer Learning program has already ended, CONGRATULATIONS!\u00a0 You should take some time to celebrate all of the hard work you did the last few months to make this summer wonderful for the community you serve. If you find yourself with a bit of free time over the long weekend, might I suggest celebrating with a literary treat?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Did you attend a conference earlier this year? Why not dive into that pile of ARC\u2019s you brought home? Here are a few of my favorites from the conferences I attended:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>People Kill People by Ellen Hopkins<\/li>\n<li>For Every One by Jason Reynolds<\/li>\n<li>Furyborn by Claire Legrand<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18995\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18995\" style=\"width: 227px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0855-books-with-beverage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0855-books-with-beverage.jpg 1224w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0855-books-with-beverage-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0855-books-with-beverage-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0855-books-with-beverage-488x650.jpg 488w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0855-books-with-beverage-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/IMG_0855-books-with-beverage-68x90.jpg 68w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kick back and relax with a new book!<br \/>Photo contributed by blog poster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I haven\u2019t made it through all of my conference ARCs yet, so here\u2019s what\u2019s next on my TBR list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Family Trust by Kathy Wang<\/li>\n<li>A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Miriam<\/li>\n<li>Emergency Contact by Mary Choi<\/li>\n<li>Everything\u2019s Trash, But It\u2019s Okay by Phoebe Robinson<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Are you in the mood for a movie? These recent releases are based on best-selling books and will not disappoint if you loved the novels:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Crazy Rich Asians<\/li>\n<li>The Guernsey Literary Potato Peel Society<\/li>\n<li>To All the Boys I\u2019ve Loved Before<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As the summer ends and another school year begins, I\u2019d like to take a moment to say thank you! The work you do every day makes a difference to the children in your community. Cheers to you!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">************************************************<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18996\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18996\" style=\"width: 156px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/171103-Library-Association-031-Stephanie_Saba-003_LiteRetouch-Web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"156\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/171103-Library-Association-031-Stephanie_Saba-003_LiteRetouch-Web.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/171103-Library-Association-031-Stephanie_Saba-003_LiteRetouch-Web-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/171103-Library-Association-031-Stephanie_Saba-003_LiteRetouch-Web-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/171103-Library-Association-031-Stephanie_Saba-003_LiteRetouch-Web-433x650.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/171103-Library-Association-031-Stephanie_Saba-003_LiteRetouch-Web-333x500.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/171103-Library-Association-031-Stephanie_Saba-003_LiteRetouch-Web-60x90.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of the blog author.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stephanie Saba, a Senior Librarian at the San Mateo County Libraries, is writing this post on behalf of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/alsc\/aboutalsc\/coms\/pg1childadv\/als-tfayl\">Public Awareness Committee<\/a>. She can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:sabas@smcl.org\">sabas@smcl.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s August 27th. If your school district doesn\u2019t start back until after Labor Day, you are in the home stretch with Summer Learning! If your Summer Learning program has already ended, CONGRATULATIONS!\u00a0 You should take some time to celebrate all of the hard work you did the last few months to make this summer wonderful for the community you serve. If you find yourself with a bit of free time over the long weekend, might I suggest celebrating with a literary treat?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":188,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[418],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-public-awareness-committee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/188"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}