A free bundle of books has the power to change a person’s day. If one of the books in the bundle is the right book at the right time, it can change a person’s life. Alyse Urice, founder of Literacy & Hope, believes in the power of books. She wraps up preloved books with a little bit of yarn and a whole lot of hope and places them where just the right heart might find them. […]
Susan Maushart shut off the electricity, removed computer and television screens from the house, stored the video games, hid the mobile devices of her three teenaged children, and reluctantly stashed her beloved iPhone…for six months. She purposefully silenced all electronics, not because her children had done anything wrong, nor because she was a bored 50-year-old single mother. No, Maushart pulled the plug on modern technology because Henry David Thoreau, among other writers, inspired her to do it. […]
From school responsibilities and extracurricular activities to entertainment trends and peer relationships, the competition for teenagers’ attention is fierce. Libraries may never win a popularity contest against malls or video game consoles, but YALSA is well on its way to making books more engaging and accessible to teens across America. […]
