The Youth Advisor


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"The Youth Advisor: A Young Adult's Guide to Success" is a non-fictional manuscript. The parable focuses on preventive measures for our youth that will keep them from making costly mistakes, while giving them additional tools to help achieve financial success. The book provides factual stories and advice to make sure young adults graduate from high school and college successfully, while budgeting money effectively; so that he or she may purchase a car, buy a home, and invest money for retirement.




Best Books for Young Adults


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This is a classic, standard resource for collection building and on-the-spot readers advisory absolutely indispensable for school and public libraries.







Outstanding Books for the College Bound


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More than simply a vital collection development tool, this book can help librarians help young adults grow into the kind of independent readers and thinkers who will flourish at college.




Pioneers and Leaders in Library Services to Youth


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This compilation of 97 biographical essays celebrates public and school library service to children and young adults through the professional lives and contributions of its pioneers and leaders. Devoted entirely to the field of youth library services, the essays represent both outstanding librarians in the field, as well as those whose work has made significant contributions supporting the work of professional youth librarians. Sketches include modern-day workers, spanning the late 19th century until 1999. Will inspire young people as it underscores the continuing importance of youth library services.




The Readers' Advisory Guide to Graphic Novels


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Graphic novels have found a place on library shelves but many librarians struggle to move this expanding body of intellectual, aesthetic, and entertaining literature into the mainstream of library materials.




Serving Teens Through Readers' Advisory


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A guide to help readers' advisors serve teens. Offers techniques to connect with teens on their own terms, provides tips on creating a positive advisory experience, and includes "sure bets" lists, thematic reading lists, and sources of reviews.




Readers' Advisers at Work


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Reading Matters


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Drawing upon data published in a variety of scholarly journals and monographs, as well as their own research findings, the authors shatter some of the popular myths about reading and offer a cogent case for the library's vital role in the life of a reader.




Circulation Work in Public Libraries


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