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Teens Review ‘Paramore’, ‘The Next Day’, ‘Save Rock and Roll’, ‘Luigi’s...
From rock icon David Bowie to relative newcomers, Paramore, music lovers can look forward to good summer listening and lots of choice in styles of music. As a longtime fan of Luigi, Mario’s...
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Teens Review ‘Golden’, ‘The Great Gatsby’ Soundtrack, ‘Star Trek: The Video...
Though the reviews of the recently released film, The Great Gatsby, are remarkably mixed, the soundtrack gets high praise from our teen reviewer. It’s hard not to like Lady Antebellum, with their sweet...
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Teens Review ‘Random Access Memories’, ‘Grid 2′, ‘Minis on the Move’| Music...
Summer vacation calls for cool tunes and lots of screen time. Daft Punk’s latest album promises to put them front and center on the U.S. music scene—tracks from Random Access Memories will be blasting...
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Playaway Bookpack Program Launches; Educator Workshop at Serious Play...
Audio + Print = Literacy Skills Librarians can pair audio with print to build literacy skills. The launch of the Playaway Bookpack program has been announced by Findaway World. Each Bookpack features...
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Teens Review ‘Talk a Good Game’, ‘Encore’, ‘The Last of Us’| Music and Games
Our teens review music for R & B listeners as well as country/western fans; Kelly Rowland, well-known for her affiliation with Destiny’s Child, dishes out tasty tunes on her latest album Talk a...
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Teens Review ‘Magnetic’, ‘The Blessed Unrest’, ‘NCAA Football 14′| Music and...
Our teens from Floral Park (NY) Memorial High School give high ratings to Sara Bareilles’s and the Goo Goo Dolls’s latest albums, while our game reviewer assures us that the gridiron giants in summer...
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Marc Anthony Returns, Selena Gomez’s ‘Stars’, and More Zombies | Teens Review...
If you’re under the age of 20, you might only know Marc Anthony for his clothing line, or that his ex-wife is Jennifer Lopez (who also has a clothing line). On 3.0, he returns to his Latin roots, which...
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Capstone’s Interactive “Super” Ebooks; Gamers Wanted for the Innovation Math...
Interactive Comics Thirty-two titles from the “DC Super-Pets,” “DC Super Heroes: The Man of Steel,” “Superman,” and “Batman” series are now available as interactive ebooks from Capstone. An...
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Powerful Partnerships, Pi, and Python Behind the Success of Teen Tech Camp
Imagine a day in your library devoted to the basics of coding in Python and sending a roomful of teens home with computers they can keep. Now imagine doing this for about $30! It’s completely possible,...
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A Minecraft Library Scores Big: Mattituck, NY, Branch Is a Hit with Kids
“Nothing’s impossible in Minecraft,” says Elizabeth Grohoski. She would know. Grohoski recently spent three months using the online game to create a virtual replica of the Mattituck-Laurel Library in...
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Teens Review John Mayer’s ‘Paradise’, ‘Madden 25′, and More
I’m not sure what was more of a surprise to me—that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been around for 30 years, or that the John Madden videogame football franchise goes back 25 years! John Mayer...
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Teens Review Keith Urban, NIN, and ‘Splinter Cell Blacklist’| Music and Games
Both Keith Urban and Nine Inch Nails are stretching their musical wings in new releases. On Fuse, listeners will hear more than a classic country sound from Urban. Hesitation Marks doesn’t include a...
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Teens Review the Latest from Timberlake, Panic! At the Disco, and NBA 2K |...
Everything old is new again! Panic! At the Disco builds a new sound by plumbing the music of the 80s and 90s, while Justin Timberlake pushes on with his comeback triumph. Now that baseball season is...
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Teens Review Latest from Arcade Fire, Katy Perry, Assassin’s Creed
Arcade Fire goes big with their latest release, Reflektor, which features many tracks that run over six minutes long. Katy Perry’s new album Prism is responsible for kicking off a firestorm of YouTube...
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Teens Review Lady Gaga’s Latest, ‘Catching Fire Soundtrack’, and ‘Battlefield 4′
For those of you that remember Tears for Fears’s original version of “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” Lorde’s take of it on the Catching Fire Soundtrack might be a bit like cilantro—you’ll either...
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Teens Review Bieber’s ‘Journals’, Wii Fit U
Justin Bieber times the release of his unusual new album to coincide with appearance of his concert documentary in theaters. Our reviewer identifies a more adult sound, but you’ll have to give Journals...
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Teens Review Peter Gabriel, Grammy Compilation, and LEGO Movie Video Game
Peter Gabriel continues to be innovative and inspirational on his latest album, I’ll Scratch Yours. A few of the voices from the Grammy 2014 Nominees will be familiar, but others will surprise even...
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Chicago Public Library to Expand YOUmedia Labs with Additional $2.5 Million
Teens at CPL’s Lozano Branch YOUmedia space make a straw tower during a Maker Monday activity. Chicago teens can thank the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and Mayor Rahm Emanuel for an...
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Teens Review ‘After the Disco’, ‘Fable Anniversary’| Music and Games
You never know who is going to turn up in the new releases—do Toni Braxton or Danger Mouse ring any bells? Both are part of collaborations, and while Braxton and Babyface getting together seems...
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Great Reads for Video Gamers
This lineup of gorgeous behind-the-scenes browsers, cool book and graphic-novel tie-ins, and magnetic YA novels that star gamers as protagonists is sure to reel in teens who spend their leisure time...
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