The Young Adult Library Services Association (aka YALSA) presents an award for the Best Fiction for Young Adults. What follows is a list of the top ten titles from the 2021 list of nominees. Coeur d'Alene Public Library has all ten! The links are direct links to our online catalog where you can place holds.
I hope this helps you find some good stories. If any of your favorite YA Fiction from this year aren't on this list, feel free to drop their title in a comment below.
If you need help with any homework issues or would like specific reading recommendations, please fill out the Study Buddy Help Form
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The Young Adult Library Services Association (aka YALSA) presents an award for excellence in young adult nonfiction every year. What follows is a list of the titles from the list of nominees that Coeur d'Alene Public Library has access to. Titles that were Finalists are preceded by * and the Winner of the award for 2021 is preceded by *WINNER*. YALSA's Nonfiction Award
Here's the list in its entirety from YALSA: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2021-nonfiction-award-nominations I hope this helps you find some real stories that inspire you. If any of your favorite YA Nonfiction from this year aren't on this list, feel free to drop their title in a comment below.
If you need help with any homework issues or would like specific reading recommendations, please fill out the Study Buddy Help Form Do you like to know behind-the-scenes details about your favorite books? Then keep reading!
I recently received unlimited free access to TeachingBooks (until April 20, 2021), and I'm able to share it with you! TeachingBooks (aka Book Connections) is a database of book resources that have been created and gathered from trustworthy creators and digital storehouses into a curated collection that is both easy to browse and educationally stimulating. What I'm about to share with you is part of the TeachingBooks' Joyful Readers unlimited access promotional offer. TeachingBooks' collection is always available to freely browse, but normally, you must set-up a free, basic account that limits your use to four original resources per month. Basically, this link that I'm about to share with you by-passes those requirements and lets you search, browse, and view most of the original resources without limits. Teen Book Resources Link If you click on this link, it should take you directly to the Teen Book Collection section on Book Connections (aka TeachingBooks), and it shouldn't require that you login to an account. If, by chance, you're an educator or a homeschool parent, and you're reading about this offer before April 6, 2021, and you'd like professional-level access (which includes their exclusive curriculum-creation resources), feel free to email me ([email protected]), and I'll send you special instructions. Please include your name and a brief explanation of your educator status in the body of your message. If you're a teen, and you'd like help navigating this resource or would like to receive any other sort of homework help, please fill out the Study Buddy Help Form. I hope you found this useful! Coeur d'Alene Public Library is not directly affiliated with or sponsored by TeachingBooks or any other copyright holders of this content and cannot be held responsible for faulty links, gaps in service, copyright issues, or special tech requirements. I've been trying to dream-up ways to help you guys with your studies, and I've been trying to put myself in your shoes. (I'm not currently an online student, but I have been in the past. I achieved my master's degree all online.)
If you're having problems sorting through your notebooks and finding notes for each class, this tip might help. I did a bunch of research and tried to find the best, free note-taking app. What I decided is that Google Docs, a tool you've probably already been using, is probably the best choice. I've created a Google Doc to give you a note-taking example and my rationale about why and how to use it efficiently and effectively. Here's the link to the Study Buddy Notes Example. If you have a favorite free, digital note-taking app, that I haven't mentioned, feel free to comment below. If you have a different homework issue that you'd like me to help you with, please fill out the Study Buddy Help Form. As I was doing the research for this post, I realized just how many YouTube channels there are that could be considered educational. I've tried to focus here on videos that engage and entertain-- as well as-- educate their viewers. I haven't had time to really dig deep into this genre, so there may be better choices out there, too. These are just the channels that seemed to rise to the top as I was researching. Here's are my top five educational YouTube Channel choices for teens. CrashCourse
SciShow
TED-Ed
The King of Random
Biography
More Suggestions!Hello Future Me offers a lot of fantasy-writing advice. It dives deep into detailed world-building choices and gives anecdotes from iconic pop culture references, such as Avatar. Horrible Histories is a sarcastic, slightly irreverent look at the horrible, gross things that happened historically. It includes hilarious pop-culture inspired songs that teach you, while making you laugh. Overly Sarcastic Productions offers tons of hilarious looks at history (through a modern, sarcastic lens). Shadiversity is a channel that explores whether pop culture tropes (especially weaponry and armor) from the fantasy, video game, and superhero genres are possible and practical. He thinks through design theory in a stream of conscious way that will help you learn critical-thinking skills. Terrible Writing Advice is another sarcastic option, and it offers good writing advice in a roundabout "offer the bad way to do it first" sort of format. Don't see your favorite education YouTube channel in the list? Let me know what it is in the comments below, and I may add it to this post.
Also, if you need more direct homework help (and a YouTube video isn't going to cut it), feel free to use the Study Buddy Help Form. Have you ever needed a quality photo for a graphic design class or a class project? Here's some suggestions to help you flesh out your visual projects. These sites can also serve as art resources (for reference photos, etc). Also, every site that I'm sharing here shares photos, illustrations, vectors, and other visual material that are free-to-use for most uses without an attribution. That doesn't mean you shouldn't include an attribution; photographers are artists, too! But sometimes when you're short on digital space on a page and time needed to finish a project, it can help. Unsplash
Pexels
Pixabay
Nappy
unDraw
Do you know of a great free image site that I haven't listed? Let me know what it is in the comments, and I'll look into adding it to this post!
Also, as always, if you'd like specialized help with some homework or a recommended reading list, feel free to fill out the Study Buddy Help Form! This is the fifth and final post in a five-part series about YALSA's Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners list. (Here you can find Part 1/5: OBCB Arts & Humanities, Part 2/5: OBCB History & Cultures, Part 3/5: OBCB Literature & Language Arts, and Part 4/5: OBCB Science & Technology.) YALSA's booklist is broken down into five sections: Arts & Humanities, History & Cultures, Literature & Language Arts, Science & Technology, and Social Sciences. This post is part of a series that will cover all of these subjects and give you direct links to the titles from this booklist that we have access to at the Coeur d'Alene Public Library (at the time of posting). The links are here to help you quickly place holds or find out more information about a title. Outstanding Books for the College Bound: Social Sciences
While we don't have access to every title on the list, feel free to request that we purchase a missing title or format through our Purchase Suggestion Form. This form is the best way to request things whether its a title that we don't have in any format, or even just not in your favorite format.
Also, don't be afraid to submit a question about your homework or ask for some personalized reading recommendations. You can submit these types of questions anonymously through the Study Buddy Help Form at any time. If you have something to suggest as a future topic, that form is also a great way to do that. I hope you found this series helpful and interesting! This is the fourth post in a five-part series about YALSA's Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners list. (Here you can find Part 1/5: OBCB Arts & Humanities, Part 2/5: OBCB History & Cultures, and Part 3/5: OBCB Literature & Language Arts.) YALSA's booklist is broken down into five sections: Arts & Humanities, History & Cultures, Literature & Language Arts, Science & Technology, and Social Sciences. This post is part of a series that will cover all of these subjects and give you direct links to the titles from this booklist that we have access to at the Coeur d'Alene Public Library (at the time of posting). The links are here to help you quickly place holds or find out more information about a title. Outstanding Books for the College Bound: Science & Technology
We don't have access to every title on the list, but feel free to request that we purchase a missing title or format through our Purchase Suggestion Form. This form is the best way to request things whether its a title that we don't have in any format, or even just not in your favorite format.
Also, don't be afraid to submit a question about your homework or ask for some personalized reading recommendations. You can submit these types of questions anonymously through the Study Buddy Help Form at any time. If I think it needs to be addressed in the blog, I'll pause this series and address it. I hope you find this helpful and interesting! This is the third post in a five-part series about YALSA's Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners list. (Here you can find Part 1/5: OBCB Arts & Humanities and Part 2/5: OBCB History & Cultures.) YALSA's booklist is broken down into five sections: Arts & Humanities, History & Cultures, Literature & Language Arts, Science & Technology, and Social Sciences. This is the third blog post of a five-part series that will cover all of these subjects and give you direct links to the titles from this booklist that we have access to at the Coeur d'Alene Public Library (at the time of posting). The links are here to help you quickly place holds or find out more information about a title. Outstanding Books for the College Bound: Literature & Language Arts
We don't have access to every title on the list, but feel free to request that we purchase a missing title or format through our Purchase Suggestion Form. This form is the best way to request things whether its a title that we don't have in any format, or even just not in your favorite format.
Also, don't be afraid to submit a question about your homework or ask for some personalized reading recommendations. You can submit these types of questions anonymously through the Study Buddy Help Form at any time. If I think it needs to be addressed in the blog, I'll pause this series and address it. I hope you find this helpful and interesting! This is the second post in a five-part series about YALSA's Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners list. (Here you can find Part 1/5: OBCB Arts & Humanities and Part 3/5: OBCB Literature & Language Arts.) YALSA's booklist is broken down into five sections: Arts & Humanities, History & Cultures, Literature & Language Arts, Science & Technology, and Social Sciences. This is the second blog post of a five-part series that will cover all of these subjects and give you direct links to the titles from this booklist that we have access to at the Coeur d'Alene Public Library (at the time of posting). The links are here to help you quickly place holds or find out more information about a title. Outstanding Books for the College Bound: History & Cultures
We don't have access to every title on the list, but feel free to request that we purchase a missing title or format through our Purchase Suggestion Form. This form is the best way to request things whether its a title that we don't have in any format, or even just not in your favorite format.
Also, don't be afraid to submit a question about your homework or ask for some personalized reading recommendations. You can submit these types of questions anonymously through the Study Buddy Help Form at any time. If I think it needs to be addressed in the blog, I'll pause this series and address it. I hope you find this helpful and interesting! |
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