Totally Tweens and Teens: Youth-Created and Youth-Led Library Programs - Paperback

by Diane P. Tuccillo (Author)

In this book, you'll discover how tweens and teens lead the way in designing, planning, and running library programs with the adult support they need to see their plans through. The ideas featured in this book are ones teens themselves have brought to life for children, adults, their own peers, or even for all ages or mixed audiences.

Author Biography

In 1980, Diane P. Tuccillo became the long-time YA Coordinator at the City of Mesa Library in Arizona where she led a dynamic, nationally known TAG. Most recently, she was Teen Services Librarian at the Poudre River Public Library District in Fort Collins, Colorado from 2007 until 2017 where she co-led a vibrant Interesting Reader Society (Teen IRS) TAG. Tuccillo has been active in many professional organizations, including YALSA, ALAN, and the Arizona Library Association; has been a book reviewer and article contributor for professional journals such as School Library Journal and VOYA magazine and for professional books such as Nilsen & Donelson's Literature for Today's Young Adults. She is an Emeritus VOYA advisory board member and still writes for that publication. This is her fourth book about library work with teenagers.