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Sally Pewhairangi's presentation to the 2013 North Island Children's and Teens' Librarians' Conference in Rotorua.  Looks at the challenges to traditional forms of professional development for library staff and explores new ways of undertaking PD, including the use of Twitter.  Includes a list of 10 recommended people to follow on Twitter with a relevance to YA and Children's librarians.

Book blog written by Christchurch public librarian Zac. Great for keeping up to date with upcoming releases and often good competitions to win books. Children and Teen fiction, good for primary and secondary school.

The author of the Murder Most Unladylike series picks her favourite sleuthing stories, from Sherlock Holmes to Sally Lockhart. Detective books are really popular in our library and I love this list of great crime novels. It also makes me want to check out a few BBC programs too..

We purchased The Recruit by Robert Muchamore. I read it and thought it was a good book. We purchased more of the Cherub series but now only have two in our Library. They became very violent and too graphic. What do other Primary Librarians do at your school with his books please?

A place to search those old kids' books that you can't remember the title of...