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The article focuses on the yoga program being offered by public libraries across the U.S. to patrons of all ages. Topics include remarks from Jenn Carson, author of "Yoga and Meditation at the Library: A Practical Guide for Librarians," about offering yoga classes for children at her public library, the creation of Let's Move in Libraries, a collaborative of librarians in the U.S. and Canada, and a yoga program developed at Cottonwood (Arizona) Public Library (CPL).

The article discusses the highlights of the American Library Association Panel entitled "Library Leaders: How to Be a Rainbow Ally" on June 26, 2022. The panelists included Pinson Public Library director Allison Pinson and Berry College library director Sherre L. Harrington. Tips for librarians on supporting the LGBTQIA+ community and handling angry library patrons are provided.

The article shares stories of censorship and personal attacks experienced by librarians from public library patrons. These include the confrontations at the library, online, and in media reported by a public teen librarian in Maryland, harassment by a trustee experienced by a Massachusetts public librarian, and experience by a children's librarian in a former public library job.

The article discusses the online offerings by public libraries in the U.S. in the middle of COVID-19 pandemic in summer of 2020. Topics covered include the move by Scottsville Library in Scottsville, Virginia to go virtual with its programming according to branch manager Megan England, the main goal at the Normal (Illinois) Public Library to make sure that young patrons keep reading this summer, and common concern among librarians who are trying to keep summer programs afloat strictly online.

The article focus on the growing popularity of podcasts in libraries and among children patrons. It highlights the experience of librarian Marcie Atkins, who offers podcasts among an array of learning materials for students to watch, listen and read, and give them chance to learn information apart from reading. It also mentions the initiative of several libraries to embrace podcasts and offers ideas on how to engage librarians and young patrosn to listen and create podcasts themselves.

The article discusses how some librarians are using digital technology to ignite interest in the art, literacy and more among tween library users. Topics covered include Hack the Library program at the Hudson Area Library's armory space involving tweens and local artists, Digital Dancing program that combined dance and augmented reality and the Litcraft immersive game built on the Minecraft platform developed by Sally Bushell of Lancaster University.

The article focuses on programming ideas from several U.S. librarians and libraries to promote library use among tweens, the children from eight to 12 years of age. Topics covered importance for librarians to know the likes and interests of tweens, popularity of hands-on activities like making slime and do-it-yourself sewing, service-oriented programs that promote humanitarianism and charitable work, and examples of successful programs for tweens.

The article offers information on Cardboard Carnival: Marble Run by Evanston (IL) Public Library (EPL) which challenged patrons grades 4-8 to design and build a 3-D cardboard marble adventure with tracks, tunnels, loops, and a programmable motorized element. Topics discussed include tokens earned by the kids for every element included, the success of the Cardboard Carnival in January 2020, and comments from EPL teen librarian Tyler Works, who led the program.

The article discusses the benefits of engaging young library users with image-based social media tool like photograph-sharing website Instagram. Topics discussed include the significance of posting the preparation of library-related events which is a great way for teenagers to remember the time, date and location of the event, the use of hashtags, and tips for taking good photographs.

The article discusses the effort by libraries in the U.S. to provide the experience of serendipitous discovery through book bundles and grab bags in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. Topics include the options offered by the Madison (Wisconsin) Public Library (MPL) to meet patrons' specifications, the book bundling service developed primarily by Marie Cannon, head of circulation at the Robbins Library in Arlington, Massachusetts and benefits from book bundles and grab bags.

The article deals with the growing number of schools and libraries in the U.S. that create escape rooms, the rooms that allow groups of players to work together in solving puzzles. Topics covered include escape room kits sold by Breakout EDU, Harry Potter-themed room created by Robin Papaleka for the users of Laramie County Library in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the amount spent by librarians in setting up escape rooms.

The article offers advice on censorship issues faced by teachers and librarians. Topics include a librarian's opposition to the stand of library branch managers that their jobs would be easier if they created a separate tween section and limited these patrons to this collection, how a high school librarian should deal with the science teacher of her daughter who said that climate change is a political hoax, and the concern of a teacher who was asked to stop teaching "Mississippi Trial, 1955."

The author offers advice for librarians when books are not returned by library patrons. He mentions that any school library that actively circulates books will have patrons who lose or take library books. He mentions a quote by Henry Miller from his "Books of My Life" about a book. He also relates the primary motivation for many librarians who lament the number of lost books.

An editorial is presented on the lack of access to books either for purchase or borrowing as well as homes that don't have a lot of books.

The article discusses the relevance of baby-friendly card policies in U.S. public libraries. It states that these policies encourage literacy and library use from birth, according to a survey of librarians via library listservs and social media. Hannah Killian, youth services manager at the Dauphin County Library Sytems, also says having these policies would remove the barriers to library access, with babies benefiting from reading starting at birth.

The article presents questions and answers related to librarians including the concern of a librarian that censorship was never addressed in any of her library school classes, a librarian who was accused by a parent of stunting her daughter's intellectual growth, and a problem with a guy in a public library who likes to call the staff's attention to Internet sites that patrons have viewed.

The author talks about Amazon Training Academy where patrons took challenges inspired by Wonder Woman and her stories and mentions several activities during the event. Topics discussed include gladiator jousting activity; Wonder Woman's accessory of choice provides an opportunity for a creative spin; and patrons tested their truth-seeking skills with a true or false trivia board where they got the opportunity to learn interesting history behind Wonder Woman.

The article offers tips for librarians on addressing the needs of their patrons who are dealing with parenting issues. Some of these issues include children's sleeping customs and attachment parenting. Recommended parenting titles are "How Eskimos Keep Their Babies Warm: And Other Adventures in Parenting" and "The Anthropology of Childhood: Cherubs, Chattel, Changelings." A user-friendly environment and library staff with an open-access mind-set are also suggested.

The article reports on the expected launch of a pilot program aimed at providing free Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi) hotspots to public school families in three library systems in New York City. The Brooklyn Public Library, the New York Public Library and Queens Library have partnered with Google and Sprint for the program. Five thousand hotspots will be available for qualified applicants.

The article offers a guide for school librarians to putting up a pop-up library aimed at engaging students who are reluctant to read and who do not regularly visit the library. Topics covered include the steps involved in establishing a pop-up library, promoting the pop-up library via Instagram or Twitter, and the feedback received by a school librarian to the pop-up library she opened in unexpected places on campus.

A letter to the editor is presented in which the sender criticizes the cover of the November 2015 issue of the journal that featured teenage students who use the library as an interactive and multi-tasking environment.