Resource List - “Teen Programs and Creative Expression”
OLA Superconference, February 2008
Susan Kernohan and Elsa Ngan, Toronto Public Library
BEADING
Cool Jewels: Beading Projects for Teens (2007) Naomi Fujimoto
Hip To Bead: 32 contemporary projects for today’s beader (2006) Katie Hacker
Bead Suppliers:
Toronto Bead Society’s website:
COLLAGE
The Crafter's Complete Guide to Collage (1997) Amanda Pearce
Collage Unleashed: Paint-Bind-Stitch-Play (2006) Traci Bautista
Collage Discovery Workshop (2004) Claudine Hellmuth
CREATIVITY
Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention (1996) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Creators on Creating: Awakening and Cultivating the Creative Mind (1997) Eds. Frank Barron, Alfonso Montuori and Anthea Barron
DRAWING
Manga Art: easel-does-it (2004) Ashe Raven & May Li
An Introduction to Drawing: an artist’s guide to skills & techniques (2004) Robin Hazlewood
Start to Draw (2006) Robert Capitolo & Ken Schwab
ORIGAMI
The Origami Handbook: The Classic Art of Paperfolding in Step-by-Step Contemporary Projects (2002) Rick Beech
Playful Origami: 88 Models (1998) Reiko Asou
Joseph Wu’s Origami Website:
The Origami Society of Toronto:
The Paper Place:
Star Wars Origami Website:
LIBRARY PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH
More Teen Programs that Work (2005) RoseMary Honnold
Teen Library Events: A Month-by-Month Guide (2002) Kirsten Edwards
Teen Programs with Punch: A Month-by-Month Guide (2006) Valerie A. Ott.
A Year of Programs for Teens (2007) Amy J. Alessio, Kimberly A. Patton.
SEWING
99 Ways to Cut, Sew & Deck Out Your Denim (2007) Faith Blakeney, Justina Blakeney & Ellen Schultz
Alternacrafts: Hi-style, Lo-budget Projects to Make (2006) Jessica Vitkus
Fun-to-Wear Fabric Flowers (2006) Elizabeth Helene Searle
Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-shirt (2005) Megan Nicolay.
Rip it!: How to Deconstruct and Reconstruct the Clothes of Your Dreams (2006) Elissa Meyrich
Second Time Cool: The Art of Chopping up a Sweater (2005) Anna-Stina Lindén Ivarsson, Katarina Brieditis, Katarina Evans
Sew Subversive: Down & Dirty DIY for the Fabulous Fashionista (2006) Melissa Rannels, Melissa Alvarado, Hope Meng
WRITING
Building Bicycles in the Dark: A Practical Guide to Writing (2001)John B. Lee
A Kick in the Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms (2005) Paul B. Janeczko ; illustrated by Chris Raschka.
Making Your Own Days: The Pleasures of Reading and Writing Poetry(1998) Kenneth Koch
Now Write! Fiction Writing Exercises from Today’sBest Writers and Teachers (2006) Jeremy P. Tarcher
Writer’s Gym: Exercises and Training Tips for Writers (2007) Eliza Clark
Write Where You Are: How to Use Writing to Make Sense of Your Life: A Guide for Teens(1999) Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
The Young Writer's Guide to Getting Published(2001) Kathy Henderson
YOUTH WRITING ONLINE
The Claremont Review: The International Magazine of Young Adult Writers
Wet Ink: An Arts Magazine for and by Canadian Youth
What If? Canada's Fiction Magazine for Teens
YoungPoets.ca
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Contact information for Yvette Munro,
February 2008 - Susan Kernohan and Elsa Ngan, Toronto Public Library
OLA Superconference “Teen Programs and Creative Expression”