In 2021 The Portland Public Library and the Lewiston Public Library launched their new virtual teen event series - Read Your Mind: Mental Health in Teen Books.
Print: A Bookstore is proud to be the virtual bookseller for this series, see below for the titles featured in 2021 and check out the 2022 schedule here.
The Stepping Off Place
Cameron Rosenblum interviewed by Gillian French
Community guests: The Center for Grieving Children & The Yellow Tulip Project
Wednesday, November 25 @ 12 PM, live on Zoom
You Are Enough
Jen Petro-Roy interviewed by Kim Savage
Community Guest: Nutritionist Amy Taylor-Grimm, The "Un-dietician"
Wednesday, January 27 @ 12 PM, live on Zoom
LGBTQ+ Teen Mental Health Panel
Featuring Julian Winters, Mark Oshiro, and Adib Khorram
Community Guest: TBD
Wednesday, February 24 @ 12 PM, live on Zoom
The Last True Poets of the Sea
A conversation with Julia Drake and Lewiston Youth Advisory Council chair Hope Rubito
Community Guest: NAMI Maine
Wednesday, March 31 @ 12 PM, live on Zoom
Racism & Cultural Perceptions of Mental Health
Featuring I.W. Gregorio and Lisa Allen-Agostini
Community Guest: TBD
Wednesday, April 28 @ 12 PM, live on Zoom
If you're looking for more reading recommendations, please see the PPL Teen Health booklist. They also have an amazing resource list for teens here.
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