YALSA Teens Top Ten
It’s time for your teens to vote for their favorite on YALSA’s Teen’s Top Ten! Teens pick 3 of the favorite books from this list. Looking at the list it’s hard to narrow it down to only three books. Voting ends September 18th.
Archive for August, 2009
Hunger Games Discussion & Activities
If you haven’t read Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins get your hands on a copy if you can find one on the shelf, that is. This popular book has been gaining momentum and readers the past year. The sequel Catching Fire will be available September 1, 2009.
To extend your reading pleasure Scholastic has activities, a discussion guide (PDF) and downloads. YouTube has trailer and wishes from fans on who would be in the movie.
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
August 17th, 2009
Teen Spaces Online Companion
Teen Spaces by Kimberly Bolan
Teen Spaces by Kimberly Bolan Cullin and has created on online companion website for the 2nd edition of . The site includes public and school teen spaces and resource libraries. You can view pictures on the Flickr site.
August 12th, 2009
Summer Reading Themes and Slogans
Looking for upcoming themes and slogans for the Collaborative Summer Library Program? Take a look just above; right next to “About“. Summer reading has it’s own page that will be updated as the years roll along.
August 11th, 2009
Fabulous Films for Young Adults
Young Adult Library Services Association
Teens like movies. Especially movies that reflect their life onscreen. The Young Adult Library Services Division of ALA Fabulous Films for Young Adults Committee lists films suited for teens. Starting in 2009, FFYA started a themed lists. “Coming of Age” is a list that includes sixteen films from all over the world that explore that theme. Previously, films only from the proceeding year could be nominated. This is no longer the case. Any film that fits the criteria no matter when it was made is eligible.
The committee is seeking nominations. Ask your teens what movies they would recommend. Film nominations form is on the YALSA website. Anyone can nominate a film.
The 2010 theme is: “Outside-In: Rebellion vs Conformity.”
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The deadline for nominations is December 1st, 2009.
August 11th, 2009
Book Review Blogs
A list of children and YA book review blogs. Don’t see yours? Add your favorite in the comments!
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Librarian Pirate Young Adult book reviews
5 Awesome YA Fans Young adult book reviews (video podcasts on YouTube)
YA Reads Young adult book reviews
Book Smugglers Young Adult book reviews (Take a look at the sites they read, scroll down, the list is on the left-hand side)
Book Wink Children’s booktalks (video podcast)
Reader Girlz Teen online book club
20xJenny Book recommendations for infants to teens
20 x Jenny
Shelf Check library comic strip
Nancy Keane Booktalks, book reviews and recommended reading for K – 12
Readers Read Children’s book reviews
Readers Read
Reading Sarah YA book reviews
YA Lit Upcoming YA books to be published
Teen Reads YA book reviews
Kids Reads Children’s book reviews
Education Oasis Children’s book reviews
August 10th, 2009
Bad Book Covers Made Good
Trapeze Strut by Sophia Duerr
Ever wonder why a good book is saddled with such a bad cover? Especially when you book talk a book, you almost feel as though you have to apologize for the cover. “The book is good, just ignore the cover, kids!” Now is your chance and your kids to change all that. 100 Scope Notes has step-by-step instructions for making your own book cover. These are the covers I made. It’s fun, easy and tweens and teens could really get into it. I did.
A program suggestion would be to pull those books whose covers stink and have the kids make their own covers online and print them out. Fix the “new cover” on the book with a note who the designer is and display them.
Tick by Ben Stevenson
http://100scopenotes.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/create-your-debut-ya-cover/
100 Scope Notes gallery:
http://100scopenotes.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/gallery-debut-ya-covers/
Command by Lindsey V. Castro
August 7th, 2009
Boring Books
I found this YouTube video by Jim Trelease about tackling a book you don’t really want to read. The advice given isn’t just for kids having to read school assignments, but adults who need to keep up their professional
Jim Trelease
reading. Like me. I tend to find non-fiction books boring just from the get-go. Following the advice of Trelease, I now feel as though I can conquer my initial feelings, not feel weighed down by the book and learn the information.
YouTube Video:
How To Read A Book You Don’t Want To Read
August 4th, 2009