Here are more than 100 affordable and tested successful ideas for jump-starting YA programs and services. Program plans cover a wide range of activities - summer reading, games, contests, crafts, coffeehouse style poetry, open mike nights and more. There are themed library ""lock-ins"" and even programs that bring young people and their parents together. Exciting program titles like ""Misheard Lyrics,"" ""A Body in the Book Drop,"" and ""Back to School Count-Down"" are designed to appeal to a wide range of ages and interests. Throughout the book you'll find useful guidance about how to make the all-important collection connection, as well as feedback from actual program participants, sample surveys, promotional pieces, and photographs. This through package of guidance, ideas, recommended resources, and and will help ensure successful YA programming. A companion Web site facilitates easy access to a wide range of programming resources.

YA program expert RoseMary Honnold returns with a follow-up to her highly-praised 101+ Teen Programs that Work. This new sourcebook provides even more affordable, teen-tested program ideas from libraries across the U.S. and Canada. Every aspect of teen service is covered with suggestions for crafts (""Henna Tattoos,"" ""It's a Bead Thing""), book groups (""Teen Anime Club,"" ""Books-On-Tape Club""), food (""Fear Factor,"" ""Teen Bake Off""), parties (""Un-Valentines Day Party""), games (""Teen Game Night""), lock-ins (""TAB Library Lock-in""), school collaboration (""Finals Cafe""), reading programs (""CSI @ the Library,"" ""Summer Movies @ the Library""), and more. New sections are specifically targeted to boys, girls, and tweens and expanded sections explore partnering with parents and kids. Additional programs include ""Pretty for Prom!,"" ""Teen Choice Awards,"" ""DIY Beauty,"" ""Journalism Boot Camp,"" ""Hip-Hop Workshops,"" and more. Throughout the book, Honnold offers a collection connection with each activity and provides feedback from participants, sample surveys, promotional pieces, and photographs. This complete resource puts everything together for both the experienced and the novice librarian serving teens.

You've waited more than 20 years...finally...at your fingertips...a one-stop source for information about these prestigious awards and books that have been honored as the best!This information-packed volume compiles bibliographic information about the books and authors honored by the Alexander, Edwards, and Printz awards given by YALSA - the division of the American Library Association (ALA) that serves the librarians who work with young adults. Essays written by experts in young adult content are included, and there are separate chapters about each award and its criteria. In addition, you'll find complete lists of award-winning books to date, speeches by and interviews with the winning authors, along with brief annotations, publisher information, subject/thematic descriptions and display and programming ideas.

Talking to teens can be tough. Figuring out how to deliver effective reader's advisory to this uniquely challenging group can be even tougher for young adult librarians and school media specialists. This important new book addresses the challenges of reader's advisory for teens, who often don't know what's available, aren't sure what they want, and may even be embarrassed to ask for it. Here's the insight you need to: explore the qualities, attitudes and resources that make teen-centred reader's advisory effective; investigate the characteristics of quality YA reader's advisory; take an extensive look at YA literature, and ten prominent teen book awards programs; and, access well-researched lists of genre authors, YA literature formats, and lists of fiction titles (10 for each topic) on the topics most requested by teens, parents, and teachers. Whether you're directly involved in reader's advisory for teens, or you're looking for support in collection development and outreach, this new guide, written by an insightful, experienced YA Services Coordinator will give you great ideas for connecting with your teen patrons.

Here is a guide of chock-full of ideas - straight from the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) - for implementing the most popular virtual activities into your services. ""Get Connected"" offers detailed snapshots of the most cutting-edge technology-oriented programs sure to draw teens into the library - and keep them reading and accessing library resources. Topics include recreation- and education-based programs, working with special teen populations, drawing young readers in the social networking scene, tips for working with teen advisory groups, and YALSA's innovative ideas for celebrating Teen Tech Week! Both novice and tech-savvy young adult librarians will find this book an essential resource for connecting with their patrons.