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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.
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