A Passion for Print: Promoting Reading and Books to Teens (Libraries Unlimited Professional Guides for Young Adult Librarians Series)

Get teens excited about reading by using your own love of books along with a good dose of market savvy. This simple, upbeat guide is packed with practical guidelines and a wealth of exciting ideas for promoting books and reading through everything you do—from collection building, designing the space, and creating a Web site, to booktalking, readers' advisory, and special events. A practical, step-by-step approach.Promoting books and reading is one of your most important roles, but reaching teens and inspiring them to read can be a challenge, especially now, when teens have so many other commitments and interests. This guide will inspire you to build your book knowledge and combine it with marketing savvy to bring teens together with books and reading. Drawing upon recent research on teens and libraries, the author offers practical guidelines and a wealth of exciting ideas for environmental reading promotions (collection building, designing the space, creating publicity materials and developing the web site), as well as interactive promotions (communication with teens, readers advisory, booktalking, partnering with other organizations, and book-related activities and events). Based on the author's experience and the experience of others who work with teens, the book provides librarians and other educators with a simple, handy, and upbeat guide. Grades 6-12.

Promoting books and reading is one of your most important roles, but reaching teens and inspiring them to read can be a challenge, especially now, when teens have so many other commitments and interests. This guide will inspire you to build your book knowledge and combine it with marketing savvy to bring teens together with books and reading. Drawing upon recent research on teens and libraries, the author offers practical guidelines and a wealth of exciting ideas for environmental reading promotions (collection building, designing the space, creating publicity materials and developing the web site), as well as interactive promotions (communication with teens, readers advisory, booktalking, partnering with other organizations, and book-related activities and events). Based on the author's experience and the experience of others who work with teens, the book provides librarians and other educators with a simple, handy, and upbeat guide. Grades 6-12.

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Impressive in its organization and depth of information, this great resource covers practically everything young adult for the public or high school librarian. Starting out with research-based teen studies, Mahood then couples this information with studies from such diverse fields as marketing, merchandising, and graphic design to bring teen service into focus in the library. Balancing the needs and desires of teens with the mission of the library, this book covers teen assumptions about reading, teens as consumers, collection development, designing a teen space, creating book displays, print promotions, Web-page design, readers advisory, booktalking, and planning literature-centered activities. Chapters have an easy flow, with each topic carefully introduced and attentively explored. Mahood comfortably incorporates a thought-provoking combination of philosophical and practical application. Further reading offered at the end of each chapter entices the reader to glean more insight into the selected topic. The table of contents is very clear and concise if one is looking for specific information, but the reader may just find this resource a stimulating exploration from cover to cover. The book does what it sets out to do-help young adult librarians to find ways to promote reading and books to teens. The authors' passion for print and for teens is evident in the writing and the research that has been done to pull this handy little book together. One can strongly recommended it to seasoned veterans trying to keep on top of current trends or new young adult librarians interested in finding ways to guide teens to literature or literature to teens. Order one for work and another one to keepat home.

Get teens excited about reading by using your own love of books along with a good dose of market savvy. This simple, upbeat guide is packed with practical guidelines and a wealth of exciting ideas for promoting books and reading through everything you dofrom collection building, designing the space, and creating a Web site, to booktalking, readers' advisory, and special events. A practical, step-by-step approach. Promoting books and reading is one of your most important roles, but reaching teens and inspiring them to read can be a challenge, especially now, when teens have so many other commitments and interests. This guide will inspire you to build your book knowledge and combine it with marketing savvy to bring teens together with books and reading. Drawing upon recent research on teens and libraries, the author offers practical guidelines and a wealth of exciting ideas for environmental reading promotions (collection building, designing the space, creating publicity materials and developing the web site), as well as interactive promotions (communication with teens, readers advisory, booktalking, partnering with other organizations, and book-related activities and events). Based on the author's experience and the experience of others who work with teens, the book provides librarians and other educators with a simple, handy, and upbeat guide. Grades 6-12. Get teens excited about reading by using the readers own love of books along with a good dose of market savvy. This simple, upbeat guide is packed with practical guidelines and a wealth of exciting ideas for promoting books and reading through everything the reader does--from collection building, designing the space, and creating a Web site, to booktalking, readers' advisory, and special events. The Table of Contents lists the following chapters: (1) Understanding Teen Assumptions about Reading, Books, and Libraries; (2) So Where Did You Get Those Jeans?; (3) Building Teen Collections; (4) Space for Books, Space for Reading; (5) On Sale Now! Creating book Displays and Bulletin Boards; (6) Print Promotions; (7) Web It; (8) Tell me about a Book you Read and Enjoyed--Or How about a Movie?; (9) Booktalking; (10) It's happening at the Library: Book-Centered Activities and Events. The book concludes with Appendices and an Index Promoting books and reading is one of your most important roles, but reaching teens and inspiring them to read can be a challenge. This guide will help you to build your book knowledge and combine it with marketing savvy to bring teens together with books and reading. Drawing upon recent research on teens and libraries, the author offers practical guidelines and a wealth of exciting ideas for environmental reading promotions (collection building, designing the space, creating publicity materials and developing the Web site), as well as interactive promotions (communication with teens, readers advisory, booktalking, partnering with other organizations, and book-related activities and events). Based on the author's experience and the experience of others who work with teens, the book provides librarians and other educators with a simple, handy, and upbeat guide Packed with practical guidelines and ideas for promoting books and reading through everything you do - from collection building, designing the space, and creating a web site to booktalking, readers' advisory and special events. This book presents a practical, step-by-step approach.