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Be part of Teen Read Week 2011! Join us for Picture It @ your library, Oct. 16-22.
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- Check out our official products! YALSA and ALA Graphics have teamed up to offer a variety of products featuring the artwork for this year's theme. Your purchases support the work of ALA Graphics and YALSA. Sept. 29 is the last day to order products and receive them via standard shipping in time for Teen Read Week.
- Download the 2011 Teen Read Week audio PSAs, featuring Josh Robert Thompson, the voice of Geoff Peterson from The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
- Meet Jay Asher, author of Thirteen Reasons Why and 2011 Teen Read Week Spokesperson!Checking out our planning resources! Take a look at our activity ideas and professional materials to start planning your celebration, and use our publicity tools to get the word out to teens in your community.
- Plan a Teens' Top Ten announcement event. Voting closed Sept. 16, but we'll announce the winners during Teen Read Week.
- Learn more about Gareth Hinds, the artist who created the artwork for Teen Read Week this year.
...About Teen Read Week
Teen Read Week is an initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Teen Read Week started in 1998. This year's theme is Picture It @ your library®, which encourages teens to read graphic novels and other illustrated materials, seek out creative books, or imagine the world through literature, just for the fun of it. Libraries across the world celebrate Teen Read Week with a variety of special events and programs aimed at encouraging teens to read for pleasure and to visit their libraries for free reading materials.Best-selling author, Jay Asher is the spokesperson for 2011 Teen Read Week. Learn more about Jay here.
Why is it important to celebrate? For a lot of reasons! Teens have so many options for entertainment, so it's important to remind them to spend time reading for pleasure: it's free, fun, and can be done anywhere! Research shows that teens who read for fun have better test scores and are more likely to succeed in the workforce. Also, it’s a great chance to let your school or your public library communities know how important teen services are! Let teens know the possibilities that exist within your doors, and within the covers of books...
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...YALSA's Other Reading Initiatives
Teens' Top Ten
WrestleMania Reading Challenge"*
