Teen library events : a month-by-month guide / Kirsten Edwards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edwards, Kirsten, 1965-

Series:

Greenwood professional guides for young adult librarians.

Greenwood professional guides for young adult librarians, 1532-5571

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young adults' libraries--Activity programs--United States.

Young adults' libraries.

Libraries and teenagers--United States.

Libraries and teenagers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

If you are a new young adult librarian or an experienced librarian with little time to plan and execute programs for teens, this book is for you! For each month in the calendar year, two or three programs popular with teens are presented with instructions, sample flyers, letters, and checklists. From simple programs such as a candy raffle to more complex programs such as a mystery night, librarians can keep their teen calendar full of activities with a minimum of effort. Programs that tie into both school events and national events for teens are included as well as those that can be presented at an individual library. Suggestions for programs range from a poetry contest to a summer job program. Instructions for ongoing procedures for soliciting teens' opinions are provided: a monthly question board, candy raffle, starting and running a Teen Advisory Board and so on. Basic skills for all YA librarians are emphasized in each of the programs; these skills include booktalking, working with the schools, and marketing your programs within the library and to the community. By creating variations in each of the programs, young adult librarians will have a wealth of ideas in this book to keep their YA program calendar filled for years to come.

Contents:

Cover

TEEN LIBRARY EVENTS

CONTENTS

SERIES FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1 JANUARY

PRINTZ AWARD DISPLAY

QUESTION BOARD

BOOKTALKS

BOOKMAKING

TEEN BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

2 FEBRUARY

CANDY RAFFLE AND RECRUITMENT DRIVE

3 MARCH

GETTING A SUMMER JOB PROGRAM

APPENDIX: TEEN ACTORS' INTERVIEWSKIT

Script

Characters

Set

Skit

Directions for Audience Participation

4 APRIL

YOUNG WRITERS' COFFEEHOUSE WRITING CONTEST

COFFEEHOUSE

APPENDIX: OLYMPIC POETRY SCRIPT

5 MAY

CARD DESIGN PROJECT

LIBRARY TRIVIA PROGRAM

APPENDIX A: LIBRARY JEOPARDY

Introduction

Responses to Contestants

Booktalks and Other Commercials

Trivia Questions

APPENDIX B: WHO WANTS TO WIN A CANDY BAR

6 JUNE

LIBRARY LOTTO

ANIMAL RESCUE PROGRAM

CONTAINER GARDENING

7 JULY

NEW-FASHIONED ICE CREAM SOCIAL

SPECTACULAR T'S

PEN-PAL PROGRAM

APPENDIX: PEN-PAL SPREADSHEET AND COORDINATOR INSTRUCTIONS

Spreadsheet

Pen-Pal Coordinator Instructions

8 AUGUST

COMICS &amp

CARDS SHOP &amp

SWAP

9 SEPTEMBER

INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNT

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

TEEN ADVISORY BOARD

10 OCTOBER

TEEN READ WEEK

URBAN LEGENDS PROGRAM

11 NOVEMBER

MYSTERY NIGHT

HUMANITIES PROGRAMS

APPENDIX: MURDER IN THE LIBRARY, A SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY SCRIPT

Cast of Characters

Cast and Clues

Victim/Murderer: Library Director, B. G. (Bob or Birgit Gomer) Bossman

Reference Librarian: T. Ryanne (or Ryan) Askme

Wealthy Library Patron: Morgan Doobeygoode Gaylord (Or "Brodart" or whichever company your library purchased its book carts from)

Teen Volunteer: I. B. Helpful (Member of the Ska band NonAbrasive Wet System).

Library Clerk/Page: Pat C. Bossman (Pronounced "Patsy"

Bossman's brother-or sister)

The Inspector (Librarian or volunteer staff runningthe program)

Dramatic Conclusion

Evidence &amp

Props

Scenario

12 DECEMBER

GLASS ORNAMENT CRAFT PROJECT

GAME NIGHT

CONCLUSION

BIBLIOGRAPHY

BOOKS AND TEXT

Professional Reading

Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction

WEBSITES/ELECTRONIC

INDEX

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-159) and index.

ISBN:

9786610908660

9781280908668

1280908661

9780313016776

0313016771

OCLC:

614519332