We all want teens to read more, right? Making that happen involves making a connection with teens, from younger teens to more mature teens who read adult books. As with all readers, teens have different reading needs and also respond to different approaches. Some approaches to consider:
Tap in to popular culture. TV series from books make a great conversation-starter, providing a way to identify key appeals within genres for teen readers. Jen Stubben Hatch provides A Game of Thrones read-alikes with all the magic, political intrigue and intense action of the series.
Keep it simple. Author visits can be as simple as using Skype to hosting on-site, in-person visits. Veteran school/public librarian Linda Sawyer offers suggestions for making author visits a means of connecting kids with the people behind the books.
Know your teens. Kay Weisman tapped into her kids' interest in apps and created an after-school program in which kids shared interests with each other.
Make it playful. NoveList's new genre browse and appeal mixer are a fun way for teens to access books, either by further exploring genres they love or finding more of a certain kind of book (Creepy! Funny!) Learn more here.
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In This Issue
Game of Thrones Read-alikes
Connecting Children & Authors
App Club for Tweens
Maze Runner Read-alikes
Tap into interest in the Maze Runner trilogy (helped along by the September Scorch Trials movie release) with this downloadable bookmark featuring similarly fast-paced, suspenseful dystopian stories.
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Need help helping teens? NoveList customers can check out ourpost on a new tween search strategy feature, and visit NoveList's Keeping Up...YA Lit page for lists and book suggestions for teens.
Game of Thrones Read-alikes for YAs
by Jennifer Stubben Hatch
Feed the clamor for more epic fantasies (including magic, political intrigue and intense action) set in medieval-inspired worlds...Continue Reading
Connecting Children and Authors
by Linda Zeilstra Sawyer
Regardless of the author’s experience level, the result is the same -- the look of amazement when the children hear about the author’s struggles to become a published author...Continue Reading
App Club for Tweens
by Kay Weisman
As many of us can attest, kids love apps. We wondered: could we take advantage of this enthusiasm with a program for tweens?...Continue Reading
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