Introduces Teen Read Week and makes reference to other readings promotions, like Children's Book Week, El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Children’s Day/Book Day) April 30 and Kentucky's Bluegrass Awards, then considers the importance of these programs for literacy and learning.
2. What is Teen Read Week?
• Teen Read Week™
– is a national adolescent literacy
initiative created by the Young
Adult Library Services
Association (YALSA). It began
in 1998 and is held annually
during the third week of
October. Its purpose is to
encourage teens to be regular
readers and library users.
• About Teen Read Week
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3. What is YALSA?
• Young Adult Library
Services Association
– A division of the American Library Association
(ALA) founded in 1930, YALSA has a
membership of librarians responsible for
evaluating and selecting books and nonprint
materials for young adults (age 12 to 18) and for
promoting and strengthening library services for
young adult readers. YALSA publishes the
journal Young Adult Library Services. Click here
to connect to the YALSA homepage.
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4. What is the theme?
• The main theme
– “Read For The Fun Of It”
• A sub-theme that changes each
year
– Each year, YALSA offers a new sub-theme
to serve as a basis for developing
programs in schools, public libraries, and
bookstores. The 2014 sub-theme is Turn
Dreams into Reality @ your library,
which encourages teens to read for the
fun of it.
• What is Teen Read Week? FAQ
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5. Spring Companion to TRW: Teen Tech Week
• TTW FAQ:
– Teen Tech Week is a national initiative
sponsored by YALSA and is aimed at
teens, their parents, educators and other
concerned adults. The purpose of Teen
Tech Week is to ensure that teens are
competent and ethical users of digital
media, especially the nonprint resources
offered through libraries, such as e-books,
e-readers, databases, audiobooks, and
social media.
• http://teentechweek.ning.com/
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Celebrate with
the “Libraries
are for Making”
theme during
YALSA’s Teen
Tech Week
March 8-14,
2015.
6. Is there a “Read Week” for younger children? 6
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http://www.bookweekonline.com
8. • An Annual Award for the Best Book as
Chosen by the Students of Kentucky
– The Kentucky Bluegrass Award is a
student choice program. The KBA
promotes and encourages Kentucky
students in kindergarten through grade 12
to read a variety of quality literature. All
Kentucky public and private schools, as
well as public libraries, are welcome to
participate in the program.
• Kentucky Bluegrass Awards
• http://kba.nku.edu/
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Kentucky’s
own
literacy
promotion
The 2014 Master
Lists are now
available. You can
find them on the
Master List page
10. Importance of TRW
• Achievement
– Multiple studies, including those
presented in Nichole Lynnette Smith's
“A Study of Middle Grades Students’
Reading Interests, Habits, and
Achievement,” show that students who
read for fun achieve more in school.
Reading everything from novels and
nonfiction books, to manga and
websites, has a positive impact on
teens’ personal and educational lives.
http://www.huffingtonpost
.com/h-jack-martin/your-teen-
is-reading-what_
b_1966820.html
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