Blatant Bibliophiles and Live Poet Society Celebrate Teen Read Week!

From Mrs. Fleet’s Blog!

The Blatant Bibliophiles Book Club and the Live Poet Society Poetry Club celebrated Teen Read Week and the 31 Flavorite Authors of October with an ice cream sundae bar today in The Unquiet Library. Chocolate and vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup, whipped cream, M&Ms, candy corn (it is October, after all!), Hershey’s Kissables, cherries, and sprinkles provided enough carbs to give us a sugar rush for days! How long until the next celebration?

Both clubs would like to thank Mrs. Fleet the Sweet who provided all the yummy treats!  Thank you!  See photos from the celebration at Mrs. Fleet’s blog!

Announcing the 2007 YASL Teens’ Top Ten!

More than 6,000 teen readers across the country chose “New Moon” by Stephenie Meyer as their favorite book in the annual Teens’ Top Ten. The online vote took place during Teen Read Week, October 14–20, 2007, with the second entry in Meyer’s popular vampire romance series winning easily.

The 2007 Teens’ Top Ten is:

1.    New Moon by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006).
2.    Just Listen by Sarah Dessen (Viking Children’s Books, 2006)
3.    How to Ruin a Summer Vacation by Simone Elkeles (Flux, 2006).
4.    Maximum Ride: School’s Out – Forever by James Patterson (Hachette Book Group USA/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006).
5.    Firegirl by Tony Abbott (Hachette Book Group USA/Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2006).
6.    All Hallows Eve (13 Stories) by Vivian Vande Velde (Harcourt, 2006).
7.    Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer (Harcourt, 2006).
8.    River Secrets by Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury, 2006).
9.    Bad Kitty by Michele Jaffe (HarperCollins, 2006).
10.  Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks (Chicken House, 2006).

Thanks to everyone for voting! Check back here in April 2008 for the 2008 Teens’ Top Ten nominations.

 About the Teens’ Top Ten

Teens’ Top Ten is a “teen choice” list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in five school and public libraries around the country—the 2007 nominees were chosen by book groups in Connecticut,  Kansas, New Jersey, New Hampshire, and Utah, selected for their experience in discussing books.     

Previous Winners

2006 Teens’ Top Ten
2005 Teens’ Top Ten
2004 Teens’ Top Ten
2003 Teens’ Top Ten

About YA Galley

Teens’ Top Ten Books (TTT) is part of YA Galley, a project of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). Learn more about YA Galley and the fifteen participating libraries on our YA Galley Participants page!Curious? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions about Teens’ Top Ten Books!See where are YA Galley reading groups come from! View Larger Map 

LOL@The Unquiet Library: Celebrate Teen Read Week 2007!

LOL! @ your library®! October 22-26:  Boost your endorphins, lower your blood pressure, and improve your immune system by stopping by The Unquiet Library during Teen Read Week to laugh with a humorous book or graphic novel!  Stop by today and see what’s funny at your library, and pick up a page turner that you can read or listen to just for the fun of it!

Top 10 Reasons to Read for the Fun of It! (from the American Library Association)

10.  Books don’t get caught in braces.
9.  Unlike gym, you don’t have to shower afterwards.
8.  Reading won’t cause pimples.
7.  It’ll help you forget what they serve in the cafeteria.
6.  Magazines don’t “crash”.
5.  Graphic novels look good with whatever you are wearing.
4.  It’s cheaper than the new video game.
3.  You can down out your parents’ cheesy music listening to an audiobook.
2.  You’ll learn words even your teachers don’t know.
1.  It’ll confuse your parents.

October 26 Poetry Reading Cancelled

We regret to announce that the Poetry Reading scheduled for Friday, October 26 has been cancelled due to lack of interest and participants (only six people had signed up through Friday afternoon).

We will try to schedule another poetry reading in December and hope to get more participation from our students and faculty at that time.

Get Ready to LOL: Teen Read Week 2007 Is Coming!

Hello, everyone! The media center has several activities planned for Teen Read Week, October 22-26. We would appreciate your assistance in encouraging student participation. Please announce these activities to your students and ask them to sign up as soon as possible with the media center if they wish to participate. We need to know how many participants to expect in planning or whether we need to cancel some activities if there is not enough interest. Students will not be admitted to the movie without an advanced pass because we have limited seating. These passes must be secured from the media center by 3:30 on Friday, October 19, 2007. We also would love to have YOU participate in our Coffeehouse Friday Poetry Reading on Friday, October 26 during your lunch hour.  Right now we have had only two teachers and one student sign up—this event is in danger of cancellation!  Help us out!   If you could read your favorite poem during that time, we would truly appreciate it. Please see us for some suggestions if you need help. This is our schedule: 

Monday, October 22, 2007	Movie: The Princess Bride	Open to Anyone With a Movie Pass During All Lunches.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007	Movie: The Princess Bride (Continued)	Open to Anyone With a Movie Pass During All Lunches
Wednesday, October 24, 2007	31 Flavorite Authors Ice Cream Sundae Bar	Open to Book Club and Poetry Club Members Only
Thursday, October 25, 2007	Trivia Thursday	Open to Anyone During All Lunches
Friday, October 26, 2007	Coffeehouse Friday  (Poetry Reading, Treats for Sale)	Open to Anyone During All Lunches

 Thanks for helping us support reading, thinking, and learning at Creekview!

Vote on Your Favorite Book for Teen Read Week!

Teens’ Top Ten is a “teen choice” list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in five school and public libraries around the country—the 2007 nominees were chosen by book groups in Connecticut,  Kansas, New Jersey, New Hampshire, and Utah, selected for their experience in discussing books.

If you read nominated books throughout the year, you’ll be ready to vote for your favorites during Teen Read Week, October 14 – 20, 2007. Readers aged twelve to eighteen can vote right here, online, anytime from October 14-21! The more teens who participate, the more accurately the winning list will reflect the reading tastes of teens all over the country!

Want to know who to vote for in 2007? Check out the View the 2007 Teens’ Top Ten Nominations! (PDF; Adobe Acrobat required)

31 Flavorites!

From Reader Girlz:   YALSA and readergirlz have teamed up to present an amazing month long experience to celebrate YALSA’s Teen Read Week. The readergirlz divas will be hosting 31 authors for 31 days! Readergirlz across the world will be able to chat nightly at our group forum with a different YA author each evening in October at 5 PM PST/8 PM EST. Here’s the full schedule:

Week One

October 1st: Meg Cabot

October 2nd: Tiffany Trent

October 3rd: Brent Hartinger

October 4th: Lorie Ann Grover

October 5th: K.L. Going

October 6th: Nikki Grimes

Week Two

October 7th: Ellen Hopkins

October 8th: Justina Chen Headley

October 9th: Chris Crutcher

October 10th: Ann Brashares

October 11th: Sarah Mlynowski

October 12th: Cecil Castellucci

October 13th: Kirby Larson

Week Three
October 14th: Tanya Lee Stone

October 15th: John Green

October 16th: Sara Zarr

October 17th: Deb Caletti

October 18th: Rachel Cohn

October 19th: Kirsten Miller

October 20th: Mitali Perkins

Week Four
October 21st: Sonya Sones

October 22nd: Lisa Yee

October 23rd: Carolyn Mackler

October 24th: E. Lockhart

October 25th: Janet Lee Carey

October 26th: Gaby Triana

October 27th: Lauren Myracle

Week Five
October 28th: Holly Black

October 29th: Cynthia Leitich Smith

October 30th: Dia Calhoun

October 31st: Stephenie Meyer

For a complete list of books we have by this author, click on this link!

Many thanks to Vicki Barbre, media specialist at Cherokee High,for giving us the heads up on this FAB resource and information!