Teen Read Week was held Oct. 17-23, 2010
Thank You to... ...everyone for participating in this year's Teen Read Week! Almost 50% of those participating were School Libraries - a huge increase over last year! We also had over 15 public and school libraries who were first time participants in TRW this year! Thank you again for your work with Idaho teens.

Teen Read Week is an initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Teen Read Week started in 1998. 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.

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.

2011 Picture It With Posters Project Winners

Public Library: Ada County Library District-Star Branch: Chronicles of Narnia, submitted by April Makujina

 School Library:  Wendell High School: A Thousand Tomorrows, submitted by Robyn Smith

Best Overall: Claire E. Gale Jr. High: Gone, submitted by Amber’s Awesome

Each winning library will receive two 22” by 34” color posters of their poster, two hardcover books from the 2010 Top Ten Teen list, and bragging rights.

In addition, the following participating libraries who completed all the event activities on time received a complete set of the 2010 Top Ten Teen list books, 8 “I Love My Library” pens, and a Teen Read Week Wrist band:

First Time Participant: East Junior High, (Librarian Karen Pflieger)

Partnerships: Buhl High School Library, (Librarian Susie Jones)

Submitting Final Report on Time:Meridian District Library, (Librarian Nick Grove)

See all the poster/essay submissions HERE.

Check out highlights from TRW events across Idaho HERE.

Library Staff - Remember to complete the TRW Final Report. Click here:

www.surveymonkey.com/s/2011TRW-Final-Report

Teen Read Week was held October 16-22 and this year’s theme was Picture It @ your library. We jumped on the bandwagon and tied this year’s project to photography.

You know those great Celebrity READ posters that ALA sells? How would you like to be able to create them with your own teen celebrities?

• Did you know that there is a tool called “READ Design CD Set” from ALA that allows you to create your very own READ posters just like the professionals?
• And did you that the ICfL is going to help you receive this package through this year’s TRW opportunity outlined below?

The ICfL wants to know if you are going to participate in TRW this year! We collected some great baseline data on library and teen participation last year and want to continue gathering information on teen services. But we need your help.  Click HERE to read all about this year's opportunities.

Want more information? Contact Erica Compton or Sue Walker.

TRW 2011 Resources

• Picture It With Posters Checklist
• Teen Read Week Checklist
• YALSA TRW Photo Contest Information
• Great Teen Programming Ideas