Seventeen in Teen Read Week Activities

[Esther Murphy <emurphy@ALA.ORG>]

NEWS
For Immediate Release                   =09
Contact: Linda Waddle
March 2001                              =09
312-280-4391
lwaddle@ala.org


SEVENTEEN INVITES TEENS TO READ TO CHILDREN
DURING TEEN READ WEEK

During Teen Read Week, teens will help children get an early start on =
"reading for the fun of it."  In cooperation with the Young Adult Library =
Services Association (YALSA), a division of the American Library Associatio=
n (ALA), Seventeen is offering teens an opportunity to share their =
enjoyment of reading with young children at libraries across the country.

Teen Read Week is an annual event celebrated by libraries, schools and =
bookstores to encourage teens to "read for the fun of it," and will be =
observed this year from October 14 to October 20. Seventeen is a corporate =
sponsor of Teen Read Week.  =20

Libraries on their own or in cooperation with other youth serving =
organizations in the community are encouraged to participate in this event =
and to recruit teens to participate in their local libraries.  Seventeen =
wil also be promoting the event in their magazine and on their web site.

Libraries who wish to participate must register on the Teen Read Week web =
site (www.ala.org/teenread) by September 20, 2001.  Although the number of =
participants is unlimited, the first forty registrants will receive a =
"surprise package" of books from Seventeen. Copies of the new edition of =
The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease, donated by Penguin Putnam Inc, =
will be included.=20

Librarians are encouraged to plan a read aloud activity on October 20, =
preferably during story hours.  They are also encouraged to provide at =
least one training session prior to the event for the teens who volunteer =
to read aloud, to talk about techniques and select books to read.  After =
the event is over, librarians are asked to provide photos, videos, and =
samples of promotional materials to ALA/YALSA and Seventeen for publicity =
and promotion purposes.  They will also be asked to fill out an evaluation =
form online that will be tabulated and the results disseminated to provide =
information about the value of reading aloud in adolescent literacy =
efforts.

The Teen Read Week web site offers librarians an entry form, the official =
rules, read aloud tips, and an evaluation form. For more information =
contact the YALSA office by e-mail at yalsa@ala.org or by phone at =
1-800-545-2433 x4390.=20

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