Kicking Off Teen Read Week with a Bang!

Welcome to the new blog set up to kick off TEEN READ WEEK! You can find lots of information on the American Library Association's Web Page for Teen Read Week at http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/teenreading.htm.

Here's the skinny...Teen Read Week™ is a national literacy initiative aimed at teens, their parents, librarians and educators. It is celebrated each year during the third week of October. Since 1998, Teen Read Week™ has encouraged teens to:
*Make time to read for the fun of it
*Use their local library to discover their interests
*Get reading materials and participate in events at their school or public library
Teen Read Week™ is administered by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), the fastest growing division of the American Library Association. For nearly 50 years YALSA has been the world leader in selecting reading, listening and viewing for teens.
The theme for Teen Read WeekTM 2006 is Get Active @ your library®, which encourages teens to use the resources at their library to lead an active life. Teen Read Week will be held October 15-21, 2006.

At the Audelia Road Branch of the Dallas Public Library (http://dallaslibrary.org), we have some great events for young adults this week.

OCTOBER 15-21, 2006
Celebrate Teen Read Week at the Audelia Road Branch Library!
*Need service hours? Sign up on Monday, October 16th from 4:00-6:00 p.m. & register to win a prize.
*See our “Teen Picks” display!
*Take a survey and tell us what you want to read and do!
*Don’t miss your chance for fun and prizes at the Garden Theme Sock Hop program on Tuesday, October 17th at 3:30 p.m.
*Movie day on Thursday, October 19th at 4:00 p.m. so come on by the library!

The Audelia Road Branch is located at 10045 Audelia Road in the Lake Highlands Neighborhood of Dallas. The cross street is Church Street, down the street from Lake Highlands High School.

Some suggestions for today's reads are:
"Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer
"Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes" by Chris Crutcher
"The Whale Rider" by Witi Ihimaera
"Breathing Underwater" by Alex Flinn
"East" by Edith Pattou
"Eldest" by Christopher Paolini

Want to be a part of YALSA's Teens Top 10? Vote at this link: http://www.ala.org/trw06template.cfm?section=trw&template=cfapps/yalsa_trw/survey.cfm