Category: Teen

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Student Wellness Book Club

Below is an invite to all NH youth/teen librarians to join a summer student wellness book club. They would also like any suggestions for kids and one companion reads for teens per book. Suggestions may be sent directly to Ellen or to me. What a great opportunity to collaborate with other folks in NH with the best interest of our youth in mind. Together we are better and we can provide stronger support. 

Best,Deborah DutcherYouth and Adult Services ConsultantNH State Library

I hope all is well with you and the youth/teen librarians and am hoping that you have had plenty of time to read yourself during the stay-at-home order! 

I’m looking to enlist you and your colleagues in an exciting summer project. Our team has decided to host a summer student wellness book club for adults via Zoom. First, I’d like to invite your team to join us—we would love to have some library folks represented! The registration link is here. 

Second, we would like to publish a list of one companion read for kids and one companion read for teens per book about the same theme(s) discussed in our book club sessions. I’ve listed the titles below and would love some input! Thank you! ·        

 Hard Times Require Furious Dancing: New Poems (Alice Walker)·      

   “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” (Peggy McIntosh)·      

   Wait, What? And Life’s Other Essential Questions (James E. Ryan)·         

Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (Marya Hornbacher)·       

  Honor (Elif Shafak)·       

  Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)·         

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race (Beverly Tatum)·       

  Maybe You Should Talk To Someone (Lori Gottlieb)·        

 This Is How It Always Is: A Novel (Laurie Frankel)  

Ellen C. Desmondshe/her/hers

Special Projects CoordinatorOffice of Social & Emotional WellnessBureau of Student Wellnessellen.c.desmond@doe.nh.gov | 603.271.3213

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A Book and a Hug for Tweens

Here’s one idea for promoting reading for your middle school level students.


Have them visit abookandahug.com  (it’s all free and it’s all the hard work of children’s librarians) and take the Reader Personality Assessment.  


Advanced version:  https://abookandahug.com/test/reader-type-advanced/
Your student answers ten questions and then gets a “read out” of what type of reader he/she/they is/are.


Middle schoolers love to learn more about themselves.   They can compare with their friends, etc.  We’ve even had reports from librarians that kids who were not friends before were able to bond over their shared reader preference!


Then they can search abookandahug.comby reader type.  


They can also review books if they have an account (which requires an email address).  Many educators create a “class” email address – call it Mrs. Grants’ class – and then all of their students can review under that address.


It’s a great way to gather the kids around books and it’s a safe place for them to search.  We have books for 0-16 year olds.  Over 15,000 titles right now on the site to choose from.

No data is mined or saved.  We just want to help kids find a book to love.

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CSLP Teen Video Challenge

Hi all,

CSLP’s Teen Video Challenge is going on again this summer and is a great program to promote to the library staff in your state! Here’s a sample message to share on your listservs and/or website about this fun contest; thanks for spreading the word about it:
Looking for an easy program to share with your teens that they can do at home or outside this summer? The CSLP Teen Video Challenge is back for 2020! A summary is below; go to https://www.cslpreads.org/programs/teen-program/2020-teen-video-challenge/ for all the details, including the submission form and contest rules. Please share on your social media (using #ImagineYourStory), website, and with interested teens in your community! The Teen Video Challenge, sponsored by the Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP), is an annual national video contest open to all teens (librarian and teacher support is encouraged). The challenge is for teens to create a public service announcement-type video that shows their unique interpretation of the 2020 CSLP slogan “Imagine Your Story.” Videos are to be no longer than 60 seconds and should promote libraries and reading.
Videos will be accepted June 1 through August 7, 2020.

  • There will be 5 national winners. Just have your teens submit a link to their video and complete a simple online form.
  • The program will accept submissions June 1-Aug 7, 2020, so that the program can be incorporated into summer programs (it’s still a great opportunity to partner with schools with video production classes or clubs; students can produce the videos as a class project and submit them in June!)
  • Videos will be limited to 60 seconds, making this a doable project for small teams.
  • Permission and model release forms will only be required from the winning entries (completing the forms is a requirement to receive prizes and acknowledgement).
  • The TVC Ad-Hoc Committee will convene a judging panel from CSLP partners and members.
  • Teens can upload to the social media outlet of their choice.

Resources:

Please let me know if you have any questions about the contest. Good luck to your teens that enter the contest!