young adults' libraries

A guide to booktalking, discussing the needs of reluctant teen readers, explaining techniques for finding and discussing books that might grab the attention of teens, presenting fifty examples of booktalks, and including a list of Internet resources, and a bibliography of other sources.

Presents a comprehensive guide that helps librarians and teachers develop adequate library collections, services, and programs that meet the specific needs of young adults.

A guide for librarians that offers suggestions for more than one hundred programs for their teen readers.

The author presents one hundred programs and activities for teens organized by theme including food, crafts, parties and games, books, writing, school and life skills, and much more.

Offers teachers practical advice on how they can entice reluctant readers, with tips for finding interesting reading materials, helping students relate to stories, and introducing them to different genres.

Discusses planning, developing, and presenting humanities programs.

Discusses the values of telling stories to young adults and provides a guide for appropriate tales to be used.

Offers strategies and resources for youth services librarians who want to introduce humor into their programs, featuring tricks of the humor trade, programming models, and select bibliographies of humor books.

Presents annotated lists of books for young adults, with lists separated by genre, reading level, theme, and format.

Contains various lists produced by the Young Adult Library Service Association identifying titles recommended for students in grades nine to twelve who are planning to continue their education after high school.