Saturday, July 10, 2010

New in Reference

Three books for RA for teens arrived this week.

Radical Reads 2, by Joni Richards Bodart is dense and seems to be designed to help a librarian or teacher book talk a book, or even lead book club on it, without reading it. But then there's about two pages aimed at students, "Tips for Writing Effective Book Reports." Odd.
Call number = YA REF 028.535 BODART 2010

Genre Talks for Teens, by Lucy Schall covers some of the same ground as Radical Reads, but is a little more useful for making quick display choices or read-alike decisions. Short summaries of some summer reading list books, including Black Duck and The Book Thief.
Call number = REF 028.55 SCHALL

The Ultimate Teen Book Guide, Hahn, Flynn, Reuben, eds. is browseable and has lots of lists which will help with displays. Let's try keeping this at the Info Desk to supplement the Teen Readers' Advisory note book.

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