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Teen Read Week™ 2008NewsTeen Read Week's 2008 theme is Books with Bite @ your library! Teen Read Week 2008 is Oct. 12-18. Registration for Teen Read Week is now closed. Thanks for registering for this year's celebration! Nancy Cartwright, voice of Bart Simpson, provided three public service announcements for Teen Read Week! Air them over the loudspeakers during school announcements or provide them to your local radio station to use. Download them today:
Join the Readergirlz for Night Bites, a chat series featuring several popular YA authors each night Oct. 13-17, in honor of Teen Read Week! Check out the Readergirlz trailer: Meet Josh Hutcherson, star of Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D and the 2008 Teen Read Week Spokesperson! Planning a great Teen Read Week program? You can win an author visit or other fabulous prizes, courtesy Adlit.org, Mirrorstone Books and YALSA! Find out how to enter. About Teen Read WeekTeen Read Week is an initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Teen Read Week started in 1998, making this our 11th celebration of Teen Read Week! Why is it important to celebrate? For a lot of reasons! Teens have so many options for entertainment, so it's important to remind them to spend time reading for pleasure: it's free, fun, and can be done anywhere! Research shows that teens who read for fun have better test scores and are more likely to succeed in the workforce. Also, it’s a great chance to let your school or your public library communities know how important teen services are! Let teens know the possibilities that exist within your doors, and within the covers of books. More than 4,800 school and public libraries registered to participate in Teen Read Week last year. Join the fun and register now! If you have other questions, please take a look at our most frequently asked questions or email YALSA.
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