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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children"
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To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 659
PUBYAC Digest 659
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) RE: YA Summer Reading Programs-Lord of the Rings
by Shannan Sword <slsword2000@yahoo.ca>
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From: Shannan Sword <slsword2000@yahoo.ca>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: RE: YA Summer Reading Programs-Lord of the Rings
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Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 18:22:12 CST
Hi,
I think the Lord of the Rings could be a very
successful summer reading theme. We used this theme
for our fall programming last year to tie in with the
teen read week theme of 'make reading a hobbit' and to
take advantage of the free publicity of the movie
coming out [wasn't that movie excellent?!]. I designed
a scavenger hunt and an art contest which was then
implemented throughout our system. We did the
scavenger hunt at two different branches and accepted
art entries from all locations. We then did an art
show and awards ceremony at our brand new branch
(opened Sept. 1). It really worked out quite well.
For the scavenger hunt the teens had to first solve a
riddle whose answer lead them to the next location in
the library where they found the next riddle. We used
a few made up riddles that we found on a riddle site
(can't remember which just do a google search for
riddles), but we also used the most of the riddles
that Bilbo and Gollum exchange in 'The Hobbit' as well
as the riddle Harry must solve in the maze in 'Goblet
of Fire'.
The scavenger hunt especially was a great success. We
managed to get around 25 teens (mostly 13-15 years
old) at my branch even though we were competing with a
last minute dance at the middle school. All of the
teens who came have been begging us to do another one
and one local school seems to have gotten wind of it
and has asked us to reproduce the program at their
media center.
Because we used this theme last fall, we won't use it
again this summer (repetition and teens is a fatal
combination). We are leaning toward a 'patriotic'
theme this year.
Still if we hadn't used it so recently, I think it
would be an excellent theme to use.
Cheers,
Shannan
(teen services librarian, Fairfield OH)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Baraboo Children's Dept.
> [mailto:barch@scls.lib.wi.us]
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 7:10 PM
> To: pubyac@prairienet.org
> Subject: YA Summer Reading Programs-Lord of the
> Rings
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> We are wondering if anyone is considering some kind
> of summer reading
> program for YA's that involves using the Lord of the
> Rings theme and if you
> would be willing to share your ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Karen Kjensrud
>
> Youth Services Staff
> Baraboo Public Library
> 230 4th Ave., Baraboo WI 53913
> Phone: 608-356-6166 FAX: 608-355-2779
> barch@scls.lib.wi.us
>
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