Here are some links to sites that offer Booktalking Tips you will find helpful:
A blog from 3 Young Adult Librarians:
http://theyayayas.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/booktalking-tips-2008/
Tips for Pikes Peak Public Library Teen Services:
http://booktalkingcolorado.ppld.org/Scripts/DinosamTips.asp
An article from Education World:
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr214.shtml
The State Library of Vermont published a guide to preparing and presenting Booktalks:
http://libraries.vermont.gov/sites/libraries/files/cbec/booktalks.pdf
Booktalks from Scholastic - including video booktalks
http://www.scholastic.com/librarians/ab/booktalks.htm
Here is the webliography that was handed out at the workshop:
How to Give a Booktalk Webliography
ALA Notable Books. The annual best adult books list.
www.ala.org/rusa/
ALSC Website. The various ALSC award and recommended booklists are available here.
www.ala.org/alsc
Booklist Online.
www.booklistonline.com
The Booktalker. Master booktalker Joni Bodart’s site.
www.thebooktalker.com
Booktalking discussion group. Moderated by Joni Bodart.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/booktalking
Booktalking Ideas. From Daphne Jorgensen, “The 21st Century Librarian.” Last updated 6/18/01.
www.albany.edu/~dj2930/yabooktalking.html
Booktalks – Quick and simple. Created by New Hampshire librarian Nancy Keane.
http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/default.htm
Evergreen Young Adult Book Award. Booktalks for all titles nominated for this Washington
State book award, 2001-2007.
www.kcls.org/evergreen/booktalks/index.cfm
Get Real. Booktalking and Nonfiction Resource List from ALA’s 2003 conference.
www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/newsandeventsb/getrealresourcelist.pdf
Infopeople podcasts.
infopeople.org/resources/podcasts.html
Librarians at Random. Contains hundreds of booktalks for Random House imprint titles.
www.randomhouse.com/teachers/librarians/booktalks.html
Scholastic Librarians. Excellent source for booktalks about Scholastic titles.
teachers.scholastic.com/products/tradebooks/booktalks.htm
Teen Booktalks. Created by Carrie Falk, Shenandoah Public Library.
www.shenandoah.lib.ia.us/teen_booktalks.htm
YALSA Professional Development pages.
www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/profdev/professionaldevelopment.htm
YALSA website. All of the YALSA book awards and recommended booklists are here.
www.ala.org/yalsa
YALSA-BK. YALSA’s online book discussion site. To subscribe and to learn about other
YALSA electronic resources, go to
www.ala.org/yalsa/electronicresourcesb/websitesmailing.htm
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