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BOOKTALKS YOU CAN USE

Nancy Keane’s Booktalks Quick and Simple - Searchable by author, title, subject and interest level. Includes tips, and a blog. Also on this site, you’ll find some booktalks written by students.
The Booktalker : Joni Richards Bodart – includes “Booktalks of the Month,” “Joni’s Top Ten Talks,” and a “Booktalk Archive.”
Random House Booktalks
Scholastic BooktalksTeen Booktalks created by Carrie Falk, Shenandoah Public Library, Iowa.
A MotherReader blog entry with just a few “book hooks” – but they’re good ones!

HOW-TO SITES

How to Do a Booktalk – presentation by Gale Eaton at the Massachusetts School Library Media Association Annual Conference, 2002.
Kathleen Baxter’s Nonfiction Booktalking Tips
Professional Development Topics: Booktalking from the YALSA Professional Development Center.
Booktalking Ideas from “The Century 21 Librarian” at the University of Albany (last updated in 2001).

BOOKS ON BOOKTALKING

BOOKTALK INDEX (a spreadsheet)

ARTICLES

“Booktalking Can Open Up a New World to Middle and High School Students” by J. Marin Younker. School Library Journal, April 2006."Web Watch -- Book Talks" by Denise Johnson. Reading Online, June 2003.
“The Inner Game of Booktalking” by Sheila B. Anderson and Kristine Mahood. Voice of Youth Advocates, June 2001, pp. 107-110."Quickie Kamishibai Booktalks" by Sheryl Kindle Fullner. Library Media Connection, Jan 2003 - A different way to do booktalks. Article available at the Willimantic Library Service Center.

BOOKTALK PODCASTS

Podcasts from Nancy Keane at Booktalks Quick and Simple (plays in iTunes).
YA! Cast. Audio booktalks by pre-service English teachers at Grand Valley State University.

VIDEO BOOKTALKS & BOOKTALKING

Digital Booktalk from the University of Central Florida - About 40 YA booktalks in the style of movie trailers.
Bookwink from librarian Sonja Cole, designed to "inspire kids in grades 3-8 to read... through podcasting and web video." Video talks are thematic. Check the video archive.
"Book Movie Trailers" from Tucson Pima Public Library.
Children’s Booktalks from Gallery of Final Projects for a course in Information Technology at the University of Maryland. - Includes Featured Booktalks, and video booktalk .mov files of Artemis Fowl, Esperanza Rising and The Phantom Tollbooth (this one also in Spanish).
Ideas for Podcasting in the Classroom - Booktalking from the Florida Center for Instructional Technology.
Making a Video Book Talk with Microsoft Photo Story from Drs. Terry & Cathy Cavanaugh, educational consultants. Sample .wmv can be downloaded.
Sample video booktalks from Prairie Pride College Community School District, Iowa.Sample video booktalks from YouTube: Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande, City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, Fade to Black by Alix Flynn, Fat Kid Rules the World by K. L. Going, Accidents of Nature by Harriet McBryde Johnson, Born to Rock by Gordon Korman, Heat by Mike Lupica, Fanboy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, The Teacher’s Funeral by Richard Peck, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

BOOKTALKING PROJECTS for TEACHERS/MEDIA SPECIALISTS

Bookfomercials” from the Rhode Island Network for Educational Technology - A project for students in grades 6-8. Students read and booktalk a book. The ten best booktalks are videorecorded. Includes a Power Point presentation on booktalking.
Promoting Reading with Booktalks from the Department of Education and Training, of Western Australia - Includes learning outcomes and an Observation Checklist.
Booktalk! Project from Baltimore County Schools Office of Library Information Services.

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