Teen Read Week 2005, Get Real! @ your library

YALSA and ALA have some good materials to plan for Teen read Week. School library media specialists can register to participate in Teen Read Week for free.
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/teenreading.htm


Recently I saw an interesting idea for promoting teen reading that come across the AASL electronic mailing list. The discussion posting mentioned a school library media specialist who had a motorcycle displayed in the library in order to promote reading. Since I have a motorcycle I began to think about using this idea. When I approached my principal he wanted to hear what I had in mind. If I come up with a good enough idea I may be allowed to do this. Last year our reading team decorated a truck and my motorcycle with posters promoting the books we had read and as a team we walked and rode in the parade proudly carrying our reading team banner.

So as I plan for Teen Read Week, 2005 I may be considering riding my Honda ST 1100 to school and leaving it in my school library during Teen Read Week. If you have any ideas for promoting reading with a motorcycle please post them here and help me brainstorm some possibilities.