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Booktalking resources

A handout to accompany Gale Eaton’s “How to Do a Booktalk”
presentation at the MSLMA conference, October 28, 2002; 
with Rebecca Demetrick

Web

The ABCs of Booktalking, by Marsha D. Broadway: http://www.uelma.org/conven00/booktalk.htm

Bibliotecas Para La Gente: http://clnet.ucr.edu/library/bplg/

The "information tools" for Spanish speakers at this site include . . . booktalks in Spanish and English

Booktalks - Quick and Simple: http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/tips.htm 

By Nancy Keane, with tips offered by members of LM-NET

TeensPoint.org (Reading Matters): http://www.teenspoint.org/reading_matters/booktalks.asp

YA booktalks generated by librarians; material from 2001-2002.

Word of Mouth (Sleepers): http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca/sleepers.html

Searchable archive of Library Journal's copyright-free page of librarian-contributed booktalks for adults.

Yahoo! Discussion Group, moderated by Joni Richards Bodart: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/booktalking/ 

Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Professional Development Topics: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/profdev/booktalking.html

Site posts sample booktalks and recommends books, articles and websites related to booktalking.

Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

This e-mail list on readers’ advisory topics was developed for and by librarians dealing with fiction collections and requests, although fiction lovers world wide are welcome to join the discussion. There is a searchable archive of postings back to December 1995 (search “booktalk” for relevant discussions) and the fabulous Fiction_L booklists. From the Morton Grove (IL) Public Library.

Librarians’ Index to the Internet: http://lii.org/

Search “booktalk” or “readers advisory” for relevant sites. Reviews and recommendations are easy to find online; booktalks – even just their scripts – are harder.

Books

Ammon, Bette D., and Sherman, Gale W. (1993). Rip-roaring reads for reluctant teen readers. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.

Baxter, Kathleen A. (1999). Gotcha! Nonfiction booktalks to get kids excited about reading. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited.

Bodart, Joni Richards, ed. (1996). Booktalking the award winners: Young adult retrospective volume. New York: H. W. Wilson.

Bromann, Jennifer. (2001). Booktalking that works. New York: Neal Schuman.

Gillespie, John Thomas, and Naden, Corinne J. (1994). Middleplots 4: A book talk guide for use with readers 8-12. New Providence, NJ: R. R. Bowker.

Keane, Nancy J. (2001). Booktalks and beyond. Fort Atkinson, WI: Upstart.

Littlejohn, Carol. (2000). Keep talking that book! Worthington, OH: Linworth.

Rochman, Hazel. (1987). Tales of love and terror: Booktalking the classics, old and new. Chicago: American Library Association.

Video

Booktalking. (1986). Bronx, NY: H. W. Wilson.

Author Joni Bodart, with the assistance of school librarians Larry Rakow and Jacqueline Brown Woods, discusses the aims and benefits of booktalks and outlines the basic techniques and personal touches to use when planning and delivering booktalks.

Tales of Love and Terror: Booktalking the classics, old and new. (1987?). Chicago: American Library Association.

Journal articles

Anderson, Sheila, and Mahood, Kristine. (2001). The inner game of booktalking. Voice of Youth Advocates 24 (June), 107-110.

Bodart Talbot, Joni. (1986). Booktalks do work! The effects of booktalking on attitude and circulation. Illinois Libraries 68 (June), 378-381.

Bromann, Jennifer. (1999). The toughest audience on earth. School Library Journal 45 (October), 60-63.

Freeman, Judy. (2002). Booktalking: Ten ways to pick a great book. Knowledge Quest 30 (March/April), 49-52.

Guevara, Anne, and Sexton, John. (200). Extreme booktalking: YA booktalkers reach 6,000 students each semester! VOYA 23 (2), 98-101.

Osborne, Marcia. (2001). Booktalking: Just do it! Book Report 19 (March/April), 23-24.