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Welcome to Teen Read Week(TM) 2006! 

View the results of the 2006 Teens' Top Ten!

Be sure to give us your feedback about Teen Read Week!

Find more information on the WrestleMania Reading Challenge including contest rules and a toolkit.

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Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries,has recorded two PSAs for Teen Read Week, both of them 30 seconds long, and can be used to raise awareness about Teen Read Week. The PSAs can be played over school announcements or on a local radio station and were made possible by Listening Library.  For more information, including tips on how to ensure the PSA is played, click here

Meg Cabot PSA #1
Meg Cabot PSA #2

Download the WWE Reading Challenge Toolkit here.  

Sixty lucky registrants who register for the WWE WrestleMania Reading Challenge will win 5 copies of Paul Volponi's book, Black and White, compliments of the Speak & Puffin Books divisions of Penguin Young Readers Group, and a copy of Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher, compliments of HarperCollins.  

National reading program helps Native communities increase literacy skills, preserve culture.

To go along with the "Get Active" them of Teen Read Week, ALA's Washington Office is challenging teens to create a theme and design a logo for the 2007 National Library Legislative Day. The teen with the winning logo wins a trip to Washington DC for two.  Click here for contest details.

Download this Teen Reading Guide for Parents and Caregivers and hand it out at your library. 

Learn more about Teen Chair of Teen Read Week, World Champion Figure Skater Kimmie Meissner.

Read about MLS soccer players and Teen Read Week co-chairs Chris Armas and Kevin Hartman.

NEW for 2006!  Check out different Grant Opportunities available.

 

 

Find the latest news about Teen Read Week, Get Active @ your library, October 15 - 21, 2006.