Teen Read Week™

• Join us for Teen Read Week 2009, Read Beyond Reality @ your library! More than 1,000 teens across the country chose this theme, which encourages teens to read something out of this world, just for the fun of it. Teen Read Week 2009 is Oct. 18-24. The 2009 website launches April 16. 
• Check out the Teens' Top Ten winners! More than 8,000 teens across the country voted on this year's top ten list.
• See who won the 2008 Best Teen Read Week Celebration contest, brought to you by YALSA, AdLit.org and Mirrorstone Books!

About Teen Read Week

Teen Read Week is an initiative of the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). Teen Read Week started in 1998.

Why is it important to celebrate? For a lot of reasons! Teens have so many options for entertainment, so it's important to remind them to spend time reading for pleasure: it's free, fun, and can be done anywhere! Research shows that teens who read for fun have better test scores and are more likely to succeed in the workforce. Also, it’s a great chance to let your school or your public library communities know how important teen services are! Let teens know the possibilities that exist within your doors, and within the covers of books.

More than 5,000 school and public libraries registered to participate in Teen Read Week last year.

If you have other questions, please take a look at our most frequently asked questions or email YALSA.

Related Links

Teen Read Week Wiki

YALSA Blog

Learn more about our other reading initiatives...

Teens' Top Ten

WrestleMania Reading Challenge