Table of Contents
Summer 2007
From the Editor
Sarah Flowers
From the President
Judy Nelson
YALSA Perspective
Fifty Years of YALSA—and Reading for the Fun of It!
Mary Arnold
Surveys
What Members Want
Sarah Flowers
Teen Perspectives
Teens and Reading: My Flamingnet Perspective
Seth Cassel
The View from ALA
Spectrum Scholars Celebrate Ten Years
Author Perspectives
The Power of Words: An Interview with Brian James
Dominique McCafferty
Best Practices
A New Mantra: An Interview with Michael Stephens
Meg Canada
Building Teen Communities Online: Listen, Listen, and Listen
CD McLean
Gaming in Libraries 2.0
Katherine Makens
Hot Spot: LOL @ your library®
Teen Read Week™ Collaboration
Megan Fink
Get Out the Vote for Teens’ Top Ten
Diane P. Monnier and Diane Tuccillo
Audiobooks that Tickle the Funny Bone
Francisca Goldsmith
Looking for the Comic in Graphic Novels? Try These Humorous Reads for Teens!
Dawn Rutherford
Reading—It’s Not Just about Books
Linda W. Braun
LOL on Screen
Robyn Lupa
Got Laughs? Programs @ your library
Nichole Pereira
Literature Surveys and Research
Early Adolescents’ Reading Habits
Stacy L. Creel
Professional Materials
Guidelines for Authors
Index to Advertisers
The YALSA Update