SUPPORT TEEN LITERATURE DAY
April 16th, 2009 by fjacksonem
Today is SUPPORT TEEN LITERATURE DAY in the USA. It was created in 2008 to be celebrated in conjunction with National Library Week. The purpose of this celebration is to raise awareness among the general public that young adult literature is a vibrant, growing genre with much to offer today’s teens.
A major project of Teen Literature Day is OPERATION TEEN BOOK DROP.In 2008, YALSA and the readergirlz celebrated Support Teen Literature Day by working with twenty publishers to donate 10,000 books, which YALSA distributed to 12 children’s hospitals nationwide and in Canada so recuperating teens will have something great to read during their hospital stay. The results were so positive that YALSA and the readergirlz will do this again, along with Guys Lit Wire. In 2009, eighteen book publishers donated 8,000 books, which YALSA again distributed to several pediatric hospitals.
Learn more about the 2009 effort via this brief YouTube video
Mrs. Jackson
Head of Young Adult Services
A major project of Teen Literature Day is OPERATION TEEN BOOK DROP.In 2008, YALSA and the readergirlz celebrated Support Teen Literature Day by working with twenty publishers to donate 10,000 books, which YALSA distributed to 12 children’s hospitals nationwide and in Canada so recuperating teens will have something great to read during their hospital stay. The results were so positive that YALSA and the readergirlz will do this again, along with Guys Lit Wire. In 2009, eighteen book publishers donated 8,000 books, which YALSA again distributed to several pediatric hospitals.
Learn more about the 2009 effort via this brief YouTube video
Mrs. Jackson
Head of Young Adult Services
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