SUMMER RESOURCES To keep you educated and entertained!

TO FIND GOOD BOOKS…...

AMAZON Click ‘Books’ on the dropdown menu and enter your search: best teen reads, young adult best sellers, best teen fiction, nonfiction, historical fiction

Find something cool for you………. ◦ Read the reviews of some titles that sound interesting to you. ◦ Write the titles of 3 books that sound like you might be interested in reading. Include the author and what sounds cool about the book.

GUYS READ Click on the ‘Books for Guys’ link. Scroll down the page. Click on a subject that interests you.

Click on ‘Reading Lists’. ◦ Scroll down the page and read about some of the authors. ◦ Select one author that sounds like he/she writes books that you might like. ◦ Write the author’s name and why was so interesting about them.

YALSA YALSA THE YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION Click on this link to go to the main page. Click on 3 of the links below. Read through some of the titles and the short descriptions. From each link, select one book that you think would be cool to read. Write the title and the author of that book and why it might be cool to read.

Looking at different links……….. ◦ Click on 3 of the links below. ◦ Read through some of the titles and the short descriptions. ◦ From each link, select one book that you think would be cool to read. ◦ Write the title and the author of that book and why it might be cool to read.

WHAT SHOULD I READ NEXT? A really cool site to help you easily find what to read next.

What to read next? ◦ In the search bar for this site, enter one of the book titles you selected today. ◦ What book did it recommend that you should read next? ◦ Go back to and read a review of that book. ◦ Would you still read it? Why?

LCHS WEBSITE-TO THE LIBRARY!!! CLICK ON ‘LIBRARY’ TO DISCOVER WHAT’S THERE.

What is in our LCHS database?? ◦ Click on the ‘Library’ link. ◦ On the left side of the page, click ‘Online Databases’. ◦ In the peach colored box, click on ‘NoveList’. ◦ Click on a genre. ◦ Click on a book title. ◦ Write a few notes about a book from that genre. Include the title and author.

READ KIDDO READ- JAMES PATTERSON Click around to explore the site.

James Patterson writes a LOT!!! For adults and kids. ◦ Click around on his site. ◦ List a few things you think you might want to read. ◦ What is cool about his website?

LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY Let’s click around.

It’s right here in Leesburg…Rust!!! ◦ Click on the website. ◦ On the right side of the page, click on ‘Catalog’. ◦ You can search by many different criteria. ◦ In which space would I search for ‘Sports Illustrated’? ◦ In which space would I search for ‘Tsunami’? ◦ In which space would I search for ‘J.K. Rowling’? How many resources are there for her? ◦ In which space would I search for ‘Harry Potter’?

Let’s look at the library itself. ◦ Click on ‘Kids and Teens’. ◦ Click on ‘Teens’. ◦ Click on ‘Events’. ◦ See anything good? ◦ Did you learn anything new about your local library?