Early Buzz for the Iowa Teen Award Nominees

All sixth and seventh grade students recently watched the ITA Prezi presentation (see previous post) and responded to an interest inventory after watching book trailers for the nominated titles.

Early interest shows that four titles have generated the most "buzz" with students: 

We'll learn in March during our voting period if early interest holds throughout the year. Maybe one of these titles will go on to become our building--and maybe state-wide--winner!

2016 - 2017 Iowa Teen Award Book Nominees

With school starting soon, it's time to start thinking about the Iowa Teen Award nominees fro the coming year. Check out the Prezi below to see the titles and book trailers to pique your interest!

Any of the titles already familiar to you? Maybe you've already read some of them? We'll be talking about the nominees and promoting them throughout the year, so stay tuned. And happy reading!

Iowa Teen Award Nominees Presentation

Interested in reading one of the Iowa Teen Award nominees for the year? Check out this Prezi by an Iowa librarian:



As we have done in years past, we will vote for a building winner in March before spring break, and in mid-April we will learn which of these books is our state-wide winner.

Stop by the library to check out one of these great books!

Out with the Old & In with the New!

Happy New Year! With 2014 just a few hours old, let's take a quick look back at 2013 in the library:



Here's to a wonderful, healthy 2014 full of useful technology, meaningful research, & great stories! Stop by and see us in the library--we'd love to hear how things are going and help you with what you need! See you then. :)

2013 - 2014 Iowa Teen Book Award Nominees

It's that time again! The nominees for the Iowa Teen Book Award were announced earlier in the year, and now you can read a teaser and watch a book trailer for each of the titles.



Enjoy clicking around to see what's nominated! Remember, to be eligible to vote in March, you will need to have read at least two of the books. Happy reading!

Iowa Teen Book Award Nominees 2011-2012

This year's nominees are below, and you can access a Prezi presentation related to the titles:

Want to see what others say about the nominated books? Click here to see student book talks for this year's ITA books.