Tweens, You Are Here!

Programming, Outreach, and Marketing Summer Reading

2011 to Tweens

Programs: Tween Tested… Budget Approved

Sister City Exchange Program

- Escondido, CA and Maebaru, Japan

- Established in 1996 between Escondido’s three Middle Schools and Maebaru’s three Junior High Schools.

- Virtual pen pals, Facebook friends, online book club members

Programs: Tween Tested… Budget Approved Japanese Culture Connection

– ***Work with local anime clubs!!!– Hire a manga artist– Show anime– Origami http://www.origami-fun.com/printable-origami.html – Chopstick races

• Pair of chopsticks/racer• Items to pick up and transport• Prizes

– Make candy sushihttp://happyhourmom.com/2009/07/kiddie-candy-sushi/ages-stages/play-dates/

• $10 for 20 tweens (2pcs of each sushi per tween)

See Also: You Are HerePages 50-51

Programs: Tween Tested… Budget Approved

So You Think You Can (Folk) Dance-Competition or Exhibition

-Highlight traditional cultural dances

- Hulu and Polynesian

- Scottish Highlands

- Indian

- Mexican ballet folklorico

- African

- Russian

-http://bigboxprogram.org/

Programs: Tween Tested… Budget Approved

Henna

- Stand alone program or combine it with another

- Hire a pro (~$100)

- Do it yourself Kits

- Earth Henna Original Henna Body Painting Kit with stencils$24.20 for 30-40 designs ($1.20 per tween for 20 tweens) *on sale now for $21.78*

http://www.earthhenna.com/c7/Original-Henna-Body-Painting-Kit-p91.html

- How to Info: http://www.hennapage.com/

- Permission slips

Programs: Tween Tested… Budget Approved

Recycled Chip Bag Wallet Craft• http://www.instructables.com/id/Chip-Bag-Wallet/• Easy to follow video:

http://www.howcast.com/videos/148835-How-To-Make-a-Paper-Wallet

See Also: You Are HerePages 68-69

Tweens, We Know You’re Out There!

- Bookmobile

- Off-site SRP in a box

- Crafty C.A.T.S. (Community Action Teen Service)

- In BeT(w)een Book Club & Guys Read

Get Viral…Marketing that is!-Promotional video

http://www.cla-net.org/summer-reading/prmedia.php

-Advertises your program when you can’t get into the schools to do it live

-Gets tweens involved and interested so they tell their friends.

-Text alertshttp://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/ala/yalsa-s-going-mobile-webinar-offers-easy-free-ways-connect-libraries-teens-and-cell-phones

Questions? Contact Me!

Joanna AxelrodYouth Services Librarian IIEscondido Public Library

(760) 839-4266jaxelrod@escondido.org

The California Summer Reading Program is a project of the California Library Association, supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and Technology Act, administered in CA by the State Librarian.

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