Liesl Seborg, MLIS, MA, Hidden Springs Branch Library
Ezequiel Luna, BA, Nampa Public Library
SWILA Conference
April 8, 2009

Sales?
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 Motivation?
 Entertaining?
 Capturing the reader?
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Fiction
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 Collections
 Nonfiction
 Fast & Furious
 In the Stacks (aka Shelftalking)
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Know your style
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 Enthusiasm for the material
 Flexibility
 Balance
 Know your audience
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E - enthusiastic
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 X – excels @ finding key passages
 T – trusts audience & self
 R – rides the wave
 E – expects the best of self
 M – motivates audience to read
 E – enjoys self!
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Team vs. Individual Performance
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 Team benefits:
mutual endorsement
assists during momentary blanks
handling troublesome issues
Individual benefits:
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more informal
stronger connection in small groups
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Be prepared
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 Befriend the audience
 Believe in yourself and your message
 Be breathing
 Be comfortable
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Think about:
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› Favorite way receive info?
› Most comfortable way to talk to others?
› Your favorite book?
› What part of your favorite book motivated
you to select it?
Choose your hook, tease and wrap-up
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What did you enjoy about doing your
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book-talk?
 What did you not like about it?
 What did you learn about your own
style?
 What did you learn from your
teammate’s performance that you’d like
to use?
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JUNIOR Peak- by Roland Smith
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The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull Plain Janes by Cecil Castelucci
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley’s Schooled by Gordon Korman
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Journal by Jeff Kinney The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam
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Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis Rex
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Igraine the Brave – Cornelia Funke Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landry
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Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian
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Selznick SENIOR
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Marley: a Dog Like No Other by John Absolutely True Diary Of A Part-Time
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Grogan Indian by Sherman Alexie
Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton City Of Bones by Cassandra Clare
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Lee Stewart Deadline by Chris Crutcher
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No Talking – Andrew Clements
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Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa
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Abdel-Fattah
INTERMEDIATE Enter Three Witches by Caroline Cooney
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Alchemyst: Secrets of the Immortal Mistik Lake by Martha Brooks
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Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
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Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon
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Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
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Hale
http://pnla.org/
Zen And The Art Of Faking It by Jordan
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Sonnenblick
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Please feel free to email us if you have
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any questions or suggestions.
 Ezequiel: eluna@nampalibrary.org
 Liesl: lseborg@adalib.org
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/booktalking/
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 http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/
 http://www.thebooktalker.com/
 http://www.oism.cps.k12.il.us/pdf/inservice/The%20ABCs%20of%20Bo
oktalking.pdf
 http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/profdev/booktalking.cfm
 NoveList (database) has some excellent resources
 http://www.uri.edu/artsci/lsc/Faculty/geaton/MSLMAtalk/
 http://www.teenspoint.org/reading_matters/booktalks.asp
 http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/webwatch/book_talks/
 http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/librarians/booktalks.html
 http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/tradebooks/booktalks.htm
 http://theyayayas.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/booktalking-tips-
2008/
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