Teen Read Week begins at the White Oak Library

The White Oak Library District has received a $1,000 grant to help build a circulating game collection intended for library users who are learning English as a second language.

White Oak teen librarian Cindy Shutts states, “We plan to have a special game night kick-off program at all three of the branches called ‘Do you Speak Game?’ The purpose of game night is to introduce our patrons to the game collection and use it as an opportunity to teach patrons how to play the games.”

This collection includes games such as Scrabble, Bananagrams, Upwords, Scrabble Slam, Scattergories, Catch Phrase, Taboo, Balderdash, Jenga, and Apples to Apples. Shutts hopes that “launching this collection during Teen Read Week™ will ensure a larger percentage of people are impacted by these materials and that they will have a higher circulation.”

Teen Read Week™ is a national adolescent literacy initiative created by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). It began in 1998 and is held annually in October. Its purpose is to encourage teens to be regular readers and library users. Teen Read Week™ will take place from October 9-15, 2016 with a multilingual take on the theme of “Read for the Fun of It!”

White Oak Library District’s Teen Read Week™ programming includes:

“Do You Speak Game?” Come join us for a family game night to help increase your vocabulary. Conversation Club members and ESL students welcome!

Monday, October 10th 6:00 – 8:00 pm Romeoville Branch

Tuesday, October 11th 6:00 – 8:00 pm Lockport Branch

Wednesday October 12th 6:00 –8:00 pm Crest Hill Branch

“Teen Book Swap and E-Book Demo” Happy Teen Read Week! Bring your old books to trade for new ones! We will also be running an E-book demo for teens to learn OverDrive and Axis 360.

Tuesday, October 11 6:30-7:30 pm Romeoville Branch

Our new game collection is provided by a grant from the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. YALSA builds the capacity of libraries to serve teens. Learn more about YALSA at www.ala.org/yalsa. The Dollar General Literacy Foundation provides assistance to organizations in implementing and expanding literacy programs for youth. Learn more about Dollar General at www.dollargeneral.com.