Book+Trailers

What are they?
Book trailers are advertisements for books. Just as movie trailers build anticipation and excitement for soon-to-be-released movies, book trailers can whet your students' appetites for specific books.

//Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac// by Gabrielle Zevin

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How can I use them to promote reading?
1. Using trailers you have created or downloaded from websites, play them on your computer or LCD projector between classes. 2. Have students analyze successful book trailers (critical thinking at its finest!). 3. Have students compare and contrast several book trailers. 4. Allow students to create them as part of a unit or instead of another book report.

Where can I find them?
Book trailers created for your particular audience will be the most effective, but if you are like most educators, you don't have the time to create new book trailers every few days. Thankfully, you'll find many online. Some are professionally created, while others are student creations.

Book Trailers for All

Colquitt High School Student Created Digital Book Talks

Printz Previews

Harper Teen YouTube Channel

Harper Teen Vimeo

Random Books YouTube Channel

Simon & Schuster Teen Video Podcasts on iTunes

How to Create Book Trailers:
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media type="custom" key="9714944" The above Prezi is by Jeri Jurd.

Other Resources:
Bates, Naomi. "Book Trailer Resources ." //Organize your resources in an online binder - LiveBinders//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 June 2011. .

Bates, Naomi. "YA Books and More: How I create digital booktrailers." //YA Books and More//. N.p., 15 July 2008. Web. 8 June 2011. .

Harclerode, M. "Book Trailers and the Common Core Standards." //Book Trailers for Readers//. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2013. .

"Home - Book Trailers - LibGuides at Vandegrift High School." //Home - LibGuides at Vandegrift High School//. N.p., 14 Feb. 2011. Web. 8 June 2011. .

Patinson, Darcy. "43 Book Trailers Sites to Inspire, Instruct, and Share." //Fiction Notes by Writing Teacher and Author Darcy Pattison//. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 June 2011. .