Books into Movies! July 7, 2008

Coming soon to movie theatres – books made into movies! Read the book, then watch the movie and compare. Then submit your thoughts online to Reel Reads!

 

 

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 based on Ann Brashares best-selling series  of novels.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army based on the Dark Horse comic series by Mike Mignola.

Journey to the Center of the Earth  based on Jules Verne’s classic  of the same title.

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging from Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison. (released only in the UK in July)

Make your own movie trailer of a book you have read this summer. Submit it to our summer reading contest for a chance to win great prizes!

YouTube Club today! July 3, 2008

YouTube Club in the Loft Today!

Join us in the Loft for YouTube Club at 3 pm (Thursday, July 3). We will create storyboards for book trailers and film them to submit to the summer Reel Reads contest.

Must be in middle or high school!

Enter 2 contests with 1 book trailer! June 23, 2008

As part of Reel Reads, the Teen Summer Reading Game, you can submit a book trailer for a chance to win one of several grand prizes, such as a video camera. For more information, click here.

 

 

YA author Laurie Halse Anderson is also hosting a book trailer contest for a chance to win an 8GB iPod Touch. Enter both, and increase your chances and your fun!

 

 

1. Create a book trailer for SPEAK or TWISTED. You may not use clips from the SPEAK movie (it is copyrighted, that’s why). Your trailer must qualify for a PG rating. Try to keep it under two minutes long. For more information, click here.

 

 

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Books into Movies! June 22, 2008

Have you registered for Reel Reads, the teen summer reading game? Register right here!

Come watch our Monday night movie, Freedom Writers, based on the bookand true story.

Or make your own book trailer of a book. Check out Genius Squad, by Catherine Jinks, from the Loft after watching the trailer, below.

Summer Gaming in the Loft! June 20, 2008

Friday Afternoon Gaming! Guitar Hero & Wii Open Play: 3-5:30 in the Loft!

Register for Reel Reads and a chance to win great prizes! To find out more about this exciting, multimedia teen summer reading game, click here!

Young Adult Book Trailer June 16, 2008

Have you registered for Reel Reads yet? Register right now, right here! Don’t miss out on a chance to win great prizes, such as a video camera, YMCA membership, Robert Crown Annual Skating pass, Beadazzled Gift Certificate, and more!!

Want some ideas on how to put together a book trailer? Watch this!

Check out the book from the Loft: Project 17 (Hyperion) by Laurie Stolarz

Register for Reel Reads! June 12, 2008

Lights! Camera! Action!

No more annotating books. Read for fun! And then…MAKE A VIDEO! TAKE A PHOTO! MAKE UP LYRICS FOR A MOVIE SOUNDTRACK ABOUT THE BOOK YOU JUST READ! Or just stop by the Loft or a Branch library and tell us what you’ve been reading. OR…submit an online review about why you think, or don’t think, the book you just read would make a good movie. Enter the contest and a chance to win a video camera, YMCA membership, Robert Crown Skating Pass, Beadazzled Gift Certificates, and more!

Click here to register! (Grades 7-12)

Don’t have a video camera? Come to our YouTube club on Thursday afternoons, from 3-4:30, and use ours! Looking for reading ideas? Click here!

Read through the registration guidelines and still confused? Check out these FAQs