Book+trailers

[] <‹ British TV stars and comedians in a Reading for Life ad.

[] <‹ ³twas the night before Christmas, as read by: Emma Thompson, Jamie Oliver, Cerys Matthews, Colm Toibin, Clare Balding, Charlie Higson, Conn Iggulden, Jeremy Paxman, Malcolm Gladwell, Jennifer Saunders, Graham Nash, Meg Rosoff and Richard Curtis.

[] <‹ Penguin authors (male ones) talking about their earliest memories of reading

[] <‹ American teens talking about why they read. Some really great stuff in this 2:32 long videoŠ but maybe a little bit older than a Year 7 audience?

[] <‹ 25 "totally serious" reasons to read - an animated short from Penguin India - this one¹s hilarious but it does have some interesting moments of humour.

Teresa Schauer's Book Trailers for All [] is becoming known in the US as THE site for viewing and sharing book trailers, as well as instructions for creating them and music and image sources.

Local teen publisher Ford Street have a set of YouTube ads created by a fan who loves making trailers. Remember, You Tube is not available from school.

Book trailers are something any English class or literacy block group could make using our flip cameras.

Crime Time by Sue Bursztynski []

My Private Pectus by Shane Thamm []

Trust Me! edited by Paul Collins, foreword by Isobelle Carmody []

The Spell of Undoing by Paul Collins []

Before the Storm by Sean McMullen []

Finding Home by Gary Crew, illustrated by Susy Boyer []

Ice-cream man by Jenny Mounfield: []

Crossing the Line by Dianne Bates: []

They Told Me I Had To Write This by Kim Miller []

Sean McMullen speaks about Before the Storm [] [|TrailerSpy] - thanks to Ruth Buchanan. BookScreening teachertube CMIS Whitefriars College book trailers Crime Time by Sue Bursztynski My Private Pectus by Shane Thamm Finding Home by Gary Crew, illustrated by Susy Boyer They Told Me I Had To Write This by Kim Miller As with anything you show students, please remember to vet all book trailers first