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What is a BOOKTALK?
It's the most effective way to convince people to read for pleasure!
It is a dramatic introduction to a book, a teaser,
a come-on,
a commercial for
a book that highlights the most exciting parts of it.
It's not a
book report or a book review, because it doesn't tell everything about
the book or evaluate it.
It's a glimpse into a scene, a character or two, or a plot line that reveals
just enough to convince the listener to pick up the book and give it a
try.
Librarians and teachers use Booktalks to convince audiences of all ages
that reading is fun,
and that books can open up new worlds,
new ideas, and new opportunities!
Book
clubs are being formed everywhere. Use booktalking to help their members
select titles that they will enjoy reading and discussing.
Contact
Joni to learn how.
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Dr.
Bodart is the author of eighteen books, sixteen
of them on booktalking, including Booktalk!2,
considered to be the professional standard.
She is internationally known for her workshops and lectures
on booktalking, young adult and children's literature and
services, developmental
needs of adolescents, reading motivation, and interpersonal
communications.
Fees for the workshops listed below, and lecture presentations
based on them, are available upon
request.
A former young adult librarian and adolescent therapist,
Dr. Bodart is currently on the faculty of the Division of
Library and Information Science, College of Education, University
of Denver, and is also a freelance author, booktalker, and
library/school consultant.
She
holds a master's and a doctorate in library science, and
a second master's in psychology.
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Booktalking Workshops
•Half
day and full day workshops
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Designed for librarians or teachers.
• Shorter workshops
include demonstration and lecture material.
• Longer workshops also provide a variety of hands-on
experiences, including writing and presenting Booktalks,
to help build confidence and reduce the novice's fear of
performing.
• Teacher workshops also include information on setting
up curriculum units on teaching booktalking to students
or using Booktalks as a part of daily classroom activities.
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In addition to teaching booktalking,
Dr. Bodart also gives booktalking presentations.
• For
groups of teachers, librarians, or parents, introducing
them to the newest and best titles available for their students
or children.
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Dr. Bodart has extensive experience doing
Booktalks in a classroom setting, and is available to design
a booktalking program for a grade level or for an entire
school.
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Her classroom booktalking presentations are designed to
persuade and inspire students to read the books she presents,
promote reading as a recreational activity, and to demonstrate
the joys of reading for pleasure.
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She coordinates her presentations with the school librarians
and teachers, to ensure that the materials presented will
be both exciting and useful to students.
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Dr. Bodart has also developed curriculum units teaching
booktalking to middle and high school students.
Half-day workshops on children's and young adult literature:
• Information
on new titles, current trends, and popular authors, can
be tailored for teachers, librarians, or parents.
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Developmental needs of children and young adults that can
be met through literature are discussed and explained, using
both new and standard titles as examples.
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In addition, workshops on young adult literature also include
information on the sociology of adolescence, which can give
insight into teens' behavior.
As
part of her workshop on Thin Books, Dr. Bodart presents
material from her book, World's Best Thin Books, or What
to Read When your Book Report is Due Tomorrow! and shows
how to use it as part of a middle or high school curriculum.
Controversial titles is difficult for many public or school
librarians and teachers. Dr. Bodart presents information including:
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The
newest and the best in the new darker, edgier YA fiction,
discussing the risks and the strengths of the books, and
how to cope with their censorship.
• Segments
include tips on how to deal with a censor face to fac.
• How
to prepare ahead of time for the censorship attempt, the
psychology of censorship, and resources to help combat censorship.
Dr. Bodart's newest book, Radical Reads: 101 YA
Novels on the Edge is the text for these workshops,
which can be done in either full day or half day formats.
Training the trainers workshops look at ways to liven
both formal and informal meetings and presentations,
and to create teams and teamwork in the library setting.
• Full
or half day workshop will include information on varying
topics.
• Including
but not limited to adult learning styles, the characteristics
of the adult learner, activities to enhance teamwork, communication
and self esteem of employee groups.
Workshops on readers' advisory techniques and adult genre
fiction look at:
• Book
merchandising techniques, tools for RA, using the Internet
as a RA tool, the RA interview, and the appeal of genre
fiction.
• Information
on leading book discussion groups may also be included,
if requested.
• Workshops
focus on practical aspects of these subjects, and have been
developed in response to recent, renewed interest in satisfying
the adult recreational reader as a library customer.
• Can
be presented together as a whole day workshop or separately
as two half day workshops.
Interpersonal communications strategies and methods
presented.
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Participants look at how and why they communicate.
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Learn ways to make their personal and professional communications
clearer and more effective.
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Information on gender differences in communication styles,
the effect of preferred learning style on communication,
differences between face to face and telephone communication,
how communication is affected by stress and ways to deal
with stress, are presented in both lectures and experiential
games or exercises.
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Workshops can be done in full day or half day formats, or
presented in weekly sessions, each focusing on a specific
topic or problem.
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